ICANN 49

ICANN 49 was held from March 23 to March 27, 2014 in Singapore, Singapore.

Dates:	23-27 March 2014
Location:	Singapore, Singapore
Venue:	Raffles City Convention Centre
Website:	ICANN 49 Website
Registration:	Public List - ccNSO List

ICANN 49 was the third ICANN Meeting in the organization's history to be held in Singapore. Previous meetings held in Singapore were ICANN 1 and ICANN 41.

Major Events & Topics

NTIA Announcement

In the weeks leading up to ICANN 49, NTIA released an announcement on March 14, 2014 that stated it would begin transition of key DNS functions to the global Internet stakeholder community. The announcement created a wealth of discussion within the ICANN community and the global media, and became a major topic and talking-point during ICANN 49.

Sponsors

Gold: Verisign

Silver: Iron Mountain, NCC Group, PIR, Afilias, Radix, LogicBoxes, .asia, NeuStar, CentralNic, Trademark Clearinghouse, .Club Domains, Freenom, CNNIC, ARI Registry Services.

Bronze: Uniregistry, Registry.Africa

Links

• ICANN 49 Official Page
• Meeting Guide (PDF, EN)
• GAC Communiqué Singapore (PDF, EN)
• ICANN 49 - Singapore Playing Card Deck

Video Interviews

ICANNWiki partnered with Dyn and CircleID to produce a video blog during ICANN 49. Ray King spoke with Simon Cousins of TLD Registry, Thomas Barrett of EnCirca, Stephanie Duchesneau of FairWinds Partners, Chris Sheridan of eNom, Monte Cahn of Right of the Dot, Daniel Greenberg of Lexsynergy, and Norbert Grey of Architelos.

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