{
  "id": 15861892,
  "title": "ICANN convenes 87th Annual General Meeting in Bali",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/icann-convenes-87th-annual-general-meeting-in-bali",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:14:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Vietnam Investment Review",
    "slug": "vietnam-investment-review",
    "url": "https://vir.com.vn/icann-convenes-87th-annual-general-meeting-in-bali-163257.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "BALI, Indonesia - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opens its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bali from October 17-22, gathering the global Internet community to tackle Internet security, Domain Name System (DNS) expansion, and global cooperation. Hosted by the Indonesian Internet Domain Name Registry (PANDI) alongside Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs and the Bali Provincial Government, ICANN87 marks the inaugural ICANN public gathering in Indonesia.\n\nThe Welcome Ceremony on October 19 featured remarks from Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs, Meutya Hafid; PANDI President, Isnawan Aslam; ICANN Board Chair, Tripti Sinha; and ICANN President and CEO, Kurtis Lindqvist. Hafid emphasized the importance of preserving trust in a digital environment that enables participation and creates opportunities. Aslam highlighted PANDI's dedication to safeguarding Indonesia's digital identity through responsible governance. Sinha acknowledged the enduring multistakeholder model of ICANN governance and the necessity of enhancing transparency in strategy, prioritization, budgeting, and implementation. Lindqvist stressed the need for effective action based on the community's solutions.\n\nICANN commended Hartmut Glaser for his capacity-building contributions, awarding him the 2026 Dr. Tarek Kamel Award for Capacity Building. The award recognizes Glaser's extensive work in Internet governance capacity building, including establishing the Brazilian School on Internet Governance and founding the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Address Registry (LACNIC). The six-day meeting will host over 200 working sessions on Internet policy and technical priorities, such as DNS abuse mitigation, strengthening DNS security, stability, and reliability, and expanding domain name options through the New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Program.",
  "summary": "Domain name organization ICANN opened its 87th Annual General Meeting in Bali gathering internet industry stakeholders to evaluate Domain Name System security frameworks",
  "key_points": [
    "ICANN holds 87th AGM in Bali from October 17-22",
    "Indonesia hosts inaugural ICANN public gathering in Indonesia",
    "Meeting focuses on Internet security, DNS expansion, global cooperation"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Hosting this inaugural gathering in Indonesia signals a strategic expansion of the global internet community's reach into Southeast Asian digital governance and technical policy discussions.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}