
ICANN this week announced the 2023 ICANN DNS Symposium (IDS) will be held online and in person on 5 September, in Da Nang, Vietnam as well as the Regional Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Global Stakeholder Engagement team’s plans for 2023 Domain Names Week in Buenos Aires.
For the DNS Symposium, ICANN will invite speakers to present on the integration and security of the Domain Name System (DNS) with emerging technologies, exploring the challenges and opportunities that this integration presents. The symposium invites researchers, developers, and operators to present on subjects including, but not limited to, blockchains, Internet of Things, and novel uses of the DNS, such as IP-to-location translation and blocklists.

IDS will be held immediately after “A Day of DNS Abuse Discussions” and before another important event, the two-day OARC 41 workshop organized by the DNS Operations Analysis and Research Center (DNS-OARC). ICANN looks forward to participating in these events.
The week’s schedule of events is as follows:
- 4th September – A Day of DNS Abuse Discussions
- 5th September – ICANN DNS Symposium
- 6th September – OARC 41
- 7th September – OARC 41
Fore more information, see icann.org/ids.
The 2023 Domain Names Week will be a four-day hybrid event taking place from 10 to 13 July in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The focus of this year’s event is mitigating Domain Name System (DNS) abuse as a shared responsibility.

The event is open to anyone interested in issues related to the domain name industry and its potential business opportunities. This includes:
- Country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries, registrars, and resellers
- Generic top-level domain (gTLD) registries, registrars, and resellers
- Registrants
- DNS experts
- gTLD applicants
- Regional TLD organisations
- IT and Internet businesses
- Entrepreneurs
- Legal and intellectual property firms
As in previous years, ICANN is partnering with several members of the technical community to co-host the event. Latin American and Caribbean Top Level Domains (LACTLD), the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC), Internet Society (ISOC) and the Public Interest Registry (PIR). There is also local support from NIC Argentina.
Speakers will include members of ICANN’s executive team and the ICANN’s Board of Directors, as well as industry, Internet policy, technical, international, and regional experts and professionals.
For more information, visit the event webpage to register and more.