LOS ANGELES – The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the
application round for the NextGen program at ICANN64. The ICANN64 Community
Forum will be held from 9-14 March 2019 in Kobe, Japan. According to the Corporation, the deadline to apply is October 5, 2018; successful candidates will be announced on November 9, 2018.
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.