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More rules, but cozier ICANN 75 expected

Kevin Murphy, August 8, 2022, 10:26:51 (UTC), Domain Policy

There will be more rules to follow at ICANN 75 next month, but attendees might be able to expect a more intimate event, with less stringent seating restrictions.

The gathering, ICANN’s 2022 Annual General Meeting, will be held in Kuala Lumpur from September 17 to 22, the second pandemic-era meeting to have a face-to-face component, but in-person attendees need to register by September 14.

The new rules are largely a result of local laws, according to ICANN.

The first thing to note is that if you don’t have a smart-phone, you’re out of luck. Malaysia requires people entering the country to install a government Covid-control track-and-trace app called MySejahtera.

The law also says you have to wear masking indoors and self-isolate for four to seven days if you test positive. ICANN’s mandatory legal waiver makes the attendee responsible for associated costs.

But at the venue itself, ICANN is relaxing its session rules, saying it may halve the social-distancing requirement in half to a meter, which will allow more people into each room and could reduce the need for waiting lists and overflow rooms.

Many of the sessions at ICANN 74 in June were over-booked.



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Comments (2)

  1. Richard Wein says:

    Dear all,
    Malaysia removes all travel restriction from 1. August, see https://www.malaysia.travel/travel-alert

    …will no longer need to fill in the Traveller’s Card on the country’s contact tracing app, MySejahtera.

    best
    Richard

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