Call for Proposals: UA Day 2026 Events

[ICANN APAC Regional Office]

Dear APAC Space members,

 

ICANN is calling for proposals for Universal Acceptance (UA) Day 2026 events, to be held between 25 March to 30 May 2026. If you are interested in organizing a UA Day event, please complete the event proposal form by 9 November 2025. We would be grateful if you could also share this information with your networks who may be interested.

 

The proposed events can be held at either local/national/regional level and a breakdown of the funding available for each type of event can be found here. Events should focus around one of the following types:

 

• UA Awareness: Present the benefits of being UA-ready, basic technical concepts related to UA and next steps for becoming UA-ready.
• UA Academic Curricula: Work with academic faculty members and experts to integrate Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and UA-related topics into existing technical curricula and design a roadmap for integration of the curriculum.
• UA Adoption: Conduct a UA adoption exercise and share challenges and solutions to become UA-ready, and document your experience.
• UA Regional Strategy: Discuss appropriate mechanisms for promoting UA adoption at the local, national, and regional levels.

 

The list of selected UA Day events will be announced on 22 December 2025. For more information about UA Day 2026, please refer to the UA Day 2026 Call for Proposals webpage, official announcement, and the UA webpage.

 

Thank you. 

 

Regards,

Melody Au

Stakeholder Engagement Regional Specialist, APAC

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)