Dear GNSO Council,

Please see the suggested dates for 2026 Council meetings. Times and meeting rotation are suggested in function of the current locations of the Council Leadership team and members of the council.

We encouraged you to check the dates against your national and/or religious holidays. We have considered those which could conflict with Council meeting dates (Thursdays, generally the 2^nd or the 3^rd of the month except during Tri-Annual ICANN meetings). Please have a look and check against your own calendars to see if there are any adjustments to make. If no comments on dates/times listed below, we will send calendar invites out next week.

Current 2025 Meeting dates and times (which will remain the same):

• 13 November at 13:00 UTC
• 11 December at 21:00 UTC

Suggested 2026 Meeting dates and times:

We have kept the three council meeting times as they still seem to work for the current council of 05:00, 13:00 and 21:00 UTC. (exception for the ICANN tri-annual meetings)

• 15 January 2026 at 05:00 UTC
• 12 February 2026 at 21:00 UTC
• 11 March 2026 – ICANN85 at 13:15 local time (Mumbai)
• 16 April 2026 at 21:00 UTC
• 21 May 2026 at 05:00 UTC
• 10 June 2026 - ICANN86 at 13:15 local time (Seville)
• 09 July 2026 at 13:00 UTC
• 13 August 2026 at 21:00 UTC

• 10 September 2026 at 05:00 UTC
• 21 October 2026 - ICANN87 at 13:15 local time (Muscat)
• 12 November 2026 at 13:00 UTC
• 17 December 2026 21:00 UTC

Holiday and/or events considered:

Chinese New Year: 17 February – 03 March 2026

Ramadan: 17 February – 19 March 2026

Nowruz: 20 March 2026

IETF 125: 14 – 20 March 2026

RightsCon: 05 – 08 May 2026

INTA: 02 May – 06 May 2026

IETF 126: 18 – 24 July 2026

Rosh Hashana: 11 – 13 September 2026

IETF 127: 14 – 20 November 2026

Hanukkah: 04 – 12 December 2026

ICANN office Holiday closure: 24 – 31 December 2026

Thank you!

Terri