LOS ANGELES - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the individuals selected to participate in the NextGen@ICANN Program at the ICANN84 Annual General Meeting. An independent committee selected the NextGen@ICANN84 participants based on their current studies and interest in Internet governance-related fields, a press release stated by ICANN. 

ICANN has announced a change in the location of ICANN84. The Annual General Meeting, originally scheduled to take place in Muscat, Oman, will now be held in Dublin, Ireland. The dates of the meeting remain unchanged and are set for 25–30 October 2025. ICANN84 will be a hybrid meeting to accommodate both in-person and virtual participation.

The 12 NextGen@ICANN participants attend universities in the Asia Pacific region, where they study engineering, political science, technology, and other relevant subjects. As the meeting is taking place in a different region than originally planned, participants who wish to defer to the next ICANN Public Meeting in the APAC region, taking place in Mumbai, India in March 2026, will have the option to do so.