ICANN85 - Community Session - From Stability to Survivability: ICANN's role in the Future of Internet Resilience

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Mar

2026

ICANN85 - Community Session - From Stability to Survivability: ICANN's role in the Future of Internet Resilience

05:15 - 06:30 UTC

Session Details:

Is the Internet built to survive a global system failure? While the Domain Name System (DNS) remains stable, the environment it relies on – power grids, cloud providers, and global supply chains – is increasingly fragile. This plenary shifts the conversation from ""technical stability"" to ""strategic survivability,"" exploring how the ICANN community must navigate systemic shocks that cross traditional silos.
Moving beyond technical protocols, this session examines the hidden dependencies of the DNS and the emerging threats identified in SAC132. Join a cross-sector panel to debate ICANN's unique role in strengthening the ecosystem against catastrophic outages and to help define who bears the responsibility for global resilience in an age of cascading risk.

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