Internet Week 2026
Overview
A comprehensive event on Internet infrastructure technology hosted by JPNIC. Running since 1997, it gathers the engineers who keep routing, DNS, and security infrastructure working, across disciplines. Programs range from tutorials to trend seminars; the 2025 edition drew a cumulative 3,900+ participants. The 2026 edition runs November 19-27, split into an Online Week and a Conference Week (November 25-27 in Ryogoku, Tokyo).
Foundation
- Founded
- 1997
- Founder
- Launched in 1997 with JPNIC at the center, bundling events of Japan's Internet-related organizations and research meetings
Growing out of the IP Meeting researchers' gathering begun in 1990, it evolved into a knowledge-sharing forum for the engineer community that expanded with the Internet's commercialization.
Transition
- 1990 IP Meeting, the researchers' gathering that preceded it, begins
- 1997 First held as Internet Week, running every autumn to winter since
- 2025 Held under the theme Challenge x Experience x Generation, with a cumulative 3,900+ participants across 43 sessions
- 2026 Internet Week Showcase in Shizuoka, a traveling edition, held June 30 to July 1
- 2026 The main event runs November 19-27 in two parts, an Online Week and a Conference Week (November 25-27 at KFC Hall & Rooms in Ryogoku)
Voices
A rare venue where people of all fields and positions hear and discuss the same talks.
Internet trends condensed into a few days — an efficient way to catch up.
In the News
- Conference Week of Internet Week 2025 opens today, November 25, in Ryogoku, Tokyo (in Japanese)
- Everyone works hard together to keep the Internet running without breaking: the huge gathering of people who support the giant infrastructure finally opens (in Japanese)
- SSL/TLS server certificate lifetimes to shrink from 398 days to 47 days. What should site administrators do? [Internet Week 2025] (in Japanese)
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