NRO NUMBER COUNCIL (NC) ELECTIONS 2026 - VOTING
Voting eligibility
Voters in the NRO NC election can be broadly divided into two categories:
1. APNIC Member voting
APNIC Members can vote online in the NRO NC elections using their APNIC Login. Each Member organization is entitled to cast one vote using the BigPulse voting system. Only Corporate Contacts or Contacts with voting rights may vote.
Online voting for Members opens on Thursday, 27 August 2026 and closes at 14:30 (UTC +5:30) on Thursday, 10 September 2026.
2. Conference attendee voting
To take part in the NRO NC online voting, a conference attendee (other than a Member) must meet the following two criteria to vote:
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Registered and attending APNIC 62 in person.
Attendees who intend to vote must be checked in at the registration desk at any time from the start of the conference until 10:00 (UTC +5:30), Thursday, 10 September 2026.
- Registered and attended (in-person or online) at least one of the immediate past eight APRICOT or APNIC
conferences
(not including the current conference):
- APNIC 61 with APRICOT 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia
- APNIC 60 in Da Nang, Viet Nam
- APNIC 59 with APRICOT 2025 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
- APNIC 58 in Wellington, New Zealand
- APNIC 57 with APRICOT 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand
- APNIC 56 in Kyoto, Japan
- APNIC 55 with APRICOT 2023 in Manila, Philippines
- APNIC 54 in Singapore
Eligible registered attendees can vote online in the NRO NC elections using their APNIC Login. They are entitled to one vote using the BigPulse voting system. Verification of an individual's entitlement to vote against official records will be used where necessary.
Any individual who intends to vote in the NRO NC election can contact the APNIC Helpdesk to check their voting eligibility and verify they have attended one of the past conferences listed above.
Online voting for eligible registered attendees opens on Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 09:30 (UTC +5:30) and closes at 14:30 (UTC +5:30) on Thursday, 10 September 2026.