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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The upcoming ME DNS Forum 2019 starts tomorrow
<b><span style="color:#C00000">Wednesday 20 February at 09.00 AM Dubai Standard Time (05.00 AM UTC)</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are in Dubai, please join us at the
<i><a href="https://bit.ly/2f31zhF">Media Rotana Hotel</a></i>. And if you cannot make it to the event in-person, you can join us remotely. Remote participation details are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Adobe Connect Room:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">
<u><a href="https://participate.icann.org/mednsforum/"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://participate.icann.org/mednsforum/</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Dial-in Numbers:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">
<u><a href="https://bit.ly/2ChxGlX"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://bit.ly/2ChxGlX</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Guest Passcode:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"> 55 86 98 85 16<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">The Adobe Connect room is for those who are willing to tune in to the sessions utilizing video (livestream and presentations) and audio features.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">If you want to utilize audio only, please use one of the dial-in numbers. If your country does not have a dial-in number, you can login to Skype
and dial-in one of the toll-free numbers. In either case, please use the Guest Passcode shown when asked for.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Either ways, please register your attendance at
<a href="https://registration.icann.org/register.php?id=MEDNSFUAE2019">https://registration.icann.org/register.php?id=MEDNSFUAE2019</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have a packed agenda full of interesting topics related to the Unique Identifiers Systems be it marketing, business related, technical, or legal. You can see the agenda at
<a href="https://www.mednsf.org/program/">https://www.mednsf.org/program/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please note that we are still updating the website with some minor updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We look forward to seeing you either in-person or remote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ME DNS Forum 2019 Coordinator / ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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