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<h2>News Alert</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-15-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-15-en</a></p>
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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">Join Us for the Middle East’s First Regional Webinar on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN’s Accountability</h2>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;">15 December 2014</p>
<p>The ICANN Middle East team invites you to participate in the first regional webinar on the IANA Stewardship and ICANN's Accountability. There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the discussion.</p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> Monday, 22 December 2014 at 1600 UTC (for time conversions, please refer to the link at
<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/</a>).</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> Adobe Connect at <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg">
https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg</a> and over Telephone/Skype (dial-out numbers can be found online at
<a href="http://adigo.com/icann/">http://adigo.com/icann/</a>).</p>
<p>The call will be conducted in English and there will be real-time Arabic translation.</p>
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<td class="medium floatcenter">16.00 – 16.05</td>
<td>Welcome note</td>
<td>Baher Esmat, <strong>VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – ICANN</strong></td>
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<td>Overview of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability processes
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<td>Theresa Swinehart, <strong>Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy</strong></td>
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<td class="medium floatcenter">16.25 – 16.45</td>
<td>The IANA Coordination Group (ICG)</td>
<td>Manal Ismail, <strong>Director, International Technical Coordination, National Telecom Regulatory Authority – NTRA
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<p>Mohammed Elbashir, <strong>Technical Department Manager – ictQatar</strong></p>
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<td class="medium floatcenter">16.45 – 17.25</td>
<td>Q&A</td>
<td>Open Floor</td>
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<td class="medium floatcenter">17.25 – 17.30</td>
<td>Closing Remarks</td>
<td>Baher Esmat, <strong>VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – ICANN</strong></td>
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<p>Questions and interventions can be made in either language, and can be posted either over the call, or as text in the Adobe Connect room.</p>
<p>In order to join the call, you can either:</p>
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<p><strong>Request for dial-out assistance</strong>. Please send your <u>name</u>, a
<u>phone number</u> you want to be called at and your <u>language preference</u> to
<a href="mailto:meswg@icann.org">meswg@icann.org</a>, no later than 20 December 2014 at 23.59 UTC; or</p>
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<p>Join by dialing into a toll-free number for your country as shown at <a href="http://adigo.com/icann/">
http://adigo.com/icann/</a> either using a telephone or via Skype Call one of the toll-free numbers listed in the same link (toll-free numbers do NOT show an 'L', 'M', or 'T' in front of them). Once you are prompted for the conference code, please enter
<strong>47139</strong> if you wish to join the <strong>Arabic</strong> channel or
<font color="#ff0000"><strong>83137</strong></font> if you wish to join the <font color="#ff0000">
<strong>English</strong></font> channel.</p>
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