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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-3-2015-05-26-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-05-26-en</a></p>
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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">Africa Internet Summit '15 | Tunis, Tunisia | 24 May - 5th June, 2015</h2>
<p>26 May 2015</p>
<p>ICANN is proud to be part of the third edition of the Africa Internet Summit 2015 in Tunis, Tunisia this year. We have a busy schedule and encourage anyone from the community to join us, and if you cannot make it to Tunis there will be remote participation
available. You can find all the information needed <a href="https://internetsummitafrica.org/en/about/ais-15">
here</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-decoration: underline;">ICANN programme during the AIS 2015</h3>
<h3>ICANN Day - June 01, 2015</h3>
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<td><strong>09:00 - 10:00</strong></td>
<td><strong>Presentation:</strong><br>
<em>Internet Ecosystem and ICANN and the multistakeholder model</em>; Update on the Africa Strategy; Pierre Dandjinou, VP Africa, ICANN</td>
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<td><strong>10:00 - 10:45</strong></td>
<td><strong>Presentation:</strong><br>
<em>How to become an ICANN accredited registrar? </em>Danielle Andela, Registrar Services Manager, ICANN (Remotely)</td>
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<td><strong>10:45 - 11:15</strong></td>
<td>Coffee Break</td>
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<td><strong>11:15 - 12:00</strong></td>
<td><em>"New Internet and economic development"</em> Tijani Benjema, AFRALO</td>
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<td><strong>12:00 - 12:20</strong></td>
<td><strong>Presentation:</strong> <em>International Domain Names;</em> Yaovi Atohoun, ICANN</td>
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<td><strong>12:20 - 12:40</strong></td>
<td><strong>Presentation:</strong> <em>DNS Entrepreneurship Center (DNS-EC); </em>
Fahd Batayneh, ICANN</td>
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<td><strong>12:40 - 13:00</strong></td>
<td><strong>Presentation:</strong> <em>New gTLDs</em>; Bob Ochieng, ICANN</td>
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<td><strong>13:00 - 14:00</strong></td>
<td>Lunch</td>
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<p><strong>14:00 - 15:00</strong></p>
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<td><strong>The ICANN Africa IANA Transition Panel</strong></td>
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<td><strong>Introduction:</strong> Pierre Dandjinou, VP Africa, ICANN: 5 min</td>
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<td><strong>African's participation in CCWG:</strong> Tijani Ben Jemaa (CCWG member): 5min</td>
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<td><strong>African's participation in CCWG:</strong> Fiona Asonga (CCWG member): 5 min</td>
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<td><strong>African's participation in CWG:</strong> Seun Ojedeji ( CWG member): 5min</td>
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<td><strong>African's participation in ICG:</strong> Mohamed El Bashir (Vice Chair ICG): 5 min</td>
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<td><strong>Brief update on the processes:</strong> Theresa Swinehart Senior advisor to the President, ICANN; 10 min</td>
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<td><strong>Q&A:</strong> 20 min</td>
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<td><strong>Closing remarks:</strong> 5 min</td>
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<h3>ICANN Session on E-friction on June 04, 2015 08:30 to 10:00</h3>
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<li><em>Presentation on BCG Report and e-friction</em>:; David Dean, Boston Consultancy Group
</li><li>QA </li></ul>
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