[ALAC] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- The Eighth Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum 2020 Goes Virtual

[Maureen Hilyard]

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*The Eighth Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum 2020 Goes Virtual
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/WC01nNR0P0j2Edg00208F00>*

06 July 2020

*ISTANBUL – 6 JULY 2020 –* The eighth Africa Domain Name System (DNS)
Forum, which was to be held in Dakar Senegal under the auspices of Senegal
Network Information Centre with the support of the government of Senegal,
will now be held virtually. This decision was made as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting, scheduled for 27-28 July 2020, is an annual open event for
stakeholders in the domain name industry in Africa organized by Africa Top
Level Domains Organization (AFTLD), the Africa Registrar Association
(AfRegistrar), and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN).

This year, the Africa DNS Forum has been restructured to adapt to the
virtual platform, with a total of four sessions that will be spread over a
two-day period. Each session will be two hours long and will cover thematic
topics focused on policy, technical, and marketing, as well as emerging
issues under the current pandemic and other emergencies.

Holding this meeting virtually will provide the opportunity to test the
resilience of the infrastructure in the region. Remote participation will
be available through Zoom and live streamed on YouTube and Facebook. To
register and learn more about the Africa DNS Forum, please click here
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/a0200P012C0800oEkRNF0gd>.

The first edition of the Forum was held in Durban, South Africa in 2013.
Since then the model has been replicated in the Latin America and the
Caribbean, Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific regions.
The Forum has also been held in Abuja, Nigeria (2014); Nairobi Kenya
(2015); Marrakech, Morocco (2016); Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (2017); Cotonou,
Benin (2018); and Gaborone, Botswana (2019).

*Organizing Partners*
About AFTLD

Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD) is the association of country
code top level domain (ccTLD) registry managers in the Africa region. The
main objective of AFTLD is to provide a forum for ccTLD managers from the
Africa region to discuss issues regarding management of ccTLD registries.
AFTLD then presents their common position on key global issues in the
Domain Name System (DNS) industry in international meetings
About AfRegistrar

AfRegistrar association includes all ICANN accredited registrars based in
the African continent, The AfRegistrars shall fulfil the role,
responsibilities, and functions of the AfRegistrar as defined within the
ICANN Bylaws.
About ICANN

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an
address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That
address must be unique, so computers know where to find each other. ICANN
helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world.
ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation
with a community of participants from all over the world.


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