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<td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:100;color:#000000;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:10px 20px 0px 20px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" valign="top"><p><br><span><strong><a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/b0000dRPuCZ0Eg1S020280N" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Register for ICANN68 Prep Sessions</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#000000">29 May 2020</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000"> </span></p><p>LOS ANGELES – 28 May 2020 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released the ICANN68 Prep Sessions schedule. A total of eleven webinars will help prepare the community ahead of the <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/ZRN0g01vd0000208A20PECw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Virtual Policy Forum</a> being held from 22-25 June 2020.</p> <p><strong>To attend any of the webinars, please register <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/j2wR012PC00080gNEdB0w00" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a> by Friday 5 June 2020</strong> to receive instructions on how to join. You may also submit questions during the registration process. </p> <p style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>ICANN68 Prep Sessions Schedule</strong></p> <p><strong>Monday, 8 June 2020</strong><br> 12:00 and 22:00 UTC | Interpretation Platform Kick-off Webinar</p>
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<li>A demonstration of the interpretation platform. This will be an opportunity for the ICANN community to test the interpretation platform that will be used at ICANN68.</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Tuesday, 9 June 2020</strong><br> 16:00 UTC | ICANN Org Operations Planning Team Update</p>
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<li>ICANN's FY21 Operating Plan and Budget</li>
<li>ICANN's FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Thursday, 11 June 2020</strong><br> 16:00 UTC | Universal Acceptance Annual Strategic Action Plan Webinar</p>
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<li>Progress update on Universal Acceptance Steering Group's (UASG) FY20 action plan</li>
<li>Universal Acceptance Steering Group's (UASG) FY21 goals</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Monday, 15 June 2020</strong><br> 16:00 UTC | Evolving ICANN's Multistakeholder Model Webinar</p> <p><strong>Tuesday, 16 June 2020</strong><br> 07:00 UTC | ICANN Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Roleplay for Fellows (for ICANN68 Fellows only)</p>
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<li>This session is targeted at engaging ICANN68 Fellows and supporting their learning journey to participate actively in ICANN's multistakeholder policy development process (PDP).</li>
<li>Fellows will roleplay as different stakeholder groups/constituencies to participate in a mock PDP Working Group work call.</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Tuesday, 16 June 2020</strong><br> 16:00 UTC | ICANN Open Data Program Update</p>
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<li>Overview of the ICANN Open Data Program</li>
<li>Update on the developments since Open Data Platform Launch v1.0</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Wednesday, 17 June 2020</strong><br> 12:00 UTC | Pre-ICANN68 GNSO Webinar</p>
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<li>Update on GNSO projects and activities, including PDP work, projected timelines, and current challenges</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Wednesday, 17 June 2020</strong><br> 16:00 UTC | NomCom Review: Implementation Milestones</p>
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<li>Update on implementation progress</li>
<li>Outreach on recommendations including Bylaws updates</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Thursday, 18 June 2020</strong><br> 16:00 UTC | Policy Webinar</p>
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<li>Updates on current work across ICANN's Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Thursday, 18 June 2020</strong><br> 18:00 UTC | Q&A with ICANN Org Executive Team</p> <p>All webinars will be conducted in English. The Policy Webinar will offer French and Spanish interpretation. During the Policy Webinar, participants have the opportunity to test the two-device interpretation service that will be used for ICANN68 Virtual Policy Forum. Instructions to use the interpretation service, recordings, presentation materials, and a pre-recorded webinar from the Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives (MSSI) team will be posted <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/MN0E0208Cw01d00xP0gR0C2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p> <p>ICANN Prep Sessions were established to help streamline the pre-meeting experience, increase awareness of current hot topics, and enhance briefings and readout sessions conducted around an ICANN Public Meeting.</p> <p>Note: If you have trouble accessing the registration link above and you are using Chrome, try the following:</p>
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<li>If issues still persist, please try using a different browser, such as Safari.</li>
</ol> <p><strong>About ICANN</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p></p><p> </p></td>
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