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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/x0C0000b2h20PNR0Sd0g8E2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Fifth Eastern European DNS Forum Goes Virtual</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#000000">27 October 2020</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000"> </span></p><p><strong>Brussels – 27 October 2020 –</strong> The fifth Eastern European Domain Name System Forum (<a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/q2EC0d08PT0N0b02R0gi002" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">EEDNSF</a>) will take place online from 18-19 November 2020. The event is organized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (<a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/r00j0E2b0RUP8NC2g0020d0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ICANN</a>) in partnership with <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/a0200P022C0800VEkRNb0gd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Caucasus Online</a>, which is hosting the event.</p> <p>The EEDNSF is part of ICANN's regional outreach efforts to raise awareness about DNS-related issues; and collaborate with stakeholders through discussions on topics currently under development. The Forum will bring together interested parties and experts to share experiences, and update participants on regional and global domain industry trends. This year's program includes the following key topics:</p>
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<li>Regional focus on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA)</li>
<li>ICANN's <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/z0282dP0000RNlb2CgW0E00" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Identifier Technology Health Indicators (ITHI)</a> and Health of the DNS Ecosystem</li>
<li>DNS Operations and Security</li>
<li>Business Continuity for Registries: A Regional Approach</li>
</ul> <p>The EEDNSF gives participants an opportunity to interact with one another and discuss the many business, technical, and policy aspects of the domain industry. Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board Chair, and Danko Jevtović, Board member, will attend along with leading regional and global experts in the DNS industry.</p> <p>Register <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/SR0E2d08P000NCg0200b2Xm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a> and visit the EEDNSF <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/n0Cg0nY022NP0ER08200db0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">website</a> for more information.</p> <p>You can follow the event on social media with the hashtag <strong>#EEDNSF2020</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Media Contacts:</strong></p> <strong>Luna Madi</strong><br> Communications Director, EMEA<br> Istanbul, Turkey<br> <strong>Tel:</strong> +90 533 0313505<br> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/O0b0g02E0200NCPo0Z0d28R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">luna.madi@icann.org</a> <h3>About ICANN:</h3> <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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