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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/NTI5LUNSRS03MTcAAAF7avijN2f5Q6SCApof7KQuVOzu8HdfcY1NUjRtwIRLGqlHJrlrNJW6OGXB3aeg1lvM4O1Yszs=" target="_blank">ICANN70 Prep Week Schedule Now Available</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#000000">22 February 2021</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000"> </span></p><p>LOS ANGELES – 22 February 2021 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN70 Prep Week schedule to help the community prepare for the upcoming ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum, which will be held 22 – 25 March 2021.</p> <p>There will be ten sessions from 8 – 11 March 2021. <strong>To attend any of the sessions, please <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/NTI5LUNSRS03MTcAAAF7avijN5SxViL7jAk7o3DEJKlKBz1UhDMXPjCsGk4gEiLT5dYyQ7_lnkM0HNCmeoF-Jxq1ChE=" target="_blank">register</a> for ICANN70.</strong> After registering, you will receive two emails:</p>
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<li>An email with login information for the schedule</li>
</ul> <p>Once you log into the schedule, you will be able to sign up for ICANN70 Prep Week sessions. Please note that for security purposes, participation links will be posted 24 hours prior to the session start times. The session schedule will display in your local time, based on the time set on your device used to view the website.</p> <h3>ICANN70 Prep Week Schedule</h3>
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<td><p><strong>Monday, 8 March 2021</strong><br> 09:00-10:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Global Stakeholder Engagement Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Monday, 8 March 2021</strong><br> 10:30-12:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>What to Expect During ICANN70: A Guide for Newcomers</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Tuesday, 9 March 2021</strong><br> 10:30-12:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Planning Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Tuesday, 9 March 2021</strong><br> 14:30-16:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Generic Names Supporting Organization Council Policy Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Wednesday, 10 March 2021</strong><br> 09:00-10:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Nominating Committee Review Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Wednesday, 10 March 2021</strong><br> 14:30-16:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Reviews and Implementation Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Wednesday, 10 March 2021</strong><br> 16:30-17:30 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Contractual Compliance Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Thursday, 11 March 2021</strong><br> 09:00-10:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Universal Acceptance Readiness Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Thursday, 11 March 2021</strong><br> 11:00-12:00 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Policy Update</p></td>
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<td><p><strong>Thursday, 11 March 2021</strong><br> 16:30-17:30 EST</p></td>
<td><p>Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Program Update</p></td>
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</table> <p>Remote simultaneous interpretation will be available for some ICANN70 Prep Week sessions via Zoom. For more information, including materials and recordings, please visit the <a href="https://newsalerts.icann.org/NTI5LUNSRS03MTcAAAF7avijN3aasxeK2K4-jhDNiy3GWFY_MLPw9sFJ75OnzfYwrnkanqhHA48hW_ZVza0hfDXOeQY=" target="_blank">ICANN70 website</a>. Registration is required to access this information.</p> <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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