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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please see hereafter
<b>day 2 of ICANN79 PREP week sessions</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sessions will be conducted in English and will feature remote simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish. To attend any of the
sessions, please <a href="https://events.icann.org/icann79/registration">register</a> for ICANN79. After registering, you will receive an email confirmation with additional event details.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please visit the <a href="https://icann79.sched.com/">ICANN79 website</a> to view the Prep Week schedule details. Remote participation links will be posted 24 hours before
the start time of each session. Session materials and recordings will be posted on the site as they become available.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOTE – 16h30 UTC - ICANN Board Engagement with the ICANN Community Session is a *<b>NEW</b>* format with breakout rooms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Session Details</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:white">This 60-minute engagement session will include three breakout rooms hosted by different Board members, each covering a different topic.
<b>Following a brief welcome plenary, community members will be asked to join <u>
one of the three breakout rooms</u> for a 40-minute discussion with the Board hosts for that topic</b>. Attendees will be able to move freely between the three breakout rooms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">The session will conclude with all attendees coming together to hear each Board host’s summary of the discussions in their respective breakout
rooms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="background:white">Topic 1:</span></u></b><span style="background:white">
</span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;background:white">Led by
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Maarten Botterman and Chris Buckridge.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Description: Within this breakout room, the Board will solicit input from participants on the
<b>current development of the FY26-30 ICANN Strategic Plan</b>, including sharing the primary themes identified from the input received via the environmental scan sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="background:white">Topic 2:</span></u></b><span style="background:white">
<b>The Board’s Role & Responsibilities when Board-Adopted Policies Do Not Address the Problems They Were Developed to Solve</b>•
</span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;background:white">Led by Becky Burr and Alan Barrett</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">• Format
of the engagement: discussion and input• Description: In this breakout room, the Board hosts will invite community feedback on how to handle situations where it becomes clear that community-developed gTLD policies adopted by the Board are superseded by subsequent
events or are otherwise not able to, or can no longer, resolve the problems they were designed to address. There is currently no Bylaw or process for such a circumstance, other than the Board requesting that the community initiate another full policy development
process. As the Board continues to engage with the GNSO on this topic, the community is invited to brainstorm possible solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="background:white">Topic 3:</span></u></b><span style="background:white">
</span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Environmental Sustainability at ICANN</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">•
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;background:white">Led by Sally Costerton and León Sanchez</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">• Format of
the engagement: discussion and soliciting input• Description: In this breakout room, the Board hosts will solicit community input on how to best advance ICANN’s environmental sustainability efforts, in line with FY24 CEO Goal 8. Drawing on the expertise of
the community will help shape the dialogue for more sustainable planning for ICANN meetings and operations.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ICANN79 Prep Week Session<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Wednesday,<br>
21 February</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">15:00 – 16:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Updates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">ICANN Board Engagement with the ICANN Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Status Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">What to Expect During ICANN79: A Guide for Newcomers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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22 February</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">15:00 – 16:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Implementation of Specific Reviews, Work Stream 2 Recommendations, and ICANN Reviews Updates</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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