| Camels, Drummers And Hundreds of ICANNers: Last Night's AFRALO Showcase And Fadi Tribute Was A Hit! |
Monday's night Tribute to Fadi was a lively affair. Hundreds of ICANN55 participants filled the Orion Tent at the Palmeraie Golf Palace and Resort to enjoy the food, hear traditional Moroccan music and honor Fadi Chehadé's legacy. Many took to the stage during the evening's festivities including: El Mountassir Billah Azdine, Director General of the National Agency for Regulation of Telecommunications; Xiaodong Lee, CEO & CTO, China Internet Network Information Center; Demi Getschko, Member of the Board, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee; Rinalia Abdul Rahim, ICANN Board Member and Board Chair Steve Crocker. If you didn't get a chance to take your own camel selfie, you can download last night's photos from ICANN's Flickr account here.
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| Historic Moment At ICANN55 Welcome Ceremony And President's Opening Session |
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ICANN CEO & President Fadi Chehadé, Interim ICANN CEO & President Akram Atallah (starting 15 March), Incoming ICANN CEO & President Göran Marby and Board Chair Steve Crocker
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Yesterday's Welcome Ceremony and President's Opening Session featured speeches by Board Chair Steve Crocker, a moving tribute video to outgoing CEO & President Fadi Chehadé and a well-received first speech to ICANN participants by incoming CEO & President Göran Marby. We also learned that Swenglish will soon become one of ICANN's official languages!
If you missed yesterday's ceremony, you can watch it in its entirety on ICANN's YouTube Channel. Check out the ICANN55 playlist here. |
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Today's ICANN55 High Interest Sessions
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08:00 to 09:15
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Jardin Andalou
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18:00 to 19:30
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Grand Bleu
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| GNSO Stakeholder Group And Constituency Day |
Today, all four GNSO Stakeholder Groups and five Constituencies conduct meetings that are open to the public and participation from all interested parties, including newcomers, is strongly encouraged. If you are wondering what priorities the Registrar Stakeholder Group has or what the role of the Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency is, make sure to stop by.
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| Find Your Sector At ICANN Session, Today At 0800am In Jardin Andalou |
Want to know more about the different sectors and groups at ICANN? Come join us in the Find Your Sector In ICANN session today to meet with the leaders of the different sectors to learn more! Suitable for newcomers to ICANN, this session is an informal discussion with members of the ICANN staff and community to showcase how all sectors can come together to play a part in the ICANN multistakeholder model.
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| It's Constituency Day! Check Out The Joint Meetings With The ICANN Board Schedule Below. |
Swing by the joint meetings of the ICANN Board and the various stakeholders or community members today! There are a total of six joint meetings, as the ICANN Board meets with commercial and non-commercial stakeholders, contracted party house and members of the Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs). See below for more information.
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Pierre Dandjinou Welcomes You To ICANN55 In Africa!
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By Pierre Dandjinou, VP of Stakeholder Engagement for Africa
After a successful meeting in Dublin in October 2015, we began the countdown to ICANN55 in Marrakech. Three years have passed since ICANN held its last public meeting in Africa - in Durban, South Africa - and since then, the African community has been looking forward to ICANN55. I am thrilled that, once again, the African community will welcome the global Internet community to Africa.
Click here to read the full blog.
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All Domains Should Be Treated Equally!
Currently, many systems don't recognize or can't process new domain names, primarily because they may be more than three characters in length or in a non-ASCII format. Achieving Universal Acceptance will enable the next billion users to come online. Join our session tomorrow to learn about ICANN's efforts to promote Universal Acceptance and find out how you can get involved.
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Coordination de la Francophonie
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Durant cette réunion des parties prenantes francophones, présidée par l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), il sera question de faire un sommaire des sujets principaux d'ICANN55, dont le processus de transition et d'autres sujets d'intérêt pour la francophonie.
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At-Large Outreach Program: Sixty University Students From Rabat Visit ICANN55 In Marrakech
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Soufia Bellamkirab, Yaovi Atohoun, Gisella Gruber, Noura Znaidi, Heidi Ullrich and Alan Greenberg
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For more information about this program, click here.
Read a Q&A with two of the students below. |
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Soufia Bellamkirab, IT Engineering Student at the Institut National des Postes et Télécommunications
How did you learn about ICANN?
Last year, our school hosted an event with Aziz Hilali. We also hosted Fadi Chehadé and Mr. Baher Esmat to talk about the multistakeholder model.
What interested you about ICANN?
ICANN is us, ICANN is the globe. For me, as an IT student, it is very interesting for me to know more about ICANN, how it works, what people are here. I just signed-up for ICANN Learn, it is an amazing platform. I'm looking forward to the Internet Governance course, in the second semester with Mr. Hilali.
What's it like being one of the few female students in IT at your university?
It's cool to be one of the few female IT engineers, it's just amazing. I love what we study and what we do.
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Noura Znaidi, Graduate Student, Institut Supérieur De L'Information Et De La Communication
How did you learn about ICANN?
I heard about the program through Aziz Hilali. He is one of our professors.
What interested you about ICANN?
We are living in a connected world, so we have to know more informed about this domain. As a journalism student, you should know about the world you are living in, I feel this is an obligation now, this is a necessity, you should know, how it works and how it will be in the future.
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Fabricio Pessôa - Brazil
Member of ICANN Fellowship Program
What is your current job?
I am Community Engagement and Relationship Manager at AXUR - Cyber Inspection for a Safer Web.
How did you become involved with ICANN?
I heard about the fellowship program from Daniel Fink, Manager of Stakeholder Engagement in Brazil. I thought it would be a great way to learn about ICANN. My first meeting was ICANN54 in Buenos Aires, where I got a broad idea of how things work. I am now headed to ICANN55 in Marrakech, where I plan to deepen my knowledge and decide where to become involved.
What is your call to action?
I hope that more representatives of the LAC region will become decision-makers, especially in the areas of security and the fight against cybercrime. I'd also like to bring in non-technical people and teach them more about the Web so they can participate in debates on issues like big data and personal information. I feel that end users should be the ones making decisions in these areas, not technical communities, government or law enforcement.
One of my goals at ICANN is to find more people who share my ideas.
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Where Do I Get My Invitation and How Do I Get To The Gala Dinner?
On the occasion of the 55th ICANN meeting, M. Azdine EL MOUNTASSIR BILLAH, Director General of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT), is pleased to invite you to the gala dinner that will be held in honor of participants of the ICANN meeting. The dinner will take place at the Menara Gardens - Ain Mezouar, Marrakech on Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 20:00pm.
Invitations are available at the ICANN Information Booth.
Buses leave from Palmeraie Conference Center at 19:00.
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