[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-15-en ________________________________ Join Us for the Middle East's First Regional Webinar on the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN's Accountability 15 December 2014 The ICANN Middle East team invites you to participate in the first regional webinar on the IANA Stewardship and ICANN's Accountability. There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the discussion. When: Monday, 22 December 2014 at 1600 UTC (for time conversions, please refer to the link at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/). Where: Adobe Connect at https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg and over Telephone/Skype (dial-out numbers can be found online at http://adigo.com/icann/). The call will be conducted in English and there will be real-time Arabic translation. Agenda Time Slot Name Speaker 16.00 - 16.05 Welcome note Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East - ICANN 16.05 - 16.25 Overview of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability processes Theresa Swinehart, Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy 16.25 - 16.45 The IANA Coordination Group (ICG) Manal Ismail, Director, International Technical Coordination, National Telecom Regulatory Authority - NTRA Mohammed Elbashir, Technical Department Manager - ictQatar 16.45 - 17.25 Q&A Open Floor 17.25 - 17.30 Closing Remarks Baher Esmat, VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East - ICANN Questions and interventions can be made in either language, and can be posted either over the call, or as text in the Adobe Connect room. In order to join the call, you can either: 1. Request for dial-out assistance. Please send your name, a phone number you want to be called at and your language preference to meswg@icann.org<mailto:meswg@icann.org>, no later than 20 December 2014 at 23.59 UTC; or 2. Join by dialing into a toll-free number for your country as shown at http://adigo.com/icann/ either using a telephone or via Skype Call one of the toll-free numbers listed in the same link (toll-free numbers do NOT show an 'L', 'M', or 'T' in front of them). Once you are prompted for the conference code, please enter 47139 if you wish to join the Arabic channel or 83137 if you wish to join the English channel.