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Thank You for Your Hard Work at ICANN74!
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By Göran Marby, ICANN President and CEO
Thank you to everyone who attended ICANN74. Your participation is necessary for advancing ICANN’s work and for achieving our mission of one, global Internet.
On behalf of the ICANN organization, I’d like to thank the ICANN community for your work on planning this Policy Forum, and for advancing discussions on DNS security
threats and other matters during the meeting. Your support, hard work, and flexibility made this hybrid meeting possible.
Just as we continuously adjust our goals to meet new challenges, so too we will continue to hone and improve the hybrid meeting format. I look forward to seeing
you all again soon at the ICANN75 Annual General Meeting in September.
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2022 Community Excellence Award Honors Vanda Scartezini
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ICANN is honored to announce that Vanda Scartezini is the recipient of the Community Excellence Award 2022. Scartezini is a long-time member of the ICANN community.
The selection panel recognized her commitment to the multistakeholder model and her leadership in various ICANN community groups.
The ICANN Community Excellence Award honors members of the ICANN community who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions and contributed in a substantive
way to policy-making within the ICANN ecosystem.
Scartezini has been an active member of the ICANN community since 2000. To learn more about Scartezini's service over the past 22 years, read the published
announcement
[r20.rs6.net].
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Apply Now for NextGen@ICANN at ICANN75!
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ICANN is calling for applications for the NextGen@ICANN Program at ICANN75.
We want to hear from university students living and studying in the Asia Pacific region who are interested in the future of the Internet and participating in the
ICANN75 Annual Meeting. ICANN75 is scheduled to take place 17–22 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If ICANN75 is held virtually, the NextGen@ICANN Program will also be held virtually.
The application window will remain open until 1 July. Successful candidates will be announced on 15 July on the ICANN website. For more information about the program
and to apply, please visit the NextGen@ICANN
website [r20.rs6.net].
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Select ICANN74 sessions will be livestreamed on YouTube as part of ICANN's efforts to increase accessibility. These view-only livestreams provide a low-bandwidth
alternative for attendees.
Thursday, 16 June, 14:30–15:30 UTC
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ICANN would like to hear about your experiences at this hybrid Public Meeting. Please email your feedback to
icann74feedback@icann.org.
In the coming days, you’ll receive an ICANN74 survey to share additional feedback and help us improve future meetings.
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RSS Governance Working Group
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The ICANN Board convened the
Root
Server System (RSS) Governance Working Group (GWG) [r20.rs6.net] to develop a final model of RSS governance and root server operator accountability based on RSSAC037.
To inform the development of the final model, the Root Server System Advisory Committee published success criteria for RSS governance. Since then, the GWG has dedicated its work sessions to reviewing the success criteria. The GWG will have four work sessions
today focused on: applying the success criteria, reviewing the affiliate organization model, reviewing the Supporting Organization model, and determining its next steps.
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At-Large Leadership Round-Up
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The At-Large Wrap-Up Session will review the highlights of ICANN74 and will feature a discussion with both ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby and members of the
ICANN Board. The session will conclude with a preview of ICANN75.
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ccNSO Council Public Meeting
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The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council will hold a public meeting to adopt the FY22–FY24 ccNSO work plan, which details the expected duration
of the ccNSO’s policy development processes, community work, and administrative tasks. In addition, the ccNSO Council is expected to appoint new leadership teams for the ccNSO Internet Governance Liaison Committee and the Meetings Programme Committee. The
ccNSO Council is expected to adopt the timelines for the ccNSO ICANN Board Seat 11 and the upcoming ccNSO Council elections. Additional topics for the ccNSO Council meeting will be made available on the
ccNSO
Council workspace [r20.rs6.net].
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Updates on Geopolitical, Legislative, and
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With this plenary session, ICANN org’s Government Engagement team seeks to share information with the community about Internet-related public policy issues, including
legislative and regulatory proposals that may impact our technical mission, policies, and processes. Our goal is to continue sessions of this kind as an opportunity for regular interaction with the community during ICANN meetings.
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ccNSO: ccPDP4 Working Group on Selection IDN ccTLD Strings
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This session took place on Tuesday, 14 June. If you missed it, visit the
schedule
[r20.rs6.net] for the session materials and recordings.
The fourth ccNSO policy development process (ccPDP4) continued its development of policy recommendations for the (de-)selection of Internationalized Domain Name (IDN)
country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) associated with countries, territories, or other areas of geopolitical interest listed in the International Organization for Standardization 3166-1 standard. During this session, the working group evaluated input received
during the ICANN74 ccNSO Policy Update session and began to stress test draft policy recommendations, which include:
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Root Zone Label Generation Rules shall be used for the validation and selection of strings as variants.
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Similar to the selected IDN ccTLD string, its variants should be limited to meaningful representations of the name of the territory in the designated language
and related script.
The ccPDP4 Working Group completed its review and discussion of the 2013 policy proposals for the IDN ccTLD string selection process and formed three subgroups:
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Variant Management: The variant management subgroup works in close
coordination with the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on IDNs. The variant management subgroup continues its review of the IDN TLD recommendations.
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(De-)Selection of IDN ccTLDs:
The (de-)selection of IDN ccTLDs subgroup is tasked with defining the trigger event(s) that will start the retirement process for an IDN ccTLD and its variants. The proposal
complements the ccNSO-recommended policy on the retirement of ccTLDs.
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Confusing Similarity Review:
The confusing similarity review subgroup was convened in March 2022 and is running in parallel with GNSO EPDP IDNs efforts in this area.
There are areas of potential overlap between the work by the Variant Management subgroup and the ccPDP4 Working Group that need to be clarified. The outcome of ccPDP4
will eventually replace the current IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
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Photo of the Day: The ICANN74 NextGen@ICANN participants pose outside World
Forum The Hague.
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Words From Fellowship Program Leaders and Alumni
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ICANN celebrates the 15th anniversary of the ICANN Fellowship Program, our oldest global capacity-development program. Learn more about the program in this
blog
[r20.rs6.net]. Here, past program leaders and participants share their experiences and offer words of advice for new Fellows.
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"CONGRATULATIONS to ICANN on this terrific program, and my very best wishes to all the talented alumni it has produced. It has been a privilege to work with so
many of you over the years and to the current day."
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.cl Registry Legal and Business Director
"We deserve to celebrate our 15th anniversary with joy and pride, to lead the way for the Internet and ICANN on the path for the future. Happy 15th birthday to
all the Fellows around the world!"
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Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University
"Congratulations to the Fellowship Program for making it 15 years! It's such an amazing program that ... has been undeniable in helping kick-start the careers
of so many amazing members of the ICANN community! Looking forward to at least as many more years, and more notable alumni."
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ASIA PACIFIC (APAC) FOCUS
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ICANN CEO Engages With the Pacific Islands Community
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PITA members represent a broad spectrum of interests from across the Pacific region, from Internet and telecom service providers, to ccTLD registries and regulators,
to government ministries.
In his remarks, Marby noted that service providers are in a unique position to guide the Internet end users in their countries. Marby pointed out that ICANN is working
to localize the Internet and continues to engage with the Pacific region by delegating 29 ccTLDs and providing root server instances in 13 countries in the region. He also emphasized the need to continue building close working relationships with all parties
involved to ensure the Internet is secure, stable, and interoperable in the future.
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MEET THE ICANN APAC COMMUNITY
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Liu Yue is a China-based research fellow on Internet Governance and Information and Communication Technology policy at the China Academy of Information and Communications
Technology (CAICT). Previously, he was the executive director of the Center of Internet Governance Research at CAICT.
An active member of the Chinese ICANN community, Liu Yue is a member of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and co-leader of the GAC’s third Accountability
and Transparency Review Work Party.
He first participated as a GAC adviser at ICANN40 and has remained active in ICANN ever since. Liu Yue is deeply interested in technology development, Internationalized
Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA), multistakeholder participation, and Internet governance. He organized partners to support the new generic top-level domains, IDN and UA programs, sharing his progress and experience at ICANN and Internet Governance
Forum meetings.
Liu Yue has also been launching ICANN meeting readout sessions with Internet stakeholders in China since 2014, and has promoted collaboration and engagement with
the Chinese community. He is devoted to connecting with all stakeholders and cultivating young leaders in the areas of Internet governance and public policy of Internet critical resources.
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“The Fellowship Program is a great opportunity for everyone to contribute to the Internet community and learn about Internet governance while attending an ICANN
meeting.”
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Kong Diep is the Chief Technical Officer of Cambodia-based Internet Service Provider SINET. He is interested in new technology developments and in Internet governance.
Since his first ICANN meeting in 2017 at ICANN60, he has remained engaged in the Asian, Australasian, and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization and the Cambodia Network Operators Group communities to share the knowledge that he gained during each
ICANN meeting with the local community.
As a fellow, Diep attended ICANN60 and ICANN62 in person, which allowed him to get acquainted with ICANN’s structure and organization. To keep contributing to ICANN
and to learn more about Internet community policy development during the pandemic, he attended ICANN67 and ICANN72 virtually.
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WELCOME NEXTGEN@ICANN PARTICIPANTS
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“I joined ICANN to help create policies that ensure an open and unified Internet for all.”
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Annika Linder is a legal tech Ph.D. student and researcher at the Vienna University of Business and Economics. Her research focuses on how to teach legal decision-making
to computers and on Internet law. The ICANN74 meeting in The Hague is Linder’s first ICANN meeting.
Growing up as the daughter of two computer scientists, Linder was taught how to use the Internet as a toddler and was fascinated when learning about the ubiquity
of the Internet. After her law studies, she decided to join ICANN as a NextGen@ICANN participant to take part in designing the policies that will enable a future-oriented, secure, stable, and interoperable Internet.
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