Dear All, Please see hereafter day 2 of ICANN79 PREP week sessions: 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 register<https://events.icann.org/icann79/registration> for ICANN79. After registering, you will receive an email confirmation with additional event details. Please visit the ICANN79 website<https://icann79.sched.com/> 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. NOTE – 16h30 UTC - ICANN Board Engagement with the ICANN Community Session is a *NEW* format with breakout rooms Session Details This 60-minute engagement session will include three breakout rooms hosted by different Board members, each covering a different topic. Following a brief welcome plenary, community members will be asked to join one of the three breakout rooms for a 40-minute discussion with the Board hosts for that topic. Attendees will be able to move freely between the three breakout rooms. The session will conclude with all attendees coming together to hear each Board host’s summary of the discussions in their respective breakout rooms. Topic 1: Led by Maarten Botterman and Chris Buckridge. Description: Within this breakout room, the Board will solicit input from participants on the current development of the FY26-30 ICANN Strategic Plan, including sharing the primary themes identified from the input received via the environmental scan sessions. Topic 2: The Board’s Role & Responsibilities when Board-Adopted Policies Do Not Address the Problems They Were Developed to Solve• Led by Becky Burr and Alan Barrett• 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on how to handle situations where it becomes clear that community-developed gTLD policies adopted by the Board are superseded by subsequent events or are otherwise not able to, or can no longer, resolve the problems they were designed to address.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. Topic 3: Environmental Sustainability at ICANN• Led by Sally Costerton and León Sanchez• 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. Date Time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ICANN79 Prep Week Session Wednesday, 21 February 15:00 – 16:00 UTC Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Updates 16:30 – 17:30 UTC ICANN Board Engagement with the ICANN Community 18:00 – 19:30 UTC New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Status Update 20:30 – 21:30 UTC What to Expect During ICANN79: A Guide for Newcomers Thursday, 22 February 15:00 – 16:00 UTC Policy and Advice Update 16:30 – 17:30 UTC Registrant Program Update 18:00 – 19:30 UTC Implementation of Specific Reviews, Work Stream 2 Recommendations, and ICANN Reviews Updates 20:30 – 21:30 UTC GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process: Supplemental Recommendations Community Update Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Team in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org [atlarge.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/atlarge.icann.org/__;!!PtGJab4!_FMj7a2EPu...> Facebook: facebook.com/icann [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.facebook.com/icannatlarge__;!!PtGJab4!_FMj7a2EPuPDkroB-rK14maJu_K60gc2PNnv3Fj8XoeN21t64MmZnYifVKY5LWA-qFvnjB9Kvznf0E4tVpOlVg$>atlarge [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.facebook.com/icannatlarge__;!!PtGJab4...> Twitter: @ [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge__;!!PtGJab4!_FMj7a2EPuPDkroB-rK14maJu_K60gc2PNnv3Fj8XoeN21t64MmZnYifVKY5LWA-qFvnjB9Kvznf0E7Zq3NYPg$>ICANNAtLarge [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge__;!!PtGJab4!_FMj...> [signature_1469161298]