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WEBCAST 4 APR – ISOC Hyderabad Universal Acceptance Day 2026
by Joly MacFie April 3, 2026

April 3, 2026

[image: Here's the alt text for the image: ``` Banner for ISOC HYD UA Day 2026, hosted by the Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapter. Features an illustrated globe surrounded by multilingual script characters, with four focus areas: Policy Enablement, Academia, UA Adoption Strategy, and Developer Engagement/Tech Adoption. Date: Saturday April 4, 2026, 9:00AM – 4:00PM. Sponsored by Universal Acceptance, Microsoft, and ICANN. ```] <https://i0.wp.com/isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/isoc-hyd-ua.jpg?ssl=1> LIVESTREAM <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86580496596> | ADD TO CALENDAR <https://addcal.co/e/isoc-hyd-ua> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20519> On 4 April 2026 the Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapter <https://www.isocindiahyderabad.org/> (ISOC HYD) will host ‘Universal Acceptance Day 2026 <https://www.isocindiahyderabad.org/img/event/Isoc.jpeg>‘. This full day conference, to be held at the Microsoft Campus in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, has the theme ‘Universal Acceptance for an Inclusive Digital Future – Driving Atmanirbhar Bharat‘. AGENDA (All Times IST = UTC+5.5) 09:30 Opening and Context Setting Bala Prasad Peddigari – Master of Ceremonies 09:35 Inaugural Ceremony Dr. Salman Abdul Moiz – Vice-President, ISOC Hyderabad Chapter K Mohan Raidu – President, ISOC Hyderabad Chapter Jayesh Ranjan – Govt. of Telangana, Special Chief Guest 10:00 Keynote Address: Building the AI-Powered Multilingual Internet: Microsoft’s Vision for Universal Acceptance at Scale Vijay Mamtani – CVP, Microsoft 10:20 Keynote Address: Reimagining the Internet: UA as the Foundation for the Next Billion Users Amitabh Singhal – Board Member, ICANN 11:00 Session #1: Language, Identity and Digital Inclusion: Why UA Matters for Humanity Ma’aly Hazzaz – Regional Director, APAC, UNESCO 11:20 Session #2: From Policy to Practice: Building a Global-Local Ecosystem for Universal Acceptance Satish Babu – Co-Chair ALAC IDNs WG; IEEE Member, MGA Board 11:40 Session #3: Inside Universal Acceptance: Standards, Challenges and Implementation Roadmap Sarmad Hussain – Senior Director, IDN and UA Programs, ICANN 12:00 Keynote Address: From Local to Global: Building Bharat’s AI-Native Multilingual Internet Kiran Chandra Yarlagadda – Founder, SWECHA and VISWAM.AI 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Keynote Address: India’s Strategic Role in the Global Universal Acceptance Movement Samiran Gupta – MD Asia Pacific, ICANN 13:50 Academia and Research Track: Building India’s UA-Ready Talent Ecosystem Dr. Uday Desai – Founding Director, IIT Hyderabad Dr. Rajnikanth Aluvalu – Director, Symbiosis Institute of Technology 14:40 Industry Deep Dive: UA as a Business Multiplier Seshu Venkata – Vice President, Wipro MGPL Narayana – Chair, IEEE Hyderabad Section Rajeev Ranjan – AI Leader, Wipro 15:25 UA Adoption Demonstration K Pranava Raidu – UA Team, ISOC Hyderabad 15:45 Certificate Distribution & Vote of Thanks Dr. Salman Abdul Moiz – Vice-President, ISOC Hyderabad Chapter #isochyderabad #uaday #universalacceptance #internet4all -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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by Vanda Scartezini April 1, 2026

April 1, 2026

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RECORDING - EURALO Multilingual Read-Out ICANN85
by Joly MacFie March 31, 2026

March 31, 2026

[ISOC LIVE Recaps are now also available at https://isoclive.substack.com/] [image: Banner for “Multilingual Read-Out ICANN85 (EURALO)” on 24 March 2026. Gateway of India image on left; right panel lists speakers (Fouquart, Kulesza, Hudobnik, Bürger, Filinovych, Peake, Esfandiari, Filina). Moderator: Frederic Taes. EURALO/ICANN logos; “Archived by ISOC.LIVE.”] <https://i0.wp.com/isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/euralo-icann85.jpg?s…> VIDEO <https://youtu.be/uM8HMPeML0o> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/euralo-icann85/euralo-icann85.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/154326755/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/euralo-icann85> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20482> On March 24, 2026 the European Regional At-Large Organization <https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/euralo> (EURALO) hosted a Multilingual ICANN 85 Read-Out <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/GYBLNQ>. PRESENTERS Philippe Fouquart – GNSO Joanna Kulesza – At-Large & GAC Matthias Hudobnik – SSAC Constanze Bürger – ASO Valeriia Filinovych – ICANN Fellow Adam Peake – ICANN GSE Pari Esfandiari – ALAC HOSTS / MODERATORS Frédéric Taes – Chair, EURALO Natalia Filina – Secretary, EURALO FACILITATOR Michelle DeSmyter – Policy Support At-Large & GNSO, ICANN -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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APRALO Policy Forum – IDN Policies and Implementation
by Joly MacFie March 30, 2026

March 30, 2026

*** ISOC LIVE recaps are now also available at https://isoclive.substack.com/ <https://isoclive.substack.com/> *** [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20386> VIDEO <https://youtu.be/4Ejx3SijE74> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/apralo-multilingual-2/apralo-multilingual-2.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/154218345/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/apralo-multilingual-2> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20386> On 26 March 2026, , the APRALO Policy Forum <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/OOrdBg> hosted ‘IDN Policies and Implementation <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/OOrdBg>‘, the second of the series of 3 webinars to introduce ICANN’s goal for a “Multilingual Internet” and its engagement of relevant stakeholders to deliver this goal. The session tackled 4 topics: the history and background of IDN variant issues, the policy development work across GNSO and ccNSO, implementation of IDN policies in the 2026 new gTLD round, and upcoming policy work still in the pipeline. PRESENTERS Sarmad Hussain – Senior Director, IDN & UA Programs, ICANN Pitinan Kooarmornpatana – IDN Programs Director, ICANN HOST / MODERATOR Satish Babu – ALAC Member, APRALO

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RECORDING - eco - ICANN85 Readout – Highlights & Take-Aways from the Community Forum
by Joly MacFie March 26, 2026

March 26, 2026

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20366> VIDEO <https://youtu.be/FzYepVkWGhU> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/eco-icann85/eco-icann85.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/153980908/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/eco-icann85> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20366/> On March 18, 2026, eco – Association of the Internet Industry <https://www.eco.de/> and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <https://www.icann.org/> (ICANN) jointly hosted ‘ICANN85 Readout – Highlights & Take-Aways from the Community Forum <https://www.eco.de/event/icann85-readout-highlights-take-aways-from-the-com…>‘. Speakers from different constituencies of the ICANN community provided a summary of the main points and key takeaways from the hybrid ICANN85 meeting in Mumbai. SPEAKERS Elizabeth Bacon – Chair, RySG / TCCM Nicolas Caballero – Chair, GAC Jordan Carter – Member, ccNSO Council Philippe Fouquart – Chair, ISPCP Frederic Taes – Chair, EURALO Susan Payne – Chair, GNSO Council Sarah Wyld – Vice-Chair, RrSG HOSTS Gabriella Schittek – Stakeholder Engagement Director, Nordic & Central Europe – ICANN Org Thomas Rickert – Director Names & Numbers, eco – Association of the Internet Industry Lars Steffen – Director International, eco – Association of the Internet Industry -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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RECORDING - Preparing the DNS for the Post-Quantum Cryptography transition
by Joly MacFie March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

[Apologies for a brief drop in Benoit's video early on. Didn't have the recorder turned on properly! Reminder, ISOC LIVE recaps are now also *available on SubStack* <https://isoclive.substack.com/>] [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20362> VIDEO <https://youtu.be/YYDYlOt-sZk> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/is3c-pqc2/is3c-pqc2.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/153803695/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/is3c-pqc2> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20362> On 18 March 2026,, the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Internet Standards, Security and Safety Coalition <https://is3coalition.org/> (IS3C) hosted a webinar ‘Preparing the DNS for the Post-Quantum Cryptography transition <https://intgovforum.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ye16qPy7SqC21kx8PRh5Nw#/regist…>‘. This was the second in the IS3C Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) series, The first is available here <https://isoc.live/20268/>. SPEAKERS Benoît Ampeau – Head, Afnic Labs Caspar Schufiser – Research Engineer at SIDN Labs Maarten Botterman – IS3C / GNKS Consult BV HOST / MODERATOR Wout de Natris – van der Borght – IS3C coordinator -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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RECORDING - NextGen@ICANN85 Presentations
by Joly MacFie March 18, 2026

March 18, 2026

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RECORDING - ICANN 85 - GNSO: ISPCP Outreach Session
by Joly MacFie March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/>VIDEO <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlg8We3ePxcNGGx6A6J9irVBczJPUDUkQ> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/152819035/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/icann85-ispcp> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20332> On March 9 2026, the Internet Service Provider and Connectivity Provider Constituency <https://www.icann.org/groups/ssac> (ISPCP ) of the Generic Name Supporting Organization <https://gnso.icann.org/> (GNSO) organized an Outreach Session <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQCnKQ> at the ICANN 85 Community Forum <https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann85/> in Mumbai. AI-driven analytics are transforming abuse detection and incident response. This forward-looking session explored real-world use cases, the risks of overreliance on automation, and opportunities for collaboration between operators and researchers. 01 Introduction Lars Steffen – ISPCP Vice Chair Santanu Acharya – ISPCP ExCom Member VIDEO <https://youtu.be/eKpkourV-PY> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/01_introduction.mp3> | RECAP EN <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/01_introduction.EN.pdf> / ES <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/01_introduction.ES.pdf> / FR <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/01_introduction.FR.pdf> 02 AI & DNS Abuse – The Dual Challenge Matthias Hudobnik – SSAC VIDEO <https://youtu.be/41KQN40SSSc> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/02_AI_and_DNS_Abuse.mp3> | RECAP EN <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/02_AI_and_DNS_Abuse.EN.pdf> / ES <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/02_AI_and_DNS_Abuse.ES.pdf> / FR <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/02_AI_and_DNS_Abuse.FR.pdf> 03 Universal Acceptance Introduction to CODI – Ram Mohan – CODI Universal Acceptance, Digital Inclusion, & the AI Factor – Nitin Walia – ISPCP Guidelines for Advancing UA Adoption – Nabil Benamar – ISPCP VIDEO <https://youtu.be/YUDsEN3CM3w> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/03_Universal_Acceptance.mp3> | RECAP EN <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/03_Universal_Acceptance.EN.pdf> / ES <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/03_Universal_Acceptance.ES.pdf> / FR <https://archive.org/download/icann85-ispcp/03_Universal_Acceptance.FR.pdf> -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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RECORDING - ICANN 85 – WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps
by Joly MacFie March 11, 2026

March 11, 2026

<https://isoc.live/20323> [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20323>VIDEO <https://youtu.be/JaKScXfKNKk> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/icann85-wsis/icann85-wsis.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/152688168/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/icann85-wsis> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20323> On March 9 2026, during the ICANN 85 Community Forum <https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann85/> in Mumbai, in a panel ‘WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps <https://sched.co/2GwkG>‘, Internet governance leaders and community members reflected on the WSIS+20 <https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20> review process and discussed what comes next. SPEAKERS Kurtis Lindqvist – President and CEO, ICANN Sally Wentworth – President and CEO, ISOC Ian Sheldon – ICANN GAC Amrita Choudhury – ICANN community member Chris Disspain – ICANN community member Chengetai Masango – Head – IGF Secretariat Moderator: Janis Karklins – Head of Government Engagement, ICANN Host: Rebecca McGilley – Government and IGO Engagement Operations Senior Director, ICANN - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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EuroDIG Registration
by Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond March 10, 2026

March 10, 2026

Dear Colleagues, just a reminder, EuroDIG will take place in Brussels on 26 and 27 May 2026. The consolidated programme is now here: https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Consolidated_programme_2026 Register here for in person or remote participation: https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/register-for-eurodig-2026/ Kindest regards, Olivier Crépin-Leblond

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