Dear All This year is defined by the UN for focus on issues relating Small Island Developing States (SIDS). You are welcome to follow the SIDS Workshops organised by your ICANN colleagues- - Cintra Sooknanan- IGF workshop WS 171 Connecting Small Island States Though Access to Data http://igf2014.sched.org/event/203bcd51d97a0bb5b171ef0aca34f29e; and - Tracy Hackshaw- IGF workshop WS 68 SIDS Roundtable: Do the elements required to promote the Information Society/Knowledge Economy complement "basic" infrastructural development needs? http://igf2014.sched.org/event/e918bb3602cb478dd7c195869035a060#.U_5xu_ldU_g . Many of the panelists on these workshops are affiliated with ICANN though the GAC, NCSG/NPOC, ccNSO and At Large. Thanks for your attention, hope to see/hear from you there! Kind regards Cintra Sooknanan