Dear Colleagues,

Please see exchange below!

We do not know any details yet, but please let me know if you are interested to participate in the discussion!

Kind regards,

]{atrina

From: Mary Wong [mailto:mary.wong@icann.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:35 PM
To: Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>; Lars Steffen <lars.steffen@eco.de>; Dawson Christian <dawson@i2coalition.com>
Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org>; Cyrus Namazi <cyrus.namazi@icann.org>; Chantelle Doerksen <chantelle.doerksen@icann.org>; Carlos Reyes <carlos.reyes@icann.org>; Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>; Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>; Julie Hammer @Bigpond <julie.hammer@bigpond.com>; dtantanaka@verisign.com; Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv>
Subject: Re: [Ext] RE: ICANN64 High Interest Topic session: Universal Acceptance & Internationalized Domain Names

Hello everyone,

Thank you to Lars and Christian for taking the initial lead on this combined session. Due to the limited time that we have remaining in the run-up to ICANN64 and bearing in mind previous discussions about how to combine the two topics into a single coherent session, I have taken the liberty of adding Katrina (ccNSO Council Chair) and Dennis Tantanaka (Verisign, who contributed to much of the IDN implementation work with Sarmad’s team) to this thread.

As a reminder, we will need a session description ASAP so (without seeming to turn the heat up on Lars ☺ ) it will be helpful to get this group’s suggestions and confirmation very soon, including on speaker/panelists if possible.

Thank you all again!

Cheers

Mary

From: "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>
Date: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 12:16
To: Lars Steffen <lars.steffen@eco.de>, Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>, Dawson Christian <dawson@i2coalition.com>
Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org>, Cyrus Namazi <cyrus.namazi@icann.org>, Chantelle Doerksen <chantelle.doerksen@icann.org>, Carlos Reyes <carlos.reyes@icann.org>, "Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben" <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>, "Julie Hammer @Bigpond" <julie.hammer@bigpond.com>
Subject: [Ext] RE: ICANN64 High Interest Topic session: Universal Acceptance & Internationalized Domain Names

All

I don’t see Katrina on this email thread, and given the topic of IDNs there may be some folks from the ccNSO that may be able to contribute to this panel discussion. Hiro Hotta immediately comes to mind for me.

Anyway, just a thought.

Donna

From: Lars Steffen [mailto:lars.steffen@eco.de]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:06 AM
To: Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>; Dawson Christian <dawson@i2coalition.com>
Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org>; Cyrus Namazi <cyrus.namazi@icann.org>; Chantelle Doerksen <chantelle.doerksen@icann.org>; Carlos Reyes <carlos.reyes@icann.org>; Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>; Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>; Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>; Julie Hammer @Bigpond <julie.hammer@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: ICANN64 High Interest Topic session: Universal Acceptance & Internationalized Domain Names

Dear Mary,

Thank you so much for your email! Christian and I will synchronize on this and come back to all of you as soon as possible!

Kind regards,

Lars

Von: Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>
Datum: Freitag, 22. Februar 2019 um 23:35
An: Lars Steffen <lars.steffen@eco.de>, Dawson Christian <dawson@i2coalition.com>
Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org>, Cyrus Namazi <cyrus.namazi@icann.org>, Chantelle Doerksen <chantelle.doerksen@icann.org>, Carlos Reyes <carlos.reyes@icann.org>, "Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben" <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>, "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>, "Julie Hammer @Bigpond" <julie.hammer@bigpond.com>
Betreff: ICANN64 High Interest Topic session: Universal Acceptance & Internationalized Domain Names

Dear Christian and Lars (and cc’ing Julie, Donna, Maureen and Wolf-Ulrich),

I am writing to you as you had expressed interest, on behalf of the ISPCPC, in the ICANN64 Cross Community session on Universal Acceptance and IDNs, scheduled for Thursday 14 March at 10.30. Based on the community leaders’ planning calls to date, there seems to be general agreement that these two topics ought to be combined into a single session that will take the place of a previous proposal to focus on innovation in TLDs.

As we approach the final run-up to ICANN64, I hope that this email will serve to kick off further discussions as to the objectives, scope and format of this combined session. I have cc’d Cyrus Namazi – ICANN org’s designated senior executive for this topic – as well as Sarmad Hussain, who leads ICANN org’s IDN program, so that we can better assist you with developing and running a successful session.

Members of the Policy Team (including me and Carlos Reyes) will also be available to assist you with coordination, logistics, programming and overall management of the session. As such, we will need the following information at your earliest convenience:

A session description (for posting on the public schedule and meeting website) – this is the most urgently needed item at this point so even a placeholder description that can provide basic information to attendees looking at the meeting schedule will be fine; and
Your preferred format and room setup (e.g. will it be run as a panel with a moderator; how many speakers/panelists and who they are; how you wish to handle audience interaction and Q&A etc.).

We hope this email is helpful and look forward to your further discussions. Thank you all!

Best regards,

Mary