Monday, 16 May 2022 ICANN Community Digest The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. How Domain Name System Policy is Developed, and How You Can Get Involved Table of Contents ICANN74 Planning NEW: Language Services at the ICANN74 Policy Forum NEW: ICANN74 Prep Week Schedule Now Available ICANN74 Zoom Backgrounds Internet Reimbursement Program Registration for ICANN74 Policy Forum in The Hague, Netherlands is Now Open Information Sharing NEW: Calling for NextGen@ICANN Applications for ICANN75 NEW: Chair's Blog: April-May 2022 Board Workshop Recap NEW: Over 400 Unique Participants for ICANN 2022 LAC Domain Name Week NEW: ICANN Invites Applications for Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2022 THIS WEEK: ICANN 2022 Middle East DNS Forum REMINDER: SubPro ODP Team Offering Update Session to Community Groups REMINDER: NextGen@ICANN Mentor Program Nominations Public Comment There are no open proceedings. ICANN74 Planning NEW: Language Services at the ICANN74 Policy Forum After more than two years of virtual gatherings, we want to share with you some of the adjustments we are making to language services for the ICANN74 Policy Forum. Read more. NEW: ICANN74 Prep Week Schedule Now Available ICANN announced the ICANN74 Prep Week schedule of nine sessions to prepare the ICANN community for the ICANN74 Policy Forum taking place 13-16 June 2022. ICANN74 Prep Week will be held from Tuesday, 31 May-Thursday, 2 June 2022. Sessions will be conducted in English and will feature remote simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish. To attend any of the sessions, please register for ICANN74. After registering, you will receive two emails: Registration confirmation Login information to access the schedule on the ICANN74 website Read more. ICANN74 Zoom Backgrounds ICANN74 Zoom backgrounds are now available here. Internet Reimbursement Program The application process is now open. Those who meet the eligibility requirements will be able to participate. More information is available on the Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program website. The deadline for applications is Friday, 27 May 2022, at 23:59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The ICANN Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program aims to facilitate the active participation in ICANN Public Meetings Meeting for certain community members with limited Internet capacity by offering financial assistance to increase their Internet bandwidth during the meeting. Read more. Registration for ICANN74 Policy Forum in The Hague, Netherlands is Now Open Registration for ICANN74 in The Hague, Netherlands is now open. ICANN74 will take place 13-16 June 2022 as a hybrid event to accommodate both in-person and virtual participation. While the ICANN74 Policy Forum presents the first opportunity for the community to come together in more than two years, the health and safety of all community members and staff continues to be ICANN's key priority. Read more. Information Sharing NEW: Calling for NextGen@ICANN Applications for ICANN75 ICANN is calling for applications for the NextGen@ICANN Program. ICANN wants to hear from university students living and studying in the Asia Pacific region who are interested in the future of the Internet and in participating in the ICANN75 Annual Meeting. ICANN75 is scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 17 to 22 September 2022. If ICANN75 is held virtually, the NextGen@ICANN Program will also be held virtually. The NextGen@ICANN application window will remain open until 1 July 2022. Successful candidates will be announced on 15 July 2022 on the ICANN website. For more information about the program and to apply, please visit the NextGen@ICANN website. Read more. NEW: Chair's Blog: April-May 2022 Board Workshop Recap The ICANN Board held its latest Board Workshop from 28 April to 1 May. With the ICANN74 Policy Forum fast approaching, the ICANN Board discussed how to best welcome the ICANN community to The Hague, Netherlands, in person and virtually. Read more. NEW: Over 400 Unique Participants for ICANN 2022 LAC Domain Name Week Over three days, from 26-28 April, ICANN's Regional Latin American Stakeholder Engagement team held the virtual meeting, LAC Domain Names Week 2022, in partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Address Registry (LACTLD), the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC), Internet Society (ISOC), and the Public Interest Registry (PIR). The focus of this year's event was "Shaping the future of a secure and resilient Domain Name System (DNS)." Read more. NEW: ICANN Invites Applications for Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2022 ICANN announced that the application window for the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) 2022 opens on 14 May 2022 00:00 (UTC+9). Hosted by ICANN and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA), the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy will be held from 16 to 20 August 2022 in Seoul or Jeju, Republic of Korea. Details about and application information for APIGA 2022 can be found on the APIGA 2022 website. THIS WEEK: ICANN 2022 Middle East DNS Forum The eighth Middle East Domain Name System (DNS) Forum will take place virtually Monday-Wednesday, 16-18 May 2022 and will offer a closer look at the evolving DNS ecosystem from a technical and policy perspective. It will have a special focus on regional challenges and opportunities for growth. Read more. REMINDER: SubPro ODP Team Offering Update Session to Community Groups In addition to the anticipated plenary session on the New gTLD SubPro ODP, the ICANN org SubPro ODP team is welcoming meetings with interested community groups. If any Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, stakeholder, or constituency groups would like to hear from the SubPro ODP team, please email subpro-odp@icann.org to schedule time with us. Please be sure to include any specific topic areas for discussion or if you prefer a general update. In addition, we ask that you share a few date and time options so that we can schedule and prepare accordingly. We look forward to meeting you. REMINDER: NextGen@ICANN Mentor Program Nominations The nomination period for the NextGen@ICANN Mentor Program is now open. Nominations must be submitted by no later than Monday, 1 August 2022. The community-nominated mentor will be responsible for overseeing the mentor process. Communities may choose to appoint program alumni and are encouraged to appoint active community members who have an interest in mentoring students. Guidelines for the program can be found here. Interested community groups should select their respective volunteers and notify Deborah Escalera, deborah.escalera@icann.org. Public Comment There are no open proceedings. See upcoming proceedings. See other public consultations. Volume 4, Issue 37 | Archive | Next Issue: Thursday, 19 May 2022 STAY INFORMED: Subscribe here ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe ccnso-council@icann.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by david.olive@icann.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!