Dear All, Starting next week, there will be a number of sessions organized by the ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee (MPC), both prior to - and during - the upcoming ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum, which will be held 22 – 25 March 2021. For all relevant information, including a short summary of the presentations, details how to join and session recordings, read more below or visit the ccNSO ICANN70 Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/2AlACQ>. As part of ICANN70, relevant ccNSO sessions include: * Tech Day (Monday, 22 March | The agenda will be posted here<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/vTech+Day+%7C+22+March+-+Agen...>) * 3 sessions as part of the ccNSO Members Meeting: read more below or visit the ccNSO ICANN70 Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/2AlACQ> * The ccNSO Internet Governance Liaison Committee (IGLC) will organize a session on the topic of digital sovereignty (Thu, 25 March 2021 | 14:00-15:00 UTC). * The ccNSO Council will hold its March meeting as part of ICANN70. (Thu, 25 March 2021 | 17:30-19:00 UTC) Moreover, the ICANN org Prep Week schedule is available as well. There will be ten sessions from 8 – 11 March 2021. To attend any of the ICANN org Prep Week sessions, or the ICANN70 sessions, please register<https://events.icann.org/icann70/registration>. ccTLD News Session #1 Tuesday, 9 March 2021 (19:00-20:30 UTC) Join Meeting<https://icann.zoom.us/j/96913374324?pwd=WTNKMkJCbDJEYUIyVkVPTEJRaitqUT09> | Recordings will become available here<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ccNSO+Webinars>. Guðrun Poulsen (.fo) | Session Chair, Barbara Povše (.si) | Moderator · 25 years of Internet in SV... and counting. Lito Ibarra (.sv) · From digital transformation to economic reactivation in Colombia. Isabel Cristina De Ávila Benitez (.co) · 2020 in BYnet: main results. Alena Belskaya (.BY, .БЕЛ) · An integrated approach to compliance and complaints handling. Steph Viljoen (.au) ccTLD News Session #2 Thursday, 11 March 2021 (11:00-12:30 UTC) Join Meeting<https://icann.zoom.us/j/94414286681?pwd=Tyt2c1pXOXVqZ1JOUWNpUXlPcTJpZz09> | Recordings will become available here<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ccNSO+Webinars>. Guðrun Poulsen (.fo) | Session Chair, Barbara Povše (.si) | Moderator · Benefits, drawbacks, and evaluation of independent registry management. Bernhart Farras Sukandar (.id) · Stepping up with online presence in a post-covid world, the case of Rwanda. Grace Ingabire (.rw) · Are ccTLD registries ready for Universal Acceptance? Maria Kolesnikova (.RU/.РФ ) · Sustainability plans for registries. Giovanni Seppia (.eu), Arnaud Recko (.be) ccTLD Community Webinar #1 Wednesday, 17 March 2021 (20:30-21:30 UTC) Join Meeting<https://icann.zoom.us/j/95712999949?pwd=K0lYUnF2UmsxaVJvb0dVSGJVQjlsUT09> | Recordings will become available here<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ccNSO+Webinars>. Are you new to the ccNSO, or would like to learn more? During this 1-hour webinar, the ccNSO Council Chair will help you to gain an understanding of the work of the ccNSO, what to expect from the ccNSO at the Virtual ICANN70 community Forum, as well as how ccTLD community representatives can participate in the important work that affects you and your region. ccTLD Community Webinar #2 Thursday, 18 March 2021 (11:00-12:00 UTC) Join Meeting<https://icann.zoom.us/j/92577638061?pwd=OXhWTDYwUWsxVkZPOFBWOW5Db3pGUT09> | Recordings will become available here<https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ccNSO+Webinars>. Are you new to the ccNSO, or would like to learn more? During this 1-hour webinar, the ccNSO Council Chair will help you to gain an understanding of the work of the ccNSO, what to expect from the ccNSO at the Virtual ICANN70 community Forum, as well as how ccTLD community representatives can participate in the important work that affects you and your region. ccNSO Members Meeting: ccNSO Governance Session Tuesday, 23 March 2021 (15:30-17:00 UTC) Register to attend<https://events.icann.org/icann70/registration>. Participation Links will be published 24 hours before the session starts. For more information on how to participate, visit: https://70.schedule.icann.org/participation-tools Session Chair: Chris Disspain The ccNSO has evolved since its creation in 2003. Its membership has grown from slightly over 40 members to 172 members, and while the ccNSO started as a Supporting Organization with a limited scope and mandate, it is now one of the five Decisional Participants in the Empowered Community. Moreover, the internal rules<https://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-rules-dec04-en.pdf> of the ccNSO have not been updated since their adoption in 2004. They no longer reflect the evolved roles and responsibilities of the ccNSO Council and ccNSO membership. The goal of this session is to review (and update if needed) the governance structure of the ccNSO. The focus of these discussions will be on ccNSO decision-making processes, roles, and interaction between the ccNSO Council and ccNSO Members. The results of the session will provide the basis for further work on these topics by the ccNSO Council and the ccNSO Guidelines Review Committee (GRC). ccNSO Members Meeting: Question and Answer Session with ccTLD-associated ICANN Board Members Tuesday, 23 March 2021 (21:30-22:30 UTC) Register to attend<https://events.icann.org/icann70/registration>. Participation Links will be published 24 hours before the session starts. For more information on how to participate, visit: https://70.schedule.icann.org/participation-tools Session Chair: Jordan Carter (.nz) The ccNSO-appointed ICANN Board members, Patricio Poblete and Nigel Roberts, have been invited to attend a question and answer session and to share their experiences as Board members. Also invited are ICANN Board members with a long standing association with the ccTLD community: Becky Burr, Danko Jevtović, and Lito Ibarra. ccNSO Members Meeting: ccTLDs and the future Wednesday, 24 March 2021 (Part 1: 19:30-21:00 UTC | Part 2: 21:30-22:30 UTC) Register to attend<https://events.icann.org/icann70/registration>. Participation Links will be published 24 hours before the session starts. For more information on how to participate, visit: https://70.schedule.icann.org/participation-tools Session Chair: Sean Copeland (.vi), Moderator: Biyi Oladipo (.ng) ccTLD stakeholders expect their ccTLDs to be resilient and future-proof. The keynote address by Olaf Kolkman (ISOC) in part 1 of this session will explore the properties needed to protect and enhance the future of the Internet. ccTLDs from various regions will look to the future: What do they see as major developments and how do they address them? Listen to presentations by Roelof Meijer (.nl), Anil Kumar Jain (.in) and Frederico Neves (.br). During the second part of the session, the audience and panelists are invited to share their views on making ccTLDs future-proof. Links to bookmark now ccNSO Schedule & Remote Participation Hub: The one-stop page for all your remote participation queries https://community.icann.org/x/fwlACQ Agenda ICANN70 ccNSO Members Meeting https://community.icann.org/x/2AlACQ Pre-ICANN70 ccNSO sessions https://community.icann.org/x/uQpACQ Agenda ICANN70 Tech Day https://community.icann.org/x/<https://community.icann.org/x/nYBeCQ>nYBeCQ<https://community.icann.org/x/nYBeCQ> Agenda ICANN70 ccTLD News Sessions https://community.icann.org/x/uQpACQ Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org