Dear all, As part of an ongoing process to improve the security of our web applications, the ICANN Registration website will now require that all potential meeting participants verify their email address to complete the registration process. This added layer of security is designed to ensure the validity of user email addresses and reduce the amount of malicious and spam email accounts currently being utilized. Once a user has verified their email address, they will not need to re-verify for future meeting registrations, unless they update their email address or use a new one. Unverified email accounts will be unable to complete the registration process, nor will they be able to receive printed credentials at the meeting. This new verification process will be implemented by 20 May 2017. Users are encouraged to log into https://registration.icann.org<https://registration.icann.org/> after 20 May 2017 to receive a prompt to validate their email address. Users can then utilize the validation link sent to their email address, or they can enter the emailed confirmation code into the registration site confirmation code prompt. If users have pre-registered for upcoming meetings, and are unable to visit https://registration.icann.org<https://registration.icann.org/> before the meeting, they will be prompted on-site at the registration kiosks to validate their registration account email address. They can simply enter the email confirmation code at the kiosk prompt. Registration email validation links and confirmation codes are only valid for 24 hours after they are requested. If you have any questions about this new process, please send an email to meetings@icann.org<mailto:meetings@icann.org>. Read the announcement here: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-19-en Best regards. Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org