https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann79-prep-week-schedule-no... 5 February 2024 Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN79 Prep Week schedule<https://79.schedule.icann.org/>. The schedule consists of 12 sessions to prepare the ICANN community for the ICANN79 Community Forum taking place 2—7 March 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ICANN79 Prep Week will be held from Tuesday, 20 February, to Thursday, 22 February. Sessions will be conducted in English and will feature remote simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish. To attend any of the sessions, please register<https://events.icann.org/icann79/registration> for ICANN79. After registering, you will receive an email confirmation with additional event details. Please visit the ICANN79 website<https://icann79.sched.com/> to view the Prep Week schedule details. Remote participation links will be posted 24 hours before the start time of each session. Session materials and recordings will be posted on the site as they become available. Date Time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ICANN79 Prep Week Session Tuesday, 20 February 15:00 – 16:00 UTC Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update 16:30 – 17:30 UTC Contractual Compliance Update 18:00 – 19:30 UTC Finance and Planning Update 20:30 – 21:30 UTC Name Collision Analysis Project Study 2 Update Wednesday, 21 February 15:00 – 16:00 UTC Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Updates 16:30 – 17:30 UTC ICANN Board Engagement with the ICANN Community 18:00 – 19:30 UTC New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Status Update 20:30 – 21:30 UTC What to Expect During ICANN79: A Guide for Newcomers Thursday, 22 February 15:00 – 16:00 UTC Policy and Advice Update 16:30 – 17:30 UTC Registrant Program Update 18:00 – 19:30 UTC Implementation of Specific Reviews, Work Stream 2 Recommendations, and ICANN Reviews Updates 20:30 – 21:30 UTC GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process: Supplemental Recommendations Community Update