https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann78-prep-week-schedule-no... 26 September 2023 ________________________________ Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN78 Prep Week schedule<https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann78>. The schedule consists of 13 sessions to prepare the ICANN community and public for the ICANN78 Annual General Meeting taking place 21–26 October 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. ICANN78 Prep Week will be held from Monday, 9 October, to Wednesday, 11 October. Sessions will be conducted in English and will feature remote simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish. To participate in any of the sessions, please register<https://events.icann.org/icann78/dnuregistration/Site/Register> for ICANN78. After registering, you will receive an email confirmation with additional event details. Please visit the ICANN78 website<https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann78> to view the Prep Week schedule details. Remote participation information will be posted 24 hours before the start time of each session. Session materials and recordings will be posted on the ICANN78 website as they become available. Date Time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ICANN78 Prep Week Session Monday, 9 October 14:30–15:30 New gTLD Program Next Round: Implementation Status Update 16:00–17:00 Specific Reviews, Work Stream 2, and Geographic Regions Update 17:30–19:00 What to Expect During ICANN78: A Guide for Newcomers 20:00–21:00 Contractual Compliance Update 21:30–22:30 2023 Nominating Committee End of Year Report Tuesday, 10 October 14:30–15:30 Applicant Support Program: Research and Updates 16:00–17:00 Universal Acceptance Community Update 17:30–19:00 Planning and Finance Update 20:00–21:00 Name Collision Analysis Project Study 2 Update Wednesday, 11 October 14:30–15:30 New gTLD Program Next Round: Registry Service Provider Evaluation Program Status Update 16:00–17:00 Reviews Update 17:30–19:00 Policy and Advice Update 21:30–22:30 Global Public Interest Framework Pilot Update About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.