https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2021-02-22-en LOS ANGELES – 22 February 2021 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN70 Prep Week schedule to help the community prepare for the upcoming ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum, which will be held 22 – 25 March 2021. There will be ten sessions from 8 – 11 March 2021. To attend any of the sessions, please register<https://events.icann.org/icann70/registration> for ICANN70. After registering, you will receive two emails: · A registration confirmation · An email with login information for the schedule Once you log into the schedule, you will be able to sign up for ICANN70 Prep Week sessions. Please note that for security purposes, participation links will be posted 24 hours prior to the session start times. The session schedule will display in your local time, based on the time set on your device used to view the website. ICANN70 Prep Week Schedule Date and Time Eastern Standard Time (EST) Session Monday, 8 March 2021 09:00-10:00 EST Global Stakeholder Engagement Update Monday, 8 March 2021 10:30-12:00 EST What to Expect During ICANN70: A Guide for Newcomers Tuesday, 9 March 2021 10:30-12:00 EST Planning Update Tuesday, 9 March 2021 14:30-16:00 EST Generic Names Supporting Organization Council Policy Update Wednesday, 10 March 2021 09:00-10:00 EST Nominating Committee Review Update Wednesday, 10 March 2021 14:30-16:00 EST Reviews and Implementation Update Wednesday, 10 March 2021 16:30-17:30 EST Contractual Compliance Update Thursday, 11 March 2021 09:00-10:00 EST Universal Acceptance Readiness Update Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:00-12:00 EST Policy Update Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:30-17:30 EST Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Program Update Remote simultaneous interpretation will be available for some ICANN70 Prep Week sessions via Zoom. For more information, including materials and recordings, please visit the ICANN70 website<https://70.schedule.icann.org/>. Registration is required to access this information. 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 not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.