Dear Council,

One update to share and updated below.

Wednesday, 29 October 2025

Removed 09:00 – 10:00: GNSO Council Small Team [Closed session]
Added: 09:00 – 10:00 GNSO Coordination of ROR CCG

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

From: Terri Agnew <terri.agnew@icann.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
To: "council@icann.org" <council@icann.org>
Cc: GNSO-Secs <gnso-secs@icann.org>
Subject: GNSO Council sessions | ICANN84 GNSO Sessions - How to Get Organized / Remote Participation Details

Dear all,

As a follow up to Julie’s email below, reminding you how to add ICANN sessions to your schedule, please find below a list of sessions of interest to GNSO councilors. Please note, certain sessions are considered mandatory attendance for seated councilors and are marked as such. Please refer to the full schedule to select the other SO/AC, Stakeholder Group, Constituency sessions you may be interested in.

In-Person attendance registration remains open until 23 October 2025.. (On-site registration will not be available.)

All sessions will be conducted during regular working hours in Dublin, Ireland (Irish Standard Time, IST / UTC+1).

[Note: Dublin starts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) / UTC+0, from Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 2:00 am local time].

Saturday, 25 October 2025

10:30 - 12:00: Latin Script Diacritics PDP Working Group (1 of 2)
13:15 – 14:30: Latin Script Diacritics PDP Working Group (2 of 2)
15:00 – 16:00: RDRS Standing Committee Work Session (1 of 4)
16:30 – 17:30: RDRS Standing Committee Work Session (2 of 4)

Sunday, 26 October 2025 – REMINDER Clocks adjust by one hour

09:00 – 10:00: GNSO Working Session (1 of 2) - ( All councilors)
10:30 – 12:00: DNS Abuse Work Session
13:15 – 14:30: GNSO Working Session (2 of 2) - ( All councilors)
15:00 – 16:00: Joint GAC and GNSO Council - ( All councilors)
16:30 – 17:30: RDRS Standing Committee Work Session (3 of 4)

Monday, 26 October 2025

09:00 – 10:15: Welcome Ceremony
10:45 – 12:00: Geopolitical Forum: WSIS +10 focus
13:15 – 14:30: Community Session – Review of Review Session 1 of 2
15:00 - 16:00: GNSO Council Informal Meeting [Closed session] - ( All councilors)
16:30 – 17:30: Joint Session: ICANN Board and GNSO Council - ( All councilors)
19:00– 22:00: Evening Reception at EPIC, The Irish Immigration Museum

Tuesday, 28 October 2025

N/A for GNSO Council specific – reminder check the main schedule for other SO/AC, Stakeholder Group, Constituency sessions you may be interested in.

Wednesday, 29 October 2025

09:00 – 10:00: GNSO Coordination of ROR CCG ( All councilors if possible – added on 07 October 2025)
13:15 – 15:15: GNSO Council Meeting (Part 1 of 2) - ( All councilors – outgoing councilors last meeting)
15:30 – 16:00: GNSO Council Meeting (Part 2 of 2 - Admin meeting) - ( All councilors: Note INCOMING councilors this will be your first meeting, includes vote on next GNSO Chair)
16:30 – 17:30: RDRS Standing Committee Work Session (4 of 4)
19:00 - ? - GNSO Council dinner – GNSO Councilors & GNSO Staff support only - ( All incoming and outgoing councilors )

Thursday, 30 October 2025

09:00 - 10:00: GNSO Council Wrap-up - ( All councilors)
09:00 – 19:00: Q&A with ICANN Executive Team
10:30 – 12:00: ICANN Public Forum
13:15 – 14:30: Community Session – Review of Reviews Session 2 of 2
16:30 – 17:30: ICANN Board Meeting
17:30 – 18:30: Closing Reception

Safe Travels!

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

From: Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>
Date: Monday, September 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
To: "council@icann.org" <council@icann.org>
Cc: GNSO-Secs <gnso-secs@icann.org>
Subject: ICANN84 GNSO Sessions - How to Get Organized / Remote Participation Details

Dear all,

With ICANN84 just around the corner, please take a moment to read the information below for a seamless and successful meeting.

ICANN84 key dates:

Prep Week will take place virtually 13 - 15 October 2025.
Deadline for IN-PERSON registration is 24 October 2025.
ICANN84 will take place in Dublin 25 - 30 October 2025.

On-site registration will not be available.

Registration for ICANN84 does not automatically create a user account on sched.com.

Instructions and guides to register as well as personalize your schedule can be found on these pages:

Visit this page to REGISTER: https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann84/
- General information about Dublin, hotels, transportation and rates, and links to food options can also be found here
The ICANN84 Schedule: https://icann84.sched.com/
- Instructions for personalizing your schedule can also be found here

There will be no calendar invitations sent, as the meeting schedule allows you

to download all sessions of interest to your individual calendars

A reminder to review the Participation Tools page and update Zoom

All sessions that use Zoom rooms, access details will be available 24hrs prior.
Visit the Participation Tools page for links to download the latest version of Zoom for access to the ICANN Meeting sessions.
Please see the ICANN Meeting VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION GUIDES in the blue box on the right side of the page for more information on how to get the most out of the virtual meeting tools.
If participating on-site, please read the Frequently Asked Questions here.

Links to Bookmark

ICANN84 Meeting Schedule

ICANN84 GNSO Remote Participation Wiki Page

GNSO Session agendas

For all GNSO meeting-related queries, please email us at: gnso-secs@icann.org and we will be more than happy to assist!

Kind regards,

GNSO SO/AC Support team

Julie Bisland

Policy Operations Analyst (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: https://learn.icann.org/

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Transcripts and recordings of GNSO Working Group and Council events are located on the GNSO Master Calendar