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.

REGISTER NOW! DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS 20 October 2023!

All listed in local time – CEST (UTC +2)

Saturday, 21 October

• 09:00-10:00 - GNSO IDN EPDP Working Session (1 of 3)
• 09:00-10:00 - EPDP Phase 2 small team
• 10:30-12:00 - GNSO IDN EPDP Working Session (2 of 3)
• 10:30-12:00 - GNSO Transfer Policy Review PDP Working Group
• 13:15-14:30 - Joint session: At-Large & GNSO council meeting (All councilors)
• 15:00-16:00 - GNSO Council small team - SubPro Pending Recommendations
• 16:30-18:00 - GNSO celebration session (16:30-17:30 event & 17:30-18:00 cocktail) (All councilors)

• 19:30 - ?       - GNSO Council dinner – (GNSO councilors only - All councilors/ incoming and outgoing)

Sunday, 22 October

• 09:00-10:00 - GNSO Working Session 1 of 2 (All councilors)
• 10:30-12:00 - GNSO Working Session 2 of 2 (All councilors)
• 13:15-14:30 - Joint session: ccNSO & GNSO council meeting (All councilors)

Monday, 23 October

• 15:00-16:00 – Joint session:  GAC & GNSO council meeting (All councilors)
• 16:30-17:30 - GNSO IDN EPDP Working Session (3 of 3)

Tuesday, 24 October

• 17:45-18:45 - GNSO Council Informal meeting [closed]  (All councilors/ incoming and outgoing)

Wednesday, 25 October

• 09:00-10:00 – Joint session: ICANN Board & GNSO Council (All councilors)
• 13:00-15:00- GNSO Council part 1 (All councilors)
• 15:15-15:45 – GNSO Council part 2 - Admin (All councilors) – seating of new councilors, voting of GNSO Chair and Vice-Chair selection

Thursday, 26 October

• 13:15-14:30 – GNSO Council Wrap-up ( All councilors)

Please reach out to gnso-secs@icann.org if you have questions about which session to attend.

Safe Travels!

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Julie Bisland via council <council@gnso.icann.org>
Reply-To: Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>
Date: Monday, October 9, 2023 at 12:15 PM
To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Cc: Julie Bisland via Gnso-secs <gnso-secs@icann.org>
Subject: [council] ICANN78 GNSO Sessions - How to Get Organized / Remote Participation Details

Dear all,

With ICANN78 just around the corner, please take a moment to read the information below for a seamless and successful meeting. 

REGISTER NOW! DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS 20 October 2023!

• Sign into Your ICANN Account or create an account here [account.icann.org]. 
• Register by selecting the Meeting Registration tile.
• Click on the Registration link. 

NOTE: There will be no onsite registration facilities this year so you must register in advance. In-person, advance registration will close on 20 October 2023. After that point in time, only virtual participation will be open for continued registration. Walk-up and late registrations will not be accepted after the in-person advance registration closes. All walk-up and late registered attendees will only have access to virtual participation.

Before creating your schedule, please read this page carefully: https://meetings.icann.org/en/remote-participation. If participating on-site, please read the Health and Safety page.

CREATE YOUR MEETING SCHEDULE

• Access the schedule here [icann78.sched.com]. The schedule shows up with blank circular radial buttons to the left of each session. Hover over the radial button and click “ADD TO MY SCHEDULE” or just click to add the checkmark. 
  • Once you’ve selected all sessions, click the My Schedule link in the lower left corner or hover over your profile and select My Schedule.
  • Click the Phone icon (located on the right side of the page)
  • In the bottom section, “Export Calendar”, click the link next to “My Schedule”. When the .ics is exported, add it to the appropriate calendar. OR, after exporting, drag and drop the .ics file into your calendar.
• Please remember, for security purposes, participation links will be posted 24-hours prior to the session start times. 

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

to download all sessions of interest to your individual calendars

Review the Participation Tools and update Zoom

• All sessions will use Zoom rooms. Access details are 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 Participation How-To Guide for more information on how to get the most out of the virtual meeting tools.

Links to Bookmark

ICANN78 Meeting Schedule [icann78.sched.com]

GNSO ICANN78 GNSO Remote Participation Wiki Page

GNSO Session agendas

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

Kind regards,

GNSO SO/AC Support team

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Julie Bisland

Policy Operations Sr. Coordinator (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Skype ID:  79613b691cb8a6c1

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

Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO

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