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 07 March 2025. (On-site registration will not be available.)

All listed in local time – PT (UTC -7 for Saturday or UTC -8 Starting on Sunday)

Saturday, 08 March 2025

13:15 – 14:30: Latin Script Diacritics PDP Working Group
16:30 – 17:30: Standing Committee on Continuous Improvement (SCCI)

BIG REMINDER: Daylight Savings time adjustment on Sunday 09 March 2025.

Sunday, 09 March 2025

09:00 – 10:00: GNSO Council Working Session (1 of 3) - ( All councilors)
10:30 – 12:00: GNSO Council Working Session (2 of 3) - ( All councilors)
13:15 – 14:30: GNSO Council Working Session (3 of 3) - ( All councilors)
15:00 – 16:00: Joint GAC and GNSO Council - ( All councilors)

Monday, 10 March 2025

09:00 – 10:15: Welcome Ceremony
10:45 – 12:00: How We Meet Community Feedback Session
13:15 – 14:30: Q&A with ICANN org Executives
15:00 – 16:00: Joint ICANN Board and GNSO Council - ( All councilors)
16:30 – 17:30: GNSO Council Informal meeting (closed) - ( All councilors)
17:30 – 18:30: Opening Reception

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

19:30 - ? - GNSO Council dinner – GNSO Councilors & GNSO Staff support only - ( All councilors)

Wednesday, 12 March 2025

13:15 – 15:15: GNSO Council Meeting - ( All councilors)
16:30 – 17:30: RDRS Standing Committee Work Session

Thursday, 13 March 2025

09:00 – 10:00: Geopolitical, Legislative, and Regulatory Developments Update
10:30 – 12:00: ICANN Public Forum
13:15 – 14:30: GNSO Council Wrap-Up - ( All councilors)
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: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Cc: GNSO-Secs <gnso-secs@icann.org>
Subject: ICANN82 GNSO Sessions - How to Get Organized / Remote Participation Details

Dear all,

With ICANN82 just around the corner, please take a moment to read the information below for a seamless and successful meeting.

REGISTER NOW! DEADLINE FOR IN-PERSON REGISTRATION IS 07 March 2025!

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

NOTE: On-site registration will not be available so you must register in advance. In-person, advance registration will close on 07 March. After that point in time, only virtual participation will be open for continued registration.

Before creating your schedule, please read this page carefully: https://meetings.icann.org/en/remote-participation.

If participating on-site, please read the Frequently Asked Questions here.

CREATE YOUR MEETING SCHEDULE

Access the schedule here. 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 Tab next to “Event Schedule”.
- Click the Phone icon, “Mobile App + iCal” (located on the right side of the page)
- At the bottom of that page, “Export Calendar”, click the “My Schedule” link. 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 AND IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION GUIDES for more information on how to get the most out of the virtual meeting tools.

Links to Bookmark

ICANN82 Meeting Schedule

ICANN82 GNSO Remote Participation Wiki Page

GNSO Session agendas

REMINDER: Walk-up and registrations after 07 March will not be accepted. All walk-up and late registered attendees will only have access to virtual participation.

To make the most of Zoom’s features, update to the latest version of Zoom.

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

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