Thank you, Sulaiman for spreading the news about the event. Dear Hammad, Thank you for your interest in attending the panel on Thursday 28th. Please see more information below. We look forward to seeing you. Best Baher When: 28th September 2017, at 11:00 -13:30 [panel discussion followed by lunch] Where: Conrad Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road Ballroom F Participants: * Abdulrahman Al Marzouqi, Telecom Regulatory Authority, UAE * Ali Al Meshal, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) * Mohammad Zeidan, Nuestar MENA * Mahmoud Lattouf, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) * Baher Esmat, ICANN Overview: The panel / this gathering is a prelude to the upcoming 60th public meeting of ICANN (‘ICANN60 ‘) which will take place for the first time in Abu Dhabi next month from the 28th October – 3rd November 2017. ICANN is the platform where the world’s Internet technical community gathers to coordinate key resources that make the Internet function, chiefly domain names, and associated numbers and protocols. Over the past three years the Internet has been undergoing historical changes. From the rollout of new domains, known as generic Top Level Domains (‘new gTLDs’) such as .abudhabi, representing one of the biggest changes to the Internet since its inception, to the shaping of the Internet’s future through a major evolution in its governance via an empowered global community. The panel will be an opportunity to learn from some local and international experts about ICANN60 as well as an occasion to discuss the current hot topics present today in the Internet ecosystem, and potential business opportunities On 9/24/17, 7:28 PM, "meac.swg-bounces@icann.org<mailto:meac.swg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Hammad Hassan" <meac.swg-bounces@icann.org<mailto:meac.swg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of hammad.shahir@gmail.com<mailto:hammad.shahir@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear Mr. Sulaiman, I am thankful for your update. I always admire Internet Society objectives and initiatives. Though, as you have mentioned, there were very limited activities in U.A.E. chapter. I am glad to know that something is kicking start and I would love to be part of that. I'll try to attend event on Sept. 28th. Kindly pass me details of that event. Thank you, Hammad Hassan On 24 September 2017 at 18:56, ISOC UAE Chapter <salansari@me.com<mailto:salansari@me.com>> wrote: [SOC UAE Chapter Logo] Dear Hammad Hassan, Thank you for being member of UAE chapter, I have received many emails asking about the chapter activities I just want to clarify that we are the only accredited ISOC chapter in UAE and we are working on forming process to be legal entity Our chapter was started in 2007 under the name of Emirates internet group and due lack of participation we stopped our activities in 2009 at the same time a small number of members are still working with ISOC, we have faced many challenges to make our group as a legal entity but we didn't give up, Finally had a chance to register our chapter officially in the Dubai Association Center that's why I'm sending this email to our members to participate and calibrate to achieve ISOC goals Personally I have attended many conferences within our field the last conference was MENOG in Muscat last April and I have found that we have great opportunity to serve the community UAE If You find yourself that you are interested in our activities please feel free to contact me by replying to this email I will add you on in our activity spelling list At the same time and on behalf of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) I would like to invite you too ICANN panel session followed by a networking lunch on September 28th at Conrad Dubai. If you are interested to attend the event kindly RSVP to: meac.swg@icann.org<mailto:meac.swg@icann.org> For more details and inquiries feel free to contact me anytime Look forward to see you soon ! Regards Sulaiman Alansari ISOC UAE Chapter Email: isocuae@gmail.com[isocuae@gmail.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__isocuae-40gmail.com&d=Dw...> Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/isocuae[facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_isocuae&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=9Fv0cnEVLNdzagwuyUc6wfmXbLEs-r62GIfrn7IWCGk&m=tSuGgIOXun9ZH9k78CFYZjP_g8ROSOrVXwkYRxuZQpc&s=Ru2kKO8TsyKGRiQj9qmzJBW4I341KRvMGfVepvCNHbE&e=> Twitter: https://twitter.com/isocuae [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_isocuae&d=D...> -- Best regards, Hammad Hassan