Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN81 Prep Week schedule. The schedule consists of 12 sessions to prepare the ICANN community for the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting taking place 9–14 November 2024 in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye.
ICANN81 Prep Week will be held on 28, 30, and 31 October. Sessions will be conducted in English and will feature remote simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. To attend any of the sessions, please register for ICANN81. After registering, you will receive an email confirmation with additional event details.
Please visit the ICANN81 website to view the Prep Week schedule details. Remote participation links will be published 24 hours before the start time of each session. Session materials and recordings will be published on the website as they become available.
Date | Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) | ICANN81 Prep Week Session |
Monday, | 15:00 – 16:00 | ICANN Board Engagement with the ICANN Community |
16:30 – 17:30 | Blockchain Name Technologies | |
18:00 – 19:30 | Contractual Compliance Update | |
20:30 – 21:30 | 2024 Nominating Committee Annual Update | |
Wednesday, | 15:00 – 16:00 | Policy and Advice Update |
16:30 – 17:30 | Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update | |
18:00 – 19:30 | New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Status Update | |
20:30 – 21:30 | Finance and Planning Update | |
22:00 – 23:00 | Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Update | |
Thursday, | 15:00 – 16:00 | Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Updates |
16:30 – 17:30 | Draft Fiscal Years 2026-2030 Strategic Plan Update | |
18:00 – 19:30 | ICANN Reviews Update |