Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend the ICANN73 Middle East Readout session. When: Thursday 14 April 2022 at 10.00 AM UTC Where: Virtually over Zoom. Please register at https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUod-GpqjojE9IL9kLJoZ4ZnTWl3-HQGv-y The agenda for the session is as follows: Opening Remarks | Baher Esmat, Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement - Middle East and Managing Director Middle East and Africa, ICANN GAC Update | Manal Ismail, Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Operational Design Phase (ODP) Update | Patrick Jones, Sr. Director, Global Stakeholder Engagement, ICANN DNS Security Threats | Hadia Elminiawi, Director, DNS Entrepreneurship Center (DNS-EC) Geopolitical, Legislative, and Regulatory Developments Update | Laurent Ferrali, Government and IGO Engagement Sr. Director, ICANN IDN Variant Policy work | Sarmad Hussain, Sr. Director, IDNs and UA Programs, ICANN Open Floor – All Closing Remarks | Baher Esmat | Baher Esmat, Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement - Middle East and Managing Director Middle East and Africa, ICANN We look forward to your participation. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN