Friends and Colleagues, I trust this finds you well. I am writing to invite you to the 7th edition of the Middle East DNS Forum to be held virtually from 5-7 April 2021. The event is organized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and hosted by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As the Internet continues to develop, the opportunities, challenges, and risks will continue to grow. The forum, launched in 2014, aims to strengthen the DNS industry in the Middle East serving as a platform where interested parties from the region and world experts in the field come together to share experiences and update the audience on new developments in the domain industry on both global and regional levels. This year’s forum promises a rich agenda on topics ranging from the growing demand for Domain Name System (DNS) security, opportunities and challenges in the domain name industry, and the importance and benefits of using the Arabic script on the Internet. The forum will be held over ZOOM with live interpretation in Arabic and Turkish. To register for the event, click here. To access the agenda go to https://mednsf.org/agenda/. We look forward to seeing you there! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us at meac.swg@icann.org if you have any questions. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN