#ICANN72 Newsletter
November Recap
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ICANN73 to be Virtual Community Forum |
ICANN announced that ICANN73 will convene as a Virtual Community Forum due to the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The health and safety of the ICANN community and staff is always a top priority, and as such, holding ICANN73 as an in-person or hybrid meeting would not be feasible by its scheduled date.
If you missed the ICANN72 Plenary Session on Designing Hybrid ICANN Public Meetings to Equalize In-Person and Remote Participation, you can watch or listen to the session recording here.
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ICANN72 Participation Metrics |
ICANN org Vice President of Global Meeting Operations, Nick Tomasso, provides a preview of the ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting stats. A total of 1,305 attendees from 156 countries and territories joined the virtual meeting in real time.
Read more in Tomasso’s blog, available here.
Read the ICANN72 By The Numbers Report here.
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Register for ICANN’s Next SSAD ODP Project Update Webinar |
ICANN org is hosting a webinar on 18 November 2021 at 16:00 UTC to provide the community with an update on the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Phase (SSAD ODP).
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Explore the FY21 Annual Report, and the FY21 ICANN and PTI Financial Statements |
The ICANN Board published its FY21 Annual Report for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2021. This report documents highlights of the Board, community, and org activities for the year.
Click here to explore the Annual Report.
Also, ICANN org published its audited consolidated financial statements and Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) published its audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2021.
Click here to read the announcement and access the financial statements.
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Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN73 Fellowship |
ICANN org announced the list of successful candidates selected to participate in the ICANN Fellowship Program at the ICANN73 Community Forum. A total of 39 fellows from 27 countries will take part in the ICANN Public Meeting from 5-10 March 2022.
Read the full list of selected candidates here.
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ICANN Chair’s Blog: ICANN Board Operational Priorities for Fiscal Year 2022 |
ICANN Board Chair Maarten Botterman reviews the ICANN Board Operational Priorities for fiscal year 2022. Each fiscal year, the Board reviews its Operational Priorities, assesses their progress against set goals, and considers whether the Board sees opportunities to update or include new Operational Priorities.
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DNS Security Facilitation Initiative Technical Study Group Delivers Final Report |
Domain Name System Security Facilitation Initiative Technical Study Group (DSFI-TSG) delivered its Final Report. The TSG was established by the ICANN President and CEO in May 2020 to investigate mechanisms to strengthen collaboration and communication on security and stability issues related to the Domain Name System (DNS).
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ICANN72 Governmental Advisory Committee Communiqué Published |
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) issued its ICANN72 GAC Communiqué. It is available for review here.
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Informational Session on DNS Abuse: Panel Discussion with the ICANN Board |
On 22 October, the ICANN Board held a panel discussion on Domain Name System (DNS) abuse. The panel discussed the defining characteristics of DNS abuse as well as what organizations are doing to address DNS abuse.
A video recording of the informational session is available here.
Audio recordings and the presentation are available here.
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ICANN72 Recordings and Materials Now Available |
Did you miss an ICANN72 session? Session recordings and materials are now available! Simply navigate to the session you are interested in to access recordings and documents.
Catch up on everything ICANN72 here.
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VISIT ICANN'S SOCIAL MEDIA HUB! |
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