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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The data on attendance is interesting, though I thought that there were a smaller number of HIT sessions in Helsinki.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of James Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday 8 December 2016 at 20:08<br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] Request for High Interest topics (HIT) at ICANN58 Copenhagen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Councilors –</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN Meeting Staff is now accepting proposals for an expected three (3) High Interest Topic (HIT) sessions in Copenhagen. Proposals will be accepted until Friday, 23 DEC, and can be submitted using this
link: <a href="https://icann.wufoo.com/forms/icann58-topic-proposal/">https://icann.wufoo.com/forms/icann58-topic-proposal/</a> All topic proposals will be shared for review & discussion by the meeting planning team during its next meeting, currently scheduled
for 4 JAN.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Also, Staff has provided attendance figures (below) for HITs in Hyderabad and Helsinki. This data may be informative if you are considering a related topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ICANN56 (Policy Forum) | Helsinki</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Headcount</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cross-Community Session: Next Generation Registration Directory Services<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cross-Community Session: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cross-Community Session: Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cross-Community Session: Country and Other Geographic Names Forum<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN56 Wrap Up & Planning Ahead for ICANN57<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cross-Community Session: Workload Scheduling and Management<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cross-Community Session: Charter for the CCWG on Auction Proceeds<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cross-Community Session: Draft Framework of Principles for Future CCWGs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ICANN57(AGM) | Hyderabad</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Headcount</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">High Interest Topics session: Mitigation of Abuse in gTLDs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Exploring the Public Interest Within ICANN's Remit<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">High Interest Topic session: Underserved Regions in ICANN<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Q&A with ICANN General Counsel on the legal advice that ICANN receives & how that supports the ICANN mission<o:p></o:p></p>
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