<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Original announcement: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-23-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-23-en</a></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><br></div><div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">Update on the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition and <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Accountability</h1><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style u-text-xxxl" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.62rem; margin-bottom: 30px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="addthis_button_linkedin u-linkClean u-colorGrey at300b" target="_blank" title="LinkedIn" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-23-en#" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); cursor: pointer; 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color: rgb(102, 102, 102); cursor: pointer; margin-right: 7.5px; float: left; padding: 0px 2px; width: auto; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none !important; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="fa fa-plus" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 1; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 1.2rem; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></span></a><div class="atclear" tabindex="1000" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both;"></div></div><div class="EmbeddedHTML" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Date:</strong> Tuesday 5<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">th</span> May 2015<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Time:</strong> 12:00 UTC</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;">AGENDA SUMMARY:</h3><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 1rem auto 15px; width: 750px; min-height: 0.00999999977648258%;"><colgroup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><col class="medium" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px; padding: 0.75rem !important; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239) !important;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr class="dark" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white; height: 3em !important; background-color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important;"><th style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; padding: 0.75rem; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Time</strong></th><th style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; padding: 0.75rem; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Event</strong></th><th style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; padding: 0.75rem; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Speaker</strong></th></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">12.00 – 12.05</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Welcome note</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Baher Esmat, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr></strong></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">12.05 – 12.25</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Overview of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition and <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Accountability processes</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Theresa Swinehart, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy</strong></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">12.25 – 12.45</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">The <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Coordination Group (<abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>)</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Mohammed El Bashir, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> Co-Chair</strong></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">12.45 – 13.25</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Q&A</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Open Floor</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">13.25 – 13.30</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Closing Remarks</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Baher Esmat, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">VP, Stakeholder Engagement, Middle East – <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr></strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Questions and interventions can be made in either Arabic or English over the phone or posted as text in the Adobe Connect room. <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/meswg</a></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;">HOW TO JOIN:</h3><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Request for dial-out assistance</strong>. Please send your <span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;">name</span>, the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;">phone number</span> you want to be called at and your <span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;">language preference</span> to <a href="mailto:meswg@icann.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">meswg@icann.org</a>, no later than May 3rd at 23:59 UTC.</p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Join by dialing the toll-free number for your country as shown at <a href="http://adigo.com/icann/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">http://adigo.com/icann/</a> toll-free numbers do NOT show an 'L', 'M', or 'T' in front of them). Once you are prompted for the conference code, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">enter:</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">47139 - Arabic<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">83137 - English</strong></p></blockquote></li></ol></div></div><br></div></div></span></body></html>