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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear RZERC Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For your awareness, the ICANN org North America Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) team has organized a webinar to discuss several operations involved in the creation and distribution of the Domain Name System
(DNS) root zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Title: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Root Zone from A to Z<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wed, 21 Apr 2021 - 18:00 to 19:30 UTC<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Where: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Online<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Event by Group: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN Organization<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Originating URL: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u-Di7LUsRW6MwALQ9ijUYA">https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u-Di7LUsRW6MwALQ9ijUYA</a>
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Topics:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Overview of the root server system,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) strategy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Technologies such as hyperlocal,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The mechanics involved in generating and securing the contents of the DNS root zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Speakers (in order of appearance):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Naela Sarras - ICANN's Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement, North America<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kim Davies - VP, IANA Services and President, Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Terry Manderson - ICANN's Senior Director of Security and Network Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">David Conrad - ICANN's Chief Technology Officer (CTO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Roy Arends - Principal Research Scientist, Office of the CTO (OCTO), ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Register to participate!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u-Di7LUsRW6MwALQ9ijUYA">https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u-Di7LUsRW6MwALQ9ijUYA</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Danielle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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