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<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 10:04 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] NEW: NextGen@ICANN Mentor Program Nominations Open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN78</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration is now open for the ICANN78 Annual General Meeting, which will be held both virtually and in-person from 21-26 October 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. ICANN78 will mark the organization's
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The primary objective of IDS 2023 was to delve into the challenges and opportunities linked to integrating the DNS with emerging technologies, including challenges related to its security.
The symposium welcomed researchers, developers, and operators to share insights on a range of subjects including blockchains, Internet of things, and novel uses of the DNS, such as IP-to-location translation, blocklists, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">NEW:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NextGen@ICANN Mentor Program Nominations</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The NextGen@ICANN Program seeks nominations for the 2024 Mentor Program. This appointment will serve for the ICANN79, ICANN80, and ICANN81 meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations must be submitted no later than Friday, 1 November 2023.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The community-nominated mentor will be responsible for overseeing the mentor process. Communities may choose to appoint program alumni and are encouraged to appoint active community
members who have an interest in mentoring students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Guidelines for the program can be found
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<span style="color:#2B94AB">here [r20.rs6.net]</span></a>. Interested community groups should select their respective volunteers and notify Deborah Escalera,
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<span style="color:#2B94AB">deborah.escalera@icann.org [r20.rs6.net]</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">TODAY:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> ICANN Board Launches Strategic Planning Process for the Next Five Years</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Board Strategic Planning Committee (BSPC) leads the strategic planning process on behalf of the Board, and ICANN org works closely with the BSPC and the Board to support this work.
The outcome of this process will be a new five-year strategic plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please join the informational webinar on
<b>21 September 2023 at 16:00 UTC.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The webinar will include an overview of the strategic planning approach, process, timeline, and how to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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more. [r20.rs6.net]</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#258D23">TOMORROW:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> At-Large: Multistakeholder Governance for New Internet Infrastructures: SpaceX,
IRIS2, and Equitable Internet Access for All</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This cross-community session aims to explore the evolving landscape of new internet infrastructure, focusing on their potential impact on individual end users, their role in multistakeholder
governance as well as the role of the community in ensuring equitable internet access globally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please join this webinar on
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IapJUmfM2mCdfe8RZoFDq-XltKxF71xrVi9I0XDF2RkEVekw4DvFCi7pr3VOQrhpZv9ovtA193bppREbxCn3301dwch-_I7_CVaDmNfL-3dbCno_kUCwg6DJ5bsOxRSkExLHdAvsyJalT0jbLInB34Ivpg7BkIgk&c=gMArw9GbYw_dT_i7j5pvMBFzAd77zXJ33DjQGGCoBk7zCSo9kYlCkg==&ch=gYtKVuFduJSCUQpdCtjtx3IrnVhjeb5ZYE0xsBnM9ZyHWLe81yz3lA==__;!!PtGJab4!6mMeYSJscGEs-ligoGhD7yI9H9jYRUCyqctrcEaNEF7KB6OFKoFqtMnls51sO2wiju58krRkT9aHKmoiZrNCQe9s-mUdiXw$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2B94AB">Find
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C03E30">NEXT WEEK:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN to Provide RDRS Early Access for Registrars and Supporting Webinars</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN will host two webinars to go over early access and answer any questions registrars might have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Webinar #1:
<b>Tuesday, 26 September 2023 at 01:00 UTC for 60 minute</b>s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Webinar #2:
<b>Thursday, 28 September 2023 at 15:00 UTC for 60 minutes</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN wants to hear from university students living and studying in the North American region who are interested in the future of the Internet and in participating in the ICANN79 Community
Forum Meeting. ICANN79 is scheduled to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 2–7 March 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline: 13 October 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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