<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="16994C93-F9DF-4BC8-BF2B-F840ADFD497F" height="144" width="750" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:A161B618-509D-4EAE-BDFB-4FA9C8EAEA67/PastedGraphic-2.tiff"></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><h2 style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">NextGen@ICANN Application Round Open for ICANN56</h2><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 15px 0px 0px;" class="">15 March 2016</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class="">With the announcement of ICANN56 relocation to Helsinki, Finland</strong> the application round to participate in the NextGen@ICANN Program at Meeting B* in June 2016 is now open. This round remains <b class=""><u class="">open until 18 April 2016</u></b> and successful candidates will be announced on the ICANN website, 2 May 2016.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class="">*Please note <a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/future-meeting-strategy" target="_blank" class="">Meeting B</a> is specifically focused on policy making and on-going work within ICANN Communities.</strong></p><h3 style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">The NextGen@ICANN Program</h3><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">The NextGen@ICANN program remains the same for Meeting A, B and C: it is an education and awareness based experience, designed for a smaller, younger and more region-specific group of participants. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30, live in the region of the meeting and be engaged in some level of higher education, with focus on Internet related subject matter. Each selected member will deliver a 5-10 minute presentation on a topic relevant to the community. Recent presentation topics include Internet governance, DNS and the future of the Internet.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/development-and-public-responsibility/nextgen" target="_blank" class="">Find out more about applying to the NextGen@ICANN Program ยป</a></strong></p></div><div class="">
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