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15:00 Hamburg (UTC +2), 10 October 2023 13:00 UTC, 10 October 2023 ID# 14539
Session Details The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Update Webinar will provide attendees with information on the current GNSO policy activities, with a particular focus on the active teams' progress since ICANN77. GNSO Policy Briefing: https://go.icann.org/gnsobriefing
Session Leader: Steve Chan Participation Manager: Devan Reed
VP, Policy Development Support & GNSO Relations, ICANN Org
Steve joined ICANN in February 2008 and served with the New gTLD Operations team for over 5 years. He now serves as a VP on the Policy Development Support function, leading the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) policy support team.
16:30 Hamburg (UTC +2), 10 October 2023 14:30 UTC, 10 October 2023 ID# 14456
Session Details This session will present key findings from research conducted on other global financial assistance programs, similar to the Applicant Support Program, as called for in the SubPro Final Report (Implementation Guidance 17.7). The session will also offer the opportunity to engage in a discussion of the potential implications of these findings for the Applicant Support Program in the Next Round.
Session Leader: Kristy Buckley Participation Manager: Leon Grundmann
18:00 Hamburg (UTC +2), 10 October 2023 16:00 UTC, 10 October 2023 ID# 14524
Session Details This session will provide an update on the work being done by the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) and ICANN org to promote the Universal Acceptance (UA) of all domain names and email addresses.
Session Leader: Sarmad Hussain Participation Manager: Seda Akbulut
Universal Acceptance Program Senior Manager, ICANN Org
I have been working for ICANN since August 2015. Currently, I am working as the Universal Acceptance Program Senior Manager. I am based in İstanbul Hub Office.
Sarmad Hussain is with ICANN’s Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and Universal Acceptance (UA) Programs. Earlier, Sarmad was a professor of Computer Science and held the IDRC Chair position in Multilingual Computing. His research has focused on developing computing solutions... Read More →