Name: GNSO: IDN EPDP Working Session
Start: 2024-03-02T09:00:00-0400
End: 2024-03-02T10:00:00-0400

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GNSO: IDN EPDP Working Session

Saturday March 2, 2024 09:00 - 10:00 AST

104 ABC (GNSO) @ ICANN 79 - Community Forum, San Juan

09:00 San Juan (UTC -4), 2 March 2024
13:00 UTC, 2 March 2024
104 ABC (GNSO)
ID# 15142

Session Details
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council has initiated an Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). This EPDP is expected to 1) determine the approach for a consistent definition of all gTLDs; and2) develop policy recommendations that will eventually allow for the introduction of variant gTLDs at the top-level. This working session will allow the EPDP Team to finalize its Phase 2 preliminary recommendations pertaining to second-level variant management mechanism and prepare the publication of its Phase 2 Initial Report for Public Comment. As IDN is an important element in the New gTLD Program Next Round and a topic of interest to the broader ICANN community, attendees are welcome to observe the session. Agenda wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/TgBUEQ
GNSO Policy Briefing: https://go.icann.org/gnsobriefing

Session Leader: Ariel Liang
Participation Manager: Steve Chan

Session Recordings
Zoom Archive
English audio archive

Facilitators

Steve Chan

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.