Name: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Updates
Start: 2025-02-24T08:30:00-0800
End: 2025-02-24T09:30:00-0800

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Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Updates

Monday February 24, 2025 08:30 - 09:30 PST

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08:30 PDT (UTC-7), 24 February 2025
16:30 UTC, 24 February 2025
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ID# 16283

Session Details
The session presents updates on the ongoing work on the implementation of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) for second-level and the top-level domains. IDNs enable people around the world to use domain names in local languages and scripts. This session will be particularly valuable for current and future registry operators who offer IDNs.

Session Leader: Pitinan Koo
Staff Facilitator: Sarmad Hussain

Session Recordings
Zoom Archive
English audio archive
Archivo de audio en español
Archive audio en français

Session Leaders

Sarmad Hussain

Senior Director, IDN and UA Programs, ICANN Org

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 →