Name: Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update
Start: 2025-10-13T17:30:00+0100
End: 2025-10-13T18:30:00+0100

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Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update

Monday October 13, 2025 17:30 - 18:30 IST

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17:30 IST, 13 October 2025
16:30 UTC, 13 October 2025
Prep 1
ID# 17125

Session Details
This session will provide an update on the work to promote the Universal Acceptance (UA) of all domain names and email addresses. Those in DNS industry, software developers, email service providers, and policy makers promoting choice and digital inclusion using domain names and email addresses are encouraged to attend.

Session Leader: Sarmad Hussain
Staff Facilitator: Seda Akbulut

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

Facilitators

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

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 →

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Monday October 13, 2025 17:30 - 18:30 IST
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