Name: Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update
Start: 2026-02-25T22:00:00+0530
End: 2026-02-25T23:00:00+0530

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Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update

Wednesday February 25, 2026 10:00pm - 11:00pm IST

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22:00 IST (UTC+5.5), 25 February 2026
16:30 UTC, 25 February 2026
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Session Details
This session will include an update on the work that is being done to promote the Universal Acceptance (UA) of all domain names and email addresses. Those in the DNS industry, software developers, email service providers, university faculty, and policy makers interested in learning more about facilitating access to a multilingual Internet are encouraged to attend.

Session Leader: Seda Akbulut
Staff Facilitator: Sarmad Hussain

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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Wednesday February 25, 2026 10:00pm - 11:00pm IST
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