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9:00am IST

Meet and Greet: Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Programs Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp)

10:30am IST

How it Works: IROS and IANA Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) SSAC Members: Leadership Team Meeting [C] Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

1:15pm IST

How It Works: ICANN Policy Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) SSAC Lightning Talks (1 of 2) Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

3:00pm IST

Get to Know the ICANN Community: GNSO and IPC Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp)

4:30pm IST

2026 Round: Registry Service Provider (RSP) Evaluation Program Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) Get to Know the ICANN Community: SSAC and ALAC Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large)

9:00am IST

How it Works: Internet Identifiers Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) ALAC Open House Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) Joint Session: RySG and ccNSO Room 204 A/B ccNSO: IANA Disaster Recovery Study Group Work Session Room 206 A/B GAC Meeting with the RSSAC Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO Work Session (1 of 3) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: CPH TechOps Work Session (1 of 2) Room 105 A/B SSAC Work Session: RIDE Work Party Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

10:00am IST

AM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

10:30am IST

Get to Know the ICANN Community: Noncommercial Stakeholder Group and RSSAC Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) At-Large Finance and Budget Working Group Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ccNSO: Strategic and Operational Planning Standing Committee Work Session Room 206 A/B GAC Discussion on New gTLD Program Next Round Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO Work Session (2 of 3) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: CPH TechOps Work Session (2 of 2) Room 105 A/B ASO Address Council Public Session (1 of 2) Room 204 A/B SSAC Members: Board Meeting Prep [C] Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

1:15pm IST

Get to Know the ICANN Community: CSG/BC and GAC Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) Guiding ICANN's Work on Universal Acceptance Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) Joint Session: ALAC and SSAC Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ASO Address Council Work Session (2 of 10) [C] Room 204 A/B ccNSO: Guidelines Review Committee Work Session Room 206 A/B GNSO: RySG Membership Meeting [C] Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) Joint Meeting: GAC and GNSO Council Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC)

2:30pm IST

PM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

3:00pm IST

Get to Know the ICANN Community: ccNSO and ISPCP Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) Joint Session: ALAC and ASO AC Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ccNSO: Meetings Programme Committee Work Session Room 206 A/B GAC Operations Discussion Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO Work Session (3 of 3) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: CPH DNS Abuse Group Work Session [C] Room 105 A/B RSSAC Work Session (4 of 4) Room 204 A/B

4:30pm IST

2026 Round: 2026 Round Internationalized Domain Name and Variant Applicant Journeys with Q & A Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) How it Works: DNS Fundamentals Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) Joint Session: ASO and RSSAC Room 204 A/B Joint Session: CPH and NCSG Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) At-Large Session on the Review of Reviews Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ccNSO: Annual Strategy Review Discussion Room 206 A/B GAC: Discussion with Cross Community Group on Reviews of Reviews Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) SSAC Work Session: DNS Abuse and AI Work Party Room 105 A/B

9:00am IST

Customer Standing Committee Work Session Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) Welcome Ceremony Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom)

10:15am IST

AM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

10:45am IST

GNSO: IPC Membership Work Session Room 206 A/B From Stability to Survivability: ICANN's Role in the Future Of Internet Resilience Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ccNSO: Tech Day (1 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

1:15pm IST

2026 Round: 2026 Round Application Submission Overview Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) GNSO: DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP1 Working Group Session (3 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: RySG BRG Membership Meeting and Community Outreach Room 206 A/B WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ccNSO: Tech Day & UAC (2 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

2:30pm IST

PM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

3:00pm IST

ASO Address Council Work Session (3 of 10) [C] Room 301 GNSO: DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP1 Working Group Session (4 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: ISPCP Outreach Session (1 of 2) Room 206 A/B GNSO: RySG GeoTLD Group Membership Meeting Room 105 A/B Q&A with ICANN org Executive Team Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ccNSO: Tech Day (3 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

4:30pm IST

2026 Round: 2026 Round .Brand Applicant Journey with Q and A Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) How it Works: The IETF Room 105 A/B AFRALO-AfrICANN Think Tank: Community Engagement, Research, and Dialogue Session Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) Joint Meeting: ICANN Board and RSSAC Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ASO Address Council Work Session (4 of 10) [C] Room 301 GAC: Discussion on DNS Abuse Mitigation Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO Council Informal Meeting [C] Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: ISPCP Outreach Session (2 of 2) Room 206 A/B ccNSO: Tech Day (4 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO)

6:30pm IST

An Evening with Rhythms of Tradition and Musical Fusion GALA (Pavilion 3)

9:00am IST

How it Works: Internationalized Domain Names Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) Joint Session: ICANN Board and ASO Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ccNSO: Welcome Session Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) GDS: PPSAI IRT Working Session Room 301 GNSO: CPH Membership Work Session Room 104 A/B GNSO: CSG Membership Work Session Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: NCSG Welcome Session Room 105 A/B Joint Meeting: GAC and the ALAC Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) Root Server System Advisory Committee Meeting Room 204 A/B SSAC Lightning Talks (2 of 2) Room 206 A/B

10:00am IST

AM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

10:30am IST

How it Works: The RIRs Room 104 A/B NextGen@ICANN Presentations (1 of 2) Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) At-Large Plenary: Progressing the DNS Abuse Mitigation Agenda Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) Joint Session: ICANN Board and CPH Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ccNSO: Internet Governance Liaison Committee Session Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) GAC: Discussion on WHOIS and Registration Data Issues Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO: BC Membership Work Session Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: ISPCP Membership Work Session Room 301 GNSO: NCSG Policy Committee Work Session (2 of 2) Room 105 A/B APAC Space Room 204 A/B SSAC Members: Executive Session [C] Room 206 A/B

1:15pm IST

2026 Round: TLD Application Management System Introduction & Demo Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) How it Works: Policy at ICANN, from Idea to Implementation Room 104 A/B ASO Address Council Work Session (5 of 10) [C] Room 301 At-Large Regional Leaders Meeting Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ccNSO: Working Group and Community Updates Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) GAC Communique Drafting (1 of 6) Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO: NCSG Constituencies Work Session Room 105 A/B GNSO: RrSG Membership Work Session (1 of 3) Room 204 A/B GNSO: RySG Membership Work Session (1 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) ICANN Annual Strategy Review Room 206 A/B

1:30pm IST

Joint Session: ICANN Board and SSAC Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom)

2:30pm IST

PM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

3:00pm IST

How it Works: Root Server Operations Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) ASO Address Council Work Session (6 of 10) [C] Room 301 ccNSO: ccTLD Market Trends Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) GNSO: NCSG Membership Work Session (1 of 2) Room 105 A/B GNSO: RrSG Membership Work Session (2 of 3) Room 204 A/B GNSO: RySG Membership Work Session (2 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) Joint Meeting: ICANN Board and GAC Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) LAC Space Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) SSAC Work Session: PIR Abuse Intervention Program Room 206 A/B

4:30pm IST

2026 Round: Geographic Names and Reserve Names Applicant Journeys with Q and A Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) Joint Session: ICANN Board and CSG Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ASO Address Council Work Session (7 of 10) [C] Room 301 ccNSO: ccTLD Market Strategies Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) GAC Communique Drafting (2 of 6) Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO: NCSG Membership Work Session (2 of 2) Room 105 A/B GNSO: RrSG Membership Work Session (3 of 3) Room 204 A/B GNSO: RySG Membership Work Session (3 of 4) Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) Presenting the Functional Model for Root Server System Governance Room 104 A/B APRALO Annual General Meeting Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) SSAC Work Session: DOC Work Party Room 206 A/B

9:00am IST

Enabling Universal Acceptance Adoption Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) Joint Session: CPH and CSG Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) Joint Session: ICANN Board and ALAC Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) GNSO: NCSG Next Round Applications and HRIA Room 104 A/B Joint Meeting: GAC and the IETF Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) ASO AC Meeting with Review of Reviews CCG Leadership Room 105 A/B ccNSO: Casual Meet Up for ccNSO Newcomers Room 206 A/B RSSAC-SSAC Community Open Mic Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large)

10:00am IST

AM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

10:30am IST

NextGen@ICANN Presentations (2 of 2) Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) At-Large Preparations for 2026 Next Round of New gTLD Applications Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) Joint Session: ICANN Board and GNSO Council Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ASO Address Council Work Session (8 of 10) [C] Room 105 A/B ccNSO: ccTLD News Session Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) Emerging Topics for GAC Discussion Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Working Session Room 206 A/B

12:00pm IST

GNSO: CPH Executive Committees Luncheon [C] Room 205A

1:15pm IST

ICANN Board Welcomes Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Participants Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) Joint Session: ALAC and OCTO Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ASO Address Council Work Session (9 of 10) [C] Room 105 A/B ccNSO: Joint Session with GNSO RySG on Abuse Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) GAC Communique Drafting (3 of 6) Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO: CPH DNS Abuse Community Update: DGAs Room 104 A/B GNSO Council Meeting Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) DNSSEC and Security Workshop (1 of 3) Room 206 A/B

2:30pm IST

PM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

3:00pm IST

APRALO Meets NextGen@ICANN and APAC Fellows Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) GNSO: RrSG: CSI ICANN - DNS Abuse Investigators Room 105 A/B ASO Address Council Work Session (10 of 10) [C] Room 301 GAC Communique Drafting (4 of 6) Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO: RySG Public Comments Workshop [C] Room 104 A/B Joint Session: ccTLD Board Members and ccNSO Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) Middle East Space Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) DNSSEC and Security Workshop (2 of 3) Room 206 A/B

4:30pm IST

2026 Round: 2026 Round Community Applicant Journey & Registry Voluntary Commitments/Public Interest Commitments with Q and A A Jasmine Hall 1A (Secondary Ballroom/Brd Wrkshp) DNS Women: WSIS+ 20 Next Steps - Views from different regions Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) Joint Session: ICANN Board and NCSG Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom) ASO Address Council Monthly Meeting Room 301 ccNSO: ccTLD Consultation on Review of Reviews Jasmine Hall 1D (ccNSO) GAC Communique Drafting (5 of 6) Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO: RySG Membership Work Session (4 of 4) Room 104 A/B GNSO: SCCI Work Session Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: RrSG Outreach: Strategies for Registrar Accreditation and Participation Room 105 A/B DNSSEC and Security Workshop (3 of 3) Room 206 A/B

9:00am IST

2026 Round: 2026 Round Wrap Up and Open Q & A Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) ICANN85 Fellowship Program Wrap-Up [C] Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) NextGen@ICANN Wrap-Up Session [C] Room 104 A/B GNSO Discussion on Next Steps for SSAD Recommendations Room 206 A/B Review of Reviews Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom)

10:00am IST

AM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

10:30am IST

ICANN Public Forum Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom)

1:15pm IST

Joint Session: ASO AC and ISPCP Room 105 A/B At-Large Leadership Wrap-Up Session Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ccNSO Council Meeting Room 206 A/B GAC Communique Drafting (6 of 6) Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO: NCSG Human Rights Townhall Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) Joint Session: CPH and SSAC Room 104 A/B

2:30pm IST

PM Coffee Break Jasmine Hall 1

3:00pm IST

GAC Wrap-Up Session - Canceled Lotus Ballroom 1 (GAC) GNSO Council Wrap-Up Session Jasmine Hall 1B (GNSO) GNSO: NCSG Wrap-up Session Room 104 A/B Joint Session: Registrars and ICANN Compliance [C] Jasmine Hall 1C (At-Large) ASO Address Council Public Session (2 of 2) Room 105 A/B SSAC Wrap-Up Session [C] Room 206 A/B

4:30pm IST

ICANN Board Meeting Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom)

5:30pm IST

Closing Reception Jasmine Hall 1