High Interest Topic: ICANN Strategic Planning

**ICANN 5-yr Strategic Planning** Do you want to weigh in on what will be the strategic focus of ICANN for the next five years? Engage in community discussions with the ICANN Board and org executives to finalize ICANN’s strategic plan for fiscal years 2021 to 2025! Remote participation will be available. During this session open to all, the community will have the opportunity to review, discuss and refine ICANN’s proposed new vision, strategic objectives and goals for the next five years. Following dialogue with and input from the community on trends anticipated to impact ICANN in the coming years, the Board has developed a (draft of ICANN’s strategic plan for fiscal years 2021 to 2025) (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/strategic-plan-2021-2025-draft-20dec18-en.pdf). The draft plan was open for (public comments)(https://www.icann.org/public-comments/strategic-plan-2018-12-20-en) between December 2018 and February 2019. This document includes ICANN’s mission, a vision of the future state of ICANN, and a set of strategic objectives and goals, along with desired outcomes and associated risks. After ICANN64, with inputs received, the org will produce a revised 5-year Strategic Plan for Board consideration and adoption. - Session Leader: Nathalie Vergnolle Staff Facilitator: Diana Middleton