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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/news/announcement-2021-02-22-en__;!!PtGJab4!ueC6vlP5Jn5cDuV7IXz_jC1XXk9kQ3sb1kgLS1fbmDZ8VRjtqi3iK1prCg2ncjhw7ciVJU43EA$">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2021-02-22-en
[icann.org]</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">LOS ANGELES – 22 February 2021 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN70 Prep Week schedule to help the community prepare for the upcoming
ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum, which will be held 22 – 25 March 2021.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">There will be ten sessions from 8 – 11 March 2021. <b>To attend any of the sessions, please <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/events.icann.org/icann70/registration__;!!PtGJab4!ueC6vlP5Jn5cDuV7IXz_jC1XXk9kQ3sb1kgLS1fbmDZ8VRjtqi3iK1prCg2ncjhw7chEpFDfgg$"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">register</span>
[events.icann.org]</a> for ICANN70.</b> After registering, you will receive two emails:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">A registration confirmation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">An email with login information for the schedule</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Once you log into the schedule, you will be able to sign up for ICANN70 Prep Week sessions. Please note that for security purposes, participation links will be posted 24 hours prior to the session
start times. The session schedule will display in your local time, based on the time set on your device used to view the website.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#333333">ICANN70 Prep Week Schedule</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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09:00-10:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Global Stakeholder Engagement Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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10:30-12:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">What to Expect During ICANN70: A Guide for Newcomers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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10:30-12:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Planning Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Tuesday, 9 March 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333"><br>
14:30-16:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Generic Names Supporting Organization Council Policy Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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09:00-10:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Nominating Committee Review Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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14:30-16:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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16:30-17:30 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Contractual Compliance Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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09:00-10:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Universal Acceptance Readiness Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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11:00-12:00 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Policy Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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16:30-17:30 EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Program Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">Remote simultaneous interpretation will be available for some ICANN70 Prep Week sessions via Zoom. For more information, including materials and recordings, please visit the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/70.schedule.icann.org/__;!!PtGJab4!ueC6vlP5Jn5cDuV7IXz_jC1XXk9kQ3sb1kgLS1fbmDZ8VRjtqi3iK1prCg2ncjhw7cjkIeFKzA$"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">ICANN70
website</span> [70.schedule.icann.org]</a>. Registration is required to access this information.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#333333">About ICANN</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer
or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community
of participants from all over the world.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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