[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [SOAC-Leaders-ICANNMeeting-Planning] ICANN86 Block Schedule, Production Timeline and Community Session Timeline

[Rafik Dammak]

hi all,

update about the timeline for ICANN86 planning. If we want to submit a
proposal for a community session, the deadline will be the 23rd March.
I am bringing this as we discussed several times but if we want to get a
session accepted by others and supported, we have to prepare earlier.

Best,

Rafik


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Dear all,



First of all, a tremendous thank you for the speed and quality of the
feedback received concerning ICANN86 schedule timings and community session
topic selection.



We have confirmed the block schedule (attached) with the later start time.
We have also revised the community session topic selection in light of your
suggestions. As mentioned, time between ICANN85 and ICANN86 is scarce. As
you can see from the Production timeline attached, EMS, the scheduling tool
for session submission by staff ,opens on 6 April 2026. We have tried to
combine input gathered with the timeline in the below revised table:



*ICANN86 COMMUNITY SESSION TOPICS TIMELINE v2*

Form circulated for Community Session topic submission: 02 March 2026

Staff will notify the mailing list upon each submission of topic.

Deadline: 23 March 2026 23:59 UTC

ICANN86 Kick off call: ICANN85 Debrief & ICANN86 discussion on block
schedule

Week of the 23 March.

Vote for Community Session topic: 24 March 2026 - 27 March 2026

ICANN86 Production call #2: 30 March 2026 Vote results & decision





As you can see, the form for gathering input will open just before ICANN85.
Staff will circulate each topic upon submission to the planning mailing
list to allow early discussion with your respective members. The form will
stay open until the 23 March 2026 at which moment a short voting period
will commence. Running parallel, will be the first ICANN86 Kick off call
with a debrief from ICANN85 and a broad discussion on ICANN86, venue &
schedule. A second Production call will be scheduled the week after to
review the vote results of the community session topic submission.



Please be aware, this is an extremely tight turnaround, deadlines will be
enforced, but we hope this does work for you and your community groups.



Once again, thank you all for the input received this has been extremely
helpful!



Nathalie
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