[NCSG-PC] ICANN87 Community Session: Building a Secure, Inclusive, and Multilingual Internet for the Next Decade

[Rafik Dammak]

Thanks Farell, I submitted your EOI.

Rafik


On Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 20:34 farell <farell at benin2point0.org> wrote:

>
> Dear Rafik and GNSO Council Leadership,
>
> I would like to express my interest in representing the GNSO/NCSG as a
> speaker in the ICANN87 Community Session, “Building a Secure, Inclusive,
> and Multilingual Internet for the Next Decade.” I believe I can contribute
> to the discussion from the intersection of Internet governance,
> cybersecurity, multilingualism, and digital inclusion.
>
> Within ICANN, I served on the GNSO Council and contributed extensively to
> work on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), Universal Acceptance (UA),
> including serving as Vice-Chair of the IDN EPDP Working Group and as GNSO
> Council Liaison. Through this work, I have closely followed the policy and
> implementation challenges surrounding IDNs and Universal Acceptance and
> their importance for making the Internet genuinely accessible across
> languages and scripts.
> I would also bring a security and resilience perspective to the
> discussion. My professional and research work in cybersecurity gives me a
> particular interest in how we can expand linguistic and digital inclusion
> while preserving the security, stability, resilience, and interoperability
> of the Internet and the DNS.
>
> Finally, I can contribute perspectives from Africa and other underserved
> communities, where multilingualism, accessibility, capacity development,
> and meaningful participation remain important dimensions of digital
> inclusion. The next decade of Internet development should not only enable
> more languages and scripts technically, but also ensure that communities
> can meaningfully use, trust, and participate in the Internet ecosystem.
>
>
> I would be pleased to represent the GNSO/NCSG perspective and contribute
> my policy, technical, and international experience to this community
> discussion.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Dr. Farell Folly
>
> Envoyé depuis mon appareil Galaxy
>
>
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