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Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN79 Prep Week schedule. The schedule consists of 12 sessions to prepare the ICANN community for the ICANN79 Community Forum taking place 2—7 March 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
ICANN79 Prep Week will be held from Tuesday, 20 February, to Thursday, 22 February. Sessions will be conducted in English and will feature remote simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish. To attend any of the sessions, please register for ICANN79. After registering, you will receive an email confirmation with additional event details.
Please visit the ICANN79 website to view the Prep Week schedule details. Remote participation links will be posted 24 hours before the start time of each session. Session materials and recordings will be posted on the site as they become available.
| Date | Time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) | ICANN79 Prep Week Session |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 20 February |
15:00 – 16:00 UTC | Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update |
| 16:30 – 17:30 UTC | Contractual Compliance Update | |
| 18:00 – 19:30 UTC | Finance and Planning Update | |
| 20:30 – 21:30 UTC | Name Collision Analysis Project Study 2 Update | |
| Wednesday, 21 February |
15:00 – 16:00 UTC | Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Updates |
| 16:30 – 17:30 UTC | ICANN Board Engagement with the ICANN Community | |
| 18:00 – 19:30 UTC | New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Status Update | |
| 20:30 – 21:30 UTC | What to Expect During ICANN79: A Guide for Newcomers | |
| Thursday, 22 February |
15:00 – 16:00 UTC | Policy and Advice Update |
| 16:30 – 17:30 UTC | Registrant Program Update | |
| 18:00 – 19:30 UTC | Implementation of Specific Reviews, Work Stream 2 Recommendations, and ICANN Reviews Updates | |
| 20:30 – 21:30 UTC | GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process: Supplemental Recommendations Community Update |