LOS ANGELES – 30 July 2018 – Today, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the names of the selected candidates for the NextGen program at ICANN63. This meeting will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 20 to 25 October 2018.
The 12 participants are currently engaged in studies related to the fields of data protection, law, and computer engineering in European universities. Three additional participants who attended previous ICANN public meetings with the NextGen program will now serve as ambassadors for these newcomers.
An independent selection committee assessed the applicants and selected the successful candidates based on their current studies and interest in the Internet ecosystem, global policy, and Internet governance.
The candidates selected as ICANN63 NextGen participants are:
| Anastasia Sendrea | College of Europe, Bruges |
| Austin David Ruckstuhl | United Nations University CRIS |
| Christina Kalogeropoulou | National Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Jan Dohnal | Masaryk University |
| Jana Misic | University of Leipzig |
| João Pedro Damas Martins | University of Coimbra |
| Maria Korniiets | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
| Natalia Dulkowska | University of Warsaw |
| Sabrina Wilkinson | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Stefan Filipovic | University of Belgrade |
| Teresa Quintel | Uppsala University and University of Luxembourg |
| Ualan Campbell-Smith | Oxford Internet Institute |
The participants selected as ICANN63 ambassadors are:
| Desara Dushi | ICANN58 |
| Razoana Moslam | ICANN60 |
| Sarah Ingle | ICANN61 |
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