The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the individuals selected to participate in the NextGen Program at the ICANN71 Policy Forum. It was announced 11 March 2021 that the ICANN71 Policy Forum, originally scheduled to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, will take place as a Virtual Public Meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All NextGen@ICANN program activities for the ICANN71 Policy Forum will be held virtually.
The 12 selectees attend universities in the European region, where they study computer science, cybersecurity, and business law.
An independent committee selected the NextGen@ICANN71 participants based on their current studies and interest in global policy and Internet governance.
NextGen@ICANN71 participants:
| Pavlo Burdiak | The University of Szeged |
| Khouzeifi Issakha Doud-Bane | Ecole de Commerce de Lyon |
| Daniil Golubev | Russian State University for the Humanities |
| Stylianos Kavvadias | Stockholm University |
| Liza Kukovska | National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy |
| Aysel Maharramli | University of Lodz |
| Atronos Mulugeta | University of Lodz |
| Riccardo Nanni | University of Bologna |
| Cezara Panait | Central European University |
| Veronica Piccolo | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| Shivam Sharma | University of Warwick |
| Weronika Słomińska | The Hague University of Applied Sciences |
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