The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announces the individuals selected to participate in the NextGen@ICANN Program at the ICANN82 Community Forum. An independent committee selected the NextGen@ICANN82 participants based on their current studies and interest in Internet governance.
The ICANN82 Community Forum will be held in Seattle, Washington, U.S., 8–13 March 2025, as a hybrid meeting to accommodate both in-person and virtual participation.
The 12 NextGen@ICANN participants attend universities in the North American region where they study engineering, political science, technology, and other relevant subjects.
NextGen@ICANN82 participants:
| Amira Shousha | Western University |
| Boluwatife Jide-Olugbade | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Chukwuebuka Ogbodo | Harvard Law School |
| Dipsy Desai | University of Southern California |
| Heidi Huseman | University of Central Oklahoma |
| Justin Langan | University of Manitoba |
| Khadija Mian | Georgetown University |
| Minahil Fatima | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Miracle Onyebuchim | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Shreya Shivakumar | Columbia University |
| Vinny Adjibi | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Wyatt Jerome | University of Alberta |
For more information, visit the NextGen@ICANN Program website.
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.