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ICANN Fellowship Participants | ICANN83

The following individuals had been selected to participate in ICANN83 to be held 9–12 June 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Name Country or region of residence Working sector and/or area of interest
Ann Akmal Said Ibrahim New Zealand ccTLD operations, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Athanase Bahizire Congo, The Democratic Republic of Civil Society, Internet End User, Technical
Barkha Manral India Academia, Technical
Bibek Silwal Nepal Academia, Business & Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical
Bibi Rookayya Gulmahamed Canada Academia, Internet End User, Technical, Security
Dana Cramer Canada Academia, Civil Society, Internet End User
Doel Castro Torres Puerto Rico Academia
Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun Nigeria

Academia, Civil Society, Technical

Recipient of Paul Muchene Fellowship Award
Frank Anati Ghana Internet End User, Technical, Security
Guillermo Pereyra Uruguay Internet End User, Technical, Security
Hannah Frank Argentina Academia, Civil Society, Internet End User
Heidy Isabel Hernandez Guatemala ccTLD Operations
Ines Hfaiedh Tunisia Academia, Civil Society, Internet End User
Jahongir Jabborov Tajikistan Internet service providers and connectivity providers
James Kunle Olorundare Nigeria Civil Society, Internet End User, Technical, Security
Jemesa Robarobalevu Fiji ccTLD Operations, Internet End User, Security, Government
Jelena Šuh Serbia Academia, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical
Jesse Nathan Kalange Uganda Technical
Katarine Gevorgyan Armenia ccTLD operations, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical
Lourdes Lucia Leon Pacheco Peru Civil Society, Intellectual Property, Internet End User
Mayssam Sabra Switzerland Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers, ICANN Contracted Party, Security
Mira Fajriyah Indonesia ccTLD Operations, Civil Society
Nadira Alaraj Palestine Academia, Civil Society, Internet End User
Naima Naseer Awan Pakistan Academia, Civil Society, Intellectual Property, Internet End User
Nikesh B Simmandree Mauritius Internet End User, Technical, Security
Noveck Gowandan Trinidad and Tobago Academia, Internet End User, Technical, Security
Pranav Tiwari India Academia, Civil Society, Intellectual Property, Internet End User
Razoana Moslam Australia Academia, Civil Society, Internet End User
Rolla Hamza Egypt Academia, Internet End User, Technical, Security
Romia Lasmin Nafisa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Technical, Security
Shita Laksmi Indonesia Civil Society, Internet End User
Shiva Bissessar Trinidad and Tobago Business and Commerce, Internet End User, Technical, Security
Susana Chaves-Araya Costa Rica Technical
Tamara Yael Zylbersztejn Argentina Business & Commerce, ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Technical, Government
Udeep Baral Nepal Civil Society, Technical
Xinmen Xu China Business and Commerce, ICANN Contracted Party, Technical

Note: All information above is self-reported by applicants.

Mentors:

  • Jenifer López – ccNSO
  • Mark Datysgeld – GNSO
  • Tracy Hackshaw – GAC
  • Abdulkarim Oloyede – RSSAC
  • Shreedeep Rayamajhi – At-Large
Domain Name System
Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"". An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese. Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"". The basic Latin alphabet together with the European-Arabic digits are, for the purpose of domain names, termed ""ASCII characters"" (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs. The ""hostname rule"" requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the DNS using only the ASCII characters listed above, with the one further addition of the hyphen ""-"". The Unicode form of an IDN therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the DNS. The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" (separated by ""dots""). The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"". All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively. The Unicode form, which a user expects to be displayed, is termed a ""U-label"". The difference may be illustrated with the Hindi word for ""test"" — परीका — appearing here as a U-label would (in the Devanagari script). A special form of ""ASCII compatible encoding"" (abbreviated ACE) is applied to this to produce the corresponding A-label: xn--11b5bs1di. A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"". Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann.org"" is not an IDN."