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ICANN84 Fellowship Program – 2025 Annual General Meeting

ICANN84 Fellowship Program Participants Official Photo
ICANN84 Fellows picturing ICANN
Name Country or region of residence Working sector and/or area of interest
Adriana Alejandra Bernal Jimenez Colombia Academia, Civil Society, Internet End User
Ana Rodríguez Lebrón United States of America Government
Andrey Aleynikov Russian Federation ccTLD Operations, Civil Society
Ankita Rathi India Academia, Civil society, Internet end user
Ashutosh Akhilesh Maharaj Fiji Academia
Ayeda François Daniel Benin Academia, ICANN contracted party, Internet end user, Technical
Bayodele Olotu United States of America Business and Commerce, Internet End User
Ceasar Waweru Kabue Kenya Civil society, Internet end user, Technical
Charbel Chbeir Lebanon ICANN contracted party, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security, Government
Deepak Desai United States of America Academia, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Emanuel Lukawiecki Canada Academia, Internet end user
Enerst Mafuta Katoka Zambia Business and Commerce, Civil society, Technical, Security
Filimoni Pelenato Samoa Business and Commerce, ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Furkan Çolhak Türkiye, Republic of Academia, Business and Commerce, Security
Giacomo Mazzone Italy Civil Society, Internet End User
Ignacio Sánchez González Chile Academia, Business and Commerce, Internet end user
Yee Man Ko Hong Kong, China Civil society, ICANN contracted party, Intellectual property, Internet end user, Technical
Jorge Carlos Canto Esquivel Mexico Academia, Civil society, Internet end user
Lidya Assgelitew Ethiopia Technical
Maciek Piasecki Poland Civil society, Intellectual property, Internet end user, Security
Mayssam Sabra Switzerland Business & Commerce, ICANN contracted party, Security, Government
Miracle Onyebuchim United States of America Academia, Civil society, Internet end user
Mohamed Ali Mohamud Somalia Business and Commerce, ccTLD operations, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Security, Government
Riyadh Zehrah Yemen ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Takehiko Harada Papua New Guinea Academia, ccTLD operations, Government
Salavat Ormoshev Kyrgyz Republic Civil society
Sameer Gahlot India Academia, Business and Commerce, ccTLD operations, Internet end user
Seth Adjei Gyimah Ghana Academia, Civil Society, Technical, Security, Internet End User
Shanelle McPherson Jamaica

Academia

Recipient of Tarek Kamel Fellowship Recognition
Sina Rostami Germany Academia, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Tinuade Abosede Oguntuyi Nigeria

Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security

Recipient of Paul Muchene Fellowship Award
Tsz Kin Hui Singapore Academia, Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Government
Waqar Ahmad Canada Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical
Watson Cyrus Anikwai Solomon Islands ccTLD operations, Internet service providers and connectivity providers

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

Mentors:

  • Jenifer López – ccNSO
  • Glen De Saint Géry – GNSO
  • Tracy Hackshaw – GAC
  • James Olorundare – RSSAC
  • Raymond Mamattah – 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."