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ICANN Fellowship Participants | ICANN87

The following individuals had been selected to participate in ICANN87 to be held 17–22 October 2026 in Bali, Indonesia, Asia Pacific.

Name Country or region of residence Working sector and/or area of interest
Al Mahmud Bangladesh Academia, ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Technical, Security, Government
Alberto Javier Herbas Bravo Plurinational State of Bolivia Civil society, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Ana Teresa Rodríguez Lebrón Puerto Rico Academia, ccTLD operations, Internet end user
Apisalome Waqatabu Baleinatauba Vanuatu Academia, Internet end user, Technical, Security, Government
Bayodele Olotu United States of America Business and Commerce, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical
Camila Galvan Salvador Peru Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Charbel Chbeir Lebanon ccTLD operations, ICANN contracted party, Intellectual property, Technical, Security
Cliff Agaba Mutegeki Uganda

ccTLD operations, Civil Society, Technical

Recipient of Paul Muchene Fellowship Award
Daniel Damito Silva Brazil Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Deepak Kumar Kharwar India Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security, Government
Diego Parra United States of America Business and Commerce, Technical, Security
Eslam Khaled Egypt Business and Commerce, Technical
Fiafaitupe Tuiloma-Lafaele Samoa Academia
Frank Asefuah Ghana Academia, Internet end user
Gerelsuren Bayarsaikhan Mongolia Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Government
Godsway Kubi Ghana Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Afeez Hassan Nigeria Academia, Civil Society
Jovita Joy Kanza Uganda Technical
Luis Benjamín Pangán Román Guatemala Academia, ccTLD operations
Madiha Mahamat Al-Hadi France Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user
Maria Gonzalez Arredondo Mexico Business and Commerce, ccTLD operations, Internet end user
Maria Camila Rojas Azula Colombia Government
Mery Henrica Timor-Leste Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Modoukpè Solange Oloude Benin Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Security, Government
Mohammad Atif Aleem Sweeden Civil Society, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Mohammad Zulqar Nayen Canada Academia, Civil Society, Internet end user
Nhat Huy Nguyen Viet Nam Academia, ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Nkoro Nkoro Nigeria Civil Society, Internet end user, Technical
Oussama Elmerrahi France Academia, Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user
Remmy Chuks Nweke Nigeria Civil society, Internet end user
Rohan Sachdeva Australia Academia, ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Security, Government
Roshatey Jannat Pakistan Internet end user, Technical, Government
Sadichchha Silwal Nepal Academia, Civil Society, Internet end user
Shirley Santana Herrera Dominican Republic Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user
Sinan Mohamed Agha Mousa Lybia ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Suncica Rosic Serbia Academia, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Swaran Sanadhika Ravindra Fiji Academia, Civil society, Intellectual property, Internet end user
Syifani Adillah Salsabila Indonesia Academia, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Uliana Stiagailo Portugal Business and Commerce, Technical, Security
Wale Shakiru Bakare United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Internet end user, Technical, Security

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

Mentors:

  • Everton T. Rodrigues – ccNSO
  • Imran Hossen – GNSO
  • Tracy Hackshaw – GAC
  • James Olorundare – RSSAC
  • Vanda Scartezini – At-Large
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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."