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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>We hope you can join the IDN Variant Team at its next session at the ICANN Costa Rica Meeting. The Session will discuss the Integrated Issues Report published by the IDN Variant Issues Project. The report is a study of the issues that the project has identified in relation to the management of IDN variant TLDs. It represents the completion of the second phase of the IDN VIP project. Session will also discuss the next phase of the project toward determining the conditions under which certain types of variant TLDs could be implemented. </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Session Name: IDN Variant TLDs Issues Report and Next Steps</span></b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='color:black'>Wednesday, 14 March 2012 09:00-10:30 CST </span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Room: La Paz A</span></b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Remote participation is available at: </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://icann.adobeconnect.com/sjo43-lapaza"><span lang=EN-US>http://icann.adobeconnect.com/sjo43-lapaza</span></a></span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We hope to see you online or in Costa Rica!</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The IDN Variant Issues Project</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>