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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13jun13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13jun13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant TLD Program Update<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>13 June 2013</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: 27 June 2013<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time</span></strong>: 23:00 – 00:00 UTC (4:00pm – 5:00pm PDT)<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adobe Connect</span></strong>: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://icann.adobeconnect.com/idnvarianttld/"><span lang=EN-US>http://icann.adobeconnect.com/idnvarianttld/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teleconference Dial-in Information</span></strong>: coming soon…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You are invited to join the IDN Variant TLD Program webinar indented to provide a status update of the Program and current IDN Variant TLD Projects, as well as to address questions around the prerequisites for implementation of IDN Variant TLDs and upcoming community involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Following a general overview of the IDN Variant TLD Program, the webinar will focus on describing Program's current projects and timeline, explaining why implementation of the IDN Root Label Generation Rules Procedure must be completed before the applied for IDN Variant TLDs can be considered and the role that writing system communities will play in this implementation phase.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The IDN Variant TLD Program team is looking forward to your participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please join this webinar on <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, 27 June 2013 at 23:00 UTC (duration 1 hour)</span></strong>. The meeting will be available through Adobe Connect and dial-in call. Participants will have the opportunity to offer comments and ask questions over the phone during the Q&A section. During the course of the webinar, these may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you cannot join the live session, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting at: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/presentations"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/presentations</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE'>Glen de Saint Géry<br>GNSO Secretariat<br><b><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></b><br><b><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/">http://gnso.icann.org</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>