<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi all,<br><br></div>Please fyi.<br><br></div><div>Sorry for any cross-post.<br></div>Cheers !<br></div>-Olévié-<br><br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Olive</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: 2015-09-16 11:02 GMT+01:00<br>Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Read the 5th Issue of the ICANN EMEA Newsletter - with a new look!<br>To: "<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><div><div><br></div></div></div><span><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><div><div><div><div align="center"><div style="max-width:602px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" align="center"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><img alt="" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="1"></td><td align="center" valign="top" width="600"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><div style="background-color:#ffffff;padding-bottom:10px" align="center"><div style="font-family:verdana,arial;font-size:8pt;color:#000000" align="left"><font style="font-family:verdana,arial;font-size:8pt;color:#000000" face="verdana,arial" color="#000000" size="1"><center><table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="595"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000000" rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="100%">
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 stewardship transition and the parallel CCWG Accountability promise engaging discussions for the upcoming meeting, which many are already billing as a key milestone in the history of the Internet.</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">This could indeed be the meeting, which marks approval, or at least the firming up, for the set-up by which ICANN becomes independent, with the Internet's global 'multistakeholder' community truly in
 charge of the destiny of the Domain Name System and Associated Protocols and Numbers.</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">ICANN54 will also be eventful with important work ranging from covering IDNs to privacy and proxy services, from Internet Governance to Human Rights and Public Safety - and much, much more.</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">All that with the backdrop of charming glorious Dublin, one of Europe's most successful 'mini Silicon Valleys' and home to the glorious Dubliners. </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Look forward to seeing you there!</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top" width="100%"><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK8"></a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top"><img style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.539" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/6ec34f09-d296-4860-b7a5-8acfa59f0034.png" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="665"><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table;background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:12px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Bringing it All Back Home; ICANN Dublin 2015</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#000000;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><i>By Maria Farrell, ICANN civil society (NCSG) and InterConnect Communications</i></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#000000;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"> </span></div><div style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="color:#000000">The Irish Internet community is as vibrant and varied as they come, with a mix of multinationals and home-grown
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 Because of our educated population and rather convenient location, many global tech firms have made Dublin their European HQ.</span></div><div style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="color:#000000"> </span></div><div style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="color:#000000">When the ICANN community touches down in Dublin this October, they will be right across the river Liffey from Dublin's tech centre, 'Silicon Docks', which houses operations from Google, Twitter, Facebook, and, most recently, AirBnB.
 This roll call of big box names shows Ireland's long-requited love affair with all things American, though some economists worry that we spend too much time (and money) attracting firms from abroad, and not enough building our own native
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 sector</span></a></span><span>.</span></div><div style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span> </span></div><div style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="color:#000000"><div>But the tech community is busy ensuring that our current success lasts. INEX, IP peering association and the host of the Dublin mee<span>ting, brings together professionals from across the sector for regular and lively meetings.
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 Rights Ireland</span></a></span><span style="color:#000000"> is an all-volunteer organisation fighting to ensure a positive impact of the Internet on individuals and our future. The</span><span lang="EN-US"><b><a style="color:rgb(0,0,255);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvtqjxb4DnPsdbboQ0pHuHpVY5D4yDBGLtLw5EFfGkcNf9Yurg_ntdA-UIAbY5mKTvxqUFLBCkF3pOGuKcaN6Jyl5QaqRTeSjQBZCFwJyg4c0=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="http://www.iia.ie/" target="_blank">
 Irish Internet Association</a></b></span><span style="color:#000000"> brings together people from all over the sector and the country for training, networking, lobbying and, of course, networking. It also works with the
</span><span style="color:#000000" lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ6-iH1v5bLNuOHNAmEZrZ2be4AAg7jmb0JmSQqkOSIzttqbo9oBtFW3ZOveH9NttrHwYqtgpY7SszRx4cwQqKefQi-Zq8FOFx5YXW_PnwQsrQEnzUq-JJx8=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.iedr.ie/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">.IE
 registry</span></a></span><span style="color:#000000"> on an annual 'Dot IE Net Visionary Award', won in 2014 by Blacknight registrar founder, Michele Neylon.
</span></div><div style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="color:#000000"> </span></div><div style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="color:#000000"><span>Which brings us to Irish people in ICANN. A friend who works in the European Commission says Irish people have never yet encountered an international organisation they don't want to get involved in and also pull in all their
 family and friends, too. From small beginnings, the number of active ICANN community members from Ireland is growing. That includes former Board Director Dennis Jennings, Registrar Constituency Chair Michele Neylon of BlackNight, former staffer and GNSO NCSG
 Councillor; yours truly, and rising NCUC star James Gannon. You can expect to see us and a great Irish contingent at the Dublin meeting and yes, the national stereotypes are pretty much all true; we will be the ones at the b</span>ar talking to anyone and
 everyone, delighted to finally be hosting our life-long ICANN friends.</span></div><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#c7c7c7;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#C7C7C7" height="1"><img style="display:block" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK56"></a><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>ICANN EMEA HUB ACTIVITIES & REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS</b></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#c7c7c7;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#C7C7C7" height="1"><img style="display:block" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK31"></a><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top">
ISTANBUL HUB</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#0b7cc1"><b style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:12pt">Global Support Team Expands - </b></span><br></div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b7cc1"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:rgb(102,102,102)" lang="EN-US">We're happy to welcome two new Global Support hires </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:12pt">Seda Akbulut </span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:rgb(102,102,102)" lang="EN-US">and
 Koray Nicolas Namer to our hub in Istanbul. Languages now covered from the Hub support will be English, French, German and Turkish.  Visit our global support website </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;font-family:Times-New-Roman" lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvxfxdGq_bOAvHRbp3782lPtDBKwiRvCx2SL1Gq4D6EDL4HsdhcFq1iyu_8yDHmx1AxVP_AOzb4ixxurOuwYFktFXJaJ7aeigN-CIZsz2-wTOSsWFkBmYd5Pz60vbFm4ZAGiS2oWJFfPKMKUGoMWjTOYWgtSTcAAFpkU4PtRXgqDw=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/customer-support-2015-06-22-en" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:rgb(102,102,102)" lang="EN-US">
 or contact the team via email </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Times-New-Roman" lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:globalsupport@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">globalsupport@icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">.</span></div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><table style="margin-left:5px" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="1"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:3px 5px 5px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><div><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.490" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/2e941ce9-a9bf-4347-89fa-b9665f2b919a.jpg" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="225"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>10th International Electronic Communications Regulators Conference:  Future of Mobile: 4G and Beyond - </b></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">May 7-8</span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">The event kick started with the Chairman of the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA), Dr. Tayfun Acarer, welcoming the attendees.David Olive was invited to be on a panel
 with international experts, where he described the role of ICANN and shared the results of two important studies conducted for ICANN by the Boston Consulting Group on </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvkb1OGjN4wKTQ7B2jml-0AUs0pUgId-wkoFogBu550gnUA29YtNpSTqI9_BcMgPefUjKjPBz_2YAj4Vf0sWKulyEtAfDlZYuumbi60OdUw8civjZ10wytg1insOQ-0qzYCPKsvrouNN4XRjwIa_sFDDgcj-Acx1ODUDU3IoVfb6M6tRnOrexIjg==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/working-together-to-overcome-e-friction" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">reducing
 friction</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> in the Internet economy and suggested policies to follow to harness the Internet as a pervasive, growing economic force.</span></div><br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 5px 15px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="50%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.492" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/da7c4387-c232-4cd1-865e-f3a26f0b7b08.jpg" border="0" height="165.9375" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="295"></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="50%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.523" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/fe8e7e41-5146-4139-b6aa-58733e725302.jpg" border="0" height="165" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="295"></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Meeting with Law Students at Bahcesehir University </b></span></div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt">On May 5, Professor Elif Kuzeci of the Faculty of Law of Bahcesehir University in Istanbul invited David Olive as a guest lecturer to talk about ICANN and Internet
 Governance to the ICT law students. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt"> </span></div><br></div></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Ü<b>TED - Celebrating Information Technology & Telecommunications Day -</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">May 29 - TÜTED, a leading Telecommunications Industry Association in Turkey, invited ICANN VP and General Manager David Olive to be a keynote speaker, where he noted Dr. Acarer's work with ICANN and
 the ICT Community in Turkey since the hub offices opened two years ago.  More on the event is </span><span lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvOZDDEFrudbg-aMwxbOzBO2AIS6j-BFOOeleqlhI3tCstGyFpme1CciuDdFuuu9OcZumKdTWfRVhQTLgyeHtnUSRdNG0EI6es_2RRGQ24E4CnJveXrlPOEMbhflsS-7pJ5gVd66C2LXIC-8ndq1wffOLM-LiTJTVJWJ2n6Uo2LT68x8LJmH1Yeee0DFQqSoZ82nYht8F8Yzo=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="http://www.itnetwork.com.tr/btk-baskani-acarer-1-ton-demirin-bedeli-ile-iphone-6-alamazsiniz/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here.</span></a></span></div><br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><table style="margin-right:5px" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="1"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:3px 7px 5px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><div><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.486" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/2bc16fcb-237c-49aa-8cb6-7538c75a71b2.jpg" border="0" height="144.79166666666666" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="225"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#0a74db"><b style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:12pt">ISOC's InterCommunity 2015 Conference- July 7-8</b></span><br><br></div><span style="color:rgb(122,117,120);font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><div>ICANN attended InterCommunity 2015, the <b style="font-size:10pt">Internet Society's (ISOC)
</b><span style="font-size:10pt">first virtual meeting of its entire community, where the </span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ6-iH1v5bLNuQAFlnwTUAPbU_WmlKa-7ADIHL_vKrVT_kXInnk4E_YD8IiNXZLAmw9lVP26-JLdxd5wnBDR1s3wvUBnpqh4LJycBhSIYVz-UKu64xNfN4nvgtla-YuKoOLeUAuwzRz3DNFvDlxlsma8kijGXxvWPJXJFUYAosFgnN-IJmtOAXbNatNBgdw4H1l5e3ceW3ZNl&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.internetsociety.org/globalinternetreport/assets/download/IS_web.pdf" target="_blank">2015
 Global Internet Report</a> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">was released by ISOC. Key Takeaways from the report:</span></div></span><p style="color:#7a7578;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">*<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">3
 billion Internet users were likely by May 2015.</span></p><p style="color:#7a7578;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">*<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Mobile
 Internet penetration is forecasted to reach 71% by 2019.</span></p><p style="color:#7a7578;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">*<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Usage
 per device is forecasted to more than triple by 2019.</span></p><p style="color:#7a7578;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">*<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">192
 countries have active 3G mobile networks, which cover almost 50% of the global population.</span></p><p style="color:#7a7578;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">*<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">    </span></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Smartphone
 sales are the majority of mobile handsets sold worldwide; tablet sales will soon exceed total PC sales.</span></p><p style="color:#7a7578;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">*<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">    </span></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">While
 there are at least five mobile platforms, Android has an 84% share of smartphones, and 72% of tablets.</span></p><p style="color:#7a7578;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">*<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">    </span></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">There
 are well over 1 million apps available, which have been downloaded more than 100 billion times.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK71"></a><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.538" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/cfe659ad-bf27-4775-a708-32f69a047505.png" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="665"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><table style="margin-left:5px" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="1"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:3px 5px 5px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><div><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.570" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/2cb2512f-bc90-48b3-a3ee-03234e91d9a3.jpg" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="225"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>SEEDIG and EuroDIG: An eventful and successful 'Bulgaria DNS week' in June</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Bulgaria became the European Internet capital this year, starting June 1 with a 'roadshow' in cities such as Varna to beat the DNS industry's drum with the local business community.
</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">On Wednesday 3 June, the 'premiere' of the South Eastern Europe Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG) started with the first ever roundtable discussions taking place just before the start of EuroDIG,
 which itself was yet another success this year, with hundreds of participants, a flurry of exciting topics and increasingly strong discussions and outcome documents.
</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">This series of events and the formal birth of SEEDIG marked an important anniversary: It brought us back to just 12 months before, when a handful of ICANN 'regulars' from the region met informally during
 the ICANN 50 London meeting. We've all known for a while that the SEE community in ICANN is vibrant and full of dynamic, dedicated characters, but we all knew that more could be done to strengthen it. So we created what started as a simple mailing list: ICANN-SEE.
 It grew from an initial 10 members to close to 100 today, and has helped members exchange ideas, promote events, recruit speakers and panelists for public meetings, events and so on. The result? An increasingly growing number of activities, networks and contacts
 across the region, with events growing larger in attendance, from Belgrade to Bucharest, from Varna to SEEDIG in Sofia. Suffice to say, the simple mailing list grew to so much more. Going forwards, we are excited to see many more such activities being lined
 up: the first Bosnian IGF, the Domain Name Forum reconvening in Sofia in December (see details below), and we are already looking forward to events in Bucharest, Belgrade, Skopje and more in 2016.
</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Help us grow and strengthen the Internet community in the SEE region: join the mailing list at
</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:icann-see@rnids.rs" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b>icann-see@rnids.rs</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b> to get started!</b></span></div><br></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#c7c7c7;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#C7C7C7" height="1"><img style="display:block" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><table style="margin-right:5px" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="1"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:3px 7px 5px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><div><div style="margin-left:30px"><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.495" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/6d2e6aac-135b-4cd5-a01c-d34313c351c3.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="225"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Bulgaria Internet Week -
</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ6-iH1v5bLNuKLC1XTGZHJzPRSQ6ILgqoigMZWf2Wx7CM_QzIG3_gsoJ0hS2UJLDiOwpWK2ScdnyzW6AKATSMZcvwDHO0Q_-Y_yWHeSZ0tO0xUXdLDVNGVq7RACSATaa1Q==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="http://bulgaria.domainfest.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b>DomainFest
 & DomainForum</b></span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b> - June 1 - 6, 2015</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">By
</span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Andrea Beccalli</span></i></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-left:30px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">ICANN participated at </span><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ6-iH1v5bLNuKLC1XTGZHJzPRSQ6ILgqoigMZWf2Wx7CM_QzIG3_gsoJ0hS2UJLDiOwpWK2ScdnyzW6AKATSMZcvwDHO0Q_-Y_yWHeSZ0tO0xUXdLDVNGVq7RACSATaa1Q==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="http://bulgaria.domainfest.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">DomainFest</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">,
</span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">a commercially focused content, networking, and sessions that focus on the innovation, opportunity, and the business of the domain name industry.  The
</span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">DomainForum during that week, organized by Iliya Bazlyankov, Chair of the Executive committee at CORE, gathered a panel of industry experts and other stakeholders from the community. The event
 was a perfect example of the multistakeholder nature of the DNS industry and a great opportunity to share our expertise and interact with the vibrant and growing Internet community from South Eastern European. </span></div>
 </span></div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:#7a7578;font-size:10pt"><br><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.479" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/ffa59390-be22-4134-9948-863b82d68491.png" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="665"></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><table style="margin-left:5px" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="1"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:3px 5px 5px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><div><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.506" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/72bfb44a-c1f0-42b1-8484-c18c25f59944.jpg" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="225"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>"The importance of fostering initiatives for the local DNS industry"</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">By Iliya Bazlyankov, CORE Association</span></div><br></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><i>Our team has the honor of contributing to the national and regional development of the Internet by broadening the understanding of topics like the impact of the new gTLDs, a multilingual Internet
 and Internet governance.</i></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><i>Organizing or hosting events like the ICANN-Studienkreis in 2014, EuroDIG, DOMAINfest, Bulgarian Internet Week, SEEDIG in 2015 and the annual Domain Forum (since 2011) is being done with the goal
 of presenting to the local community highly popular topics from ICANN and other international meetings. Additionally, they serve the purpose of introducing the community to international specialists; and also present an opportunity for people from the region
 to attend events that are usually far away and not really accessible to them. This way, without travelling, people are able to share their points of view and discuss in an informal and open manner the current and emerging Internet-related issues that are relevant
 to them.</i></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><i>We will continue to work on more events with more international attendees, and perhaps even one-day work on hosting an ICANN meeting! We all do our best for the goal of having an accessible and convenient
 Internet for people all over the world!</i></span></div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK78"></a><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.481" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/f0b3c6f7-8f65-4bd2-b36e-a27aef7d8f38.png" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="665"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><table style="margin-right:5px" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="1"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:3px 7px 5px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><div><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.491" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/27cc3ba8-fbd9-49f4-b6bf-8078661950f8.jpg" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="225"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:black;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt"><h1 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="color:#0b7cc1" lang="EN-US">New Domains - New Business Prospects</span></h1><div>The Meeting of Domain Industry Representatives from Eastern Europe - Central Asia region (DOMINO-2015), which has become a tradition, was held near Moscow. It was organized by the Russian Technical Center of Internet. It was both pleasant (as always, organizers
 brought...</div></span></div><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvtSMWzZq3eRUQTXcMg4yjlgTEUT-w7V8AzpDdMi2PuFSKR2_laYnQHVeWQuTznBauAnggJKHb_YlHy7Z_-EfRIHKq7ofRrClHo1JFvXiTSz0DikoomRnmhq1l86CSOsNmFMW3RS0JuBG23bH3_uf6BMz5bvg7hwJ5CgpKH7tTNRU=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/new-domains-new-business-prospects" target="_blank"><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.472" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/a24fa960-45aa-45da-8cda-6149c412b82e.png" align="right" border="0" height="53" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="154"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK79"></a><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.480" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/c097504d-c311-4942-9335-67f2512bcec6.png" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="665"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 5px 15px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="50%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.494" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/1c24a9df-6e54-407a-a289-8fbb408d0ab8.jpg" border="0" height="179.2125" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="295"></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="50%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.498" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/ee352b97-4674-4adb-85b8-4bd6ac6b4778.jpg" border="0" height="196.82031249999997" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="295"></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>ICANN Media Briefing in Dubai, UAE</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:rgb(122,117,120)" lang="EN-US">In May, we hosted a key media briefing in Dubai, focused on the development of the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) in the Middle East. Participants in the panel discussion included
 the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Etisalat and Domain Name sector companies ARI Registry Services, CentralNIC Group and AEServer.  Coverage can be seen
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 Tunisia Chapter</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">.<span style="color:#7a7578"> The 5-day agenda covered Internet governance topics such as history, DNS, IP Addressing, Human Rights, Privacy, Security, Social Media,
 and the top IG related events and discussions of this year. The school attracted 30 students from 13 different countries. More information can be found
</span></span><span style="color:black;font-family:Times-New-Roman;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTv0Kj_ZhmX34khb3AAFCpjwxwS1b_4cZJF9YAK7vmHnj3udWswAmCfsqpe4wzt66aBcroGw8VRkuLl9U28XLrm3ealNqaNauSPkRq5BaadO1PVTCvilCPBGVhyiQAaC1zH7mVJlXDZUvXZN853xPCxXBFaXuKkfvpR&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://community.icann.org/display/MES/MEAC-SIG+2015" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">. </span></div></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>L-Roots deployed in Pakistan</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">ICANN has successfully joined effort with partners in Pakistan to increase the Domain Name System's (DNS) overall stability and resiliency against certain types of cyber threats, such as Distributed
 Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.  As a result, three L-Root instances have been deployed to date.  Read more:
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 deploy DNSSEC. The workshop attracted more than 20 students from 7 different countries in the Middle East and Africa, and was co-trained by three trainers two of which were trained as part of the DNS-EC train-the-trainers program. More information can be found
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:normal;color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">ICANN Receiving a thank you Award for Sponsoring the Africa DNS Forum</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:12px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:10pt">The third edition of the Africa DNS Forum was an absolute success, demonstrating how this event has grown over the past three years. Throughout the event, there was consistent attendance, and rich
 debates that highlighted the potential for cooperation, that the Nairobi gathering made possible.</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">The dialogue between African registrars and registries started in Durban in 2013, with the Kenyan DNS Forum moving it to yet another level as other stakeholders in the DNS industry joined and shared
 their perspectives. Key discussions on the DNS took place with reflections on costing strategies, marketing ideas and technical solutions, in addition to touching upon a critical area - the availability and accurateness of statistics and data pertaining to
 African DNS industry. The potential for developing strategic partnerships in this field are immense.</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> ICANN, through its Africa strategy and the support of all its departments, will continue the journey with current partners and look forward to expanding the group of partners. Our DNS entrepreneurship
 centre in Cairo is ready to proceed with capacity building workshops and events in both technical and business areas, and we hope to launch other centers in Sub-Saharan Africa and partner with existing incubators and accelerators to deploy special programmes
 on DNS entrepreneurship for young entrepreneurs <span>interested in venturing and seizing the potential of this under-utilized industry in Africa.</span></span></div><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#c7c7c7;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#C7C7C7" height="1"><img style="display:block" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 5px 15px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="33%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.507" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/a585580e-7e21-434c-a8d8-ae82e18114d1.jpg" border="0" height="142.5" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="190"></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="34%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.505" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/bb9c2735-1de1-4a30-adbb-0ac8c90fb6ab.jpg" border="0" height="142.5" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="190"></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="33%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.503" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/7dc4afcf-1f34-4b9e-8ee2-1d49e0be1e5f.jpg" border="0" height="126.1125" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="190"></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="33%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>ICANN Media Briefing in Nairobi, Kenya</b></span></div><br></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">We hosted a press briefing in Nairobi to discuss Africa's role in helping shape the future of the organisation, the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) and the African Domain Name Market.  A key focus
 of the briefing was the opportunities these changes will afford businesses, entrepreneurs and Internet users across Africa.  The event was well attended by leading media houses in East Africa. Pierre Dandjinou interview on CNBC Africa can be seen
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvmeqy8EQ90L3aL9_r-MP_N6DyQPQ5h-StDd0xU067U4JT3qovpfNxnVWS1AbighDucgA-d4Z42YBUkgr11E1c1JvodnzXAAitKpwj5KHPb5SKbj2qSpaA2ZSAabWHPh9rSz-3ZmUksX2wKx0_uFFpi_mHz8AArrlq&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.cnbcafrica.com/video/?bctid=4340156052001" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">
 and other coverage </span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvZTRMXiRXMkHC55YKl2X1s3SeJAeD5a4P8Iv96KcGPeM_pIAUtlBYk3LFcB-kxF_VSRfedNi1LIJm2AiLHoJCE0fGmgRI-8ByPO69lOVQ6ImvwF4r_Bf3p0f7u8Gda8Tk&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.scoop.it/t/icann-emea-news" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">.</span></div><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="34%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b>The DNSSEC Journey Continues to Advance In Africa</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><div style="color:#7a7578">Developing the domain name industry in Africa is an important and central objective of the ICANN AFRICA Strategy. Focusing on the importance of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a direct contributor to the security
 of the Internet, and providing mechanisms to help prevent DNSdata spoofing and tampering. This is how the "DNSSEC roadshow project" was conceived. Through it, we have lead efforts to drive awareness and understanding of the importance of the DNSSEC, as well
 as building capacity toward ccTLD DNSSEC adoption in AFRICA. </div><div align="center"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvGM748VVaYHCwDlj6PWmGyG1pXMczQR4lwcfOpzaDzLGCSPG7lv7Qc7ty2tELe1FsGE_i8cpej3Xgl1smbKDWJjxjiGJeBt7U3nzURl3Kaj1Z5w-KqqcqNXoWk12v-qylpwfaaMHSaBae5F1gLaBwmOt5kpjBvfNfrEp56t8PN--c6dC6azV2_TB3AQvkl4C1&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-dnssec-journey-continues-to-advance-in-africa" target="_blank"><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.472" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/a24fa960-45aa-45da-8cda-6149c412b82e.png" align="left" border="0" height="33" hspace="0" vspace="5" width="99"></a></div></span></div><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="33%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>DNS today without DNSSEC is a "forgiven" system</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><span style="color:#7a7578">"Forgiven system" may sound too rude but it seems to be the reality. The title of this blog is from a statement made by one of the participants during a breakout session
 on DNSSEC during the 2015 edition of the AfricaDNS Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.  </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvqA4xzewmODQRXs5r51MVLR0ovX2jcYOgcHHjKuOIRbcuTifuM4gzvp9248c0kDyKvaf3Cz7ih_5TVKw5fyU9Q5-_srdxJhkQMzLCEit2A2_UZhJ4WoMtgdhIvHCk_D6a_YmshPbC7DSqTm1-mMTzN4w8jeBbzhs8ZYwCDPyL4Yir7IeuZDkEaw==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/dns-today-without-dnssec-is-a-forgiven-system" target="_blank"><img name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.472" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/a24fa960-45aa-45da-8cda-6149c412b82e.png" align="left" border="0" height="34" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="99"></a></span></div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#c7c7c7;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#C7C7C7" height="1"><img style="display:block" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK97"></a><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Section Heading H
<div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Building Capacity</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><i><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Other events the Africa ICANN team participated in include:</span></i></div></b></span></div><div>ere</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 5px 15px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="33%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.499" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/c172ea4a-28b8-4492-a5c0-c420c637c871.jpg" border="0" height="126.5875" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="190"></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="34%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.519" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/7b87d81c-2bda-4426-be86-db6ee0b111b3.jpg" border="0" height="106.3586956521739" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="190"></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="33%"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.518" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/80945d0c-797e-4218-811c-19869cf69720.jpg" border="0" height="142.5" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="190"></div></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="33%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Training of trainers' workshop on Internet Governance</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><i>Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: 27-31 July</i></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">A 'premiere' in francophone Africa, this workshop was an opportunity for deepening concepts and strategies around the global Internet governance ecosystem. Pierre and Yaovi from ICANN were key contributors.</span></div><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="34%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:rgb(11,124,193)" lang="EN-US"><b>Connect to Connect Summit</b></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:11pt;color:rgb(122,117,120)" lang="EN-US"> in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where Bob presented the
 BCG report discussing e-friction and also hosted a workshop on the IANA Stewardship Transition. For more information visit  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#7a7578" lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvkAfJ0LEXxYlKsyXIwKQJPnx00CF34d7yz4XCgFGVWGVARPSPU4eJ_5xjT0CvF7YF0vW6S52RQYG_Xo1StK-QrKa72ovMRbODm18Unl2Jag_vEANW5SZ8ZO4c0rDMu02k05yB-tor9qljWkxvlcNi4t19DfF1Hcv8&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="http://extensia-events.com/events/connect-2-connect-2015/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:11pt;color:rgb(122,117,120)" lang="EN-US">.</span></div><br></div><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="33%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Highway Africa 2015, Grahamstown, S. Africa 29-31 August</b></span></div><br></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">ICANN held two main sessions, one on the future of Internet Governance and the Role of Africa in the Internet Ecosystem and the other on the Domain Name System (DNS) Economy in Africa.  Awareness on
 these topics is key. This is one of the many ways we are reaching out to the media in Africa through these sessions, providing more background information, briefing on the current situation with the challenges and opportunities ahead in the regional market
 and how to participate and become an active part of the community and Internet ecosystem. </span></div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK98"></a><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>GLOBAL NEWS</div></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK99"></a><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSITION UPDATE</b></span></div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">The transition of IANA's stewardship is now another step nearer as two key proposals are opened for public comment: </span></div><ul><li style="color:#7a7578"><span lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJxEQLCd3gyuqyhnqXu_Xjhps70Xa5RtqwdKemodjqVlHongfTETupfhNH_RHr3cKHCgVZ2K0HaNMAe9NRmsi8TzRA04YCU1wicrhF-5XDlLOel8rCoY6r4s7PoZH8wzRSl79NJRkFPauW5bFWxCfYUhQACyDCLawlUk6rzNiqkfi_ok-tHegE4yv-YUCT7ICyJgI_EX1LWsj&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.ianacg.org/calls-for-input/combined-proposal-public-comment-period/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">The
 Consolidated IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> by the ICG</span></li><li style="color:#7a7578"><span lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJxEQLCd3gyuqr-iPJZjYLH2c6XsqGWxMUb4CPLGFYL0PQ69sf7QQgxLCzmZds9MFZF2RAQV2hhZgcrEFaqkoeYhIA3g4knYEGMFCMS-8kiimMsCCin5dfXocWMU8OYu3Mr_vFZ4H6W0Y3kMn8PAkT6lKDQGSTtlGdwtKJUS9PaW4DPR4ZsFO-XM=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-2015-08-03-en" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">The
 2nd Draft Report on Work Stream 1 Recommendations</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> by the CCWG-Accountability</span></li></ul><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">To stay updated on the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Public Comment Periods and the latest news click </span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTv3R6CjFmyv3t2jfR_Aq21bsIpcEmYH0zMr_QllqF05Wlqe7GuBGPbPKoODrsV4Mni3l9OxSjPOJSWG7Xil_vtlTkTEhCY1evbzsscvqaK0p20aysQ1ocz9ihJfgYsU1DFES5yxnDHQhML_oBZrc1N0jPzzF426aWW&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability-public-comment" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">.  </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><div><b style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:14pt">Must Read:</b></div></div><ul><li style="color:#7a7578"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvvPmPQSgV219Ox9Dpl71_-p1k6QlPjdrxL8_DEMxJj4Lx6MSliXuZywgNZV2XQ5A88_-iKntM6I6PKexq-bnGfUmaTNDQu-uMwBhgOlakYYdodYBVle_lPL0OqLHVgHyBCKOsA3TEpT7DR0QaBTUkgaLy1nMD7H1GtGEhsJRkdH0w_AS8wCQfeQ==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/an-update-on-iana-stewardship-discussions-en" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b>Volume
 9: An Update on IANA Stewardship Discussions</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> by Samantha Dickinson</span></li><li style="color:#7a7578"><span lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvqL0xHFv6gE5-3CWaEz4sn-BNM__x_qIhCTRCRwWxZlaO1NxcE5Y83qyS2wU9JS1I1wVsDFUgGQel0VYSLDS1cuzIak3i808r1ZG4bxo-Qt5gOQ1aooLqUTBdcrr5ViRbLqgKbqooutUO-7s1LR147sCm2IPfQvokvTz6fbmixjqflT7EAKrFZA==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/let-your-voice-be-heard-iana-transition" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b>Let
 Your Voice Be Heard on IANA Transition</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> by NTIA Administrator, Lawrence E. Strickling
</span></li><li style="color:#7a7578"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvdjKk6yIT_eTFb-0orQQa53S-PGbFF0i17tX8IvS1cdo2WpsPa7goe8dphVTa52xit-HeUY3lO22GFHJjtZ9s3Y8qQ0Sx1MfPFFrem5WtzO8XoBHNpe_PfbYgMKwLdCktxmsJpZhkNSsMTJxucCtrojV7ppYx3TfG&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition" target="_blank">An
 Update on the IANA Transition</a> </b></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">by NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling announcing a plan to extend the IANA contract with ICANN for one year to September 30, 2016.</span></li></ul><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Must Watch:</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span lang="EN-US"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTv4MkybpjBbhFbCxcMF7CfQi4-09c7EFJZSeSWS5GXt5xDeSuUmqnbkTOQf25AUPZymjSzOTPiRmuPj3Lnzl2ABtrPaqveVVReTHKCOe5uy4QkqyM6pKoHXw6GpDQCeHQMbWPGbUl6WQP2jBQlns4GTkmxOgYpaT9-0g71iB8RHA8=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiBy0wiiiYQ&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">Watch</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">
 Theresa Swinehart's video update on NTIA's Announcement to Extend </span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvsbXUC9AiJudkD2QU8aHFIoFCeafD-jmOibjq_P0k6DG1U0vOHTdq87naNgU4N4g-sI5_KK0Dgj2KksCbTkijE1aCHvmqdjpFTogcbyJFbi-InyNYlAiQQ8VWskCX7f2YvwwUTyZmSRc=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23IANA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">the
 IANA</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> Functions Contract
</span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#c7c7c7;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#C7C7C7" height="1"><img style="display:block" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>IANA Stewardship Transition Timeline:</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">As shown by Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO, during the opening ceremony of the ICANN53 meeting in Buenos Aires in June this year, these are the three identified phases of
 the IANA Stewardship Transition.</span><br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:3px 15px 3px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.489" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/ee46ff71-2332-464d-ad2c-3ca51c600d4e.jpg" border="0" vspace="5" width="612"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK107"></a><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:21.3333339691162px;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b>GDD UPDATE</b></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 5px 15px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="50%"><br></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 6px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="center" width="50%"><br></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>New gTLD Case Studies</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">The second batch of new gTLD case studies (.INK, .ORGANIC, .REALTOR, .XYZ) is now
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</span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">This is part of ICANN's global efforts to raise awareness of and interest in new gTLDs. These case studies tell the story of a TLD, including its background and business objectives. They are intended for
 use as educational resources. We will continue to publish new case studies on this webpage on an on-going basis. All registries are invited to partner with us to develop case studies. </span></div><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 0px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div style="color:#0b7cc1;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#0b7cc1;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Resolving the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels with Comments</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:black;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:rgb(122,117,120)" lang="EN-US">Since ICANN launched the Authorization Process for the Release of Two-Character ASCII Labels, over 249,000 letter/letter two-character domains have been authorized across approximately
 560 new generic top-level domains, and the numbers are growing weekly. However, approximately 3 percent of requested labels have not yet been authorized for release due to concerns expressed by governments.  In mid-August, ICANN published a draft process to
 fully consider comments received and evaluate the labels that have been withheld thus far.
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 more</span></a></span></div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK109"></a><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:21.3333339691162px;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>DEVELOPMENT & PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY DEPARTMENT (DPRD)</b></span></div></b></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.496" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/7fa74f29-e79f-4bc8-bbf6-6d881dbd9bc5.jpg" border="0" height="419.2" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="640"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">ICANN's </span><span style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvB3Cl4Smr3_GMPXfwl1Ji4KmtpOj6GryQEShphasrK2Z9YQzakv24fJPIz9TwgDD2KpEiHQgFbCKc86epaxpsuWG4gRkM-7eumj8lpXaYpfUKp70Bvl6f3roP6A5dgvJ89YL_FjQ9eOnCoHdqm7mUO35XjQ1LN0cw&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/development-and-public-responsibility" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">Development
 and Public Responsibility Department</span></a></span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> (DPRD) is proud to announce the launch of the NextGen@ICANN 55 application for Marrakech. This highly successful
 program has helped bring together 18-30 year olds from the ICANN meeting's region in an effort to help inspire and engage members of the next generation. Participants in the program have gone on to organize unique outreach events, join the Fellowship program,
 create online courses and get more deeply involved with the ICANN Community. </span><span style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ2ySoTtDUz32c_Yt-S3n47cOQC9iXVXxXx0mPzHQWjDBJHaHyqh424VkEp0TzQRw9iW9fp7R2GXGwKElS5RXR1jwdmrVVAFD1XUvNcDSEDtFz7BuakkTITNGt8aA1O88XIupUSsFLdvu0aX7VBwmnRdO3B7JOdot2hCYuLdfVNCs4eEPAmZTVB8=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/development-and-public-responsibility/nextgen" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">The
 NextGen@ICANN 55 application is open as of September 4, 2015</span></a></span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> - please share and contact </span><span style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" shape="rect" href="mailto:nextgen@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">nextgen@icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"> with
 any questions or comments you may have.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_LETTER.BLOCK111"></a><table style="background-color:#0b7cc1" bgcolor="#0B7CC1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;padding:10px 15px 10px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:21.3333339691162px;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'"><b><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#ffffff;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>POLICY UPDATE</b></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:15px 15px 15px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';background-color:white" lang="EN-US"><b>At-Large Onboarding Program Launches</b></span></div><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-bottom-width:1pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1pt;color:#7a7578"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;border:none"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';background-color:white" lang="EN-US">The aim of this new staff-initiated program is to facilitate </span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">At-Large Structure (ALS)<span style="background:white"> and
 individual member participation within the Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) and to promote policy development activity within At-Large and </span>ICANN<span style="background:white">. To learn more please visit this
</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTv4m5qfbu8e5UIaamP9P4ZjihgLqDmA7JdO0guuF_DmVH5aEnaoggL0JWP-qNtm7-OPOeBaolYbszi-PkV2YTiJ2aFLCrXMBlAripAK8wb_3XPDPwz77sO170gZGJjFkYsud9mBmkTD15FZzrmeMugAATiLixe9fqKZKtzRMJF_uZtHLDzoH12Fw==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-07-22-en#9" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';background-color:white">page</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';background-color:white" lang="EN-US">.<br><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';background-color:white" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>ASO Address Council Selects Ron da Silva to Serve on Board Seat 9</b></span></div><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-bottom-width:1pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1pt;color:#7a7578"><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15pt;border:none"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">The ASO Address Council has selected Ron da Silva to replace Ray Plzak on seat 9 of the Board of Directors. Mr. da Silva will serve a three-year term beginning after the Annual General Meeting at ICANN54.
 Learn more </span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvrvdM9vSeSBvFzLSyhg4AE2GbUfmAMLxjXscyXbm_TMwooTqPTjej1f4I1NuQSbiTdpBVHpGBforfeKVjNcJIXOM9wvbwu-bTdrhtfWs9lf8m9gzvyyS9gGgBZS6PUVhyDEQPOHCm4ly4T0MN6gvzrLhoOe4m2ukJGEYapIFpLT_no6PhrDXwxg==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-06-16-en#3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">.<br></span></div></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>GNSO Council Adopts Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Final Report </b></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b><br></b></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">On 24 June 2015, the GNSO Council
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ40GTufnkMTvIUhTtt_KRNyKzwj-fZT_kCaqISFtZJuBEAYizxbhZkKUYJycqyiRszHy_m8htmeN0xsLAJOAqwKq-Gqg2djhf4co9F1kLBoWI_xqBuG7B8_CJadp8xgC1ctS63EBGT1620yflGcMODYcKRDqEq_VMwGEip7v3cXv&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20150624-3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">adopted</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">
 the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process Working Group's Final Report, containing seven recommendations. The recommendations include the conclusion that it is not desirable to make transformation of contact information
 mandatory due to the costs outweighing the benefits. Read the Final Report </span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ6-iH1v5bLNuoXGi3ClvSY0iZj51g4io1_tqH7UDLqvKGwD3d3EfPUK5yBkz4z1TVAlPyqyh0rzctecsDZcXnLlSUJJDR_1ruTpRm2QkqeUb4gS_RCV1qPz5XwHhMnd1wPuUJnCs9D33ci89u37N2BNB1l_bUAfVXuYfZRtji6I1ZwaPUF108QTnbJX4E1xXE9v1JZ51uWKEMGtCd_z52-oidrY_J18HGA==&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/translation-transliteration-contact-final-12jun15-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">. </span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) Publishes SAC070 </b></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><br>
The SSAC has published <i>SAC070: SSAC Advisory on the Use of Static TLD/Suffix Lists. </i>This advisory investigates the security and stability needs surrounding the growing use of Public Suffix Lists (PSLs) on the Internet. Read the advisory </span><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:rgb(122,117,120)" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJxEQLCd3gyuqJckyQIKIe5dbLtqS9fOCsd2msiQbRvpGdJ22RHR3R6zyOvDHu49yAO2xTewd3Bx7bEwpo5iel-6JKy4XMYzHlOMMx20_ab5iO1YIGP7vZ3CAOW5YC42zAI7j1TLOwXXu_eYqx289B6gpQV1ak6IXVQ-meLdUFpB1v6cWVoeP0-Y=&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-070-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">. <br><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><b>Get Involved:</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Times-New-Roman;color:#7a7578;text-align:left;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">The full list of issues open for public comment, plus recently closed and archived public comment proceedings can always be found on the
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font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><br></td><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>EUROPE</b></div></td><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff;font-size:9pt" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff;font-size:9pt" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff;font-size:9pt" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">17 September</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">ICANN54 pre-event for Irish Internet community</span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Dublin, Ireland</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#fad6a1" bgcolor="#fad6a1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>30 September</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div> Second Edition <span style="font-size:10pt">"</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Internet Today and Tomorrow" Workshop</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Warsaw, Poland</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>1 October</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro';color:rgb(122,117,120)" lang="EN-US">Bosnia and Herzegovina IGF</span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Sarajevo, <span style="font-size:10pt">Bosnia and Herzegovina</span><br><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#fad6a1" bgcolor="#fad6a1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>7-8 October</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Cybersecurity Event</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Lisbon, Portugal</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#ffffff;display:table" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>4-5 November</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">International Domain Name Conference (RNIDD)</span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Paris, France</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#fad6a1" bgcolor="#fad6a1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>4 December</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Domain Name Forum</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Sofia, Bulgaria</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#49b3ff" bgcolor="#49B3FF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><br></td><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>MIDDLE EAST</b></div></td><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px;text-align:center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>13-16 September</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">GCC Cybersecurity Summit 2015 </span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Abu Dhabi, UAE</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#fad6a1" bgcolor="#fad6a1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>7-8 December</div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">e-AGE 2015 </span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Rabat, Morocco</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#49b3ff" bgcolor="#49B3FF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><br></td><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>AFRICA</b></div></td><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px;text-align:center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">14 - 15 September</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">CTO Forum </span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Nairobi, Kenya</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#fad6a1" bgcolor="#fad6a1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">24 September</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">DEMO Africa </span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div>Lagos, Nigeria</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">24 - 25 September</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">East Africa IGF</span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Kampala Uganda </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#fad6a1" bgcolor="#FAD6A1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">8-9 October</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro';font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">ATP 2015 </span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">18-21 October</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">SMART Africa</span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Kigali, Rwanda </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="background-color:#fad6a1" bgcolor="#FAD6A1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:9px 10px 10px 10px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="160"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="130"></td><td style="line-height:1px;color:#ffffff" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">28 Nov -4 December</span></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">AFRINIC</span><br></div></td><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 5px 0px 5px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:'Source Sans Pro'" lang="EN-US">Brazaville, Congo </span> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#c7c7c7;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#C7C7C7" height="1"><img style="display:block" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 15px 0px 15px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="right" valign="top"><div><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="#14fd59b3e2bf5893_Home"><img style="display:block" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/janajuginovicAticannorg_ICANN52N_home.png" border="0" height="53" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="116"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table;background-color:#00254a" bgcolor="#00254A" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ9D8YCon1Z319GUG_6eyhUIm81nc5UuojutFZ-raSpKvHr_PyCfjuBc5t3WQiogYAd06C2MIok51nGjWTsBV_gJSZjt7EZcC2pVghq2-VWhdXshOGR5cWFnYPBS2g0-ngrludcGDwdYh&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://forms.icann.org/en/contact" target="_blank"><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.483" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/10eabc80-d0e3-4e5f-9a5f-fa516902e35d.png" align="right" border="0" height="199.75155279503105" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="640"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="display:table;background-color:#00254a" bgcolor="#00254A" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color:#7a7578;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><div><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001urpbsClEPXNiDEMMIv76bG_jZ5IX51RK3pRXJhTVnIB345ntMoIAJ9D8YCon1Z319GUG_6eyhUIm81nc5UuojutFZ-raSpKvHr_PyCfjuBc5t3WQiogYAd06C2MIok51nGjWTsBV_gJSZjt7EZcC2pVghq2-VWhdXshOGR5cWFnYPBS2g0-ngrludcGDwdYh&c=YsrO_QVeYJRUlk0XzXM1psi-Wg3Cxp1tvJAe76yuo8exZD7KnwOW1w==&ch=pQaA1G9SdU2bJI4T28UMni_EjLobzpT9dOz1qPYgHDSOSzfMyPNJSA==" shape="rect" alt="https://forms.icann.org/en/contact" target="_blank"><img style="display:block" name="14fd59b3e2bf5893_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.482" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/d2ded047401/8bfe4851-aafb-4b1f-8010-2cb030f68f99.png" border="0" height="199.75155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