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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The Middle East DNS forum kick starts in a while. The first session; the Opening Ceremony, starts at 9.00 AM Tunisia time (UTC+1.00). You can join the forum remotely using the remote participation information at <a href="http://tunis2016.mednsf.org/en/remote-participation/">http://tunis2016.mednsf.org/en/remote-participation/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The language of the forum is English and French, and live EN – FR interpretation will be provided. In order to flip between these two languages on Adobe Connect, please use the link at <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01.m3u">http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01.m3u</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The agenda for the forum can be found at <a href="http://tunis2016.mednsf.org/en/agenda/">http://tunis2016.mednsf.org/en/agenda/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>We look forward to seeing you online, and to your interactions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>