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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#26282A">Dear All, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please see below the invitation from the </span>
<span style="color:#26282A">Universal Acceptance Steering Group </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282A">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#26282A">On behalf of Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) we would like to invite you to join the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>webinar<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">“</span></span><b><span style="color:black">Universal
Acceptance (UA) Financial Year 2021 Action Plan</span></b><span style="color:black">” on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Thursday 20 August at 14:00 UTC for 60 minutes,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>For other time zones options
check here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i><a href="https://go.icann.org/2CriZ3W" title="https://go.icann.org/2CriZ3W">https://go.icann.org/2CriZ3W</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>webinar Speakers and Agenda:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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An overview of UA F21 Action Plan - Ajay Data, Chair of UASG<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Update on the UA Working Group FY21 Activities – UA WG Chairs<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Q&A<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">A brief description of the</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Webinar</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222;background:white">Universal Acceptance Steering Group, or UASG is a community initiative supported by </span><span style="color:black;background:white">ICANN</span><span style="color:#222222;background:white"> and formed in February
2015. It is tasked with undertaking activities that will target </span><span style="color:black;background:white">Universal Acceptance</span><span style="color:#222222;background:white"> of all domain names and email addresses.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">Universal Acceptance (UA) is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential
of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition, consumer choice and innovation in the domain name industry. To achieve Universal Acceptance, Internet applications and systems must treat all TLDs in a consistent manner, including new gTLDs and
internationalized TLDs. Specifically, they must accept, validate, store, process and display all domain names.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">The UASG will present its FY2021 action plan which includes the different projects and activities to advance and promote UA and Email Address Internationalization (EAI). More details can be found on <a href="http://uasg.tech/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">UASG.tech</span></a> website.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The webinar registration link: </span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></b></span><span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E13Ub-9pQnW8Xic-r3nmoA__;!!PtGJab4!v9ito-1_ng50fjsjDz-C8P1VQ7furDTlT5Qy8WdMKvr4b14IEsxW1hFlUAcW65mPHKHMu9i6i6Y$"><span class="s2"><span style="color:blue">https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E13Ub-9pQnW8Xic-r3nmoA
[icann.zoom.us]</span></span></a></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Website: <a href="http://UASG.tech">http://UASG.tech</a>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uasgtech/">https://www.facebook.com/uasgtech/</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/UASGTech">https://twitter.com/UASGTech</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">LinkedIn:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/uasgtech/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/uasgtech/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Youtube:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZQcTPv4Q2TRdx4w7V1ouw" title="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZQcTPv4Q2TRdx4w7V1ouw">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZQcTPv4Q2TRdx4w7V1ouw</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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