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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN69 Virtual Plenary Week starts tomorrow; Monday 19 October 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">On Monday 19 October, there is a good number of sessions that might be of interest to you. Worth noting are the following sessions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Tech Day </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">| 07.00 – 12.00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">Technical Workshop, with presentations, discussions and hands-on demonstrations in an interactive format. Open to anyone interested
in technical topics related to registry work, security etc.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The Domain Name Business: Everything You Want to Know, Ask or Discuss</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> | 08.30 – 10.00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">This education, outreach, and engagement plenary session from the ICANN Contract Parties (registries and registrars) aims to improve
broader community understanding of the key dynamics of the industry sector on which the finances of ICANN and the ICANN community are based. Generic top-level domain (TLD) registries and registrars occupy a unique position within the ICANN community in that
they are directly contracted with ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Outreach for Addressing Universal Acceptance</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> | 10.30 – 12.00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0">This is a working session to provide an overview of the outreach efforts addressing the Universal Acceptance (UA) of all domain names
and email addresses, as well as the impact on these efforts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The UA Ambassadors, Local Initiatives and Communications working groups will also discuss how to engage more effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Details on how to join the above sessions (via Zoom), or even to view the full agenda can be found here >>
<a href="https://69.schedule.icann.org/">https://69.schedule.icann.org/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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