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ICANN 56

Event
Process ICANN
Date Jun. 27, 2016 – Jun. 30, 2016
Country
    City Helsinki
    Venue Finlandia Hall
    Organizer Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland
    Websites

    ICANN 56 is being held from June 27-30, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland at the Finlandia Hall Ltd. It is the second ICANN Meeting of 2016, which according to ICANN's new meeting strategy, will be largely policy driven. The meeting was initially scheduled to take place in Panama City, Panama in June 2016, but as a result of an outbreak of the Zika virus in Central America, ICANN announced that the meeting would move to a different country.[1] ICANN plans on returning to Panama City for a future meeting.

    The conference will be Göran Marby's first ICANN conference as CEO and President.

    New Meeting Schedule

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    As a result of the New Meeting Plan drafted by the Meeting Strategy Working Group, ICANN 56 or Meeting B, will have some distinct features. It will not feature an opening or closing ceremony, high-interest topic sessions, public forum, board meeting or sponsor exhibition booths. This four-day meeting will focus on policy, outreach and inter/intra-community work.

    Session Highlights

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    CCWG Accountability Work Stream 2 Working Session:
    Room: Hall A
    Sunday, June 26

    • 08:00 - 17:00

    Welcome & Multistakeholder Ethos Award
    Room: Piazza
    Monday, June 27

    • 08:30 - 09:00

    DNSSEC Workshop, Part 1
    Room: Veranda 2
    Monday, June 27

    • 09:15 - 10:30

    Country Codes and Names as SLDs
    Room: Hall A
    Monday, June 27

    • 10:45 - 11:30

    At-Large Outreach & Engagement Session
    Room: Terrance Hall
    Monday, June 27

    • 13:30 - 15:00

    Tech Day, Part 2
    Room: Veranda 2
    Monday, June 27

    • 15:15 - 18:30

    IANA Transition Stewardship & CCWG Accountability Workstream
    Room: Hall A
    Tuesday, June 28

    • 09:30 - 10:30

    Discussion of the Proposed Amendments to the Base New gTLD Registry Agreement
    Room: Veranda 1
    Tuesday, June 28

    • 10:30 - 11:45

    President & CEO Reception
    Room: Piazza
    Tuesday, June 28

    • 18:30 - 19:30

    Videos

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    Sponsors

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    • Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland [1]
    • Ministry of Transport and Communication [2]
    • .fi Domain Name [3]

    See Also

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    References

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    1. https://meetings.icann.org/en ICANN Website. Retrieved 20 Mar 2016.