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Sunday, November 6 • 08:30 - 09:45
Internationalized Domain Name Program Update

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Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) allow for top-level domain names in different scripts such as Arabic, Cyrillic, Chinese or Devanagari. In this session, learn how ICANN’s IDN Program is fostering the development of IDNs. Members of the ICANN organization and the community will provide progress updates on the various projects currently underway for this purpose. The session is intended for both general and expert audiences interested in the development and use of IDNs.
1. IDN Program Overview and Progress - 15 mins
2. Update by Integration Panel – 10 mins
3. Update on IDN Implementation Guidelines - 7 mins
4. Community Update
a. Ethiopic GP Update – 7 mins
b. Georgian GP Update – 7 mins
c. Neo-Brahmi GP Update – 7 mins
d. Thai GP Update – 7 mins
5. Q/A – 15 mins
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Staff Leader: Sarmad Hussain
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Sarmad Hussain

Sr Director IDN & UA Programs, ICANN
Sarmad Hussain is with ICANN’s Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and Universal Acceptance (UA) Programs. Earlier, Sarmad was a professor of Computer Science and held the IDRC Chair position in Multilingual Computing. His research has focused on developing computing solutions... Read More →

IDN Program Update ICANN 57 pdf
I57 HYD Sun06Nov2016 Internationalized Domain Name Program Update en pdf
Sunday November 6, 2016 08:30 - 09:45 IST
MR 1.02
  General Session / Plenary, Open Session

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