Name: Advancing Universal Acceptance Adoption
Start: 2026-06-09T16:30:00+0200
End: 2026-06-09T18:00:00+0200

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Advancing Universal Acceptance Adoption

Tuesday June 9, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CEST

FIBES 1 - Pabellon 3A (Community Meeting Room)

16:30 CEST (UTC+2), 9 June 2026
14:30 UTC, 9 June 2026
FIBES 1 - Pabellon 3A (Community Meeting Room)
ID# 18230

Session Details
The session will include information on the evolving nature of work to enable Universal Acceptance (UA). Input from the community is encouraged. Additional topics include guidelines being finalized by the UA Expert Working Group, and outreach to policy makers based on the UA Policy Brief. The session will also feature discussions on challenges faced, and outcomes from, UA Day adoption-based events, as well as first-hand experiences from universities integrating the UA Curriculum into their IT programs.

Session Leader: Sarmad Hussain
Staff Facilitator: Seda Akbulut

Session Recordings
Zoom Archive
English audio archive
Archivo de audio en español
Archive audio en français

Facilitators

Seda Akbulut

Universal Acceptance Program Senior Manager, ICANN Org

I have been working for ICANN since August 2015.
Currently, I am working as the Universal Acceptance Program Senior Manager. I am based in İstanbul Hub Office.

Sarmad Hussain

Senior Director, IDN and UA Programs, ICANN Org

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 →

ICANN86 Advancing Universal Acceptance Adoption pdf

TRANSC I86SQV Tue09June2026 Advancing Universal Acceptance Adoption en pdf

Tuesday June 9, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CEST
FIBES 1 - Pabellon 3A (Community Meeting Room) ICANN 86 - Policy Forum - Seville

Outreach / Engagement, Public Session