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ICANN86 | Policy Forum Seville

ICANN86 | Policy Forum Seville

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ICANN86 Policy Forum will be held in Seville, Spain at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre from 8 - 11 June 2026.

This will be a hybrid meeting with both in-person and virtual participation.

All sessions will be conducted during regular working hours in Seville, Spain (Central European Summer Time, CEST, Commences on 29 March 2026 / UTC+2:00 hours).

Prep Week will be conducted on 20 and 21 May, 2026.
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All participants are expected to conduct themselves on a professional level and will be held to the standards set forth in the ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy and Terms of Participation and Complaint Procedure and the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior.
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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
 
Participation Links
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Zoom participation links will be published here 24 hours before the session starts.
 
Interpretation Service
• Languages Available: English, Français, Español
Facilitators
avatar for Seda Akbulut

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.
avatar for Sarmad Hussain

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 →
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

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