[Advisors] ICANN mtg next week and session on WSIS+20

[Marita Moll]

Hello advisors. ICANN will be holding it's Annual General Meeting in 
Hamburg, Germany Oct.21-27. You can register to attend any session 
virtually at the link below.

ICANN78 Annual General Meeting | ICANN Public Meetings 
<https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann78>

I have organized another session on the ongoing review of the World 
Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) now approaching its 20th 
anniversary. This is essentially a UN project but one that legitimized 
the idea that the internet should be governed through a multistakeholder 
model. The Internet Governance Forum was one outcome and, of course, 
governance as currently practiced at ICANN. This is a very revolutionary 
idea, that governments should share governance with other stakeholders. 
It is still in its evolutionary phase but the WSIS+20 discussions need 
to hear from various stakeholders that this form of governance is 
important and appropriate. This session on Wednesday will explore how 
stakeholders can engage. You are invited to attend but would need to 
register. Sometimes these things are livestreamed on youtube. I will let 
you know if this will be the case.

10:30 Hamburg (UTC +2), 25 October 2023
08:30 UTC, 25 October 2023
ID# 14730

*Session Details*
The 2025 review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 
implementation is a critical opportunity to reaffirm support for 
multistakeholder Internet Governance. At an ICANN76 public forum on the 
topic, participants agreed that participation from as many groups as 
possible was essential to ensure the future of multistakeholder internet 
governance. However, specifics around how such participation might be 
organized has yet to be determined. This session would discuss the 
process underway and seek out ways various stakeholders could engage in 
a process that will move forward in a highly structured multilateral space.
Objective: to update the community on the current stage of the process 
and propose intervention strategies that stakeholders might adopt

Marita
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