Begin forwarded message: > Subject: Upcoming multi-stakeholder Internet Governance events > > Dear AC and SO Leaders > > > On behalf of ICANN, I am pleased to announce two upcoming events in > March in which ICANN will participate with the regional IGF > community. We ask your help in publicizing these events to your > membership and promulgating the information on your mailing lists. > > > > In the first week of March there will be two events, the first > event, as part of the Arab IGF initiative will be in Dubai from 3-5 > March. The second event, as part of the African Strategic > Engagement initiative will be in Addis Ababa from 6-8 March. We > would like to invite you to join industry leaders and Internet > Governance experts from all over the world at these two events. > > > > The Arab Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting will be at > the Radisson Royal Hotel, in Dubai on 3-5 March 2013. The meeting > is hosted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of UAE, as part of > the Arab IGF Open Consultations, and in partnership with ICANN and > RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry for Europe and the Middle > East. The current draft agenda is attached for your reference. > > > > Please see this link for on-line registration: https:// > docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform? > formkey=dHpucVl1MjM1OUVRLXFvQXZocWV0UVE6MA#gid=0 > > > > The African Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting will be > at the UNECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 6-8 > March 2013 and is organized in partnership with African IGF, > AfriNIC, AFTLD, ISOC Africa, and the ATU. A note for participants > from UNECA and the current draft agenda is attached for your > reference. > > > > These open public meetings are aimed at fostering engagement > between Internet organizations and all stakeholder groups in the > Arab and the African world. It offers the opportunity to share best > practices of successful multi-stakeholder models and discuss means > to enhance effective participation in global Internet Governance > fora. An announcement of these events will be posted on the ICANN > website shortly. > > > > > > Kind Regards > > > > > > Kathryn A. (Mandy) Carver > > Executive Director - Global Stakeholder Engagement > > ICANN > > 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 > > Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 > > USA > > > > [log in to unmask] > > +1 310 301 5800 > > > > > > > > > > >  IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]