# Meet and Greet: Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Programs: transcript [0:05] MTS - AV: Thank you. [0:07] MTS - AV: Before we start, I would like to give the floor to my colleague Fernanda to read the script, please. [0:16] MTS - AV: Hello, good morning, everyone, and welcome to the meet and greet session for the Fellowship and NextGen at ICANN programs. [0:24] MTS - AV: My name is Fernanda Younes, and I'm a participation manager for this session. [0:29] MTS - AV: Please note that this session is being recorded and is governed by the ICANN Community Participant Code of Conduct, the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior, and the ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy. [0:41] MTS - AV: Please observe the following guidelines to participate in this session. I'll also post them in the chat for your reference. [0:48] MTS - AV: During the session questions will only be read aloud if submitted within the Q. And a pod interpretation for the session will include English, French, and Indonesian. [0:59] MTS - AV: If you'd like to speak during the session, please raise your hand in Zoom. When called upon, virtual participants will be given permission to unmute in Zoom. [1:09] MTS - AV: On-site participants will use a physical microphone to speak. [1:13] MTS - AV: Only questions posted in the Q&A pod will be read aloud during the session, as time permits, and when directed by the chair of the session. [1:21] MTS - AV: Please state your name for the record, the language you will speak, if speaking a language other than English, and speak clearly at a moderate pace. [1:30] MTS - AV: And with that I'll hand it back over to Sarah Nush. [1:33] MTS - AV: Thank you, Fernanda. [1:35] MTS - AV: Welcome, everyone. [1:36] MTS - AV: For those who don't know me, I'm Siranush. [1:39] MTS - AV: I'm Siranush Vardanyan I'm managing the fellowship program here in ICANN [1:44] MTS - AV: And, it's my immense pleasure having all of you here, our fellows, next-genners, and our guests, whom we will come to, to tell a couple of words to introduce them as well, so you know [2:02] MTS - AV: Who… [2:03] MTS - AV: who is with us today for this session. But before we move forward, I would like to introduce the team where the Fellowship and NextGen program fits to within ICANN. [2:15] MTS - AV: So, this is Public Responsibility Support Team. I have the pleasure, of having my colleagues here. Deborah Escalera is here, Fernanda Yunus, who is managing NextGen program, and [2:32] MTS - AV: The boss of the boss. [2:34] MTS - AV: Ergus Romai, the person who is looking over all those programs, supporting us, and the… [2:44] MTS - AV: the great supporter of those two programs which we are running within ICANN, and I would like to start with you, Ergus, to give you the floor for welcoming. [2:54] MTS - AV: our participants. [2:56] MTS - AV: Thank you, Sir Anush, and appreciate the kind welcome, and for always putting me in a position. Good morning, everyone. Welcome, and I want to start by saying congratulations to those of you who are in the fellowship and the Next Gen program. [3:13] MTS - AV: These are two programs that, specifically over the past year, have seen a tremendous increase in the number of applications, and that's just to say to you that it has become even more competitive than ever before to be here, so… [3:28] MTS - AV: You have earned the right to be here, and congratulations. Now, the question really becomes. [3:34] MTS - AV: what's next? What do you do from here? And for those of you who are second- or third-time fellows, and I understand it's 8 of you, I hope that you have a clearer sense of what it is that you want to do. [3:47] MTS - AV: But for those of you who are new newcomers, this is a real question. What do you do? Where do you go from here? [3:55] MTS - AV: And how do you really carve out your own path? And what is your journey at ICANN? [3:59] MTS - AV: Of course, the answer to the latter is it's up to you to determine what that journey is. But what I want to leave you with is that you have a supporting cast here at ICANN in the program staff, across the organization, your mentors. [4:14] MTS - AV: individuals from the regions, including our RVPs, the teams that are on the ground in your own regions, the community, SOs and ACs, the board, everybody's here to support you, so please use your privilege of being a part of these programs. [4:31] MTS - AV: You've got a little ribbon, and if you don't have it already, I think it'll be handed out to you. That's a privilege that you have for being here at ICANN. It opens a lot of doors, so please take this opportunity to see ICANN in action. [4:44] MTS - AV: to ask a lot of questions, and to understand where your journey begins. This is just an entry point for you. [4:51] MTS - AV: But for us, the most important long-term goal is continued engagement and making sure that we give you the tools that you need to succeed at ICANN. So, I look forward to meeting each and every one of you throughout the week, and if there's any questions or anything at all that you want to know about ICANN, please do not hesitate to ask. [5:10] MTS - AV: Thank you, and again, congratulations. [5:13] MTS - AV: Thank you very much, Ergus. So, this is the first session for all of us to get to know each other, and to get to know those people who will be with us throughout this week, and who will be your key points. [5:27] MTS - AV: of contacts, those who will be supporting you throughout this week. So that's why we, I invited those people here so they can… you know them in person, they will… you will put the name and the face next to each other, and you start, like. [5:46] MTS - AV: Discussing with them, talking to them, asking them questions. So… [5:52] MTS - AV: and get to know each other, who are the fellows, who are the next-genners, who are the other newcomers, who are here with us, and also those who, as mentioned, as Ergus mentioned, returning fellows, you are also here to support us [6:10] MTS - AV: to support newcomers. So I'm also will be looking at you as returning fellows to support, to guide those people signed up also for engagement booth, which is available on the 1st floor before [6:25] MTS - AV: before coming to registration, so if you have any questions, these guys, these fellows who had been here, who knows what is ICANN, they will be there also to support you. So, use the chance and the opportunity to go and visit Engagement Booth here, and you will see familiar faces whom you see here as well. [6:48] MTS - AV: And before we move forward to all our guests here, I would like to give the floor to our comms team, communication… ICANN communication team, who will set a stage for us, how to use social media, and can we have the slides up, please? [7:07] MTS - AV: And Litin, I will give the floor to you to guide us. [7:12] MTS - AV: Thank you. [7:14] MTS - AV: Thank you Sri Ranash for this opportunity and it's really great to be seeing all the new faces of the NextGen and some familiar faces among the fellows. [7:23] MTS - AV: So, sorry, [7:30] MTS - AV: Oh, sorry the clicker is not working. [7:34] MTS - AV: Okay. Thank you. Yeah. So first of all, you might be wondering who we are. So we are from the global communications team on the left. She is the senior communications director for the Asia Pacific region. [7:47] MTS - AV: In the center is Jing, our Senior Social Media Specialist. And lastly, that's me. I'm Li Tin, the Regional Communications Associate for the Asia Pacific region. [7:58] MTS - AV: There's actually more of our team members here at ICANN 87 too. [8:02] MTS - AV: Okay. [8:04] MTS - AV: So let me just go straight into why we are here today. So we want to invite all of you to share your ICANN 87 experience on LinkedIn. Because while ICANN is a technical organization, ultimately what ICANN does has a human impact. We are the people using the internet. And now sitting here, you all are the ones who are going one step further to not only learn about the internet, but discuss on how to make it better. [8:29] MTS - AV: So we want to tell that story through your voices and your learnings. In doing so, we hope that your experiences can inspire others, whoever it is, to take that same step to join the conversations at ICANN meetings. [8:42] MTS - AV: So when and what kind of posts are we looking for? [8:46] MTS - AV: You can post from any time now until shortly after ICANN 87. Please feel free to be creative about the things that you want to talk about. But here are some suggestions we have. [8:56] MTS - AV: But you don't have to follow them exactly. You can share about ICANN topics of your interest, like the multi-stakeholder model, DNS abuse mitigation, etc. But most importantly is why would these topics matter to you and what new things ICANN 87 has taught you about them? [9:12] MTS - AV: Another thing you could talk about is your biggest takeaways or learnings from ICANN87, and how they will shape your future involvement in the internet governance space. [9:22] MTS - AV: Yeah, and another possible thing to share about, it's more fun, is a day in the life of your life, is a day in the life [9:30] MTS - AV: of your experience as an ICANN Fellow or NextGen. [9:33] MTS - AV: So, how has this experience changed your perspective on the internet? These are some guiding questions to think about. [9:42] MTS - AV: So, for example, there are some posts that the team thought were great, and it's from a past collaboration with Mutegeki, and actually he's sitting amongst you now. We found his post very insightful and relatable. He shared about his first day at an ICANN meeting, connecting with new people and learning new perspectives about Internet governance. In other posts, he also talks about the opportunities to learn more about the domain name system. [10:06] MTS - AV: And participate in the conversation to make it better. So if you find yourself stuck on how to piece together your experience, I believe Mutegeki is very happy to share more tips. [10:17] MTS - AV: With that, I'm coming to the end of our presentation. Some other things to take note is that selected posts that align with ICANN social media guidelines may be reshared on ICANN's LinkedIn at the discretion of the Global Communications team. Just remember to tag ICANN and use the ICANN87 hashtag. [10:35] MTS - AV: As we only have a limited time to share here, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at the APEC comms email address. [10:44] MTS - AV: And don't worry about taking photos of this page. You can scan the QR code there for the information that we just shared, and you can keep it with yourself. So thank you everyone for your attention for this. We hope your ICANN 87 journey is a fruitful one. We look forward to reading about them on LinkedIn. [11:07] MTS - AV: Thank you, Litin. And, she showed the pictures of three ladies. I want to introduce Liana, so everybody knows Liana as well. She's leading our comms from Asia Pacific. [11:18] MTS - AV: Stop. [11:19] MTS - AV: point of view, and we also have Tracy here, who is leading the comms from ICANN Global Perspective, so if you have any questions, please reach out to those ladies. They are here throughout the week, and thank you for being here. Please go that way, we have more chairs on the other side. Thank you. [11:39] MTS - AV: And with that, thank you, our communications team, to be with us here. I would like to give the floor to the person whom you can go and complain about us. [11:50] MTS - AV: So, our ombuds, Elizabeth is here, so please, go ahead. Hi. [11:58] MTS - AV: Hello. Good morning, everyone. And I don't just do complaints, I do all sorts of things. So, any… good morning to everyone. My name is Elizabeth Field, or Liz. I am the ICANN Ombuds, and my role is to make sure that community members are treated fairly. [12:17] MTS - AV: and appropriately and respectfully when they do their work for ICANN. So I am here to help. [12:23] MTS - AV: I am independent, which means that I work separately from the board and the organization, so I work on behalf of all of ICANN, and I don't just do complaints, I'm also here to help solve problems, so I really invite people to come [12:41] MTS - AV: And speak to me. I love to meet community members. I have an office here in Executive One. [12:48] MTS - AV: And you can also email me at ombuds at ICANN.org. I'm here to help with questions. I'm here to help with concerns. [12:56] MTS - AV: And you know now, of course, you've heard about the expected standards of behavior and the community anti-harassment policy and those. [13:04] MTS - AV: clarify the expectations for how we treat one another in ICANN, and you can expect to be treated well, and if you're not, I'm here to help. So, enjoy, this is a wonderful community, and thank you very much. Take care. Thank you, Liz. Thank you for coming here. We appreciate your time. [13:24] MTS - AV: Okay, now it's time to meet our, [13:27] MTS - AV: Colleagues from Global Stakeholder Engagement Team and we call them GSC. Starting from this very first session, we will talk with acronyms. So get used to it. [13:41] MTS - AV: But we will try during this onboarding sessions for newcomers, open those abbrevi- acronyms, so you know what stands behind those words. But feel free to ask. If someone is speaking. [13:54] MTS - AV: with unknown English words for you. [13:58] MTS - AV: ask the question, what do they mean? What does those words mean? Because if we don't learn now, we will never learn. So, let's put this for ourselves, that we all are here to learn, and we need to ask questions [14:18] MTS - AV: To get this knowledge. [14:20] MTS - AV: That's why. So, the first acronym for us is our GSC team, and that was for Global Stakeholder Engagement Team, and it's my pleasure to give the floor to the host. [14:34] MTS - AV: From Asia Pacific here, Samiran Gupta, who is Vice President for Asia Pacific, team, and he's based in Singapore. Samiran. Thank you so much, Siranush, and again, welcome to all of you. [14:51] MTS - AV: newcomers, and I know there's some returning fellows as well, and I see a lot of faces that we've met before. So, I'm glad that you could. [15:01] MTS - AV: make it to the fellowship, and congratulations to everybody. Now. [15:06] MTS - AV: You know, we are in a very diverse region, the Asia-Pacific region, and there's diversity in different ways, whether it's connectivity, whether it's cultural. [15:19] MTS - AV: And whether it's, the location. I have a colleague sitting back there, Save. Save, if you would just, [15:28] MTS - AV: Save is the VP for the Oceania region, which, for example. [15:35] MTS - AV: has [15:36] MTS - AV: bunch of islands, you know, 32 nations, which are all islands, okay? And then, of course, we are here in the Asia-Pacific region, so there's a lot of diversity in this region, and there are a handful of us [15:51] MTS - AV: Who work with the community, and therefore. [15:55] MTS - AV: It's very important that the community and we connect as often and as much as possible. [16:03] MTS - AV: I would want to call out a couple more colleagues in the room. I have my director from China, a senior director from China. Yes. [16:16] MTS - AV: Can you stand up the team from Asia Pacific so everybody knows you? Lynn over there is based in Singapore. Save is based in Australia. Jinchuan is based in China. [16:29] MTS - AV: And when you're getting a coffee or tea during the day, you'll meet some of the others. I'm sure you already know some of them. [16:37] MTS - AV: But yes, welcome to the meeting and stay in touch through the meeting. Thank you. Thank you, Samiran. [16:47] MTS - AV: The fellows and next-geners, when they were getting the agenda for this meeting, they have space sessions within their agenda. It's LAC space, APAC space, Middle East space, regional space, Europe space, so you all [17:06] MTS - AV: Needs to be in those sessions during this week. So, I'm sure you have this in your agenda already in your personalized plan. [17:16] MTS - AV: So, make sure you are there to understand the regional perspectives, and that's why you now [17:23] MTS - AV: See those faces so you know whenever you go to the room, you see the correct… the right people there, okay? So, please… [17:32] MTS - AV: be there and learn more about your regions. And with that, I see here my European colleagues. [17:41] MTS - AV: Chris, Chris Mondini, he is the head of Europe, and the floor is yours. Please introduce your team as well. [17:52] MTS - AV: Hi, my name is Chris Mandini. I'm delighted to be here. I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. [17:59] MTS - AV: And I've been with ICANN for 14 years now. [18:03] MTS - AV: And this, this continues to be the most inspiring part of an ICANN meeting for me, seeing all of the [18:10] MTS - AV: The new faces or the returning fellows that are helping the new faces, having been around for 14 years, I feel like I've seen everything. But learning new things and learning about all of your backgrounds is always a great inspiration for me. [18:24] MTS - AV: The European region, it covers… [18:28] MTS - AV: a lot of countries. It also covers, all the way into Central Asia. So, there's 36 countries altogether. So, all the way, let's say, from Iceland to Vladivostok to Kazakhstan to… [18:41] MTS - AV: So if any of you would like to come and chat with me, or I have a team member, his name is Adam Peek. [18:49] MTS - AV: Adam Peak has been both a staff member and a long-time community member in ICANN, and if there's anything that I could convey to you, it's just, we'd be delighted to hear what your interests are. [19:02] MTS - AV: ICANN has a limited technical mandate, but yet, even that technical mandate touches many, many aspects of the internet and how it works. And I know that you're all here, you worked very hard to do your applications and get here, because you care about the internet and the global internet. [19:20] MTS - AV: And, for that, we thank you, and we would really like to help you to find your way to remain connected and involved. So thanks for being here today. [19:29] MTS - AV: Thank you, Chris, and Chris will be our host for the next ICANN meeting in Lisbon, so… [19:37] MTS - AV: Now you know who will be there, welcoming us. [19:40] MTS - AV: And I would like to give the floor now to my colleagues from Latin America and Caribbean, and Rodrigo de la Parra is Vice President for that region. Rodrigo, please. [19:52] MTS - AV: Thank you, Siranush, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to ICANN 87. Congratulations for making it [20:01] MTS - AV: to the fellowship. It's, becoming, as, Ergus mentioned, very competitive, so I think this is, huge. [20:10] MTS - AV: accomplishment for all of you. So, I'm… I lead the Latin American Caribbean region. We have a regional office in Montevideo, in Uruguay. [20:23] MTS - AV: And with me during this meeting, I have my colleague Daniel Fink. [20:28] MTS - AV: He's based in Sao Paulo. Please stand up, Daniel, so that everyone can recognize you. We'll be reaching out to our Latin American Caribbean fellows throughout the week, but please also reach out to us in case there's anything you need. [20:45] MTS - AV: Just wanted to reflect a little bit about the concept of community. You will hear this word and this abstract concept throughout the week, no? But. [20:56] MTS - AV: I don't know if, when you were applying and reading all this information, were really asking yourselves, so who's in charge of this, organization, or who leads this, who rules this, no? And, actually, it is the community, no? And everybody refers to the community as [21:13] MTS - AV: something different from [21:15] MTS - AV: the wrong… so you've joined the ICANN community, you're part of the ICANN community, and that's the most important part. This is where all the, you know, you have also heard, I'm pretty sure, about the multi-stakeholder model. So, the multi-stakeholder is really about the community, no? The community which. [21:32] MTS - AV: It's who makes part of the community, government, private sector, technical community, academia, et cetera, et cetera. And of course, including all of you guys, the fellows. [21:42] MTS - AV: So you're a very important part of, of the model. Actually. [21:46] MTS - AV: Who chose you, who selected you? It was the community. The community figured out how to select the fellows, and it was through a community-based organization. [22:02] MTS - AV: You are part of this, feel part of the community, and yeah, just that. And welcome again, and feel free to reach out to us in case there's anything you need. Thank you, Rodrigo. Thank you. [22:14] MTS - AV: And one thing Rodrigo didn't mention, that [22:17] MTS - AV: He came as a fellow to ICANN. So, we started the ICANN Fellowship program 20 years ago. [22:26] MTS - AV: And we are celebrating 20th anniversary during this fiscal year, and Rodrigo was part of the first [22:34] MTS - AV: ever fellowship program, and he's here with us. So, after his fellowship, he became staff, so we have about 15 people [22:44] MTS - AV: who came through the program and then became ICANN staff. I'm not talking about the community members, but they are particularly now part of the ICANN organization. [22:57] MTS - AV: Pretty young. [22:58] MTS - AV: Yes! [23:00] MTS - AV: But thank you for being here, Rodrigo. And yes, Rodrigo mentioned about the selection process. Both next-genners and the fellows are selected by the community. [23:13] MTS - AV: We, myself and Fernanda, are here to support this process and to work with those who are already selected, but you are selected based on the applications and based on your strength. [23:31] MTS - AV: and weaknesses put in the application, just for the numbers, for the next meeting ICANN88 will receive 2,754 applications only for the fellowship program. And we are selecting only 40. [23:51] MTS - AV: So, can you imagine? [23:53] MTS - AV: This is tough selection, but the selection committee is selecting best of the best. So, you are unique, both next-genners and fellows are unique. [24:08] MTS - AV: part of this community. So get this opportunity, get this chance and use this opportunity. We usually say it's not just to participate, but engage. [24:21] MTS - AV: That's what we mean by having you here also. Engage with us. And we are giving this opportunity throughout the week [24:31] MTS - AV: To do this engagement, to learn, and then continue your engagement within this community. [24:39] MTS - AV: Okay, let's move forward to another region, and I see here our Middle East team. [24:45] MTS - AV: Baher is here, who is leading Middle East, [24:51] MTS - AV: Please, Baher, and introduce the team here. Thank you, Sir Anoush. Good morning, everyone, and welcome. My name is Baher Asmat. I lead stakeholder engagement across the Middle East region. I joined ICANN even before the fellowship program started, but I was younger than Rubigo back then. [25:10] MTS - AV: And, I'm joined here with my colleague Fahad Bataina. [25:14] MTS - AV: He's part of the Middle East team. He's based out of Jordan. I'm based in Istanbul. I head the ICANN Regional Office for Middle East and Africa in Istanbul. So welcome to. [25:27] MTS - AV: ICANN 87, for the, those joining the fellowship program for the first time, welcome to the ICANN world, for the. [25:36] MTS - AV: like former fellowship members, welcome back. I see some familiar faces around the table. So, I think as my colleagues mentioned. [25:48] MTS - AV: This is a great opportunity for you to get to learn more about what ICANN is, the role of ICANN in the internet ecosystem. Also, this week in particular. [26:03] MTS - AV: is a great opportunity for you to connect with new people. And I would… I mean, if I was to give you, like, one piece of advice, I'd advise you to try to take the time to talk to as many people as possible from the staff community. [26:21] MTS - AV: Get to learn about the different parts of the ICANN ecosystem, the, you know, different supporting organizations, groups, and so on and so forth. [26:35] MTS - AV: And also, we as engagement teams will make sure that we connect with you throughout the week. [26:42] MTS - AV: So to, try to, you know, assist or, provide any, any kind of, you know, guidance, answer any questions. So, we'll, we'll come back to you, probably, you know, either myself or Fahad to [26:57] MTS - AV: with with the Middle East fellows to meet again. So welcome, and hope to see you again during the week. Thank you. [27:07] MTS - AV: Thank you, Baher, and yes, Baher didn't mention this. Fahad was also a fellow coming through the fellowship program, and we were fellows together. Third. [27:21] MTS - AV: Third in the row, yeah. ICANN Fellowship Program. Okay, and it's my pleasure also now introduce our North American colleagues and Naila. [27:31] MTS - AV: Our Vice President for North America will introduce herself and her team. Please, Naela, go ahead. Thank you, Siranush. Hello, my name is Naela Saras, and as Siranush said, I look after the North America region. [27:45] MTS - AV: I'm here with one of my team members, Joe Catapano. Joe, stand up. [27:50] MTS - AV: So North America region is very happy to be here. We're really happy to see all the fellows, all the returning ones, all the new ones. There will be a meeting later this week that I know Joe set up with all the fellows from North America. [28:04] MTS - AV: So please come, we'll have… I think we have a dinner together, but we want to use that time to hear your questions. As all of my colleagues said, we're really privileged to be here with you, and we want to know what your questions are, what your interests are, where you want to go within ICANN community, and how we can help open some of those doors for you. [28:23] MTS - AV: I am based in the… I should tell you a little bit about the North America region. I'm based in Los Angeles. ICANN's headquarters are in Los Angeles, so that's where I normally work out of. [28:35] MTS - AV: And Joe, we also have another really active and big engagement office in North America in the DC area. So Joe is based out of DC. [28:45] MTS - AV: We also have other team members that are sitting in North America that you probably will hear from them, throughout the… our interactions. So please feel free to reach out to us anytime. We're here to connect with you, and we're really happy you're here. Thank you. [29:02] MTS - AV: Thank you. [29:04] MTS - AV: Thank you very much. We do have also a team from Africa, but unfortunately, they are arriving tonight. [29:12] MTS - AV: So they will be here by the end of today. And I hope that you will be you will have opportunity to meet with those guys during the week. Unfortunately, they are not here with us. [29:24] MTS - AV: Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you to all our regional team here who came to welcome you all. You know, now. [29:34] MTS - AV: their faces, please reach them out, talk to them, ask them questions. They are here to support you along with us. [29:43] MTS - AV: And again, one more time, thank you for being here. What I want to know, now to introduce you [29:53] MTS - AV: To those mentors who were with you with the next genners and the fellows. [30:01] MTS - AV: Starting from the day when you were selected. So I would like you to all know their faces. [30:08] MTS - AV: And… Tracy Heckshall, please stand up whenever I tell your name, so… [30:17] MTS - AV: I can fellowship mentors. We have 5 mentors for the fellowship, and we have 3 mentors for the, NextGen program. So. [30:28] MTS - AV: Tracy Heckshaw is one of the fellow mentors. We have, vanda, I see you. [30:36] MTS - AV: Yes, please. Vanda Scartezini is here. [30:40] MTS - AV: James? [30:42] MTS - AV: Olundare, he is here. [30:45] MTS - AV: Imran, Imran, I saw you, yes, Imran Hossain is here, and where is my Everton? [30:54] MTS - AV: Everton, my colleague from, our mentor from CCNSO, which is Country Code Name Supporting Organization. [31:04] MTS - AV: He's also a counselor member, so he probably is in their welcoming session. And also I would like to introduce NextGen mentors. Alfredo Cardelon is here. [31:19] MTS - AV: Well, where is Navid? [31:24] MTS - AV: Okay, now it is coming, and the third one? [31:27] MTS - AV: Amina! Amina is here, yes! [31:30] MTS - AV: Amina is here. So, these are those people with whom you worked virtually before coming here, and I hope that you appreciate that time when you met them within small groups. [31:47] MTS - AV: But they are here not only mentoring and supporting the small subgroups they worked with, they are here to support each and every one of you. [32:00] MTS - AV: and myself, and Fernanda. So, these are those people who are coming from the community. [32:09] MTS - AV: They are also nominated by the community, so as selection committee members, our mentors as well are nominated by the community, ICANN community, to help you [32:25] MTS - AV: to go through your fellowship, NextGen, and your newcomer's path, okay? So, use, their capacity. They know. [32:36] MTS - AV: ICANN multi-stakeholder community pretty well. They are long-standing community members, and if they don't know something, they for sure know someone who knows the response to your question. [32:53] MTS - AV: So that's the key expertise they have in place. That's why, they are here to support you. Please. [33:02] MTS - AV: Approach them, talk to them, ask your questions, okay? [33:08] MTS - AV: Now, we are coming to a couple of [33:11] MTS - AV: rules which we have within the fellowship and within the NextGen program, and which I want to set at the beginning, today, so we don't come back to this and [33:25] MTS - AV: You know that this is a commitment from your side. [33:30] MTS - AV: It is a commitment from our side to bring you here, but this is also the commitment from your side [33:39] MTS - AV: To follow, and to get engaged, to learn, and to open your mind [33:45] MTS - AV: For these new things coming to your life. [33:50] MTS - AV: ICANN meeting is… Hal @like huge space. You will see we have officially about 1,800 registered participants on site. [34:03] MTS - AV: And we also have more than 400 virtual participants. All our sessions are, both remotely and on-site, so everything you speak [34:16] MTS - AV: in… via mic, or everything you talk to someone publicly, it's also in the internet. So make sure you understand this whenever you speak. [34:28] MTS - AV: Keep that professional attire, keep, like, this conduct, professional conduct, so, you know that someday. [34:40] MTS - AV: someone will not use your words in the internet saying, hey, I saw this person saying this. This is to keep in mind. [34:48] MTS - AV: The second very important thing, which I and Fernanda are very strict on, and today is the last day I would see this, you to be late for the sessions. [35:03] MTS - AV: We start… strict [35:06] MTS - AV: Hilary Eaton, at 900. This is not 910. This is not 915. This is for you, 10 to 9. [35:17] MTS - AV: That's the opportunity that those 10 minutes to come to the place where the session will be taking place, to take your seat. [35:27] MTS - AV: And not go through the chairs when someone is speaking. [35:32] MTS - AV: This is the respect toward the speakers whom we invited. [35:38] MTS - AV: During the week. [35:40] MTS - AV: We have… Every 30 minutes from now on. [35:46] MTS - AV: community chairs, vice chairs, community representatives coming and talking to you, and every 5 minutes matters. And I don't want that we show our disrespect that whenever the [36:02] MTS - AV: Person, the panelist is speaking. We are trying to find a seat. [36:07] MTS - AV: So make sure, please, be on time. [36:10] MTS - AV: everybody And, trust me, I fix everything. [36:17] MTS - AV: Don't be late, please. So you have shuttles. If you don't want to take shuttles from Sofitel Hotel, where all our fellows and next-geners are staying. [36:29] MTS - AV: Walk. This is a very nice walk, but it takes time, so make sure you… [36:35] MTS - AV: Wake up early, you take your breakfast, because it is provided in the hotel, and then be here on time. [36:44] MTS - AV: I was planning to give all your… [36:47] MTS - AV: the small ribbons before the session, but please, those who didn't get this because you were not on time, come and see me after this session. So, you have this [37:00] MTS - AV: stating Fellow and NextGen, and I assume that those who are for the first time here, they also can get from the registration newcomers. [37:09] MTS - AV: ribbon, so everybody knows that you are a newcomer, or there might be a pin there for newcomers, so make sure you have this. So, whenever you reach to someone, and you show your… this… [37:23] MTS - AV: Sticker or. [37:25] MTS - AV: PIN. [37:27] MTS - AV: Everybody understand that you are a newcomer, this is first time for you. [37:32] MTS - AV: And… You can ask any question you would like to know. [37:40] MTS - AV: We, within the programs, are always telling, there are no stupid questions. We all are here to learn. [37:50] MTS - AV: And if, by the end of the week, on Thursday, someone of you will come to me and say, hey, I wanted to meet that person, but I didn't have chance during the week, it's late. Time has gone. [38:06] MTS - AV: Use this opportunity starting from today, okay? [38:12] MTS - AV: And yes, please, one more time. [38:16] MTS - AV: be here on time. We do have the sessions listed, I guess, for today and tomorrow, for the majority of sessions, we will be in this room, Jakarta A. [38:29] MTS - AV: The only session which will be in another room is today, the last session with Security and Stability Advisory Committee, which is ESSAC, and At-Large. This will be in At-Large Room, somewhere on the second floor as well, so make sure [38:48] MTS - AV: You are checking the agenda in which room we are. We will be having the local Indonesian interpretation for all the sessions. [38:58] MTS - AV: This is ICANN supporting, the local participation, encourage local participation as well. So, if you are from Indonesia, use this opportunity. We have headsets here whenever you enter, and [39:17] MTS - AV: We have everything in place to support and to encourage your participation. And the only thing is… Open your… [39:27] MTS - AV: Brain for new knowledge. [39:30] MTS - AV: Today and tomorrow will be the hardest days, because six sessions in a row, back to back. We just have break and coming back. [39:41] MTS - AV: We will be having sessions, and every, as I mentioned, every 30 minutes, we will have community representatives [39:50] MTS - AV: This big multi-stakeholder model which we have in place, every community member will come and talk to us. This is a unique opportunity, and open to any newcomer. [40:05] MTS - AV: That's why all those who for whom, this is the first ever ICANN meeting, but who are not part of the fellowship or NextGen, you are more than welcome to participate in those sessions. [40:18] MTS - AV: All those sessions are open, we don't have closed sessions. [40:23] MTS - AV: So, please come and participate, and this is also the unique opportunity for you to see those community representatives coming to us. [40:35] MTS - AV: venettisg: because usually you will see them on the stage within their community, talking busy, having no time to talk to other people. [40:46] MTS - AV: They are here to respond. [40:49] MTS - AV: And to tell about their communities, and for you to ask questions. So, usually, we give this 30 minutes to each community representative, just to give you high-level overview what their community is dealing with. [41:06] MTS - AV: What they do, how they work, and how someone can engage. [41:12] MTS - AV: And then give, like, 10-15 minutes for each community representative to respond to your questions. [41:20] MTS - AV: So, whoever find this, like, the topic or the community is their sector of interest, come up with the questions. [41:29] MTS - AV: And ask your questions while you are here. [41:33] MTS - AV: Every community member, after their presentation, usually have some 5-10 minutes for us during the break, if we don't have time, and definitely, there are always a lot of questions. We not always have, time to ask all the questions, but… [41:50] MTS - AV: All the presentations which will be showed during today and tomorrow are already in the schedule. So whenever you go to the [41:59] MTS - AV: particular session schedule details, where you find the link to the Zoom. You also can see the presentations, which will be presented by that specific community. So, if you [42:14] MTS - AV: So don't ask me, will… you will be sharing this or no? Yes, they are already available for you, and within a couple of days, also, the recordings of those sessions will be in place. In the same place [42:29] MTS - AV: in the schedule. So, if you miss something, or if you want to go back and to re-listen what has been said during that session, or to use the slides which had been shown to you. [42:43] MTS - AV: They are all… those resources are available for you. So, don't look for them in somewhere else. They are handy, and you know where to find it, okay? [42:57] MTS - AV: So, for those two days, I'm looking forward to see every single person who… for whom this is I first [43:06] MTS - AV: ICANN meeting, in particular NextGen and the fellows, and again, all the newcomers are more than welcome to join. Those who are returning fellows, they are already part of the community, many of them, so you can [43:24] MTS - AV: Also, this… use this opportunity to go to your respective communities and to do more deep dive. [43:31] MTS - AV: what they are discussing, what they are talking, but I would also request, if you are, for example, representative of one specific community, and that specific community is doing the presentation here for the newcomers. [43:46] MTS - AV: come and join. So you can listen also what your respective community is talking and how it is introducing their community. And the same for our mentors. Again, they are available throughout this week. I see Navid also joined us here. Thank you, Navid, for being with us. [44:04] MTS - AV: So… use this week [44:10] MTS - AV: for unique opportunity given to you. So, for these two days, as I mentioned, we will be all together. You will be hearing my voice a lot. [44:21] MTS - AV: I hope you will not, like, say enough, but… [44:24] MTS - AV: Starting from Monday, which is officially a welcome ceremony. [44:30] MTS - AV: You all have the sessions to select on your sector of interest. This is the way how we introduce this to fellows and next-genners, and I'm telling this also for the awareness of [44:42] MTS - AV: our newcomers who are not part of this program, there will be official welcome ceremony, there will be official community recognition, which ICANN is usually doing during AGM, which is Annual General Meeting, which is now. [45:01] MTS - AV: And… [45:02] MTS - AV: There will be several sessions, meeting with the board, public forum, so you will be seeing how I can community work in action. [45:14] MTS - AV: On Tuesday, there is a… it's called Constituency Day within ICANN, so each community, each constituency group has their own particular sessions. [45:27] MTS - AV: And my suggestion to newcomers, if you, for example, are interested in At-Large, you learn about them, and you want to go to their sessions, go and join one or two sessions, but don't stuck within At-Large only. [45:42] MTS - AV: Try to explore all other communities as well, because we have a lot of cases when you are coming. [45:50] MTS - AV: With the idea that you are. [45:52] MTS - AV: at-large, as an end user, but you end up to go to civil society, the non-commercial stakeholder group, then we have people who are lawyers, and coming and then interested to be in IPC, which is [46:11] MTS - AV: Which is IPC representative. [46:14] MTS - AV: Even. [46:18] MTS - AV: Intellectual property constituency. [46:21] MTS - AV: And then they turned out to be in SSAC, which is Security and Stability Advisory Committee. So, these are the ways that will come up to you only after you explore this community. So, after those two days of learning. [46:41] MTS - AV: You may feel tired, but the week, the four days starting from Monday to Thursday, is the opportunity to explore this community. Whatever you learned, you explore this in action. That… and on Wednesday. [46:57] MTS - AV: So on Tuesday and Wednesday, we have NextGen presentations, and I encourage everybody to be there, first of all, to support our NextGeners, because this will be their, I assume, the first ever big presentation to the big community. So we will be there to support [47:17] MTS - AV: These young students who are… who will be presenting their topic of interest to all of us, and [47:25] MTS - AV: We also have the brief explanation about what topics they will be covering. We have a booklet in the booth, so please take those booklets as well to get to know which session you would like. [47:39] MTS - AV: Nadia Abaytseyeva, to go, and which presentation you would like to see, and you can ask your questions to those presenters as well there. [47:47] MTS - AV: And, on Wednesday, we have a… [47:49] MTS - AV: our traditional, unique session with the board and with ICANN CEO, President and CEO. [47:58] MTS - AV: board chair and board members who are coming to us. So, they are coming. [48:05] MTS - AV: To talk to you, because they are… they have a busy schedule, they are all on… [48:12] MTS - AV: during the other sessions, talking, presenting, and this will be the opportunity for you to sit in this room and have them as presenters, or have them welcoming you and answering your questions. So, if you have any questions to them. [48:30] MTS - AV: Think about this. We do have also the executive ICANN Org Q&A with them on Monday. [48:41] MTS - AV: Please separate! [48:42] MTS - AV: The Q&A with… The ICANN Org and the session with the board have different, Perspective. So, if you… [48:54] MTS - AV: want to ask questions, trying to separate, because ICANN Org Executive will be responding to the questions of the community dealing with the org site, the… how organization is dealing with the specific issues. Board? [49:14] MTS - AV: Is much more global. [49:16] MTS - AV: He… board is here to respond from the… to the questions from community, coming from the community. So, by asking your question, you also need to think about, is this the correct session where I'm going to ask my question? Think about this. [49:34] MTS - AV: Talk… even… that's why our mentors are here. Even you can discuss with the mentor. [49:40] MTS - AV: And one tip for all of you. [49:43] MTS - AV: Starting from today, whenever you are going to the mic. [49:48] MTS - AV: First thing you do, you say your name. [49:53] MTS - AV: And people start to remember your name. [49:58] MTS - AV: They, even if they don't remember your face at the end, whenever you say, someone listen in virtual Zoom call, hey, my name is Cliff Mutegeki, they know who this person is, because they heard his name. [50:14] MTS - AV: Several times. And after several meetings. [50:19] MTS - AV: You will notice that people starting to know you, to identify you. [50:26] MTS - AV: Whenever they hear your name, they already say, oh, I know this person. [50:31] MTS - AV: Okay? So whenever you take… go to the mic, you ask the question. [50:36] MTS - AV: Host, Just don't do this for the sake of asking a question. [50:41] MTS - AV: Do this with a purpose. [50:43] MTS - AV: And the main purpose for you. [50:46] MTS - AV: To know this community, but also for the community to know you. [50:51] MTS - AV: Okay? And this is unique for you. [50:55] MTS - AV: Make them know you. Learn about you, because you are the future. [51:03] MTS - AV: and many of you are current of ICANN community, but the majority of us are future of ICANN community, and one day you will be sitting and talking to newcomers. [51:17] MTS - AV: As a long-standing ICANN community. [51:21] MTS - AV: So, this is the start. [51:24] MTS - AV: And use wisely this chart? [51:27] MTS - AV: So… EV This is how it works, okay? [51:33] MTS - AV: I came here, as I mentioned, as a fellow back in… 2008. [51:40] MTS - AV: And I was for many years, like, for 10 years, part of this community. [51:46] MTS - AV: I was part of Asia-Pacific region, representing my country, Armenia. So, I know Asia-Pacific, it's close to my heart. I was part of At-Large. I was chair for Asia-Pacific region. [52:00] MTS - AV: for several years. Then, I was nominated by Asia Pacific to be NOMCOM, to represent Asia Pacific region. [52:10] MTS - AV: But that's where I also started to learn, and NOMCOM is nominating committee, the committee which selects the board members and part of the leadership within ICANN. [52:23] MTS - AV: So, that's the place where I start to learn about other people. [52:28] MTS - AV: And this is already 10 years I am managing the program, which I start with. [52:35] MTS - AV: And it comes, and… but trust me, every single time I'm coming to the ICANN meeting as a newcomer, as a fellow, as you can see. [52:47] MTS - AV: As a newcomer, because every meeting Giving something new. [52:53] MTS - AV: To me. [52:54] MTS - AV: And it should give something new to you as well. [52:58] MTS - AV: That's why I'm telling this. Don't feel frustrated or overwhelmed. [53:05] MTS - AV: That there was so much information, I couldn't get into the details. [53:11] MTS - AV: This is time to digest. [53:13] MTS - AV: You go back home, you read all those presentations, you listen to recordings, you do your homework as well, and then you are coming back with another perspective, with a new perspective. [53:29] MTS - AV: But always know, your voice matters, ICANN community needs you, They need this fresh, thinking? [53:42] MTS - AV: Which… It's very important, because digital world is developing Very quickly, So, come with this… Passion? [53:55] MTS - AV: And come with the strength that you are needed here, and your voice matters. [54:02] MTS - AV: With that, I would like to close this session and invite you to the rest of the week to enjoy ICANN87 together with all of us. [54:13] MTS - AV: And… Bon voyage, as we say. Thank you. Source: https://icann87.sched.com/event/2Wjeb/meet-and-greet-fellowship-and-nextgenicann-programs Revision: a2e68e765ba081df0f8f5076ff65ed134c256292de4e31ada6614c22cf96a366