<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The full schedule for ICANN 52, 8-12 February 2015, is at <a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule-full" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule-full</a>.  Almost everything (except receptions and small private gatherings) will have good remote participation, so if you can’t come in person you can certainly get engaged anyway.  This should be an eventful and consequential meeting, given all the special sessions on the IANA transition and accountability processes.  In addition to those, which are sprinkled throughout the week, the NCSG and GNSO meetings Rafik has listed on ncsg-discuss, and the usual big ticket meetings like the Public Forum, I thought I’d just flag a couple of particular relevance to NCUCers, with times and room names (we don’t do an integrated calendar, since peoples’ interests and session selections vary). See below if interested.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Saturday</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">GNSO and IGC meet all day.  Afterwards:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">17:15 to 18:45 Moor<br class="">Civil Society @ ICANN52<br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/sat-civil-society" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/sat-civil-society</a> </div><div class="">This will be a continuation of the staff-supported outreach events we started in London, except now they are NCSG-wide and in this case it’ll be mostly a networking reception (no RM).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Monday</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">14:00 to 15:15 Collyer<br class="">S0/AC Led High-Interest Topic  <br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-soac-high-interest" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-soac-high-interest</a>  </div><div class="">We will talk inter alia about the problems of in-reach and member engagement, which cut across ICANN.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">16:30 to 17:45 Bras Basah<br class="">Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance<br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ccwg-ig" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ccwg-ig</a>  </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tuesday (Constituency Day)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">09:30 to 13:00 Hullet<br class="">Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)<br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-ncuc" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-ncuc</a> <br class=""><br class="">14:00 to 16:30 Bras Basah<br class="">Non Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)<br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-ncsg" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-ncsg</a> <br class=""><br class="">16:45 to 17:45 Padang<br class="">Board and the Non-Commercial Stakeholders [Present Public Interest]<br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-board-ncsg" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-board-ncsg</a> <br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Wednesday</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">10:30 to 12:00  Butterworth<br class="">GNSO Review Working Party Meeting<br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/sun-gnso-review" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/sun-gnso-review</a> <br class="">This should include some coverage of structural as well as process issues, further to the NCPH discussion in DC.<br class=""><br class="">10:30 to 12:00 Sophia<br class="">Human Rights and ICANN - Continuing the Conversation<br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-human-rights" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-human-rights</a> </div><div class="">This process began at the NCUC CD meeting in London and has now become a sustained push in collaboration with friendlies beyond civil society. I expect Marilia or Niels will be sending more info.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thursday</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">11:15 to 12:30 Sophia<br class="">Internet Governance - Public Session <br class=""><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/thu-ig" class="">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/thu-ig</a> </div><div class="">We’ll discuss NETmundial Initiative, WSIS+10, etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div cla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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">*********************************************************<br class="">William J. Drake<br class="">International Fellow & Lecturer<br class="">  Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br class="">  University of Zurich, Switzerland<br class="">Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br class="">  ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org" class="">www.ncuc.org</a><br class=""><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" class="">wjdrake@gmail.com</a> (lists),<br class="">  <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org" class="">www.williamdrake.org</a><br class=""><i class="">Internet Governance: The NETmundial Roadmap </i><a href="http://goo.gl/sRR01q" class="">http://goo.gl/sRR01q</a><br class="">*********************************************************</div>
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