<div dir="auto">Join us!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:inter,"noto sans",helvetica,sans-serif" dir="auto"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;width:auto;max-width:100%"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">June 7, 2023 | 11:30am - 12:30pm CST</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent" dir="auto"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Room Guanacaste 2</span></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 15px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;width:68.7159px;max-width:100%;display:!important;justify-content:!important"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><button type="button" style="border-radius:50%;margin:0px;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.5;font-weight:400;vertical-align:middle;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0.5rem 0.75rem;height:2.1rem;width:2.1rem"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;line-height:1;font-family:"font awesome 6 pro""></span></button></div></div></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:inter,"noto sans",helvetica,sans-serif" dir="auto"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;display:!important;flex-direction:!important;flex-grow:!important"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.5rem;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">The internet at risk: the global Internet must survive in a fragmented world</div></div></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:inter,"noto sans",helvetica,sans-serif" dir="auto"><div style="margin:1rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;min-height:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px 17px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;width:393.091px;max-width:100%"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:4px 0px 0px;padding:0px 5px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;width:359.091px;height:1108.76px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;display:!important"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;width:359.091px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;min-height:inherit"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The importance of an unfragmented Internet for economic and social prosperity is undoubted.  Most policy debates relate to platforms or applications that are enabled BY the Internet, but with little regard for the underlying networks themselves.  When we talk about Internet fragmentation we are often referring to fragmentation of the user experience, for example Internet shutdowns, denial of access to certain platforms, restrictions on speech or assembly online.  But we ignore the consequences of technical fragmentation, where the global network of networks might be splintered into national or regional networks operating under different regulations and potentially different forms of government intervention and control.  </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">There is a growing trend of regulatory frameworks targeting or impacting the technical level of Internet governance, the layer of critical Internet resources. This layer is at the core of free flow of information, the free, open and interoperable Internet. If the global, single Internet disappears, if this connectivity is lost, we won't be able to talk about open and free Internet; protecting human rights and speech will be under greater threat from interventions at the fundamental level of how the Internet operates.   In this session you will hear from diverse stakeholders -- those who keep the Internet running, digital rights defenders, government -- about the social, political and technical risks of Internet fragmentation. And how to coordinate responses to prevent fragmentation in all its forms of this incredible engine for human achievement and economic and social prosperity. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> <span style="font-weight:bolder;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1em;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Host institution:</span> ICANN</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>