Dear ASO AC members,

ICANN78 Annual General Meeting will take place 21-26 October 2023 at Congress Center Hamburg, Germany. ICANN has published the schedulehttps://icann78.sched.com/ for this meeting. Please see the announcement https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann78-schedule-now-available-02-10-2023-en and note the following:

* The deadline to register for in-person participation is 20 October 2023. * To prepare for ICANN78, participants are encouraged to attend the virtual Prep Week to be held 9-11 October. ICANN78 Prep Week schedule is available here: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann78-prep-week-schedule-no... * ICANN78 will feature a joint meeting between the ICANN Board and ASO; a Global Internet Infrastructure Technical Coordination meeting; and an Empowered Community Approval Action Community Forum * Tuesday, 24 October | Joint Meeting: ICANN Board and ASOhttps://icann78.sched.com/event/1T4I3/joint-session-icann-board-and-aso | 16:30-17:30 CEST (14:30 – 15:30 UTC) * Wednesday, 25 October | Global Internet Infrastructure Technical Coordination Meetinghttps://icann78.sched.com/event/1T4IZ/global-internet-infrastructure-technical-coordination-meeting | 16:00-17:30 CEST (14:00 – 15:30 UTC) * Thursday, 26 October | Approval Action Community Forumhttps://icann78.sched.com/event/1T4Jk/approval-action-community-forum | 15:00-15:30 CEST (13:00 – 13:30 UTC)

You can find further details about ICANN78 and register for the meeting here: https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann78

Lastly, ICANN78 Policy Outlook report has been published: https://go.icann.org/outlook78

Best,

Ozan Sahin Policy Development Support Senior Specialist Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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