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2016 Events

ICANN's 55th International Meeting in Marrakech, 5 – 10 March 2016

The Contractual Compliance team attended ICANN's 55th International Meeting in Marrakech, 5 – 10 March 2016.

On Tuesday, the team joined the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) Stakeholder Group [PDF, 838 KB] to share an update on the compliance activities and address their questions. In addition, the team met with the At Large Advisory Committee to address their questions.

On Wednesday, the team provided ICANN community a Contractual Compliance Program Update [PDF, 3.41 MB] with a focus on addressing the questions and discussions from the attendees. The team also met with the Brand Registry Group [PDF, 709 KB] to share an update on the audit program and activities.

On Thursday, the team held two closed sessions; one focused on the Registrars [PDF, 1.95 MB] and the other one on the Registry Operators [PDF, 2.71 MB]. The sessions gave participants the opportunity to ask questions and collaborate directly with the Contractual Compliance team.

In addition, the team held meetings throughout the week with different ICANN members and contracted parties based on their request.

Please refer to the Marrakech ICANN meeting schedule page for access to meeting objective and material by meeting.

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