Agenda
10:30 - 11:00
Registration
11:00 - 11:40
Opening Remarks
- Igor Mkrtumyan – Internet Society NGO, Board Chair
- Kurtis Lindqvist – ICANN, President and CEO (online)
- Arman Grigoryan – European University of Armenia, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs
- Siranush Dvoyan – RA MESCS Language committee, chairperson
- Andrey Vorobyov – Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ, Director
- Guilherme Canela – Director for Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation, UNESCO (online)
- Farid Nakhli – ITU Regional Office for CIS, Programme Coordinator
11:40 - 11:50
Universal Acceptance – technical guide – video
11:50 - 12:10
Universal Acceptance – global updates
Theresa Swinehart – ICANN, Senior Vice President of Global Domains and Strategy
12:10 - 13:10
Local Languages, Global Internet: Supporting Local Languages as a Key Element of Digital Infrastructure
Moderator:
Anna Karakhanyan – Armenian Network Information Center (AMNIC), administrator
Speakers:
- Maria Kolesnikova – Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ, Chief Analyst
- Sergey Povalishev – Hoster.by, Director
- Dijana Milutinović – RNIDS (.rs and Cyrillic IDN ccTLD .срб registry), Communications Manager
- Regina Fuchsovа – EURid (.eu, .ею and .ευ registry) Industry Relation Manager
13:10 - 13:40
Coffee Break
13:40 - 14:40
Building a Truly Multilingual Internet: Content in Different Languages as a Pillar of Digital Inclusion
Moderator:
Mikhail Anisimov – Industry Expert
Speakers:
- Arevik Martirosyan – Head of the School of International Information Security, Member of Youth Council of the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ
- Mher Bekaryan – Wikimedia Armenia, Co-founder
- Tigran Zargaryan – Internet Society Armenia Chapter PO “Digital Development of Libraries: Internet Access Centers in Communities”, Program Coordinator
- Davit Alaverdyan – Armenian online media and journalists’ association, President
- Nairi Baghdasaryan – European University of Armenia, Computer Science, Lecturer of the Department of Information Security, Ph.D
14:40 - 15:40
Global Outreach for Universal Acceptance: Connecting Academia, Governments, and International Organizations
Moderator:
Kristina Hakobyan – Internet Society NGO, Board vice-chair
Speakers:
- Gabriella Schittek – ICANN, Stakeholder Engagement Director, Nordic and Central Europe
- Nvard Kocharyan – European University of Armenia, Head of the Department of Information Security
- Farid Nakhli – ITU Regional Office for CIS, Programme Coordinator
- Marat M. Yavrumyan – YSU, PI, Armenian Language Technology Research Laboratory
- Dr. Xianhong Hu – UNESCO, Programme Specialist (online)
15:40 - 16:00
Open Floor for Final Comments
VENUE
