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At the Welcome Ceremony and President's Opening, Fadi Chehade and others emphasized both the importance of the scale and scope of interactions around transition planning, as well as the distinct tracks of conversation that would occur at the conference.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/mon-welcome/transcript-welcome-23jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transcript, Welcome Ceremony and President's Opening], June 23, 2014</ref> The opening session was followed by a high-level government meeting covering the IANA transition, the outcomes from the [[NetMundial]] conference, and other governance topics.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/mon-1015-hlgm/agenda-hlgm-23jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Agenda, High-Level Government Meeting], June 23, 2014</ref> The meeting featured Larry Strickling and [[Theresa Swinehart]] providing a summary of the IANA transition and the NTIA's decision to transition stewardship to the global community.<ref name="hlgm">[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/mon-1015-hlgm/transcript-hlgm-1015-23jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transcript, High-Level Government Meeting], June 23, 2014</ref> Similarly, at a session on Internet governance, both the NTIA announcement and multistakeholder accountability more broadly were topics in the course of a broader conversation about governance and civil society issues.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/wed-ig/transcript-ig-25jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transcript, Internet Governance], July 25, 2014</ref>

At the Welcome Ceremony and President's Opening, Fadi Chehade and others emphasized both the importance of the scale and scope of interactions around transition planning, as well as the distinct tracks of conversation that would occur at the conference.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/mon-welcome/transcript-welcome-23jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transcript, Welcome Ceremony and President's Opening], June 23, 2014</ref> The opening session was followed by a high-level government meeting covering the IANA transition, the outcomes from the [[NetMundial]] conference, and other governance topics.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/mon-1015-hlgm/agenda-hlgm-23jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Agenda, High-Level Government Meeting], June 23, 2014</ref> The meeting featured Larry Strickling and [[Theresa Swinehart]] providing a summary of the IANA transition and the NTIA's decision to transition stewardship to the global community.<ref name="hlgm">[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/mon-1015-hlgm/transcript-hlgm-1015-23jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transcript, High-Level Government Meeting], June 23, 2014</ref> Similarly, at a session on Internet governance, both the NTIA announcement and multistakeholder accountability more broadly were topics in the course of a broader conversation about governance and civil society issues.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/wed-ig/transcript-ig-25jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transcript, Internet Governance], July 25, 2014</ref>

On June 26, two sessions were held that directly addressed the twin issues of transition planning<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/thu-iana-stewardship-transition.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transition of NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions], June 26, 2014</ref> and enhancing ICANN's accountability.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/thu-enhancing-accountability.html ICANN 50 Archive - Enhancing ICANN's Accountability], June 26, 2014</ref> the

On June 26, two sessions were held that directly addressed the twin issues of transition planning<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/thu-iana-stewardship-transition.html ICANN 50 Archive - Transition of NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions], June 26, 2014</ref> and enhancing ICANN's accountability.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/thu-enhancing-accountability.html ICANN 50 Archive - Enhancing ICANN's Accountability], June 26, 2014</ref> The IANA Transition meeting featured a presentation on the planning process to date and lessons learned, both from the planning process, and other projects in the history of ICANN.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/thu-iana-stewardship-transition/presentation-iana-stewardship-transition-26jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Presentation Deck, IANA Stewardship Transition], June 26, 2014</ref> The majority of the time was devoted to public comment. The session on ICANN accountability featured a presentation by Professor [[Jan Aart Scholte]] of the University of Gothenburg, who broke down the notion of accountability as it relates to a private organization with a public purpose.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/london2014/en/schedule/thu-enhancing-accountability/presentation-enhancing-accountability-26jun14-en.html ICANN 50 Archive - Presentation Deck, Enhancing ICANN Accountability], June 26, 2014</ref>

==ICANN 53 Announcement==

==ICANN 53 Announcement==