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ICANN 56 is a forthcoming ICANN Meeting. The meeting was initially scheduled to take place in Panama City, Panama in June 2016, but as a result of an outbreak of the Zika virus in Central America, ICANN announced that the meeting would move to a different country.
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| logo = Icann56.png
| dates = 27-30 June 2016
| location = Helsinki, Finland
| host = Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland and<br> Ministry of Transport and Communications
| venue = [https://www.finlandiatalo.fi/en/are-you-a-visitor Finlandia Hall]
| website = [https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56 ICANN 56]
| totalregistrants =
| registration = [https://registration.icann.org/ Registration]
| keyappointments =
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'''ICANN 56''' is being held from June 27-30, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland at the Finlandia Hall Ltd. It is the second [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN Meeting]] of 2016, which according to ICANN's new meeting strategy, will be largely policy driven. The meeting was initially scheduled to take place in Panama City, Panama in June 2016, but as a result of an outbreak of the Zika virus in Central America, ICANN announced that the meeting would move to a different country.<ref>https://meetings.icann.org/en ICANN Website. Retrieved 20 Mar 2016.</ref> ICANN plans on returning to Panama City for a future meeting.
The conference will be [[Göran Marby]]'s first ICANN conference as CEO and President.
==New Meeting Schedule==
[[File:Meeting B Schedule.png|450px|right|thumb]]
As a result of the New Meeting Plan drafted by the [[Meeting Strategy Working Group]], ICANN 56 or Meeting B, will have some distinct features. It will not feature an opening or closing ceremony, high-interest topic sessions, public forum, board meeting or sponsor exhibition booths. This four-day meeting will focus on policy, outreach and inter/intra-community work.
==Session Highlights==
<small>
<u>'''CCWG Accountability Work Stream 2 Working Session:'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Hall A<br>
''Sunday, June 26''
*08:00 - 17:00
<u>'''Welcome & Multistakeholder Ethos Award'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Piazza<br>
''Monday, June 27''
*08:30 - 09:00
<u>'''DNSSEC Workshop, Part 1'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Veranda 2<br>
''Monday, June 27''
*09:15 - 10:30
<u>'''Country Codes and Names as SLDs'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Hall A<br>
''Monday, June 27''
*10:45 - 11:30
<u>'''At-Large Outreach & Engagement Session'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Terrance Hall<br>
''Monday, June 27''
*13:30 - 15:00
<u>'''Tech Day, Part 2'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Veranda 2<br>
''Monday, June 27''
*15:15 - 18:30
<u>'''IANA Transition Stewardship & CCWG Accountability Workstream'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Hall A<br>
''Tuesday, June 28''
*09:30 - 10:30
<u>'''Discussion of the Proposed Amendments to the Base New gTLD Registry Agreement'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Veranda 1<br>
''Tuesday, June 28''
*10:30 - 11:45
<u>'''President & CEO Reception'''</u><br>
'''Room:''' Piazza<br>
''Tuesday, June 28''
*18:30 - 19:30
==Videos==
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==Sponsors==
*Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland [http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?culture=en-US&contentlan=2]
*Ministry of Transport and Communication [http://www.lvm.fi/en/home]
*[[.fi]] Domain Name [https://domain.fi/info/en/index.html]
==See Also==
*[[:Category: Acronyms|Acronyms]]
*[https://icannwiki.org/images/0/0e/Helsinki56-meeting-guide-10jun16-en.pdf|Helsinki Meeting Guide]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:ICANN Meetings]]
[[Category:Finland]]