LOS ANGELES - The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that 45
individuals from 36 countries have been selected to participate in ICANN's
Fellowship program at the 64th ICANN Public Meeting in Kobe, Japan to be held
9-14 March 2019.
According to the Corporation, these successful candidates
represent all sectors of society including: civil, government, country code
top-level domain (ccTLD) operations, academia, business community, and
technical, security, and end-user groups.
The Fellowship Program seeks out
individuals who are interested in, or already engaged in, the various aspects
of ICANN's work in policy building, the operation of the Domain Name System,
and the security and stability of the global Internet. The goal of the ICANN
Fellowship Program is to strengthen the diversity of the multi stakeholder
model by fostering opportunities for individuals from underserved and
underrepresented communities to become active participants in the ICANN
community.
518 applications were received
for the ICANN64 Fellowship application round.