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Yrjö Länsipuro previously served in this role since 2016 when the ALAC unanimously voted to appoint him as the first ALAC Liaison to the GAC.

GAC Liaison's Report on the ALAC-GAC bilateral sessions during ICANN75 16-22 Sept. 2023 Kuala Lumpur [by Joanna Kulesza]

During ICANN 75 in Kuala Lumpur ALAC held two join session with the GAC. 
The first one was held on Sat., Sept. 17th, 2023 as part of the GAC Capacity Building weekend with the following agenda: 
GAC & ALAC Cooperation - Capacity Building
07:30 - 08:00 UTC
Session objective: Explaining the importance of close collaboration between ALAC and GAC
DRAFT Agenda:
    Introduction and Welcome from Maureen and Manal (15:30-15:35 MYT; 07:30-07:35 UTC)(5 mins)
    Introduction of ALAC/At-Large's roles to GAC members - Joanna Kulesza, ALAC Liaison to the GAC and Shi Young Chang, GAC Liaison to the ALAC (15:35-15:40 MYT; 07:35-07:40 UTC)(5 mins)
    Sharing of a good practice example of Local Cross-Community Cooperation, especially from the APAC region - Ian Sheldon, GAC Representative from Australia and and Cheryl Langdon-Orr from At-Large (15:40-15:50 MYT; 07:40-07:50 UTC)(10 mins)
    Q&A and Open Discussions from both Advisory Committees - Shi Young/Joanna Kulesza (remote) (15:50-16:00 MYT; 07:50-08:00 UTC)(10 mins)

The second session was the traditional bilateral session held on Wednesday, Sept. 21st at 01:00 - 02:00 UTC
Joint ALAC and GAC Meeting
DRAFT AGENDA:
    Introduction and welcome, GAC/ALAC Chairs - (09:00-09:10 MYT; 01:00-01:10 UTC) (10 mins) - Maureen Hilyard, ALAC Chair and Manal Ismail, GAC Chair
    Internet Fragmentation, the DNS and ICANN [Pari Esfandiari, ALAC: 5’; Nigel Hickson, GAC: 5’] (09:10-09:20 MYT; 01:10-01:20 UTC)(10 mins)
    Subsequent Rounds of New gTLDs and Closed Generics-ALAC 's Participation in the facilitated dialogue with the GNSO Council and GAC [Greg Shatan (remote) and Alan Greenberg; ALAC/At-Large: 5’; Jorge Cancio and Nigel Hickson, GAC 5’](09:20-09:30 MYT; 01:20-1:30 UTC) (10 mins)
    Local cross-community cooperation - good practice examples  [ALAC speaker: Joanna Kulesza (remote) and Yrjö Länsipuro, ALAC/At-Large; 5’;  Shi Young Chang and Ian Sheldon, GAC representative from Australia, GAC: 5’] (09:30 - 09:40 MYT; 01:30-01:40 UTC) (10 mins)
    Q&A (09:40 - 09:55 MYT; 01:40-1:55 UTC) (15 mins)
    Summary and wrap up (09:55 - 10:00 MYT; 01:55-2:00 UTC) (5 mins)

GAC Liaison's Report on the ALAC-GAC bilateral session during ICANN74 13-16 June 2022 The Hague [by Joanna Kulesza]

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