Promote the importance of UA to the developer and end user communities. The training will be offered through NARALO and will naturally be extended to the ALSs members but also to the wider technical software development community.

The UA training series is a joint effort between NARALO, ICANN, and the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), designed to increase UA awareness across the North American region and engage with technical stakeholders directly. The sessions will provide software developers, programmers, email system administrators, and IT leaders in the region with the tools to make their own systems and applications UA ready. Participants who have completed technical sessions will receive a "Certificate of Completion" issued by UASG.

Did you know that the next billion Internet users will not be users of the Latin script? Learn how to reach them and prepare your systems now for the future Internet!

Universal Acceptance is key to achieving a digitally inclusive Internet by ensuring that all domain names and email addresses – regardless of script, language, or character length – are accepted equally by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems. This includes supporting all country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), new and long generic top-level domains (gTLDs), and Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)In addition, the training will target university professors and students.

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Audience: Internet users (introduction to UA), programmers, systems analysts, technology students, DNS companies, system administrators, etc.
Topics :( INTRODUCTION ICANN and its position with respect to UA. Technical vision of universal acceptance. UA for JAVA developers. EIA training for system administrators) TBC

Instructors : Dennis Tan, Daniel Fink, Sarmad Hussain, Champika, (TBC)

Registration form: (Daniel Tanaka)

Introduction to Universal Acceptance (UA); Email Addresses Internationalization (EAI) Configuration, UA for Software and Application Developers Outreach and Engagement, The Life of an UA Ambassador

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Slides prepared by GSE North America
Slides in PDF Format

Resources for Course :

NARALO UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE SCHEDULE PUBLISHED IN ICANN'S ORG WEBSITE:

Course announcement on ICANN org website: ICANN and NARALO Join Forces to Build a More Digitally Inclusive Internet

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/regional-universal-acceptance-training-2021-01-06-en

North America Newsletter 2022, article "ICANN North America Community Completes Training Series on Universal Acceptance"

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BENEFITS OF UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE

FAQ

Is the course free? If not, what is the course fee?

Yes, absolutely free. We thank you for dedicating your time to UA.

2. How many sessions are in the training program?

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We prepared a list of takeaways according to the possible profile of each participant. See below. In case you need more details for your particular case, feel free to drop us a message.

For CTOs, Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Tech Enthusiasts	You will be up to speed on current expansions of the Root Zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) top-level domain names (TLDs) beyond 3 letters, and beyond the basic letters used in English. You will be prepared to be one of the leaders in supporting a diverse and multilingual Internet. You will know how new TLDs can provide new business and research opportunities. You will know how you can boost the competitiveness of your organization by making your systems compatible with the expanded TLD opportunities. You will be positioned to make not just your organization but your local economy globally competitive.
For System Developers and Web Applications Programmers	You will learn how to update your systems to support a diverse and multilingual Internet. You will understand how to accept, validate, process, store and display all domain names, and how to make your system UA ready. You will master the fundamentals of encoding glyphs and how to apply recommended standards in your coding. You will learn how to apply the UA Readiness Testing Framework to validate your system. You will speed up and improve the quality of your coding by using the recommended libraries presented in the training. You will analyze programming cases and examples from real life to better synthesize your learning. You will be in touch with world class experts from the Universal Acceptance community.
For Email Systems Administrators	You will understand the importance of Email Address Internationalization (EAI) and its categories. You will learn how to apply UTF8 support in your systems. You will master the latest Email protocol changes to support EAI. You will be equipped with the latest EAI support tools and Services for UA Readiness. You will join a selected community of experts on Email Address Internationalization
For Computer and Social Science Researchers and Academicians	You will find opportunities to conduct research at a local and global level. You will learn how to apply for the UA Ambassador program. You will learn how to publish the results of your UA research and how to be supported by the uasg.tech [uasg.tech] community.

5. What is the format of the training and can I get copies of the presentations?

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Make sure to visit Universal Acceptance Steering Group [uasg.tech] webpage, sign up for the newsletter and follow @UASGTech [twitter.com] on social media. We will be pleased to get you involved so drop us a message for a friendly talk.

Email for Registered participants

Webinar Evaluation survey“Prior to joining this session, please download the Telegram application (https://telegram.org/).”

ICANN’s 2021 Comms Efforts: UA NARALO/UASG Training Series 2022

NARALO UA Slide deck for promotion

Google doc: NARALO Universal Acceptance Training

Invite (Communications Department)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MdF9kWHATzci_AQcT_hsFb0ynCLeEcjQruanGU6xMWY/edit

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ICANN acronyms and terms

Sessions and Presentations

COURSES and INSTRUCTORS

Sessions

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Instructors

Session 1: Thursday, 20 January 2022 - 17:00 UTC

Session 1 ZOOM recording

“An “An Introduction to Universal Acceptance”

Dennis Tan, Senior Platform Manager, Verisign

Joe Catapano - Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, ICANN

Session 2: Thursday, 27 January 2022 - 17:00 UTC“Email Addressing Internationalization (EAI) Configuration”

Session 2 ZOOM recording

“ Configuring for Internationalized Email Addressed (EAI)"

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EAI Check : https://uasg.tech/eai-check/

UASG004: test cases : https://uasg.tech/download/uasg-004-use-cases-for-ua-readiness-evaluation-en/

https://uasg.tech/download/uasg-004a-use-cases-for-ua-readiness-evaluation-data-en/

Champika Wijayatunga

Regional Technical Engagement Manager, ICANN

Session 3 : Thursday, 3 February 2022 -17:00 UTC

Session 3 ZOOM Recording

Universal Acceptance (UA) for Java Developers

Slides

Sarmad Hussein

Senior Director, IDN and UA Programs, ICANN

Akshat Joshi

Founder - ThinkTrans

Maharashtra, India

Session 4: Thursday, 10 February 2022 - 17: 00 UTC

Session 4 ZOOM Recording

Outreach and Engagement, The Life of an UA Ambassador

Slides

Resources:

UASG 018A: https://uasg.tech/download/uasg-018a-ua-compliance-of-some-programming-language-libraries-and-frameworks-en/

UASG 033: https://uasg.tech/download/uasg-033-ua-readiness-of-open-source-code-pilot-en/

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/generation-panel-2015-06-21-en

Mark Datysgeld

Internet Governance and Policies Consultant

COORDINATION CALLS

12 August 2021 (no agenda page)

08 September 2021 (no agenda page)

15 September 2021

22 September 2021

06 October 2021

04 January 2022

Action Items: NARALO Universal Acceptance Training Project Coordination

Glossary of Terms

Excel Roadmap:IDN Glossary: https://docswww.googleicann.comorg/spreadsheetsresources/dpages/1kglossary-iO4Ykd-9xfW_I5mssz07ceMsu9SNw4/edit#gid=1196272105

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New gTLD Glossary: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/glossary
IANA Glossary: https://www.iana.org/glossary

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Objective:

In addition, the training will target university professors and students.

Audience: Internet users (introduction to UA), programmers, systems analysts, technology students, DNS companies, system administrators, etc.
Topics :( INTRODUCTION ICANN and its position with respect to UA. Technical vision of universal acceptance. UA for JAVA developers. EIA training for system administrators) TBC

Instructors : Dennis Tan, Daniel Fink, Sarmad Hussain, Champika, (TBC)

Registration form: (Daniel Tanaka)

Social Media promotion:

The first First “Save the Date” social media post (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN) went live on October 14 . This is the link to the tweet shared by ICANN Comms department in all 3 platforms: https://twitter.com/ICANN/status/1448000637552275476

Google doc: NARALO Universal Acceptance Training

Invite (Communications Department)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MdF9kWHATzci_AQcT_hsFb0ynCLeEcjQruanGU6xMWY/edit

Organizing Committee :


Bill Jouris	NARALO Universal Acceptance WG
Eduardo Diaz	NARALO Chair
Glenn Mc Knight	NARALO incoming Secretary
Naela Sarras	GSE North America VP
Joe Catapano	GSE North America
Daniel Fink	ICANN - GSE LAC staff
Silvia Vivanco	ICANN - staff Senior Manager, At-Large Regional affairs
Alex Dans	ICANN - staff LAC Communications
Dennis Tan	UASG (TBC)