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ICANN Announces NextGen@ICANN81 Participants

15 July 2024

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the individuals selected to participate in the NextGen@ICANN Program at the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting. An independent committee selected the NextGen@ICANN81 participants based on their current studies and interest in Internet governance.

It was announced on 30 November 2023 that the ICANN81 Annual General Meeting would be held in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, 9–14 November 2024 and will take place as a hybrid meeting to accommodate both in-person and virtual participation.

The 12 selectees attend universities in the Asia Pacific region, where they study engineering, business, and technology.

NextGen@ICANN81 participants:

Iqra Ejaz

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

Yug Desai

South Asian University, New Delhi

Vannakrothchanthyda Soth

Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia

Aviral Kaintura

National Forensic Sciences University

Carrisa Tehputri

University of Udayana

Sandip Koirala

St. Lawrence College | Tribhuvan University

Rida Ashfaq

National University of Sciences & Technology

Yige Lian

Peking University

Nitish Reddy Yerradoddi

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Harisa Shahid

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

Shruti Shreya

O.P. Jindal Global University

Fenglu Zhang

Tsinghua University

For more information, visit the NextGen@ICANN Program website.

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ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.