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On 9-10 June 2026, the ICANN86 NextGen Fellows gave their presentations at the ICANN Policy Forum in Seville, spain. Eleven presentations explored the evolving challenges of Internet governance through a new generation’s lens. The fellows then were formally welcomed by the board in an interactive Q&A session.
FACILITATORS
Fernanda Iunes – Capacity Development Program Manager, ICANN
Siranush Vardanyan – Fellowship Program Manager, ICANN
01 Recognized Online: Universal Acceptance and Multilingual Inclusion
Salsabil Yakoubi – KU Leuven Public Governance Institute
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02 Are We Heading Toward a Splinternet? The Future of Internet Governance
Maria Pericàs Riera – Technical University of Munich
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03 Agentic AI Methods to Support Reasoning and Consensus in ICANN Policy Deliberations
Kristina Ivanova – Óbuda University
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04 Reimagining Privacy in Domain Name Governance: ICANN’s Registration Data Policies in the Post-GDPR Era
Amaan Ali – University College London
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05 Cyber Threats in Domain Infrastructure: A Case Study and Takeaways
Diana Kozlovska – Kyiv Aviation Institute
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06 AI, Internet Access, and Peacebuilding: How Digital Governance Can Support Fragile Communities
Omran Adam – Kristiania University
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07 Bridging the Digital Divide: Internet Governance, DNS, and Access Challenges in Chad
Haoua Annour Nassir – Lille University
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08 Quantifying DNS Resilience: A Statistical Reliability Framework for Global Internet Infrastructure
Hümay Zehra Özer – University of Bern
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09 DNS Abuse Mitigation as Internet Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Europe and the Middle East
Rym Badran – Dublin City University
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10 Implementing Universal Acceptance in Europe: A Change Management Perspective on Building a Multilingual Internet
Ariba Aleem – University of Bonn
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11 Conversational Dynamics and Consensus in Technical Environments
Hugo Ramirez – Queen Mary University of London
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12 ICANN Board Welcomes Fellowship and NextGen@ICANN Programs Participants
Tripti Sinha – ICANN Board Chair
León Sánchez – ICANN Board
James Galvin – SSAC Liaison to the ICANN Board
Greg DiBiase – ICANN Board
David Lawrence – IETF Liaison to the ICANN Board
Raúl Echeberría – ICANN Board
Catherine Adeya – ICANN Board
Miriam Sapiro – ICANN Board
Moderator: Siranush Vardanyan – ICANN Fellowship Program Manager
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