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ICANN Fellowship Participants | ICANN86

The following individuals had been selected to participate in ICANN86 to be held 8–11 June 2026 in Seville, Spain, Europe.

Name Country or region of residence Working sector and/or area of interest
Ahmed Farag Egypt Internet end user, Government
Aida Mahmutović Bosnia and Herzegovina Civil society
Allan Magezi Uganda Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical
Ana Teresa Rodríguez Lebrón Puerto Rico Academia, ccTLD operations, Internet end user
Ankita Rathi India Internet end user
Ashish Agarwal India ccTLD operations, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Ashutosh Maharaj Fiji Academia, Internet end user
Askhat Gimranov Uzbekistan ccTLD Operations
Charbel Chbeir Lebanon ccTLD operations, ICANN contracted party, Intellectual property, Technical, Security
Deepak Desai United States of America Academia, Internet End User, Technical, Security
Edowaye Makanjuola Nigeria Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Government
Eduardo Tome Honduras ccTLD operations
Einas Al Shaikh Oman Internet end user, Government
Emanuel Lukawiecki Canada Academia, Civil society, Internet end user, Government
Emmanuel Oruk Uganda Civil society, Technical, Security
Faheem Soomro Pakistan Civil society, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical
Filimoni Pelenato Samoa Business and Commerce, Internet end user
Firuz Azimov Tajikistan Academia, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Gustavo Adolfo Ortega Alvarado United States of America Technical, Security
Houda Chihi Tunisia Internet service providers and connectivity providers
Ignacio Sánchez González Chile Academia, ccTLD operations, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical
Jelena Šuh Serbia Academia, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical
Kasun Tharaka Wickramasuriya Sri Lanka Civil society, Intellectual property, Internet end user, Government
Lidya Assgelitew Berhanu Ethiopia

Technical

Recipient of Paul Muchene Fellowship Award
Lilian Ivette De Luque Bruges Colombia Academia, Internet End User
Maciej Piasecki Poland Civil society, Intellectual property, Internet end user, Security
Mansur Mirzoev Tajikistan Academia, Intellectual property, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical
Mariana Palma Vidotti De Andrade Brazil Business and Commerce, Civil Society, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Security
Oliver Risteski North Macedonia Internet end user, Security, Government
Rihana Luz Avila Huatuco Peru Academia, Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user, Technical
Riyadh Zehrah Yemen ccTLD operations, Civil society, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Sachchidanand Upadhyay India Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Salavat Ormoshev Kyrgyz Republic Civil society, Internet service providers and connectivity providers
Samwel Kinuthia Kariuki Kenya Academia, Internet end user, Technical, Security
Shiva Bissessar Trinidad & Tobago Business and Commerce, Civil society, Technical, Security
Shreedeep Rayamajhi Nepal Academia, Civil Society, Internet end user
Songo Nore Papua New Guinea Academia, Business and Commerce, Civil society, Internet end user, Security
Stephen Dakyi Ghana Civil society, Intellectual property, Internet end user
Tinuade Oguntuyi Nigeria Civil society, Internet end user, Internet service providers and connectivity providers, Technical, Security
Tsz Kin Hui Japan Academia, Business and Commerce, Civil society, Intellectual property, Internet end user, Security

Note: All information above is self-reported by applicants.

Mentors:

  • Jenifer López – ccNSO
  • Glen De Saint Géry – GNSO
  • Tracy Hackshaw – GAC
  • James Olorundare – RSSAC
  • Raymond Mamattah – At-Large
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Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"". An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese. Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"". The basic Latin alphabet together with the European-Arabic digits are, for the purpose of domain names, termed ""ASCII characters"" (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs. The ""hostname rule"" requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the DNS using only the ASCII characters listed above, with the one further addition of the hyphen ""-"". The Unicode form of an IDN therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the DNS. The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" (separated by ""dots""). The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"". All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively. The Unicode form, which a user expects to be displayed, is termed a ""U-label"". The difference may be illustrated with the Hindi word for ""test"" — परीका — appearing here as a U-label would (in the Devanagari script). A special form of ""ASCII compatible encoding"" (abbreviated ACE) is applied to this to produce the corresponding A-label: xn--11b5bs1di. A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"". Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann.org"" is not an IDN."