ICANN 56 will be different from the usual ICANN meeting, in that it is a policy forum, duration is 4 days and not 6days, format focused on SO/AC/SG/C policy work and outreach, no welcome ceremony, no high-interest topics, no public forum, no public board meeting and no sponsor exhibition area.

                On June 16 2016 ICANN held two Pre-ICANN 56 Policy Update Webinars to brief participants in preparation for the upcoming ICANN Policy Forum in Helsinki. The purpose of the webinar is to summarize policy activities across the ICANN policy development community and the Cross-Community sessions taking place in Helsinki. This webcast is the recording of the second of those sessions. It is very important to review these webinars held on June 16 2016 through the available Adobe Connect recordings (click here) prepared by the Policy Development Support Staff. During each webinar, the team identifies critical up-coming issues and provides general overviews of other policy development activities that are likely to be discussed at each Public Meeting. This page is an archive of those most recent presentations. Pre-ICANN56 Policy Update Webinar and presentation

https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56 https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-02-en ; r http://livestream.com/internetsociety/icann56update (webinar)

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/presentations-2012-08-27-en presentation

http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-pre-icann-56-policy-we...

summary Prepare for ICANN 56 GNSO Support Staff puts together the most important links to documents, agendas and other pertinent information for the upcoming ICANN Meeting. We hope this serves as a useful one-stop site for those attending the ICANN meeting in Helsinki, be it in person or remotely.

• Completed GNSO Schedule
• GNSO Policy Briefing
• GNSO Project List
• Pre-ICANN55 policy update webinar
• GNSO slides from the pre-ICANN55 policy webinar
• GNSO weekend agenda Saturday 5 March 2016
• GNSO weekend agenda, Sunday 6 March 2016
• ICANN55 full schedule
• GNSO Public Council Meeting Agenda 9 March 2016
• Motions for GNSO Council Meeting 9 March 2016