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<span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">It is my pleasure to invite you to save the date for our third <a href="https://www.icann.org/ids" class="">ICANN DNS Symposium (IDS 2019)</a>, to be held <b class="">10-11 May 2019
</b>in<b class=""> Bangkok, Thailand </b>at the <a href="http://www.shangri-la.com/bangkok/shangrila/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Shangri-La</a><b class=""> </b>hotel. IDS 2019 is co-locating with the fifth <a href="https://www.icann.org/gddsummit" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">GDD
Industry Summit</a> (6-9 May 2019), the <a href="http://regiops.net/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Registration Operations Workshop</a> (9 May) and a <a href="https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/29/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">DNS-OARC</a> workshop
(12-13 May).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">The ICANN DNS Symposium is a two-day event focused on all aspects of the Domain Name System (DNS). <o:p class=""></o:p>The theme for IDS
2019 and further details will be announced in early 2019. Past IDS themes have included a review of the ICANN organization's own initiatives related to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">DNS research,
operations, threats and countermeasures, and technology evolution, and "</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class="">Attention, Domain Name System: Your 30-year scheduled maintenance is overdue",
where members of research, academia, and operational communities shared experiences, data, and innovative thinking on how the DNS might be improved.</span></font></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Visit <a href="https://www.icann.org/ids" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://www.icann.org/ids</a> for more information on the venue and previous IDS events.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Thanks, and we hope to see you there!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Matt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Matt Larson, VP of Research<br class="">
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