Vigo, April 11, 2024 – The event took place today, Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Meeting Room of the School of Telecommunications Engineering of the University of Vigo at 11 am. It was held in a hybrid format with attendees in person and via streaming, within the global program of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to expand the facilities of access to the network to the entire population, regardless of language or writing system. UA Day is celebrated with more than 50 events around the world.

The event was attended by Rebeca Pilar Díaz Redondo, director of the School of Telecommunications Engineering of UVigo; Edita de Lorenzo, professor of the School of Telecommunications Engineering of UVigo; and Javier Fernández Fraga, from the Galician School of Telecommunications Engineers, and Andrea Becalli, from ICANN, the organization that promotes UA Day worldwide.

On her intervention, Rebeca Diaz stated the importance of Universal Acceptance on the students training and the internationalization of the UVigo, which makes that the araba and balcanic writing systems being stronger. On his following intervention Darío Janeiro, pointed out the iimportance of the universal acceptance to include all the peoples and cultures, and finished thanking Andrea Beccalli his attendance to the conference representing the ICANN. Beccalli traced the history of the network from the 1970s until the creation of the domain system and the birth of ICANN as an entity that makes decisions independently, based on consensus.

Edita de Lorenzo, on her side,reflected on the personal and identitary component of the email adresses and domain names, and about the evolution of which we are witnessing form a very tecnological net and another more human, in contact with the cultural and social componente of the civilizations..

Finally, Javier Fernández Fraga, form the AETG, made a more technical view abut the implications on the writing code changes, which rules, routes and manages the messages of the electronic mail.

Universal Acceptance is a concept that refers to the ability of computer systems, applications and online platforms to recognize and appropriately handle any type of information or content, regardless of its origin, format or language. In practical terms, it implies that technologies should be designed and implemented in such a way that they can seamlessly handle and interpret characters, symbols and data structures from different cultures and languages. UA is fundamental to ensuring digital accessibility and equity, ensuring that all people, regardless of their background or language, can participate fully in the digital world.

In different presentations, the participants provided data that reinforced the idea that the network must be open to all languages, all alphabets and writing systems, that this equity must not only reach the contents of the different pages and platforms, but must also extend to access to the network and email addresses, including domain names. During two hours, examples and use cases of the application of these policies and how they affect the facilities of use of the network as a public service, means of information and interaction all over the world were presented.

About PuntoGal

PuntoGal has been the managing entity of the Galician domain since 2014. Established in 2006, it develops its work in three main areas: domain management, representation of Galicia in the network management bodies at international level and corporate actions to support initiatives in the field of technology, network, language and culture. As of today there are more than 7,000 registered .gal domains. For more information: dominio.gal.

About AETG-COETG

The Asociación de Enxeñeiros de Telecomunicación de Galicia was constituted with the social purpose of ensuring the prestige of telecommunications engineers, promote and strengthen the ties of union and fellowship among them, contribute to the development and progress of the autonomous community of Galicia through the dissemination and promotion of telecommunications, help its members in the development of their professional activity and their integration into the labor markets and the organization and attendance at national and international conferences.

About the School of Telecommunications Engineering

The studies of Telecommunications Engineering in Galicia began in 1985 with the creation of the School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSE) on the campus of Vigo. Currently two degrees are offered for the profession of Telecommunications Engineering (one taught in Galician/Castilian and the other in English) with four specializations or specializations: telematics, sound and image, telecommunication systems and electronics and also the Master’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering for the practice of the profession of Telecommunication Engineer. In addition, the Masters in Cybersecurity (MUniCS), in Industrial Mathematics (M2I), in Computer Vision and in Quantum Information Science and Technologies (MQIST) are offered on an interuniversity basis. More information at www.teleco.gal

About ICANN

ICANN is the acronym for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN is a non-profit, multilateral entity that organizes the granting of domain names and IP addresses worldwide. ICANN is dedicated to preserving the stability of the Internet through consensus-based processes.