Cross-Community Session: Open Data & Information Transparency at ICANN: Developing Avenues Forward #

The goal of this session is to inform the community about ICANN's ongoing efforts to improve transparency and open data, while soliciting their feedback about current approaches and how they would like to see the system evolve. As ICANN moves to revamp its website and upgrade its open data offerings, it is important to consider the perspectives of both commercial and non-commercial stakeholders in determining a strategy for prioritization of its information delivery resources. ICANN's stakeholder groups have widely divergent interests and needs, and it is important to establish a robust dialogue around expectations, interests and capabilities to inform ICANN's avenue forward. The session will feature brief presentations by open data experts from ICANN's community, and an introduction to ICANN's Open Data Initiative and Information Transparency Initiative by staff, before pushing into an open dialogue, where the audience will be invited to comment on ICANN's initiatives, on the areas of the website they would like to see improved, or on areas of transparency that they would like to see prioritized going forward. - Session Leader: Michael Karanicolas Staff Facilitator: David Conrad and Duncan Burns #### Media Archive