Name: At-Large Plenary 1: RIRs at a Crossroads: Governance Gaps, Regional Challenges, and ICANN’s Role
Start: 2025-10-28T10:30:00+0000
End: 2025-10-28T12:00:00+0000

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At-Large Plenary 1: RIRs at a Crossroads: Governance Gaps, Regional Challenges, and ICANN’s Role

Tuesday October 28, 2025 10:30 - 12:00 GMT

Forum 2 - Ground Floor (At-Large)

10:30 UTC, 28 October 2025
10:30 UTC, 28 October 2025
Forum 2 - Ground Floor (At-Large)
ID# 17417

Session Details
The AFRINIC crisis has exposed structural weaknesses in the accountability and trust frameworks of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Governance failures in this system have not only disrupted access and undermined confidence for end users in affected regions but also opened the door for heightened geopolitical scrutiny. States, already skeptical of nongovernmental stewardship of critical Internet resources, have seized on these failures to question the legitimacy of the current model. This session will unpack these dynamics through the lens of both principle and power: What does it mean for the multistakeholder model? How should ICANN and the RIRs address these gaps in order to preserve resilience, equity, and legitimacy across regions? Can existing instruments such as Internet Coordination Policy 2 (ICP-2) still provide a foundation for global trust, or must it be fundamentally rethought to meet today’s political and economic realities? Agenda: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/bYAEF

Session Leader: Heidi Ullrich
Staff Facilitator: Gisella Gruber

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Facilitators

Gisella Gruber

Manager, Operations Support, ALAC-At-Large , ICANN Org

Gisella Gruber joined ICANN in January 2009 as part of the Policy Team Secretariat to support the GNSO and At-Large community. Her role has expanded significantly with the growth of the At-Large community and the Policy Department. Gisella is responsible for management support to... Read More →