Name: From Stability to Survivability: ICANN's Role in the Future Of Internet Resilience
Start: 2026-03-09T10:45:00+0530
End: 2026-03-09T12:00:00+0530

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From Stability to Survivability: ICANN's Role in the Future Of Internet Resilience

Monday March 9, 2026 10:45am - 12:00pm IST

Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom)

10:45 IST (UTC+5.5), 9 March 2026
05:15 UTC, 9 March 2026
Jasmine Hall 2 (Primary Ballroom)
ID# 17654

Session Details
Is the Internet built to survive a global system failure? While the Domain Name System (DNS) remains stable, the environment it relies on – power grids, cloud providers, and global supply chains – is increasingly fragile.
This plenary session aims to shift the conversation from "technical stability" to "strategic survivability," exploring how the ICANN community must navigate systemic shocks that cross traditional silos. Moving beyond technical protocols, this plenary session will examine the hidden dependencies of the DNS and the emerging threats identified in SAC132 and the Marconi Society’s Internet Resilience Institute Report.
Join a cross-sector panel to debate ICANN's unique role in strengthening the ecosystem against catastrophic outages and to help define who bears the responsibility for global resilience in an age of cascading risk.
Moderators: Fiona Alexander (Salt Point Strategies) and Ram Mohan (SSAC).
Featuring: Danny McPherson (Verisign, Inc.), Shri M. A. K. P. Singh (CyberPeace), Bruce Tonkin (auDA), Paul Vixie (AWS), and Dan York (ISOC).

Session Leader: Carlos Reyes
Staff Facilitator: Kathy Schnitt

Session Recordings
Zoom Archive
English audio archive
Archivo de audio en español
Archive audio en français
中文音频存档
Архив аудиозаписей на русском языке
أرشيف التسجيلات الصوتية باللغة العربية
Hindi audio archive

Facilitators

Carlos Reyes

Senior Director, Technical Policy and Advice, ICANN

Carlos Reyes is Senior Director, Technical Policy and Advice. Reyes leads a global team in support of technical stakeholders. Reyes is based in Washington, D.C.