Schedule
8:30 - 9:30 Utrillo (Main Room) What it is | President's Report
and Report from the Nominating Committee Chair Why it's important | This forum offers a full review from the President of ICANN on the range of issues that will be discussed throughout the week at the Public Meeting as well as a report from the NomCom Chair. Who should attend? | All ICANN meeting participants are encouraged to attend this event to learn more about issues being discussed at this meeting. |
9:00 - 15:00 Chagall What it is | Technical Workshop, with presentations, discussions and hands-on demonstrations in an interactive format.
Why it's important | Present day operational issues and challenges will be discussed and practical solutions in place at ccTLD Registries will be demonstrated. Who should attend? | Technical staff and management from ccTLD registries, in particular small and emerging ones, but also developers and gNSO Registries. |
9:30 - 10:00 Utrillo (Main Room) What it is | Welcome to Paris, and formal opening of the 32nd International Public Meeting.
Why it's important | It is the formal opening of the meeting and features local Dignatories. Who should attend? | All ICANN meeting participants are encouraged to attend this event to learn more about meeting activities and the ICANN community. |
10:00 - 10:10 Picasso What it is | A welcome by the Chairman of ICANN, Peter Dengate Thrush to attendees from the Business community.
Why it's important | This is the first business stream that ICANN has run. Who should attend? | All those interested in business issues and their intersection with ICANN. |
10:00 - 11:30 Rodin What it is | This workshop will give participants an overview of the issues related to IPv4-IPv6 migration as they affect Internet end users.
Why it's important | The migration from IPv4 to IPv6 has many aspects that can affect Internet end-users. This session is an opportunity to understand them better, and to help inform participation in fora where decisions affecting IPv6 deployment are made. A complete agenda will be posted shortly. Who should attend? | All those interested in the impact of and issues related to IPv6 and the Internet end-user community. The public is welcome. |
10:00 - 11:00 Utrillo (Main Room) What it is | The Operating Plan is a very important document that sets out ICANN’s objectives for each financial year. The budget sets out ICANN’s financial goals for the year based on the operating plan objectives.
For more information on the planning and budgeting process, see http://icann.org/planning/ Why it's Important | ICANN is seeking input from the community on this year's draft Operating Plan and budget through a consultation session in English and French. Who Should Attend | The Operating Plan and budget affect all members of the community and ICANN encourages all to participate. |
10:10 - 12:30 Picasso What it is | An information session of business on IDNs and new gTLDs to be run by Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, Services, Doug Brent, Chief Operating Officer, and TIna Dam, IDN Program Director. Why it's important | These two issues will be crucial for business. They require planning and careful thought in assessing their impact. Who should attend? | Business people who are interested in two major issues that will have an impact on business models reliant in the Internet. |
11:00 - 12:30 Utrillo (Main Room) What it is | ICANN has undertaken a policy process which is designed to introduce a number of new Generic Top-Level Domains. This Workshop will focus discussion on how this may impact registrants and what should be considered to protect registrants as this evolution in the marketplace occurs.
Why it's important | The evolving domain name industry has introduced many new players and new business models on both the registrar and registry level. With this anticipated expansion in the number of gTLDs the rate of change and the significance of their impacts will increase. ICANN (including its supporting organisations, constituency groups and community) has a strong interest in protecting registrants and clearly describing the domain namespace for registrants. This participatory workshop will provide background and will solicit public discussion to identify actions that might be taken as part of the new gTLD introduction. Who should attend? | Registrants, gTLD registrars and registries, parties who may apply for new gTLDs, and users of the Internet at-large. |
12:30 - 13:30 Giacometti What it is | IP address utilisation is affected by policy decisions. As we near the depletion of previously unallocated IPv4 addresses, it becomes more urgent to understand how policies implemented at the local, national, regional, and global levels will encourage or discourage the deployment of IPv6.
This workshop will be led by Doug Brent, Chief Operating Officer and is intended to provide some background for how the Internet has arrived at this point, and to give some sense of how different participants in IP addressing policy can affect the Internet's future direction.
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13:00 - 14:00 Rodin What it is | This is the meeting of the At-Large Advisory Committee and the ccNSO Council. Why it's important | This meeting provides the ALAC and the ccNSO Council with an important opportunity to review subjects of mutual interest such as IDNs and Geographic Regions. Please visit https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?23_june_2008_ccnso for further information. Who should attend? | At-Large Advisory Committee, ccNSO Council. At the request of the ccNSO, this is a private meeting. |
13:30 - 15:00 Hemingway What it is | This session is the public presentation of the work of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC).
Why it's important | Anyone with an interest in the security and stability issues of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems. Who should attend? | The public is invited to interact with SSAC members with questions and comments regarding any issue related to SSAC. |
13:30 - 15:30 Utrillo (Main Room) What is it | Briefing and feedback on the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) mid-term review process and outcome as well as an update of the work of the President's Strategy Committee in considering feedback from the community about transition and the multi-stakeholder model. Why it's Important | Signed in 2006, the JPA is an agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN. ICANN believes that it is meeting it's responsibilities under the agreement and that the JPA should be concluded nine years after the President of the United States instruction that the Domain Name System be transitioned to the private sector model of stakeholder consultation that ICANN represents. This is an opportunity for the community to provide input to the President's Strategy Committee which is conducting a consultation on the ICANN model in the lead up to the conclusion of the JPA in September 2009. Who Should Attend | All those interested in a Domain Name System that is coordinated; not controlled. |
14:00 - 15:00 Jacob What it is | A briefing session for ccTLD managers and their staff new to ICANN meetings or who have not attended for some time. Why it's important | To properly participate in the various sessions being run by the ccNSO attendees may wish to be briefed on history and background. Who should attend? | ccTLD managers and their staff |
15:00 - 16:30 Hemingway What it is | The first workshop provides the opportunity to learn more about the Review of ALAC that has been completed by Westlake Consulting. In particular, it will provide the chance to ask questions of the reviewers in order to gain a better understanding of the reasoning behind the report’s recommendations. A copy of the report can be downloaded from the ICANN site [pdf]. And a summary is posted here [pdf]. Why it is important | The workshop will allow the community to meet the members of the Board Governance Committee Working Group who will be responsible for listening to the community feedback to the recommendations in the review and presenting an action plan to the Board. Who should attend? | The workshop is open to everyone and all those who have an interest in the future of ALAC should attend. Approach | The discussion will be structured to allow opportunities for those who are participating remotely to take part in the discussion. Please make (brief and succinct) comments or ask questions through this public participation site. In an attempt to cover as many comments and questions as possible, members of the audience on the day are also encouraged to submit written responses through the public participation site. It would be useful if those attending the workshop read at least the executive summary of the report beforehand. “Office Hours” events In addition to these workshops, there will be two "Office Hour" events. These are two 90 minute sessions where members of the community can talk to the working group members about the ALAC review and its recommendations. The times are:
Our intention is to provide a less formal setting in which people can engage in deeper and longer conversations than are possible at workshops or at the regular working group meetings. Summaries of the main points raised will be published on the ALAC public comment site. |
