[governance] IGF Workshop Invitation: "The Future of ICANN: After the JPA, What?"

[Derrick L. Cogburn]

Brendan, two quick things; 1) are you and everyone ok?; 2) if at all  
possible, can you help me with on the ground issues fir GigaNet remote  
participation? I have a team in place that can handle the actual  
sessions, but may need a bit of a hand with on the ground prep.

Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn
Syracuse University
http://cotelco.syr.edu

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On Nov 29, 2008, at 12:51 PM, "Brenden Kuerbis" <bnkuerbi at syr.edu>  
wrote:

> IGF Workshop 46:  "The Future of ICANN: After the JPA, What?"
>
> Date:  Thursday, December 4, 2008
> Time: 11:00-12:30 (local Hyderabad time, 5:30-7:00 UTC)
> Location: Room 4, Hyderabad International Convention Centre
> Online participation:  The IGF Secretariat indicates all workshops  
> will be audiocast, questions can be submitted via email and public  
> remote chat capability will be provided, see the host country  
> website <http://igf2008.in> for further information.  Check for  
> updates on this at IGP blog <http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2008/10/31/3950153.html 
> >
>
>
> Co-sponsored by the Internet Governance Project (IGP), the Civil  
> Society Internet Governance Caucus, Pharos Global and The Go Daddy  
> Group, Inc., this workshop brings together several experts and  
> practitioners in the field Internet governance to explore future  
> models for governance of critical internet resources.
>
> ICANN, which coordinates and sets policy for the global domain name  
> system (DNS) and IP addressing, is linked to the US Government  
> through a Joint Project Agreement (JPA) that expires in September  
> 2009. The JPA and its renewal process provides what, during WSIS,  
> became known as "political oversight" over ICANN. The US government  
> says that it is committed to "completing the transition" to private  
> sector coordination of the Domain Name System, which implies an  
> expiration of the JPA. During the recent mid-term review, ICANN made  
> it clear that it also strongly supports an end to the JPA. ICANN's  
> call was supported by some stakeholders, but others expressed  
> concerns about ensuring its accountability without some kind of  
> governmental oversight.
>
> This panel is designed to provide a careful and balanced exploration  
> of whether ICANN is ready to be free of US government oversight, and  
> if so what kind of external oversight - if any - should replace it.  
> Panelists will be encouraged to provide specific models for ICANN's  
> status and various oversight models and offer practical suggestions  
> on how to make changes in the current situation. Advocates of  
> retaining the status quo will also be represented.
>
> Moderated by IGP's Lee McKnight, panelists include:
>
>    * Michael Palage, Attorney, former ICANN Board member, and  
> consultant to several private sector domain name registries
>    * Jean-Jacques Subrenat, ICANN Board and member of President's  
> Strategy Committee
>    * Milton Mueller, Internet Governance Project
>    * Len St-Aubin, Director General, Telecommunications Policy,  
> Industry Canada
>    * Stefano Trumpy, Italian Government GAC representative and  
> participant in the EU High Level Internet Governance Group
>    * Tim Ruiz, VP, Corp. Development & Policy, The Go Daddy Group,  
> Inc.
>
>
> IGP wishes you safe travels and looks forward to seeing you in  
> Hyderabad!
>
>
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