[governance] IGF Workshop Invitation: "The Future of ICANN: Afterthe

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Brenden and all,

  The future of ICANN and the JPA in some 14 months form now
will be pretty much the same as it is now.  And that will be a better
choice that any other that can be foreseen presently, and certainly
better that the ITU or some other hybrid UN organization, or even
ICANN taking over without supervision of the good old US of A,
DOC/NTIA, even though DOC/NTIA could do with some
improvement.

  Well that's our members "Workshop" pretty much....

Brenden Kuerbis 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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