The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, The Center for Democracy and Technology, and The Markle Foundation present:

Pressing Issues II:
Understanding and Critiquing ICANN's Policy Agenda

November 12, 1PM - 6:30PM (9PM - 2:30AM UTC)
Marina Beach Marriott, Marina del Rey, California

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Democracy and Technology invite you to "Pressing Issues II: Understanding and Critiquing ICANN's Policy Agenda," a series of moderated panel discussions on issues facing ICANN at its annual meeting in LA. The event will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, November 12th at the Marina Beach Marriott in Marina del Rey, California. The sessions will be open to the public and webcast live with remote participation.

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Democracy and Technology thank the Markle Foundation for sponsoring this event.

Note that these events are not sponsored by, nor affiliated with, ICANN.

If you plan to attend, in person or via webcast, please register.

Preceding this event, from 8:30AM - 12:30PM also at the Marina Beach Marriott, the Internet Democracy Project is hosting an ICANN Members' Forum. Attendees of Pressing Issues II are invited to attend. There will be time for a quick lunch between the two events.

1:00 PM

Intellectual Property and Privacy in ICANN Policy: UDRP Review and Whois

Alan Davidson of the Center for Democracy and Technology will lead a panel discussion on the intersection of intellectual property and privacy concerns in the ICANN policy-making process. Discussion will focus in particular on review of the first year of operation of the UDRP and on ICANN's policy on Whois data and Whois service provision. Panelists will include Syracuse University professor Milton Mueller, ICANN general counsel Louis Touton, Mike Palage of InfoNetworks, UMASS Amherst professor Ethan Katsh, J. Scott Evans of the International Trademark Association, Professor Michael Froomkin of University of Miami School of Law, and Francis Gurry, Assistant Director General and Legal Counsel, World Intellectual Property Organization .

2:30 PM

At-Large Membership and Elections

Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson moderate a discussion on the role of the ICANN membership, the role of national identity in the ICANN policymaking process, and the import of the process and outcome of these first At-Large elections. Panelists will include ICANN board member-elect Nii Quaynor, ICANN board at-large candidate Barbara Simons, ICANN Chief Policy Officer Andrew McLaughlin, Asia & Pacific Internet Secretary General Izumi Aizu, Don Simons, General Counsel of Common Cause, Hans Klein of the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy and the Internet Democracy Forum, and Jeannette Hoffman, European At Large candidate, and ICANN board member-elect Ivan Moura Campos.

4:00 PM

Break

4:30 PM

New TLDs

Following a short afternoon break, Professor Jonathan Zittrain will moderate a discussion of the new TLD applications and analyze the application process and criteria. Panelists will include representatives of organizations submitting applications as well as outside analysts. Panelists include Chris Ambler, CTO of Image Online Design and Richard Forman, CEO of Register.com, Cary Karp, President of the Museum Domain Management Association, Steve Metalitz, Vice President, International Intellectual Property Alliance, Dave Crocker of Brandenburg Consulting, and Louis Touton, General Counsel of ICANN.

~6:00 PM

New TLD Applicant Expo

Immediately after the new TLD panel, representatives of each TLD applicants be available to discuss their respective TLD applications with interested members of the public. We encourage attendees to learn more about their applications and to discuss the merits of the applications with the applicants themselves as well as with other attendees.