[ga] FW: ANNOUNCE: ICANN Pressing Issues II - Upcoming One-Day Mini-Conference

["Ben Edelman" <edelman@law.harvard.edu>]

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From: Ben Edelman [mailto:edelman@law.harvard.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:09 AM
To: Participants in Berkman Center ICANN-Related Events
Subject: ANNOUNCE: ICANN Pressing Issues II - Upcoming One-Day
Mini-Conference


Greetings!

The Berkman Center for Internet and Society invites 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 Marriott Hotel in Marina del Rey, California.  The sessions will be open
to the public and webcast live with remote participation.

Planning for this event is ongoing, and the panel descriptions included
below are tentative and subject to change and refinement.  For up-to-date
information about cosponsors and additional panelists, please visit the
conference web site at
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/pressingissues2000>.

If you intend to participate, in person or via webcast, please preregister
via <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/pressingissues2000> to help us gauge
capacity requirements.



Preliminary Event Schedule:

1pm -- UDRP Review

Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain will lead a panel discussion
focused on review of the first year of operation of the UDRP.  Panelists
will include Syracuse University professor Milton Mueller, ICANN general
counsel Louis Touton, Mike Palage of InfoNetworks, and UMASS Law School
professor Ethan Katsh.

3pm -- 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 senior
policy advisor Andrew McLaughlin, and others.  All newly-elected ICANN Board
members have been invited to participate.

5pm -- Break

5:30pm -- New Top-Level Domains

Following a short afternoon break, we will discuss the new TLD applications
and analyze the application process and criteria.  Panelists will include
representatives of organizations submitting applications as well as outside
analysts.  Confirmed panelists include Chris Ambler of Image Online Design
and Richard Forman of Register.com.






The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu>

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is a
research program exploring the legal, social, and political issues resulting
from the development of the Internet and its impact on society.


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