[bc-gnso] RE: ICANN Week in DC

[john at crediblecontext.com]

Phil,
 
Is there webcasting for any of these?
 
Berard
 
--------- Original Message --------- Subject: [bc-gnso] RE: ICANN Week in DC
From: "Phil Corwin" <psc at vlaw-dc.com>
Date: 3/30/14 7:15 pm
To: "bc-gnso at icann.org" <bc-gnso at icann.org>

   My jet lagged self switched the hearings dates and times &hellip; correct data now at http://www.internetcommerce.org/ICANN_Week_DC 
  
  
  Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
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   From: Phil Corwin 
 Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 9:47 PM
 To: bc-gnso at icann.org
 Subject: FW: ICANN Week in DC
 Importance: High
 


 Great to see all of you who were in Singapore/hope you all made it home safe and sound.
  
 FYI---
  
 
 http://www.internetcommerce.org/ICANN_Week_DC
 
 DC Trains Laser Focus on ICANN. IANA, and NTIA - ICA Counsel to Speak On U.S Role in Internet Governance
  
 The calm is over, and the storm may be about to begin. Congress is back from recess and not one but two Congressional Committees are about to hone in on the implications of the NTIA's March 14th announcement of its intention to surrender its IANA functions contract counterparty status with ICANN by September 2015. 
 Meantime, an exhausting ICANN meeting has just concluded in Singapore, at which much more was learned about the import of that decision and the complexities of implementing it (more on that in a separate post-jetlag post). Everything ICANN-related, including the Internet governance status of business in general and domainers in particular, is up for grabs and at risk for at least the next eighteen months.
 This is ICANN week in Washington. Besides those two Hill hearings, two major think tanks are also holding ICANN-related programs. 
 Here's the lineup:
 First, on Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet of the House Judiciary Committee will explore the question of “Should the Department of Commerce Relinquish Direct Oversight Over ICANN?” at 10 am Eastern Time. While the witness list is not yet available, the Subcommittee is likely to focus on whether NTIA has the legal power to make this decision absent Congressional authorization -- and the potential fallout for Internet free speech and trademark and copyright protection.
 The following day, the Communications and Telecommunications Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will consider  “Ensuring the Security, Stability, Resilience, and Freedom of the Global Internet” . This is the Subcommittee with direct NTIA oversight, and the hearing may be contentious. The star-studded witness list consists of:
 The Honorable Larry Strickling
 Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Administration
 National Telecommunications and Information Administration
 U.S. Department of Commerce
  
 The Honorable David A. Gross
 Partner
 Wiley Rein, LLP
  
 Mr. Fadi Chehad&eacute;
 President and CEO
 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
  
 Mr. Steve DelBianco
 Executive Director
 NetChoice
  
 Ms. Carolina Rossini
 Project Director, Latin American Resource Center
 Internet Governance and Human Rights Program
 New American Foundation 
 Also on Thursday, the influential Information Technology and Innovation Foundation will hold a program on “Bully or Bodyguard? Assessing the Proper Role of the United States in Internet Governance”. ICA's Counsel will be one of the presenters. The complete speaker's list is:
 Robert D. Atkinson 
 President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation 
 Moderator 
  
 Phil Corwin 
 Founding Principal, Virtualaw LLC (and ICA Counsel)
  
 Steve DelBianco 
 Executive Director,  NetChoice 
  
 Eli Dourado 
 Research Fellow, Mercatus Center 
  
 Finally, on Friday, the respected Hudson Institute will host “A Discussion with the Hon. Lawrence Strickling about the future of ICANN”. Coming just after his Hill appearance, this should be a most interesting session.
 Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all these events will be webcast live so that you can be an eyewitness to history.
 
 
 
 
 Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
 Virtualaw LLC
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