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The following session may be of interest. Alan<br><br>
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AT-LARGE MULTISTAKEHOLDER POLICY ROUNDTABLE<br>
ICANN 47 [Durban, South Africa]<br><br>
Date: 15 July 2013 (Monday)<br>
Time: 14:00-16:00<br>
Meeting Room: Hall 2AB<br><br>
<a href="http://durban47.icann.org/node/39645" eudora="autourl">
http://durban47.icann.org/node/39645<br><br>
</a><b>New gTLDs: Addressing Consumer and Public Interest
Concerns<br><br>
</b>ICANN’s new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program will dramatically
expand the Top Level Domain Space. The program carries benefits for
end users and registrants in terms of increasing choice and competition,
but it also raises a range of consumer and public interest
concerns. These concerns include consumer safety and trust,
multilingual access to gTLDs via internationalized scripts, rights issues
related to the protection of trademarks, non-registered marks and
geographic names, as well as barriers to program participation for
stakeholders in the developing world. The At-Large Multistakeholder
Policy Roundtable will highlight these issues and explore the adequacy of
policies and mechanisms meant to address them.<br><br>
Discussion Questions:<br><br>
1. What are the consumer and public interest concerns in relation to the
new gTLD program?<br><br>
2. Are the policies and mechanisms that have been developed to address
these concerns adequate?<br><br>
3. What more needs to be done to address these concerns
effectively?<br><br>
Co-Chair:<br>
- Olivier Crepin-Leblond (Chair, At-Large Advisory Committee)<br>
- Rinalia Abdul Rahim (Executive Committee Member, At-Large Advisory
Committee & Convenor, At-Large Multistakeholder Policy
Roundtable)<br><br>
Lead Discussants<br><br>
Consumer Perspective Holly Raiche (Chair, At-Large Registrant Rights
and Responsibilities Working Group & Board Member, Australian
Communications Consumers Action Network)<br><br>
Public Interest and Government Perspective Peter Nettlefold (Vice
Chair, ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee & GAC Lead on New
gTLDs)<br><br>
Business Users Perspective Zahid Jamil (Executive Committee Member,
ICANN Business Constituency & Member, GNSO Council)<br><br>
Consumer Trust, Choice and Competition Perspective Steve DelBianco
(Executive Director, NetChoice & Vice-Chair for Policy Coordination,
ICANN Business Constituency)<br><br>
Intellectual Property Rights & IDN Perspective Hong Xue (Director,
Institute for Internet Policy and Law, Beijing Normal University &
Member, ccNSO Council)<br><br>
Community - Indigenous Groups’ Perspective - Karaitiana Taiuru (Chair,
New Zealand Maori Internet Society)<br><br>
Community - Geographic Names Perspective Olga Cavalli (Representative
of Argentina to the Governmental Advisory Committee & Director, South
School on Internet Governance)<br><br>
Developing Country Perspective Tijani Ben Jemaa (Executive Committee
Member, At-Large Advisory Committee & Vice-Chair, African Regional
At-Large Organization)<br><br>
ICANN Compliance Perspective - Maguy Serad (Vice-President, Contractual
Compliance Services, ICANN)<br><br>
Participation: This roundtable is open. Members of the
following ICANN community are especially invited to attend - ICANN
At-Large community, ICANN Advisory Committees, ICANN Supporting
Organizations, ICANN Board and ICANN Staff.<br>
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