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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial">This is to confirm that the High-Interest Topic session on
<b><i>Exploring the Public Interest Within ICANN’s Remit</i></b> will take place tomorrow, Sunday, 6 November 2016 from 15:15 – 16:45 in Hall 3 (Main). </font></div>
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<div><b><font face="Arial">15:15 – 15:20<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></font></b></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><i>Setting the Scene</i>, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, EURALO Chair</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><b>15:20 – 15:40</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><i>Historical & Political Nuances of the Concept of the Global Public Interest: Examples from Europe & India</i>, Wolf Ludwig, EURALO & Rajesh Chharia, ISPAI</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><b>15:40 – 16:10</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><i>Reaching a Shared Understanding: The Concept of the Public Interest at ICANN and its Application</i>, Jonathan Robinson, GNSO & Becky Burr, GNSO</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><b>16:10 – 16:20</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><i>Explore How Public Interest Could be Operationalized as the Basis for Decision-making at ICANN</i>, Thomas Schneider, GAC </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><b>16:20 –16:40</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><b>16:40 – 16:45</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><i>Next Steps</i>, Olivier Crepin-Leblond</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">We welcome everyone’s participation and look forward to a constructive discussion. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">For more information, please see: <a href="https://icann572016.sched.org/event/8cyd/exploring-the-public-interest-within-icanns-remit">https://icann572016.sched.org/event/8cyd/exploring-the-public-interest-within-icanns-remit</a> </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Best, </font></div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Ergys Ramaj <<a href="mailto:ergys.ramaj@icann.org">ergys.ramaj@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 11:25 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:publicinterest@icann.org">publicinterest@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:publicinterest@icann.org">publicinterest@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Public Interest Confirmed as High-Interest Topic Session for ICANN57<br>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue" style="font-size: 13px;">This is to inform you that Public Interest is now confirmed as one of the High-Interest Topic sessions for ICANN57. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue" style="font-size: 13px;">Attached is the draft block schedule, which is subject to change as sessions are likely to be shuffled further in order to avoid conflicts. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue" style="font-size: 13px;">The public interest session will be 90 minutes long, and is
<b><i>tentatively</i></b> scheduled to take place on Sunday, 6 November, from 15:15 - 16:45.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue" style="font-size: 13px;">Additional information on the session can be found below, with more to come in the coming days and weeks. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue" style="font-size: 13px;">Best, </font></div>
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Public Interest Group: At-Large Advisory Committee</span></h2>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Session Leader(s):</strong> Sally Costerton <br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Background/ Importance:</strong> Understanding
the concept of the public interest within ICANN’s remit been a topic of discussion for many years. In 2013-2014, the Strategy Panel on Public Responsibility Framework explored this topic and, in consultations with the community, proposed the following definition
for the global public interest in relation to the Internet: "ensuring that the Internet becomes, and continues to be, stable, inclusive, and accessible across the globe so that all may enjoy the benefits of a single and open Internet. In addressing its public
responsibility, ICANN must build trust in the Internet and its governance ecosystem." While this definition has been well received, there is a desire to revisit. A high interest session took place at ICANN55, which helped build on previous discussions, but
did not lead to concrete recommendations for next steps. Following ICANN55, the At-Large Advisory Committee created a Working Group to further explore the concept of the public interest. As the organization readies for significant changes in its governance
structure in light of the impending IANA functions stewardship transition, it is important to carry the conversation forward. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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1. Further understand the historical and political nuances of the ‘global public interest’ in various contexts and regions</p>
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2. Reach a shared understanding of what the concept of public interest means in the context of ICANN</p>
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3. Explore how public interest could be operationalized as the basis for decision-making at ICANN</p>
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4. Determine next steps <br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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Strategy Panel on Public Responsibility Framework report: <a href="http://bit.ly/1zEdR1D" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(4, 123, 193); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(223, 83, 83); font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">http://bit.ly/1zEdR1D</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">
ICANN55 high interest session materials: <a href="http://bit.ly/2b3ym1R" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(4, 123, 193); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(223, 83, 83); font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">http://bit.ly/2b3ym1R</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">
Wikispace: <a href="http://bit.ly/icannPI" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(4, 123, 193); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(223, 83, 83); font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">http://bit.ly/icannPI</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">
Mailing list: <a href="mailto:publicinterest@icann.org">publicinterest@icann.org</a> </li></ul>
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