<font>Dear At-Large IDN Working Group<font>, Root LGR Project Team and VIP Team,<br><br>APRALO is organizing a Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable in Beijing that focuses on 2 topics. One of them is on community readiness for IDN Variant TLDs (see program attached and pasted below - Policy Roundtable II). You are all invited to attend and I do hope to see you there or at least on adobe connect participating remotely. <br>
<br>Best regards,<br><br>Rinalia Abdul Rahim<br>Co-Chair, APRALO Beijing Organizing Committee<br>Vice Chair, At-Large IDN Working Group <br></font><font><font><font><font>Executive Committee, ALAC<br><br>----<br><br></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">APRALO Multistakeholder Policy
Roundtable </span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">@ ICANN 46 [Beijing, PRC]</span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Date: 8
April 2013 (Monday)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Time:
17:00-19:00 </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Meeting
Room: Function Room 6</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">ICANN’s new generic
Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program will bring a dramatic expansion of the Top
Level Domain Space where 1930 new gTLD applications have been received.<span> </span>303 (15.7%) of the new gTLD applications are
from the Asia Pacific region and 100 (86%) of the new gTLD applications for
Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) are for the languages of the Asia Pacific
region.<span> </span>The APRALO Multistakeholder
Policy Roundtable in Beijing will feature discussions on two thematic areas related
to the new gTLDs with an emphasis on issues of concern to the end user and the
public interest.</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">[17:00-18:00]
Policy Roundtable I - End User Protection with New gTLDs</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">[18:00-19:00]
Policy Roundtable II - Community Readiness for IDN Variant TLDs</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Policy Roundtable I </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial">[17:00-18:00]</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></u></b></font></p>
<font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Theme: New
gTLDs and Implications for the Asian-Australasian-Pacific Region</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Topic: End
User Protection with New gTLDs</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Discussion
Questions:</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>1.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">How can end users be best protected
in the event that new gTLDs fail or are unsustainable?</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>2.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">What are the issues associated with
turning applicant commitments into contractual obligations?</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>3.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">What are the issues related to the
enforceability of contractual obligations and what recommendations should be
made regarding the scaling up of ICANN compliance?</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Co-Chair:
Rinalia Abdul Rahim (ALAC Executive Committee Member, Asia Pacific Region)
& Holly Raiche (Chair, APRALO)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Lead
Discussants:<span></span></span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">1. End User – Jeremy Malcolm (Senior
Policy Officer, </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Consumers
International) </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">2. Government – Peter Nettlefold (Vice
Chair, ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee & GAC Lead on New gTLDs) </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">3. Business – Zahid Jamil (Executive
Committee Member, ICANN Business Constituency & Member, GNSO Council) </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">4. ICANN Compliance - Maguy Serad
(Vice President, ICANN Contractual Compliance Services)</span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Participation:<span> </span>This roundtable is open.<span> </span>Members of the following ICANN community are
especially invited to attend - ICANN At-Large community, ICANN Advisory
Committees, ICANN Supporting Organizations, ICANN Board, ICANN Legal & Law
Enforcement.</span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><u><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Policy
Roundtable II </span></u></b></span><span><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial">[18:00-19:00]</span></u></b></span><span><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></u></b></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Theme: Internationalized Domain
Names (IDNs) </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">and
Implications for the </span><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Asian-Australasian-Pacific
region.</span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Topic: </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Community Readiness for IDN Variant
Top Level Domains (TLDs)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Discussion
Questions:</span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>1.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Will the introduction of IDN Variant
TLDs de-stabilize the Internet and undermine its security?</span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>2.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">What is the level of readiness among
language communities already active in ICANN in forming “Generation Panels” to
propose script character repertoires and variant rules for the Root Zone that
will enable variant IDN TLDs?<span> </span>What are
the key issues in moving forward?</span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>3.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">How can the readiness of language
communities not yet active in ICANN be supported?</span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Co-Chair: Rinalia
Abdul Rahim (ALAC Executive Committee Member, Asia Pacific Region) & Holly
Raiche (Chair, APRALO)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Moderator:
Edmon Chung (Chair, At-Large IDN Working Group & At-Large IDN Policy
Liaison) </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Discussants:</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Arabic
Script - </span><i><span style="font-family:Arial">Sarmad</span></i><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> Hussain (Al-Khawarizmi
Institute of Computer Science, Pakistan) </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Chinese
Script – Wang Wei (China Domain Name Consortium)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Indic
Script - Ram Mohan (Afilias)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Japanese
Script – Hiro Hotta / Yoshiro Yonaya (Japan Registry Services)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><i><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-style:normal"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family:Arial">Khmer Script - Norbert Klein (Internet Society Cambodia) </span></i><i><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"></span></i></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><i><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-style:normal"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family:Arial">Korean Script - </span><i><span style="font-family:Arial">Young</span></i><span><span style="font-family:Arial">-</span></span><i><span style="font-family:Arial">eum Lee (Korea National Open
University)</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"></span></i></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><i><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-style:normal"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family:Arial">Sinhala Script - </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial">Harsha
Wijayawardhana (Internet Society Sri Lanka) </span><i><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:normal"></span></i></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:Arial">ICANN Security and Stability
Advisory Committee - </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial">Jim Galvin (Deputy Chair,
SSAC) </span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Participation:<span> </span>This roundtable is open.<span> </span>Members of the following ICANN community are
especially invited to attend - ICANN At-Large community, ICANN Variant
Implementation Program Team, ICANN IDNA Root Label Generation Project Team
Members, ICANN Advisory Committees, ICANN Supporting Organizations, ICANN Board.</span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font>