[lac-discuss-en] Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION

[Fatima Cambronero <fatimacambronero@xxxxxxxxx>]

FYI,


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From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2013/12/4
Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR
INVITATION
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Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>




ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION

In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) to
receive the call details.


You are invited to participate in a webinar about the recently released
Whois Misuse Study, conducted for ICANN by Carnegie Mellon University’s
Cylab. This study has now been published for public comment, and community
feedback is being invited in order to assist ICANN with evaluating
potential changes to Whois policy.
The study was commissioned by the GNSO to obtain objective and quantifiable
information about the extent, nature, and impact of WHOIS public data
misuse – that is, harmful actions taken using contact information obtained
from WHOIS – through (1) analyzing reported misuse incidents and (2)
conducting experiments to measure misuse and the effectiveness of
anti-harvesting measures. CMU was engaged to perform the study using two
complementary approaches: (1) a descriptive study to document and analyze
WHOIS misuse incidents that have already occurred and (2) an experimental
study to stimulate and record misuse to in order to measure more reliably
the impact of making WHOIS data public and WHOIS query filters applied to
deter data harvesting.
CMU’s chief researchers on the study, Dr. Nicolas Christin and Mr.
Nektarios Leontiadis, and ICANN staff will provide a briefing on Tuesday 17
December at 12.00 UTC and
19.00 UTC, summarizing their findings and conclusions based on the studies
they performed and data they analyzed. Amongst other topics, Dr. Clayton
will discuss:

·         CMU’s methodology for the study and the hypothesis tested;
·         The different project activities that were undertaken for the
study;
·         CMU’s analysis of the data reported and sampled for the study; and
·         CMU’s conclusions based on the results of its analysis.

The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time
zones. Each session, scheduled to run for sixty (60) minutes, will be
conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a
slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each
session. During the course of the webinar, questions may also be submitted
using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to
participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session
will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is
always available to answer any questions that you email to
policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx>.

In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) to
receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join
on Tuesday 17 December - at 12.00 UTC or at 19.00 UTC (to convert those
times into your local time, see:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html). We will send you an
e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO
NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff member’s e-mail address.

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