[registrars] Draft agenda for workshop on IDN's in Cape Town - 1 Dec 2004

[Bruce Tonkin]

Hello All,

Below is a draft agenda for a workshop on IDN's in Cape Town with a focus on languages in the African continent.

If you have any suggestions for topics, agenda items etc - please contact Tina Dam at ICANN.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin
Registrars Rep on GNSO Council


Workshop: Internationalized Domain Name
Wednesday, 1 December 2004
Cape Town, South Africa

In General

The IDN Workshop II will be a follow-up on the previous workshop held on 21 July 2004 in  Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. This previous workshop contained a 4 hour tutorial that addressed the basic issues necessary for a better understanding of the IDN topic. 
Participants to the IDN Workshop II, in Cape Town, are recommended to review the material presented in this tutorial, as such comprehensive level of introduction to IDN issues will not be part of the IDN Workshop II.

§	Copies of the presentations provided in the initial workshop in Kuala Lumpur can 
be viewed here: http://www.icann.org/meetings/kualalumpur/idn-workshop-08jul04.htm

§	Video archives of the presentations can be viewed here: http://www.icann.org/meetings/kualalumpur/video.htm 


The IDN workshop II will be based on knowledge sharing, opinions and experiences, and will focus on


Agenda

Welcome to the IDN Workshop II
§	By: Paul Twomey, President and CEO, ICANN

General Introduction 

Presentations: IDN development within African Languages
§	Adama Samassekou (African Language Institute)

§	Lyndall Shope Mafole (DOC-South Africa)

§	Madame Beiji (Tunisa, testing implementation of IDN in ccTLD)

§	.tn (IDN testbed)

§	Francophonie (Unicode)

Plenary I: Application Provider Development

Plenary II:  IDN Policy Issues and Decision-making Processes
§	Moderator: Chair, Presidents IDN Advisory Committee