[registrars] An Important Invitation and Update

[Tim Ruiz]

All,

Kathy Kleiman (NCUC) asked that I post this updated agenda of the the
privacy conference "Building Bridges on ICANN's Whois Questions."
Registrars are welcome to bring questions and concerns to the
conference.

The conference is on Tuesday at 2:30PM and I encourage you all to
attend. This will NOT be the somewhat formal format you might typically
see a GAC Whois meeting or workshop.  The format of the conference will
include a lot of opportunity for audience participation, both Q&A with
the speakers/presenters and comments/statements from any who wish.

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Tim
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Privacy Conference:  Building Bridges on ICANN's Whois Questions
Sponsors:  Noncommercial Users Constituency, The Public Interest
Registry, The Registry Constituency and Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP

Vancouver ICANN Meeting, The Westin Bayshore Hotel
Tuesday, November 29th,  2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Stanley Park Ballroom 3

Agenda

Keynote Speaker:  Commissioner Heather H. Black, Assistant Privacy
Commissioner of Canada

Session I:  Coming into Compliance:  ccTLDs Change Their Whois Databases
This session profiles ccTLDs on three continents who have changed their
Whois procedures (or are in the midst of changing them) based on
national data protection laws.  What are the changes?  How are they
working?  How do they allow personal data to be made available to those
who need it?  (This session will feature considerable time for questions
and discussion with the audience.)
Speakers:
Kim von Arx, General Counsel and Director of Policy Development,
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
Lesley Cowley, Chief Executive, Nominet UK
Yumi Ohashi, Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS) (invited)

Session II:  Experts on Other Areas of Telecommunications and Internet
Privacy
The Whois debate takes place within the larger context of
telecommunications and Internet privacy, but in the ICANN community we
rarely refer to outside models.  How do telephone companies, ISPs and
others handle requests for personal data, including chatroom and email
identities?  What do these models offer in our work on the Whois
questions?
       Speakers:
       Drew McArthur, Drew McArthur, Vice President Corporate Affairs
and Privacy  Officer, TELUS Communications Inc.
       Christopher Savage, Esq., Head of Telecom and Internet Practice,
Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP 

Session III:  Ideas for the Future of the gTLD Whois Databases:  Some
Proposals for Reform
    Registries, Registrar and Noncommercial Users Constituency recently
put forward different plans to change the gTLD Whois Database to
provide protection for domain name registrant data.  For the first time
in a public forum, they will present and discuss their proposals. The US
Federal Trade Commission's International Division of Consumer Protection
will present concerns with change.  (This session also will feature
considerable time for questions and discussion with the audience.)
       Speakers:
       David W. Maher, Esq., Sr. VP-Law & Policy, Public Interest
Registry (Registry  Constituency)
       Marcus B. Heyder, Legal Advisor for International Consumer
Protection, US  Federal Trade Commission
       Kathryn Kleiman, Esq., Internet Law & Policy Specialist, McLeod,
Watkinson & Miller (Noncommercial Users Constituency)
       Ross Rader, Director, Research & Innovation, Tucows Inc.
(Registrar Constituency)

Questions/RSVP:  If you have any questions regarding this event, please
contact Kathryn Kleiman of the Noncommercial Users Constituency at
KathrynKl at aol.com.  
Open to All!


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