Title: October 10, 2005
Author: Kleiman

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 29^th,  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@aol.com.  			

Open to All

Coffee hosted by the Internet Governance Project