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ICANN 51 Los Angeles Business Digest
ICANN 51
Los Angeles
Business Digest
Why a Business Digest?
This Digest is designed to serve as a non-exhaustive review of highlights of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Public Meeting relevant to a variety
of businesses stakeholders affected by ICANN’s work, presented in business friendly
language. Please provide feedback and comments to the ICANN business engagement team
In order to keep interested businesses informed about ICANN’s work, Internet governance
and the business world’s participation, this Business Digest is complemented by two online
spaces meant to inform and exchange ideas on an ongoing basis with interested business
leaders: the Twitter feed @ICANN4biz and the LinkedIn group ICANN for Business. Feel free
to join, participate, debate, engage, and provide feedback.
Executive Summary
The ICANN 51 public meeting took place in Los Angeles, California on 12-16 October 2014.
The meeting was notable for its size, with 2,857 online registrations and 2,282 on-site
participants.
The Los Angeles location also helped bolster private sector participation, with over 600
business people registered online – as many as attended the biggest ICANN meeting to date
in London earlier in 2014.
Increased attendance at ICANN meetings is due to an array of factors. One factor is content:
ongoing ICANN community work on the transition of the stewardship of the IANA functions -
the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority that ICANN coordinates – and on the enhancement
of ICANN Accountability, represent major developments in which stakeholders can
participate. In addition, the business engagement team worked closely with ICANN regional
engagement teams and regional representatives of the Commercial Stakeholder Group
(CSG) constituencies to conduct strategic outreach and preparation for the meeting. You can
listen to the pre-ICANN 51 webinar for business newcomers, designed to explain what
happens at an ICANN meeting and the role of business sector constituencies, here.
Key takeaways from the meeting:
As with the past few ICANN meetings, much of the discussion centered on the IANA
stewardship transition process and the enhancement of ICANN’s accountability.
The Global Domain Division hosted a number of sessions to hear feedback on the first
round of the New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program, as it is set to conclude
in 2017 according to the Program’s reviews and assessments draft work plan posted
on 22 September 2014.
The ICANN Contractual Compliance department continues to evolve and grow in
order to adapt to the global expansion of the domain name space and awareness of
ICANN as an organization.
The participation of private sector is increasingly diverse, in terms of number of
industries represented, geography, and modes of participation. An increased number
of business associations and Tech Day participants are two examples of this growth.
Acronyms
BRG – Brand Registry Group
CBUC – Commercial and Business Users Constituency
DNA – The Domain Name Association
ccTLD – Country code Top Level Domain name
CSG – Commercial Stakeholder Group
DNS – Domain Name System
DNSSEC – Domain Name System Security Extensions
GAC – Governmental Advisory Committee
GDD – Global Domain Division
GNSO- Generic Names Supporting Organization
gTLD – Generic Top-Level Domain name
IANA – Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IDN – Internationalized Domain Name
IPC – Intellectual Property Constituency
ISPCP – Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency
ITU – International Telecommunications Union
NGPC – New gTLD Program Committee
NTIA – National Telecommunications and Information Administration
RPMs – Rights Protection Mechanisms
RSSAC – Root Server System Advisory Committee
SSAC – Security and Stability Advisory Committee
TMCH – Trademark Clearinghouse
URS – Uniform Rapid Suspension
For more help with Acronyms in this report, please see the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Acronym Helper.
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Local Beginnings: Spotlight on Los Angeles Although Los Angeles is most commonly associated with the entertainment industry, the
local economy is exceptionally diversified, with established industry clusters ranging from
aerospace, fashion, and biomedical services to consumer products and tourism.
According to data from the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce
Development, LA County is the largest manufacturing center in the United States and has a
larger GDP than Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Norway and Taiwan. Los Angeles is also the largest
seaport in the Western Hemisphere and a leader in a wide variety of innovative and creative
industries.
According to a 2012 report produced by Startup Genome and Telefónica Digital, Los
Angeles is the 3rd Startup Ecosystem in the world, following Silicon Valley and Tel
Aviv.
July 2014 data from AngelList shows that Southern California is the 3rd largest Tech
Ecosystem in the United States after Silicon Valley and New York but also the fastest
growing with a 5.3% month-to-month growth.
Data released in this report by the LA Economic Development Council shows that
high-tech work contributes $108.3 billion dollars to the regional GDP.
According to a TechCrunch report, 2013 alone attracted $1.5 billion in venture capital
for LA’s technology startups — and 2014 is set to shatter that figure. Over the past
four years, financing for LA tech companies has grown at a 30% compounded annual
growth rate (CAGR), which is nearly four times greater than the U.S. average (at 7 %).
Welcome Ceremony and President’s Opening Session Roundup
The ICANN 51 opening ceremony featured an array of speakers reflecting ICANN’s diverse
community. Speakers reaffirmed ICANN’s mission and accountability during the IANA
stewardship transition.
ICANN Board Chair Steve Crocker opened the ceremony by noting several achievements
made since the previous meeting. These included the success of gTLD auctions as a last
resort, the completion of the ICANN Academy Leadership Training Program, the work of the
Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC), and the progress being made towards
development of WHOIS policy.
One of the main speakers was Penny
Pritzker, the first U.S. Secretary of
Commerce to participate in an ICANN
meeting. Pritzker praised the work of
Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling,
administrator of the U.S. National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) while conveying
the U.S. government’s support for
ICANN by proposing to relinquish the
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NTIA stewardship of IANA functions. Pritzker stressed the importance of the
multistakeholder model and an open Internet in light of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
in Korea right after ICANN 51.
The importance of innovation to global development was highlighted in two videos featuring
technological solutions to everyday problems:
ASAPNet, which provides improved
connectivity and multiple
communication tools to firefighters
and emergency response teams in
Southern California, and
thrdPlace, a platform that leverages
social technology to fuel community
initiatives by connecting individuals,
government, and businesses.
Jonathan Robinson, Chair of the GSNO, received this year’s ICANN Leadership Award for his
work in increasing collaboration between ICANN’s constituent bodies. The GNSO, which
creates policy related to gTLDs, announced that they would be conducting a review to
identify areas that need improvement and welcomed feedback from individuals.
ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé’s address reviewed the progress in four strategic
areas, citing examples:
1. Affirmation of Purpose: Following the recommendations of the community, ICANN
is creating greater WHOIS accessibility to increase transparency.
2. Operational Excellence: An independent audit reported that 98% of registrars and
registries are compliant with their contractual commitments.
3. Internationalization: ICANN looks to strengthen its global community through
increased services and resources in the new Istanbul and Singapore hubs.
4. Multistakeholder model: ICANN has seen growth in its supporting organizations,
advisory committees, and observer organizations.
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Contractual Compliance
The ICANN Contractual Compliance team includes 21 staff members spread over three hub offices (Los Angeles, Istanbul, Singapore) who offer 24-hour support in nine languages. Businesses concerned with copyright and other intellectual property issues are among those interested in the work of the compliance team.
During the Los Angeles meeting the team unveiled the Contractual Compliance Online Dashboard. This tool presents monthly data on the complaint volume, the process volume and the turnaround times for the registrars, registries and for ICANN Contractual Compliance staff.
Another announcement made at the beginning of ICANN 51 was the appointment of Allen Grogan as Chief Contract Compliance Officer. In this new position Grogan will begin building a broader compliance vision that will serve ICANN’s mission of providing public benefit, exploring ways that ICANN can work with others to help safeguard registrants and the global Internet community in ways that may go beyond pure contractual enforcement.
Learn More: Contractual Compliance operations:
Contractual Compliance on the ICANN website
Learn about the Compliance department, related programs, complaint submission
and performance measurement.
ICANN 51 Day 3: Contractual Compliance Improves Online Dashboard
Read the ICANN 51 update from the Compliance team.
Contractual Compliance Program Updates and Q&A Session Contractual Compliance department public session at ICANN 51: meeting recording, transcript, and presentation.
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Global Domain Division Operations
The work of the Global Domain Division (GDD) of ICANN is important to companies who have
applied for new gTLDs, and also to those companies considering applying for one in a future
round. Companies contemplating evolving their online presence by registering new names
under gTLDs available to them also follow their work closely.
With over 500 contracts signed and 430 new gTLDs delegated to the root of the Internet, it is
not surprising that ICANN 51 had a record 14 GDD-related sessions. For a brief description of
each of them read the blog post, “ICANN 51: Los Angeles – Global Domains Division (GDD)
Sessions” by Akram Atallah, President of GDD.
Here are more details about some of the sessions and their topics:
Name Collision
Past issues of the Business Digest have covered this topic. You can find a summary on the
subject here.
What happened since ICANN 50?
On 30 July 2014 the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) of the ICANN Board approved
the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework with a resolution directing its
implementation. The general requirements of implementation for registries are:
Act on name collision reports from ICANN within two hours of the report during the
first two years of the life of the TLD measured from the time of delegation of the
TLD.
Implement "controlled interruption" as the notification measure to alert parties that
they may be leaking queries intended for private namespaces to the public DNS.
The board also directed staff to consult with the community regarding appropriate Rights
Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) for names whose delegation is affected by this resolution. A
public comment period on the issue opened on 25 August 2014 and the final document was
published on 7 November 2014: Requirements for Implementing Rights Protection
Mechanisms in the Name Collision Mitigation Framework.
Learn More: Name Collision
Name Collision information and resources hub ICANN website page collecting all information and resources on name collision.
Guide to Name Collision Identification and Mitigation for IT Professionals This report provides extensive information on the causes and potential effects, and offers guidance on how and when to launch mitigation efforts.
Form to Report a Name Collision
If suffering name collision, report it to ICANN using this page.
Rights Protection Mechanisms: User Feedback Session
A year after the establishment of Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) for the roll out of the
New gTLD Program, the GDD team has started a review process of the RPMs and organized a
session during ICANN 51 to hear and record user feedback about these mechanisms to help
inform the general New gTLD Program review. The session focused on receiving feedback
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specifically on the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), Sunrise Period, Trademark Claims
Service, and Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS).
Learn More: RPMs
TMCH
The Trademark Clearinghouse has been established as a global database to support
mechanisms in the new gTLD space. The Trademark Clearinghouse verifies and
records rights information from all over the world. This includes registered
trademarks, marks protected by statue or treaty, or court validated marks as well as
any other marks that constitute Intellectual Property (IP) rights. The Clearinghouse
then provides this information to registries and registrars during the domain name
registration process.
Sunrise Period and Trademark Claims Service
The Sunrise Period of domain registration is a special period before the general
launch of a new TLD, during which trademark holders may pre-register names that
are the same or similar to their trademarks in order to avoid cybersquatting. The
Trademark Claims period follows the Sunrise period and runs for at least the first 90
days of an initial operating period of general registration. During the Trademark
Claims period, anyone attempting to register a domain name matching a mark that is
recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse will receive a notification displaying the
relevant mark information.
URS
The Uniform Rapid Suspension System is a rights protection mechanism that
complements the existing Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
by offering a lower-cost, faster path to relief for rights holders experiencing the most
clear-cut cases of infringement.
Trademark Clearinghouse FAQs
Trademark Protections Infographic
Universal Acceptance
The New gTLD Program has opened the door for more frequent additions of legitimate top-
level domains in non-Latin alphabets, like Cyrillic, Arabic or Mandarin. These new TLDs face
acceptance problems because of software, tool or network configurations.
The cooperation of software vendors, open source tool developers, Internet services
providers, web site developers and others is required so that these new TLDs are available to
all that wish to use them. There are three concerns to address:
Removing the "false positive" in filters preventing the use of new TLDs,
The ability to render (see and write) all names in the native script,
Achieve the intended level of safety and convenience in a rapidly changing DNS.
To this end, on 18 June 2014 ICANN opened a public comment period for a Roadmap for the
Universal Acceptance Initiative, which was published on 3 October 2014.
This roadmap seeks to be a catalyst to:
Promote acceptance of new TLDs, IDNs and Internationalized Email
Foster discussion
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Support a “corporate memory” of progress, and supply a reporting tool for Universal
Acceptance issues
Learn More: Universal Acceptance
ICANN's Universal Acceptance landing page
This page provides overview and background of the Universal Acceptance Initiative as
well as other useful links and FAQs.
TLD Universal Acceptance Home on the ICANN Community Wiki
This community wiki page serves as a repository for presentations, public comments
and other resources.
Update on Next Round of New gTLDs
The second round of the New gTLD Program has been a subject of speculation since the
publication on 22 September 2014 of the Draft Work Plan for the New gTLD Program
Reviews and Assessment. The documents provides a mid-2017 estimated deadline for the
delegation of all new names, also known as “strings”, applied for in the first round and lays
out the work required prior to initiating a subsequent application period. This work includes:
Three Program Reviews conducted by ICANN: Program Implementation, RPMs (see
above), and Root Zone Scaling and Stability.
A Competition, Consumer Trust,
and Consumer Choice Review
process, led by a team
constituted with volunteer
community members, and
informed by consumer surveys
and economic studies.
A GNSO Policy Development
Process (PDP) in one or more
areas intended to apply to future
application procedures.
Learn More: GDD and the New gTLD Program
GDD Webinars
ICANN hosts a variety of webinars on New gTLD Program topics. View the
recordings, listen to the audio and/or download the presentations and Q/A
documents. You can also find out when upcoming webinars will take place.
Announcements
Get the most current information on the New gTLD Program, including contracting
statistics.
New gTLD Program Statistics
A snapshot of applications as they pass through program phases. Updated weekly.
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Security & Stability Matters
SAC067 & SAC068
Since ICANN 50 in London, the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has
published two reports: SAC067 on the History of the IANA Functions and SAC068 on the
IANA Functions Contract. During the usual Thursday morning SSAC public session, their
Chair Patrick Fältström gave an overview of the documents, which are meant to generate a
baseline of understanding for those interested in how the upper-most level of the Internet’s
system of unique identifiers is managed and an overview of the IANA contract, as well as the
roles of the NTIA and IETF in this context. The SSAC will publish an advisory with
recommendations for the IANA functions stewardship transition by the end of 2014. The
session also looked at how SSAC can make its publications more accessible and
understandable as the committee encouraged input on topics to cover in the future.
Learn More: SSAC
List of SSAC Reports and Advisories
Complete list of all documents published in different languages.
SSAC landing page on ICANN website
Contains information on SSAC history and operations, membership and workings
SSAC Public Meeting
Get the ICANN 51 SSAC public meeting recording, transcript and presentation.
DNSSEC
Companies can help enhance security of the Internet by deploying Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), because these extensions are more effective when universally implemented. Registries, registrars, registrants, hosting companies, software developers, hardware vendors, government, businesses and agencies with an Internet presence, and Internet technologists and coalitions all have responsibility for the success of this massive effort.
ICANN 51 included a very popular, recurring session: DNSSEC for Everybody, plus two DNSSEC workshops.
Learn More: DNSSEC
DNSSEC for Everybody -- A Beginner's Guide This session aims to demystify DNSSEC and show how you can easily and quickly deploy DNSSEC in your business.
DNSSEC Workshop This day-long session is designed for registries, registrars and ISPs who are already engaged in the deployment of DNSSEC to share best practices.
DNSSEC Key Rollover Workshop Another workshop to discuss issues related to changing the root's Key Signing key – ideal for the technically minded and those with DNSSEC experience.
Verisign page on DNSSEC Adoption Benefits Useful Verisign microsite showing benefits of DNSSEC adoption for registries, registrars, and ISPs.
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GAC Avice
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Communiqué was issued on 15 October 2014.
The GAC provided advice to the ICANN board on several topics concerning the IANA functions stewardship transition and new gTLDS. Additional Communiqué highlights:
The GAC remains concerned that the NGPC has not adopted specific GAC proposals on safeguards concerning new gTLDs, and Category 1 and Category 2 strings set forth in the London Communiqué. These categories relate to strings that represent regulated sectors (e.g. finance, eductation, professional services) or need special safegards, and generic names consisting of a word or term that denominates or describes a general class of goods, services, groups, organizations or things, as opposed to distinguishing a specific brand of goods, services, groups, organizations or things from those of others.
After reviews of first round of new gTLDs, GAC advised that review process be finalized before policy for further rounds of gTLD is developed and that appropriate timeframes be applied
GAC raised concerns over the consistency of the Community Priority Evaluation Process following the rejection of a number of gTLDs applications seeking consideration as being representative of a community group.
Other topics of discussion included:
Protection of Inter-Governmental Organization names and acronyms at the top and second level of domain names
Protections for the names of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent and all Red Cross/ Red Crescent Societies
WHOIS-related issues that have significant workload implications for the GAC and the wider community
Requests for two-character labels by new gTLD registry operators
Possible application of human rights and international law to ICANN activities
Protection of geographic names in future new gTLD application rounds
To read the full GAC Los Angeles Communique, click here.
To view past GAC Communiques, click here.
To learn more about the GAC and its members, visit gacweb.icann.org.
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Internet Governance Landscape
ICANN 51 took place right before the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) in Busan, Republic of Korea. Held every four years, the
Plenipotentiary Conference is the top policy-making forum of the ITU where ITU Member
States decide on the future priorities of the organization, elect its senior leadership for the
coming 4-year term, and approve budgets and other plans.
In preparation, and to discuss the general landscape for 2015, ICANN 51 included a public
session featuring two different distinguished panels representing all stakeholder categories
involved. In addition to the ITU Plenipotentiary, the panels covered the WSIS Review Process,
lessons from the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2014 for its next iteration to be held in
Brazil in 2015. Panelists also discussed the results and aftermath of the NETmundial meeting
in Sao Paulo in April 2014 and the role of academia in the Internet governance debate.
Lear More: Internet Governance
ITU PP-14 website
For all the information on the conference: election results, documents, sessions
recordings, and other useful links.
NETmundial Principles
The NETmundial principles come from the NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement
published after the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet
Governance. Individuals and organizations are invited to endorse and advocate for
the application of these principles.
2015 and Beyond - An Internet Governance Update
Get the recording, transcript and presentation of the ICANN 51 public session.
CCWG on Internet Governance
The Cross-Constituency Working Group (CCWG) on Internet Governance also
covered the events since the NETmundial meeting. The CCWG on IG was created
right after the ICANN 48 meeting in Buenos Aires (when the NETmundial meeting
was announced) in order to have a cohesive ICANN community position among the
various Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees as well as staff.
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Private Sector Participation Corner As mentioned in the introduction, private sectror participation at ICANN meetings has been growing in terms of numbers and diversity. New channels for participation at ICANN meetings have evolved, even beyond formal participation in the Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG) of the GNSO.
Advocacy Groups
The Brand Registry Group (BRG) was born out of the desire of a number of major brands to have a unified voice to navigate the New gTLD Program. The group most notably advocated to include Specification 13 to the 2013 Registry Agreement, providing limited accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as “.Brand TLDs.” The BRG held a public session on Sunday to welcome potential new .brand applicants and those awaiting the second round of gTLDs to highlight the advantages of collective action. Members of the BRG, who must meet a set criteria (including ownership of trademark rights and the intent at time of application to run the applied for string as a ‘.brand’ and not sell open registrations at the second level), include Alibaba, Amazon, BBC, Deloitte, Gucci, LEGO Juris, Microsoft, Philips, Richemont, Shell, Virgin Enterprises and Yahoo!.
Learn More: BRG
Brand Registry Group (BRG) Potential Members Meeting ICANN 51 public session.
BRG FAQ
Learn more about BRG members, services, and mission.
Specification 13 FAQ
The Domain Name Association (DNA) is the first ever industry trade group to
represent the interests of the entire domain name industry and will promote, advance and
support the common interests of the industry with regards to the provisioning, expanded
adoption and use of domain names. The DNA membership is diverse in terms of geography
and in terms of business segments and expertise represented.
The association is currently focused on implementing a framework for registry-registrar
cooperation and had a meeting on the topic during ICANN 51.
Learn More: DNA
DNA website
Get more information on the DNA mission, its membership and future events.
DNA on Slideshare and Twitter
Get the latest news regarding the Domain Name Industry and download relevant
presentations.
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Commercial Stakeholder Group Constituencies
As always, the GNSO Commercial Stakeholder Group and its constituencies held active
discussions on an array of ICANN topics. The CSG represents the views of business users and
connectivity providers; its mission is to ensure ICANN policy and ICANN contracts are
consistent with the development of an Internet that is a safe place for business-to-business
and business-to-consumer transactions and communications to take place, based on high
levels of business, user and consumer confidence. During the LA meeting, the CSG welcomed
the developments in the ICANN Contractual Compliance department and focused much
discussion on enhancing ICANN’s accountability process, the New gTLD Program review, and
security, stability and resiliency issues.
Commercial and Business Users Constituency (CBUC)
The Commercial and Business Users Constituency (also known as the CBUC, the Business
Constituency, or BC) mainly on new gTLDs issues to address in the context of the program
review in anticipation of a second round. A few of the issues that were discussed were
predatory pricing for sunrise registration, RPMs efficacy, and name auctions procedures. BC
members also had a dialogue about how to prioritize the constituency’s heavy work load and
how to make participation easier for new ICANN community members. The BC was also
active in the GNSO Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group. As
privacy & proxy services allow domain name registrants and beneficial owners to mask
certain contact details in the global, publicly-accessible WHOIS gTLD data directory, the BC
believes clear policy guidelines balancing the various interests relating to access to such data
are needed.
Learn More: BC
BC Website
Get more information about BC mission, membership, and meetings.
BC Newsletter October 2014
Overview of BC interest topics for the Los Angeles meeting.
CBUC Meeting
Recording, transcript, and agenda from the ICANN 51 open session.
Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC)
The IPC session included a briefing from the Compliance team on their dashboard tool and
related developments. The IPC also discussed the new gTLD program review plans and
anticipated steps towards a second round: specifically submitting comments to the GAC on
geographical names and feedback on RPMs and their metrics.
Learn More: IPC
IPC Website
For IPC information, position statements and news.
Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC)
Agenda, recording, and transcript from the IPC public session at ICANN 51.
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Internet Service Provider & Connectivity Providers Constituency (ISPCP)
The ISPCP has seen a healthy growth in applications for membership and spent time during
ICANN 51 discussing how to capitalize on this momentum and maximize outreach. They
discussed in particular how to establish a Tech-ISP community within the ISPCP and to define
work tracks to match interests and inputs. The policy issues that were occupied the most
discussion time were Universal Acceptance and Name Collision, on which the constituency
has made good progress, for example in creating materials to explain and communicate
resources to address these operational issues.
Learn More: ISPCP
ISPCP Website
For ISPCP mission, membership, policy resources and statements.
ISPCP 2014 Bulletin
Constituency newsletter that covers all issues relevant to the group.
Internet Service Provider and Connectivity Providers Constituency Meeting (ISPCP) Agenda, recording, and transcript from the ISPCP public session at ICANN 51.
Tech Day
ICANN 51 brought together technical community participants – many from major Internet
corporations -- for the 25th Tech Day, in collaboration with the DNS Operations Analysis and
Research Center Annual Meeting. The day-long workshop attracted around 200 people in the
room and higher online participation than at previous ICANN meetings. Paul Mockapetris
provided a kick-off keynote on "Disruption and the DNS". Peter Marx, CTO of City of Los
Angeles, gave a fascinating presentation on the ways in which the City of Los Angeles is using
the Internet of Things. Tech day saw presentations from many security specialists from
different companies, including Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan and Yahoo Chief
Security Officer Alex Stamos, who focused on responses to Internet surveillance and
increasing attacks.
Learn More: Tech Day
Standing Room Only at ICANN 51 Tech Day
Read the blog post on the workshop from Patrick Jones.
Tech Day
Get the transcript from the ICANN 51 session and download all the presentations.
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Stay Connected and Engage
ICANN Fellowship Program
The ICANN Fellowship Program seeks participants from developing regions and countries of
the world, in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents who will
become the voice of experience in their regions. The 50 Fellows for ICANN 52 in Singapore
were recently announced and the group includes 7 people from the business sector. The
application period for the ICANN 53 meeting will be open from 5 December 2014 until 16
January 2015. We encourage participation of people from the private sector: apply here.
Learn More: Fellowship Program
Fellowship Program Resources page
Find all the information you need on the program, its alumni, fellowship rounds and
FAQs.
ICANN 51 Fellowship story – Los Angeles, USA, Oct 2014
Read the first person account of Osama Tamimi, ICANN 51 Fellow, about his
experience in LA.
ICANN Online Learning Platform
ICANN Learn was launched during ICANN 48. This free and open online learning platform is
meant to provide a space to provide introductory information for new participants and to
share institutional knowledge, in order to increase the base of informed ICANN stakeholders.
ICANN Learn needs input and feedback to ensure the platform is as useful as possible.
Introductory courses for business participants are in development and will be available in
2015.
Go to learn.icann.org, create an account, enroll in a few courses, and start learning.
Learn More:
Monthly update on ICANN Policy Developments
ICANN Newsletters and alerts
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LinkedIn group: ICANN for Business
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Helpful Infographics (click to enlarge)
IANA Functions Trademark Protection
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