At-Large Proposals for ICANN71 ICANN Plenaries:
Final Plenaries:
- Governmental Regulatory Developments, WHOIS, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity
- ICANN and the Internet Governance Ecosystem
- Understanding Reputation Block List Providers
At-Large ICANN71 At-Large Policy Sessions:
| Title | Objective | Description | Proposer | Moderator | Panelists | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a technology and policy implications, including EPDP and GDPR in the context of the European Union (EU) system and ICANN | The session will scope the potential impact that advancing GDPR compliance with the use of technology will likely have on Internet end users. It particularly seeks to explore the policy implications of the recently issued US patent #10,979,384 for “Systems and methods for preserving privacy of a registrant in a Domain Name System (DNS)” awarded to Verisign, and the level to which it might impact the further work of the EPDP. | Joanna Kulesza | ||||
| Public Interest: is the commercialisation of ccTLDs a threat? | The session will attempt to explore if commercialization of ccTLD registries affects Internet end users. Trying to understand the possible impacts of commercialization on consumer protection, competition, the stability of the DNS and in a broader sense on the public interest. | In attempting to explore the public interest in ccTLD registries commercialization, the session will start with an introduction to the history of ccTLD policy and then will to attempt to answer two questions: 1) What is the impact of ccTLD registries commercialization on consumer protection, competition, and the stability of the DNS? 2) Does the commercialization of ccTLD registries affect Internet end users? Panelists: Expert on ccNSO policy history for the introduction, A GAC member to discuss the matter from a national point of view, a domain name industry player or leader. | Christopher Wilkinson | Hadia ElMiniawi | Expert on ccNSO policy history for the introduction, A GAC member to discuss the matter from a national point of view, a domain name industry player or leader. | |
| Developing Regional Policy measures in the field of DNS abuse | The session will examine various approaches to DNS abuse measurement and policy approaches, including two recent regulatory proposals for outside feedback on current ICANN discussions. | Joanna Kulesza | Joanna Kulesza, ALAC Vice Chair for Outreach, and Abdulkarim Oloyede, ALAC Member | |||
| ICANN - a representative and open decision making ecosystem | To explore the weight and Impact of Internet end users on ICANN policy development processes | The session will highlight end-users participation in ICANN PDPs and their role within ICANN’s ecosystem. Exploring their weight within ICANN’s community and their impact on decision-making. The session will start with an introduction about Internet end users participation in ICANN ecosystem, and then we will attempt to answer two questions:
| Hadia ElMiniiawi | Hadia ElMiniiawi | From the At-Large community, the ICANN Board of Directors and the GNSO. |
EURALO ICANN Policy Session:
| Title | Objective | Description | Proposer | Moderator | Panelists | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New gTLDs: Protection of Geographical Names in Europe | Respond to the Sub-Pro PDP on gTLDs to ensure that in the public interest European geo-names of all kinds, are not exposed to speculative registrations allowed by ICANN. The session will endeavor to assess the risks of open, speculative delegations and the eventual costs to local communities and final users from the unregulated sale of 'premium' domains, or eveen the geo-TLDs themselves. | The session will explore and report on the needs and interests of users for geographical identify, the existing scope and opportunities for legal protection, intellectual property aspects including AOC, and alpha3 codes ini. ISO3166 and ISO4217, including for example, EUR. The session will include a case study of a country that practices legal protection of geo names. | Christopher Wilkinson | Sandra Hoferichter | Sebastien Bachollet, Chair of EURALO; GAC Members; Existing policy in a ccTLD People involved in the .vin/.vine story | New gTLDs: Protection of geographical names in Europe |
