In addition to regular CWG meetings and at the request of the Chairs, ICANN has offered to support a 2-day face-to-face meeting in Istanbul on 26-27 March 2015. ICANN will offer travel support to the 19 CWG members only, but the meeting will be open to anyone in the CWG who wishes to attend in person (at their own expense). 

The meeting will be live through Adobe Connect and include remote participation capabilities consistent with the CWG meetings to date. The meeting will be recorded and transcribed. 

INFORMATION

Dates:

26-27 March 2015 (2 full day meeting — so arrival needs to be on 25 March)

Venue:

Hilton İstanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center

 SILAHSOR CAD. NO: 42 BOMONTI-SISLI, ISTANBUL, 34381, TURKEY (see map here)

In-person attendees:

https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/In-Person+Attendees

• ICANN will provide travel support to members (19 ppl max) and lodging for 2/3 nights (depending on travel out)
• Alternates will be eligible for travel funding if and only if they are a current participant of the CWG and approved by their SO/AC to serve as an alternate.
• Other CWG participants are welcome to attend in person at their own expense. 
  

Remote Participation:

• Virtual Meeting Room: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cwg-iana

• Dial-in details: Phone conference line
  
  

As a reminder, this F2F meeting is a working meeting for the CWG. Like all CWG meetings, attendance is limited to CWG members and participants. Since anyone can join the CWG as a participant, if you know of someone who is interested in the work of the CWG, please encourage them to join. If you have any questions, please contact me.

PROPOSED AGENDA

Attendees

List of in-person attendees is available here.

• 17 CWG Members or alternates
• 16 CWG Participants
• XPLANE: Patrick Dodson; Dave King; Roel Uleners
• Sidley Austin: Sharon Flanagan and Holly Gregory
• ICANN Staff: Grace Abuhamad; Bart Boswinkel; David Conrad; Marika Konings; Theresa Swinehart; Jim Trengrove; Bernard Turcotte

Wednesday 25 March

• Arrivals for CWG and departures for CCWG will occur all day
• Joint CWG Chairs / CWG Chairs Co-ordination meeting
• CWG Welcome Cocktail (19:00 local time)

Thursday March 26 – CWG Day 1 – Design Teams (Conclude where possible)

• 07:00 – 08:30     Breakfast in Globe Restaurant

• 09:00 – 09:15     Welcome & Rules of Engagement (Jonathan, Lise)

• 09:15 -- 10:00     CCWG-Accountability Update (Leon, Thomas, Avri)

• 10:00 -- 10:45     DT-A Service Level Expectations (Paul)

• 10:45 – 11:00     Coffee break

• 11:00 – 11:45     DT-C CSC (Donna; Staffan)

• 11:45 -- 12:30     DT-M (Chuck)

• 12:30 – 13:30     Lunch in Globe (private section reserved)

• 13:30 -- 14:15     DT-D (Cheryl)

• 14:15 -- 15:00     DT-L (James, Matt)

• 15:00 – 15:45     DT-E (Berry)   

• 15:45 – 16:00     Coffee break

• 16:00 – 17:00     Assessment of DTs overall (DT-B; DT-N; DT-F; DT-O)

• 17:00 -- 18:30     Post-transition structural considerations (led by Sidley)

• Evening session if necessary

Friday March 27 – CWG Day 2 – The Proposal

• 07:00 – 08:30     Breakfast in Globe Restaurant
• 09:00 – 10:30     Assessing the Design Teams                 
• 10:30 – 11:00     Coffee break
• 11:00 – 13:00     Further work on DTs (based on Day 1 and prior session)
• 13:00 – 14:00     Lunch in Globe (private section reserved)
• 14:00 -- 15:00     Review of draft proposal
• 15:00 – 16:00     Further discussion with Sidley
• 16:00 – 16:30     Coffee break
• 16:30 – 18:30     Wrap up and next steps
• Evening session if necessary

Saturday March 28 – Departure Day

•  6:30 – 10:30 Breakfast in Globe
• Departure all day