At-Large Meetings - Tuesday, 15 June 2021

At-Large Policy Session 2: ccTLD governance models - Testimonies from At-Large end users

Objective: To explore the At-Large end-user experience with ccTLDs.

Description: This session will try to highlight the At-Large end user experience with ccTLDs. Bringing together experiences about four ccTLD governance models. The session will start with an introduction about various ccTLD governance models, and then we shall have testimonies from At-Large end users about their ccTLD governance models. The At-Large speakers will come from different At-Large regions and will talk about four different ccTLD governance models.   

Agenda:

1. Welcome and Introduction - Olivier Crepin-Leblond (08:30-08:35 UTC)
2. An introduction to ccTLD governance models: Presentation by ccNSO member, Katrina Sataki (.LV) followed by discussion on specific points with. Olivier Crepin-Leblond (08:35-08:55 UTC)
3. The Panel Discussion will be moderated by Olivier Crépin-Leblond responding to three questions in three minutes (08:55-09:25 UTC)
   1. Presenters:   
      1. Barrack Otieno, ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO and Member of AFRALO
      2. Holly Raiche, ALAC Member from APRALO (.au - not for profit)
      3. Andrew Molivurae, Member of APRALO (.vu - government model) 
      4. Sébastien Bachollet, Chair of EURALO (.fr - not for profit model)
      5. Yrjö Länsipuro, Member of EURALO (.fi - government model)
      6. Alberto Soto, Member of LACRALO  (.ar - government model)
      7. Humberto Carrasco, Member of LACRALO (.cl - academic model)
      8. Marita Moll, ALAC Member from NARALO (.ca - not for profit model)
4. Open Discussion - Olivier Crépin-Leblond (09:25-09:50 UTC
5. Closing Remarks and Next Steps - Olivier Crépin-Leblond and Hadia ElMiniawi (09:50-10:00 UTC)

Moderator: Hadia Elminiawi / Olivier Crépin-Leblond

Lead/Notes:  HU

RPMs: CR & GG1

At-Large Policy Session 3: GDPR as a technology - policy implications

This is planned as a cross-community session, trying to scope the potential impact that advancing GDPR compliance with the use of technology will likely have on 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.

Agenda:

1. Introduction and welcome; Christopher Wilkinson, EURALO 10:30- 10:40 (10 mins)
2. EPDP Phase 2 Report, policy implications; Hadia ElMiniawi, At-Large EPDP Representative  - (10:40-10:55) (15 mins)
3. How does the VeriSign patent implement GDPR? ; Jan Janssen, Petillion Law (10:55 - 11:10) (15 mins)
4. Intellectual property implications for further GDPR policy work within ICANN; Laurin Weissinger, EURALO individual member (11:10 - 11:25) (15 mins)
5. Q&A, Joanna Kulesza, EURALO (11:25 - 11:55)
6. Summary Christopher Wilkinson, EURALO (11:55 - 12:00) (5 mins)

Background documents and references:

1. Systems and methods for preserving privacy of a registrant in a Domain Name System
2. Andrew Allemann , Verisign gets patent for GDPR-compliant Whois privacy;https://domainnamewire.com/2021/04/13/verisign-gets-patent-for-gdpr-compliant-whois-privacy/[domainnamewire.com]
3. EPDP Phase 2 Report: https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/epdp-phase-2-team-publishes-final-report-10-8-2020-en

Moderator: Joanna Kulesza, ALAC Vice-Chair, Capacity Building and ALAC Member from EURALO

Lead/Notes: EE  

RPMs: MD & GG