1) Your Name: | Heather Forrest |
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| 2) Stakeholder Group: | Commercial |
3) Constituency: | Intellectual Property (IPC) |
4) ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3): | GNSO Council (starting ICANN51) |
5) Please identify your current employer(s): | Australian Catholic University and University of Tasmania |
6) Please identify your current position(s): | Deputy Dean of Law, Senior Lecturer |
7) Please identify the type(s) of work performed: | University teaching and administration; legal research and publication |
8) Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g., country to which you pay taxes): | Australia |
9) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN: | None |
10) Do you believe you are participating in the GNSO policy process as a representative of any individual or entity, whether paid or unpaid? | No |
| If the answer is “Yes,” please provide the name of the represented individual or entity. (If professional ethical obligations prevent you from disclosing this information, please enter "Private"): | |
| 11) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions: | |
a) Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes? | Yes |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes: | I was employed from Aug 2011 to July 2012 by a back-end registry services provider to advise various new gTLD applicants in the preparation of a new gTLD application. In 2011 I completed a doctoral thesis on domain name law and policy; the resulting book was published by Kluwer Law International in 2013 and I receive royalties from the sale of the book. I periodically provide advice to new gTLD applicants. |
b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member? | No |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s): | |
12) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable): |
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13) Additional Information (optional): | In the period March 4- December 30, 2015, I remain an employee of Australian Catholic University but am on research leave, during which time I will be working on internet domain name law and policy research and doing some teaching at the University of Tasmania. |
14) Page last revised: | 14-Mar-2014 |
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