Sponsors
ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee
Non-Commercial Users Constituency
North American Regional At-Large Organization
About the Conference
In advance of former President Bill Clinton’s address to Internet users in San Francisco at ICANN40, a town hall meeting will be held to discuss emerging issues for the online community.
Topics to be Discussed Include:
- The Internet and Political Movements (Middle East)
- The Internet and Times of Crisis (Japan)
- The Internet Freedom Agenda
- Expansion of Internet Domain Names
- The IPv4 to IPv6 Transition
- Online Security and Privacy
- ICANN and The Role of the Government
Speakers
- Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center (Welcoming Comments)
- John Markoff, New York Times Technology Reporter (Moderator)
- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, At-Large Advisory Committee Chair
- Whitfield Diffie, ICANN Vice President of Information Security & Cryptography
- Avri Doria, Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Chair
- Rafik Dammak
- Lauren Gelman, BlurryEdge Strategies
- Robin Gross, Non-Commercial Users Constituency Chair
- Declan McCullagh, CNET Chief Political Correspondent
- Paul Vixie, Internet Systems Consortium
Resources
- Reuters: Egypt, a Timeline
- AOL: Mubarak Driven From Egyptian Presidency
- CNN: Internet Access Returns in Egypt
- The Economist: Reaching for the Kill Switch
- Facebook Officials Keep Quiet on Its Role in Revolts
- New York Times: State Department to Announce Internet Freedom Policy
- ABC News: Clinton to Promote 'Freedom to Connect' to the Internet
- U.S. Department of State: Internet Rights and Wrongs (Remarks of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 15 February 2011)
- Business Week: Clinton to Support Facebook Freedom, Fight Censorship
- Politico: Clinton Backs U.S. 'Right to Connect'
- Reuters: Tweet Like An Egyptian - Hillary Clinton Tries it Out
- National Journal: ICANN's Proposal to Add New Domains Comes Under Fire
- Wall Street Journal: Web Domains Could Expand Broadly Under New Plan
- Washington Post: Obama Administration Joins Critics of U.S. Nonprofit Group that Oversees Internet
- CBS News: Handing Control of the Internet to Governments - Bad Idea
- CNET News: To Avert Internet Crisis, the IPv6 Scramble Begins
- eWeek: IPv4 Address Depletion Adds Momentum to IPv6 Transition
- PC Mag: IPv4 to IPv6 IP Address Transition Becoming Critical
- Yahoo!: Businesses Need to Prepare for the IPv6 Transition
- CNET News: IPv6 Reality Starts Dawning on ISPs
- PC World: Government Role in ICANN Increases
- Yahoo!: U.S. Proposal Raises Questions about Control of Web Addresses
- CNET News: U.S. Seeks Veto Power Over New Domains
- CNET News: No Support for U.S. Domain Name Veto
- The Atlantic: When the Internet Nearly Fractured and How it Could Happen Again
Contact
Amie Stepanovich
Electronic Privacy Information Center
+1 202 483 1140 x120
stepanovich@epic.org
Related Events
- NCUC@ICANN: Internet Governance and the Global Public Interest. 11 March 2011, 8:30 AM. Westin St. Francis Hotel, Union Square, San Francisco, California. For More Information: http://www.amiando.com/ncucaticann.html.
