Recognizing ICANN Community Contributions in 2020
The ICANN Board, community, and organization are grateful for the community’s tireless efforts and cooperative spirit shown over the last year. The collaborative contributions that community members have made through our Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, and other groups are central to supporting…
2020 Hindsight After 20 Years
After two decades of involvement with ICANN, I am stepping down from the Board of Directors, where I served for nine years. I have spent considerable time of late reflecting on the past 20 years and I have isolated some…
Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model Moves into Implementation
Each day, the ICANN community comes together to develop policies that will ultimately impact how the world interacts with the Internet through its system of unique identifiers. At the heart of this important work is the ICANN multistakeholder model –…
Promoting Mutual Respect at Public Meetings
As ICANN69 approaches, the ICANN Office of the Ombudsman would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for your commitment to and respect for ICANN’s consensus-based, multistakeholder process of policymaking. ICANN Public Meetings are an important forum…
DiploNews – Issue 405 – 15 October 2020
DiploNews – Issue 405 – 15 October 2020 Upcoming study opportunities ? Applications open! Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy We are accepting applications for the 2021 online Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy and the Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy with…
ICANN69: Registration and Meeting Schedule Access
As you may have read in my earlier blog, ICANN69 is rapidly approaching, and we have made several changes to enhance and secure the meeting sessions. One of the new requirements is that everyone must register for ICANN69 in order to view…
ICANN69 Begins 13 October
I am delighted to welcome you to the third and most ambitious ICANN Virtual Public Meeting to date, the ICANN69 Annual General Meeting (AGM). Originally scheduled to take place in Hamburg, Germany, this meeting is now being held virtually in the…
Collaboration and Consensus: Understanding the EPDP’s Work
This August, the Expedited Policy Development Process Phase 2 team submitted its Phase 2 Final Report, which outlines 22 recommendations for a System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) for nonpublic generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data, as well as additional recommendations…
[Briefing #5] Internet governance in May 2014
[Briefing #5] Internet governance in May 2014 admin30 Thu, 10/08/2020 – 19:32 This is a recording of Diplo’s webinar: Geneva Briefing on Internet Governance (June) held on June 3 2014, Webinar by Dr Jovan Kurbalija | DiploFoundation, Webinar, InternetGovernance, GenevaInternetPlatform,…
[Briefing #9] Internet governance in October 2014
[Briefing #9] Internet governance in October 2014 admin30 Thu, 10/08/2020 – 19:32 This is a recording of the November ‘Geneva Briefings on Internet Governance’ webinar by Geneva Internet Platform and DiploFoundation. Webinar host: Vladimir Radunovic – DiploFoundation | DiploFoundation, Webinar,…