The 42nd International ICANN Meeting gets underway Sunday (Oct. 23, 2011) in Dakar, Senegal where the conference will continue through Friday (Oct. 28). The introduction of new gTLDs in 2012 will be one of the main issues discussed at this meeting. ICANN plans to start accepting applications for new TLDs on January 12, 2012, with the application window remaining open until April 12, 2012.
Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer will join
Board Chair Dr
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Stephen Crocker at a news conference Monday to discuss the status of the new gTLD program in depth. The two ICANN leaders will also answer questions on other subjects, ranging from IPv6 implementation to DNSSEC adoption.
Internet Commerce Association (ICA) Legal Counsel Phil Corwin will be in Senegal to monitor any developments that might impact the rights and interests of domain name registrants and investors.
Corwin headed off to Dakar soon after attending a Verisign “Building a better Internet” Symposium that was held in Washington, D.C. this past Tuesday (Oct. 18). The invitation only event brought approximately 125 Internet industry and technical leaders together to plan for challenges ahead, including fortifying the internet's infrastructure to accommodate the next billion users.
Attendees included top Verisign executives, ICANN management, government staff (from the Department of Commerce, FBI and Congress), lobbyists, IP lawyers, academia, think tanks and other internet stakeholders. They heard from a variety of experts including ICANN Chairman Dr. Stephen Crocker and Wired Magazine Editor Chris Anderson.
ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin at a
Verisign Symposium in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday (October 18, 2011)
Photo courtesy of Richard Meyer
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