ICA Counsel Philip Corwin has been invited to speak at an all-day conference being convened by ICANN’s Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) on Friday, October 12th. The event will take place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel one day in advance of opening policy discussions at ICANN’s upcoming 45th public meeting in Toronto. The NCUC is the home for civil society organizations and individuals in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and represents more than 250 non-commercial organizations and individuals from around the world
Corwin will address IP issues and rights protection mechanisms for new gTLDs and the need for striking the proper balance between the rights of trademark owners and domain registrants, in a panel discussion of “Controversial Top-Level Domain Names, Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Rights”. Other panelists will include ICANN Board member Bertrand de la Chapelle.
New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade will deliver keynote remarks at the conference in his first major address since assuming leadership of the organization last month.
Other speakers at the conference include:
- · Elliot Noss, CEO of ICA member Tucows
- · Fiona Alexander, US Dept. of Commerce
- · Tarek Kamel, ICANN, Senior Advisor to the President – Government Affairs
- · Erika Mann, ICANN Board of Directors
The conference will also address such issues as cybersecurity; civil liberties and law enforcement; Internet governance; and human rights within ICANN’s policy development process.
A complete event agenda can be found at http://www.amiando.com/NCUC-ICANN45.html?page=838202 . Registration is free and can be completed at http://www.amiando.com/NCUC-ICANN45.html?page=838204 . We are told that remote participation will also be available for those unable to be present in Toronto.