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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Fellow EC members.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Milton arranged a conference call this morning with Benjamin, Julf, Farzaneh and me, to discuss the ICANN77 events we have been planning. Milton intervened since he observed that we were not getting any response from my e-mails regarding how to move forward, and for that I am thankful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Besides some discussion of the status of funding from PIR, which remains unclear, Milton also agreed to propose a programme for a non-commercial session at ICANN77, and that is what you see below. We should discuss this at our EC meeting tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Mueller, Milton L <milton@gatech.edu> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 10, 2023 11:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ken Herman <ken@kherman.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin@gmail.com>; Farzaneh Badiei <farzaneh.badii@gmail.com>; Johan Helsingius <julf@julf.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Proposed program outline for ICANN 77 workshoip<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Theme: <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Access to DNS in the Age of Sanctions and Trade Barriers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>This workshop will examine the way nation-state power conflicts erect barriers to global internet access, focusing on DNS. It would cover topics such as how sanctions affect the provision of DNS services, how ICANN's global policies and contracts intersect with foreign policy pressures, and how certain forms of social media regulations affect Internet access throughout the world. It will explore how Noncommercial stakeholders in the ICANN environment can address those problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Invited Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* Farzaneh Badiei, Digital Medusa on her sanctions work<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* Alan Davidson or Susan Chalmers, NTIA, on U.S. OFAC and its relationship to ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* Someone from ICANN legal on implementation of Workstream 2 (general OFAC license)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* Greg Nojeim from CDT<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* Milton Mueller, GT IGP on the TikTok ban<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* Kathleen Burke from Public Knowledge <a href="mailto:kathleen@publicknowledge.org">kathleen@publicknowledge.org</a> on DNS access restrictions from copyright and trademark interests<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* Invite PIR to address sanctions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>* TWNIC on cross-strait barriers to Internet access in Asia<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>There would be 4 15-minute presentations from key speakers (Badiei, Davidson, ICANN, Mueller) would be followed by a roundtable discussion featuring: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-type:"- "'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nojeim, CDT<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-type:"- "'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>PIR<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-type:"- "'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>TWNIC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-type:"- "'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Public Knowledge or EFF<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;list-style-type:"- "'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Others?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dr Milton L Mueller, Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>School of Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Georgia Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://internetgovernance.org" target="loopstyle_link" data-loopstyle=link>Internet Governance Project</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>