Invitation to NCUC Policy Conference 12 Oct in Toronto: ICANN & Internet Governance: Security & Freedom in a Connected World

Wed Oct 3 22:59:22 CEST 2012

What's not clear is if one has to register for remote participation. I
suspect that this may mess with your numbers.

Is it not possible to, on the dropdown, add a remote option? Or at least a
clarifying phrase in the blurb?

j

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

>  Dear All:
>
> You are all invited to join the NCUC policy conference in Toronto on 12
> October at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.  For those not traveling to
> Toronto, remote participation will be available from the event website:
>    http://www.amiando.com/NCUC-ICANN45
>
> The event is free to attend and open to the public to participate, but
> registration is required because space is limited.
>
> Also, any help you can provide to promote the event would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Robin
>
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>
> NCUC Press Release  -  3 October 2012
>
> Top Civil Society Leaders Converge in Toronto for "ICANN & Internet
> Governance: Security and Freedom in a Connected World"
>
> Cyber-Security Expert Ron Deibert and new ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Address
> Non-Commercial Users Policy Conference on Eve of ICANN #45
>
> Public interest groups involved in ICANN will gather for the event, "ICANN
> & Internet Governance: Security & Freedom in a Connected World" on Friday
> 12 October at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada. Sponsored
> by the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC), the voice of civil society
> in ICANN, the policy conference will focus on key ICANN policy issues like
> the need to promote both cyber-security and human rights in the development
> of global Internet policies.   The event kicks-off with a morning address
> from cyber-security expert Ron Deibert, Director of the Canada Centre for
> Global Security Studies and The Citizen Lab, an inter-disciplinary research
> and development hothouse at the University of Toronto.  Deibert will
> address the need to establish a cyber-security strategy for global civil
> society.
>
> "Cyberspace is at a watershed moment.  Global civil society, now
> increasingly recognised as an important stakeholder in cyberspace
> governance, needs to step up to the challenge," said Deibert.  "What is
> required is nothing less than a serious and comprehensive  security
> strategy for cyberspace that addresses  the very real threats that plague
> governments and corporations, addresses national and other security
>  concerns in a forthright manner, while protecting  and preserving open
> networks of information and communication."
>
> The afternoon sessions begin with welcoming remarks from Fadi Chehade,
> ICANN's new Chief Executive Officer, a Lebanese-Egyptian IT entrepreneur,
> who took the helm of ICANN last month and pronounced he was committed to
> strengthening the multi-stakeholder process of Internet governance.
>  Additional speakers at NCUC's policy conference include Fionna Alexander
> from the U.S. Commerce Department and other governmental representatives.
>  The all-day event's four panel sessions include participation from ICANN
> board members and senior staff, civil society and Internet business
> leaders.
>
> The conference will explore a broad range of ICANN policy issues including
> privacy concerns related to the whois policy that requires the publication
> of registrants' personal data and discussion of ongoing negotiations with
> law enforcement agencies regarding a related policy that privacy
> authorities have called "unlawful".  The geopolitical landscape of Internet
> governance models and the shifting role of stakeholders will be addressed
> by experts from around the world.  NCUC's conference will also explore
> policy issues related to controversial new domain names such as protection
> for freedom of expression in the face of cultural differences and
> sensitivities.   Concerns about intellectual property rights and new
> top-level domain names remains an area under rapid development and will be
> ripe for discussion as well as activities related to extra-territorial
> domain name seizures.  Including human rights principles in ICANN policy
> development will be considered, in addition to ways civil society can
> become involved in the development of ICANN policies, which impact Internet
> users worldwide.
>
> NCUC represents more than 250 noncommercial organizations and individuals
> from around the world on ICANN policy matters and was formed in 1999 in
> Berlin at one of ICANN's earliest meetings.   Currently NCUC represents a
> wide range of non-commercial interests in ICANN policy development
> including universities and educational institutions, human rights
> organizations, development, promotion of the arts, children's welfare,
> scientific research, community networking, and many other non-commercial
> interests.  NCUC participates at ICANN as a constituency within the
> Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) and the Generic Names Supporting
> Organization (GNSO), which makes ICANN policy recommendations and selects
> board members.
>
> "The conference subtitle recognizes our shared twin goals of security and
> freedom, and questions to what extent must we sacrifice one for the other,"
> said meeting organizer Robin Gross of NCUC and IP Justice, a civil
> liberties organization based in San Francisco.  The constituency's 2012
> Toronto conference builds on the policy conference NCUC held in 2011 in
> which craigslist.org founder Craig Newmark addressed the ICANN community
> in San Francisco.
>
> The 2012 conference concludes with an evening reception at the historic
> Fairmont Royal York overlooking the beautiful Canadian waterfront.  The
> event is free to attend and open the public, but advance registration is
> required because space is limited.  NCUC's conference is held with support
> from the Brazilian Internet Steering Registry CGI.br, the Public Interest
> Registry (PIR), and ICANN.   Civil Society event partners include The
> Citizen Lab, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the
> Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) based at the
> University of Ottawa.
>
> Conference sessions will be audiocast live and archived for later
> downloading, and remote participation will be available from the event's
> website via Adobe Connect for those not able to travel to Toronto on 12
> October.
>
> For event details including conference schedule, speaker list, remote
> participation details, and to register to the event:
>   http://www.amiando.com/NCUC-ICANN45
>
> Contact for more information:
>
> Robin Gross, IP Justice
>   Email: Robin at ipjustice.org
>
> Brenden Keurbis, Internet Governance Project & University of Syracuse
>   Email:  bnkuerbi at syr.edu
>
>
>
>
> IP JUSTICE
> Robin Gross, Executive Director
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