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

Wed Oct 3 23:15:11 CEST 2012

Thanks, Joly.  Registration is only required for in-person attendance
to the event.  I'll clarify that on the website.

Best,
Robin

On Oct 3, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:

> 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
>
>
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