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EventsSaturday, March 24, 2007
Start: 09:00
End: 17:00
A meeting of the new African Regional At Large Organisation (RALO) Start: 09:00
End: 12:00
Closed meeting of the Governmental Advisory Committee. Start: 12:15
End: 14:30
A meeting of the Governmental Advisory Group with the GNSO over new gTLDs. Start: 14:45
End: 18:00
Second part of Governmental Advisory Committee meeting on new gTLDs. Sunday, March 25, 2007
Start: 09:00
End: 12:30
Closed meeting of Governmental Advisory Committee working group over Whois principles. Start: 09:00
End: 12:00
A GNSO Committee meeting covering new gTLDs and IDNs. Start: 09:00
End: 13:00
What it is: The second session will if necessary conclude the work on the Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN for this region of At Large if any issues remain open. It is hoped that it will also be able to conclude the Bylaws of the region with ICANN. Otherwise, the participants will work to decide the priorities of the region, begin the nomination of the two regional representatives to the At Large Advisory Committee, and discuss the policy issues being discussed within ICANN from the perspective of Individual Internet Users in the European region. Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
What it is: This is a roundtable discussion of what ICANN does, why ICANN is important to various stakeholder communities, and what the ICANN community will be doing in Lisbon. Why it's important: This meeting provides an essential briefing on ICANN basics and an introduction to the key ICANN stakeholder groups and their plans for Lisbon. Who should attend: All who are interested in the highlights of the meeting, especially first time attendees. This meeting is open to all ICANN meeting participants. Start: 12:00
End: 13:45
GNSO council meeting on Whois Start: 13:00
End: 15:00
A discussion about the status of IPv6 deployment in policy, ISP and DNS operator environments. Three short presentation will be followed by a discussion between the panelists and participants, both at the meeting venue and participating through the chat and comment functions on this web site. Start: 13:00
End: 18:00
What it is: The meeting is for the committee members to engage in their first substantive discussions during the Lisbon meeting. The matters under discussion at this session include agreeing on a new ALS Applications handling process involving the new RALOs more intimately, election of a Vice-Chair of the Committee, and budgeting discussions for the upcoming FY. Why it's important: The ICANN International Meetings are an essential part of the ALAC's working calendar. Start: 14:00
End: 15:45
A working group of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) will host this shared meeting with the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) over Whois. The meeting will be open. Start: 15:30
End: 16:30
Start: 16:30
End: 18:30
Start: 17:45
End: 19:15
Preparation meeting for the ccNSO Council Monday, March 26, 2007
Start: 09:00
End: 09:45
What it is: Local hosts' welcome to Lisbon, and formal opening Start: 09:45
End: 10:30
Start: 10:30
End: 13:00
What it is: * President's Report Why it's important: This forum offers the opportunity for all participants to learn about issues of relevance to the community and to share their opinions and suggestions for those issues. Who should attend: All ICANN meeting participants are encouraged to attend this event to learn more about issues of concern to the ICANN community. Start: 14:00
End: 16:00
What it is: This public forum, which is organized by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and is open to all interested individuals, provides the broad community with an opportunity for an in-depth discussion about the GNSO's Draft Final Report on the Introduction of New Top Level Domains (new TLDs). Start: 16:00
End: 18:00
Start: 16:00
End: 18:00
What it is: This public forum, which is organized by the Board Governance Committee and is open to all interested individuals, provides the broad community with an opportunity for an in-depth discussion about improving the GNSO's structures and processes. Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
SSAC Committee meeting Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Start: 08:30
End: 12:00
What it is: The third session will continue discussions on Why it's important: This will be the third region of At-Large to formally organise itself providing it concludes discussions on the MoU with ICANN. Start: 09:00
End: 17:00
Non-Commercial Users Constituency Start: 09:00
End: 18:00
Start: 09:00
End: 17:00
gTLD Registries Constituency Meeting Agenda Time Speaker(s) 9:00 – 11:45 a.m. Start: 09:00
End: 12:00
What it is: The second session of the AFRALO at Lisbon is expected to be devoted to discussing the policy areas the region wishes to focus on and the regionally-specific view on the afternoon session with ALAC and the European ALS meeting topics. Why it's important: This is the main opportunity for the African ALS community to set the policy priorities in a face-to-face setting in 2007. Start: 09:15
End: 17:00
What it is: The Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the ccNSO's representative decision-making body which helps develop policy for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), convenes both a members meeting and a Council meeting in Lisbon. Start: 10:00
End: 12:00
Cross Constituency meeting Start: 10:45
End: 11:30
Start: 11:30
End: 12:30
Board and ALAC meeting Start: 13:00
End: 18:00
What it is: The meeting is the main policy related meeting for At-Large in Lisbon. Along with guest speakers, the delegates will seek to agree on policy statements covering three areas of current ICANN policy work: Domain Monetisation / Tasting, Registry/Registrar Practices of Concern to End-Users, and Internationalised Domain Names. Why it's important: The two regions and ALAC, after consulting with the other regions, expect to conclude statements on policy areas under discussion in other constituencies. Start: 14:00
End: 15:45
GAC Plenary (closed) Start: 14:00
End: 16:00
Commercial and Business Users Constituency Start: 14:00
End: 17:00
Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency Meeting Start: 14:00
End: 17:00
Intellectual Property Interests Constituency Meeting Start: 14:30
End: 15:30
Start: 16:00
End: 18:00
What it is: Members of the ICANN Board of Directors and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) will participate in an open dialogue on current issues. Start: 19:00
End: 23:00
Gala Dinner and Fado Show – March, 27th FCCN cordially invites you to attend a gala dinner, sponsored by Verisign, completed by a Fado performance of one of the most know Portuguese fado singers.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Start: 08:30
End: 09:00
GAC Program Committee Meeting (closed) Start: 08:30
End: 10:30
What it is: The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) helps to promote the development of Internet policy for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) (such as .com, .org, etc.) and encourages diverse and international participation in the technical management of the Internet. This public forum gives all interested individuals an opportunity to share their views on any issue pending before the GNSO. The GNSO will report on its policy work in progress, and open the microphone for your comments. Start: 09:00
End: 11:00
What it is: This workshop will help participants understand the role and functions of the Address Supporting Organization. Why it's important: The Address Supporting Organization represents the numeric Internet address community. It has an important role in providing input to the ICANN Start: 09:00
End: 10:30
Wednesday, 28 March 2007 Length : the session will be two hours in length, and may run to two and half hours if presentations and question and answer run over. Start: 09:00
End: 12:30
GAC Plenary (closed) Start: 09:15
End: 13:00
What it is: The Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the ccNSO's representative decision-making body which helps develop policy for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), convenes both a members meeting and a Council meeting in Lisbon. Start: 10:30
End: 12:30
What it is: The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council, the GNSO's representative decision-making body which helps develop policy for generic top-level domains (gTLDs), convenes in Lisbon. Why it's important: The Council will consider policy for the introduction of new domain names (gTLDs), changes to rules governing personal data in WHOIS databases, the GNSO improvement process, the contractual conditions policy development process as well as other important issues. Start: 12:30
End: 14:00
Going Forward with ICANN — The Middle East Region Perspective Goals : The purpose of this session is to hear from the Format : Start: 13:30
End: 15:00
What it is: ICANN Nominating Committee Workshop Why it's important: The Nominating Committee is charged with filling the majority of seats on the Board of Directors, as well as nominating members to serve in leadership positions in other constituencies. Learn how the nomination process works and how you may become involved. Start: 14:00
End: 15:00
What it is: The Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the ccNSO's representative decision-making body which helps develop policy for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), convenes both a members meeting and a Council meeting in Lisbon. Start: 15:30
End: 18:00
What it is: The Swedish registy has recently launched a commercial DNS Security Why it's important: Registries and registrars who plan to deploy DNSSEC services will benefit Start: 17:30
End: 19:00
What it is: This workshop will focus on the policy issues related to the introduction of internationalized top level domains. A number of working groups (including the GNSO and the ccNSO jointly with the GAC) have been working since the Sao Paulo meeting to frame IDN policy issues. Papers covering IDN policy issues are anticipated to be generated by these working groups and made available for review by this workshop. Start: 18:15
End: 19:15
What it is: This session is the public presentation of the work of the Security and Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
Sports to Relax – March, 28th It is time to relax, join us for a late afternoon sport event in the very pleasant Instituto Superior de Agronomia, located near Monsanto Park. FCCN, the Local Host of the ICANN Meeting has the pleasure to invite all the participants to join us to a sports evening, with soccer and other sports.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Start: 08:00
End: 18:00
RIPE DNSSEC training Start: 08:30
End: 13:00
Start: 09:00
End: 17:00
What it is: Format — Interactive. Topics are intended for Why it's important: This meeting is for technical staff and management from registries and is geared towards present day operational issues and challenges. Start: 13:00
End: 13:30
Start: 13:00
End: 16:00
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon Start: 14:00
End: 18:00
ALAC Committee meeting, Thursday What it is: This third session of the ALAC will feature a meeting with the Ombudsman of ICANN to discuss how the Ombudsman process works, ICANN Staff to walk the ALS community through the GNSO PDP process, discuss the ALAC independent review about to begin, discuss with the new ICANN Manager of Public Participation how to involve more end-users in the work of ICANN, and introduce the new process for evaluating ALS applications to the regional ALS community members present Start: 13:00
End: 14:30
GNSO Council / Nominating Committee lunch Start: 15:00
End: 17:00
GNSO new gTLDs committee meeting Friday, March 30, 2007
Start: 08:30
End: 13:00
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