Join representatives of the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group, the ICANN board, domain name registries, U.S. public interest groups, domain name end users in an informative look at some of the key issues under consideration in ICANN 77
1. Challenges to the Multistakeholder model
This panel will examines whether “Registry Voluntary Commitments” (RVCs), (formerly “Public Interest Commitments” (PICs),) should be allowed. To do so will require a change to ICANN Bylaws, now being quietly discussed.How wWill PICs/RVCs change ICANN’s scope, mission & processes? Is Will RVCs/PICs destroy the soul of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model at stake?
- Milton Mueller, Georgia Tech Internet Governance Project (moderator)
- Kathryn Kleiman, AU Washington College of Law
- Mitch Stoltz, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- ICANN Board Member Avri Doria
2. Access to DNS: Sanctions and Trade Barriers
Nation-state power conflicts, including sanctions that apply to DNS, are erecting barriers to global internet access. This panel will explore how ICANN's global policies and contracts intersect with foreign policy pressures, and how social media regulations, such as a Tiktok ban, affect Internet access throughout the world.
- Farzaneh Badiei, Digital Medusa (moderator and speaker)
- Edmon Chung, ICANN Board and .ASIA
- Milton Mueller, Georgia Tech Internet Governance Project
- GAC member TBA
