-----Original Message----- From: Ben Edelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:09 AM To: Participants in Berkman Center ICANN-Related Events Subject: ANNOUNCE: ICANN Pressing Issues II - Upcoming One-Day Mini-Conference Greetings! The Berkman Center for Internet and Society invites you to "Pressing Issues II: Understanding and Critiquing ICANN's Policy Agenda," a series of moderated panel discussions on issues facing ICANN at its annual meeting in LA. The event will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, November 12th at the Marriott Hotel in Marina del Rey, California. The sessions will be open to the public and webcast live with remote participation. Planning for this event is ongoing, and the panel descriptions included below are tentative and subject to change and refinement. For up-to-date information about cosponsors and additional panelists, please visit the conference web site at <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/pressingissues2000>. If you intend to participate, in person or via webcast, please preregister via <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/pressingissues2000> to help us gauge capacity requirements. Preliminary Event Schedule: 1pm -- UDRP Review Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain will lead a panel discussion focused on review of the first year of operation of the UDRP. Panelists will include Syracuse University professor Milton Mueller, ICANN general counsel Louis Touton, Mike Palage of InfoNetworks, and UMASS Law School professor Ethan Katsh. 3pm -- At-Large Membership and Elections Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson moderate a discussion on the role of the ICANN membership, the role of national identity in the ICANN policymaking process, and the import of the process and outcome of these first At-Large elections. Panelists will include ICANN board member-elect Nii Quaynor, ICANN board at-large candidate Barbara Simons, ICANN senior policy advisor Andrew McLaughlin, and others. All newly-elected ICANN Board members have been invited to participate. 5pm -- Break 5:30pm -- New Top-Level Domains Following a short afternoon break, we will discuss the new TLD applications and analyze the application process and criteria. Panelists will include representatives of organizations submitting applications as well as outside analysts. Confirmed panelists include Chris Ambler of Image Online Design and Richard Forman of Register.com. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu> The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is a research program exploring the legal, social, and political issues resulting from the development of the Internet and its impact on society. (You are receiving this message because you previously participated in a Berkman Center ICANN-related event in person or via webcast. If you have received this message in error, or if you'd prefer not to receive occasional similar messages in the future, please reply to this message.)
