[news release] ICANN will hold its 65th Public Meeting in the Palmeraie Conference Center Marrakech from 24-27 June 2019. This meeting is ICANN‘s fourth Policy Forum, focused solely on policy work and outreach. It is also the twelfth ICANN meeting to be held in Africa, and the third meeting in Morocco.
Hosted by the National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (ANRT),
the meeting will bring together global and regional Internet
stakeholders to develop policies related to the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS).
The ICANN65 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Ceremony is among the highlights of ICANN65. Launched five years ago, this special award honors members of the ICANN community who have made outstanding contributions to ICANN‘s multistakeholder model of Internet governance. The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will mark the first day of ICANN65.
Among other highlights of ICANN65 will be discussions on the policy
aspects of Universal Acceptance (UA) and Internationalized Domain Names
(IDN), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Expedited Policy
Development Process (EPDP) and the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data, the effectiveness of ICANN‘s multistakeholder model, as well as technical topics such as current issues in cybersecurity, DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and DNS over TLS (DoT).
Members of the press are encouraged to join in-person or remotely via a live web stream. Additionally, you can contact ICANN‘s
Communications team for interviews and/or briefings on ICANN65 events.
More information on remote participation and media contacts is available
below.
ICANN
meetings provide an excellent opportunity for those interested in
getting involved in Internet governance to learn how they can join and
have an impact. Global voices have many avenues represented at ICANN
through different structures to ensure local perspectives are taken
into account in the policy making process. Some of these structures are
based in Africa, helping reflect the African perspective in ICANN‘s policy making processes. The African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO), the African Governmental Advisory Committee
representatives (including the Moroccan Government), observer
International Governmental Organizations such as the African
Telecommunications Union (ATU), and Africa Information & Communication Technologies Alliance (AFICTA) are among the regional bodies that represent Africa’s diverse voices.
ICANN
Public Meetings are held three times a year in different regions,
enabling community members from around the globe to participate in
person. These meetings offer a variety of sessions, such as workshops,
forums, and meetings on the development and implementation of policies
related to the Internet’s system of unique identifiers.
Event Information:
You also can download the ICANN Meetings Mobile App available in the App Store and Google Play.
About ICANN
ICANN‘s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address â a name or a number â into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.
This ICANN announcement was sourced from: https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/advisory-2019-06-17-en
