NCUC Policy Conference: ICANN & Internet Governance: Security & Freedom in a Connected World

NCUC Policy Conference:

ICANN & Internet Governance: Security and Freedom in a Connected World

Schedule:

8:30 - 9:00 : Registration Badges

9:00 - 9:15 : NCUC Welcome & Introduction (Milton Mueller, NCUC Co-Founder)

9:15 - 9:45 : Address on A Cyber-Security Strategy for Global Civil Society from Ron Deibert, Director, Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and The Citizen Lab, in the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto

9:45 - 11:15 : Panel 1: Civil Liberties, Security and Law Enforcement

Moderator: Brenden Kuerbis, Postdoc Fellow in Internet Security Governance, The Citizen Lab, University of Toronto

Panelists:

• Don Blumenthal, Senior Policy Advisor, Public Internet Registry (.org) (remote participant)
• Elliot Noss, CEO, Tucows
• Genevieve Rosloff, Attorney, Durie Tangri
• Kathy Kleiman, Internet Counsel, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
• Wendy Seltzer, Founder, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

11:15 - 11:30 : Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:45 : Panel 2 : Controversial Top-Level Domain Names, Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property  Rights

Moderator: Carlos Affonso de Souza, Coordenador Adjunto, Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade da Escola de Direito da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-CTS)

Panelists:

• Bertrand de la Chapelle, Member, ICANN Board of Directors
• Philip Corwin, Attorney, Internet Commerce Association
• Milton Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University & Internet Governance Project

12:45 - 14:00 : Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 : "Welcome Remarks" from new ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade

14:30 - 15:45 : Panel 3 :  The Changing Geo-Political Landscape of Internet Governance: Implications for ICANN

Moderator: William Drake, International Fellow and Lecturer, IPMZ, University of Zurich; and NCSG GNSO Councilor

Panelists:

• Fiona Alexander, Associate Administrator (Head of Office), Office of International Affairs, NTIA, US Dept. of Commerce
• Tarek Kamel, Senior Advisor to the President - Government Affairs, ICANN
• Erika Mann, Member, Global Relationships Committee, ICANN Board of Directors
• Kuo-Wei Wu, Member, Global Relationships Committee, ICANN Board of Directors

15:45 - 16:00 :  Coffee Break

16:00 : 17:15 : Panel 4: Bringing Human Rights into ICANN's Policy Development Process

Moderator: Carlos A. Afonso, CGI.br, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

Panelists:

• Avri Doria, Researcher & Consultant, dotGAY
• Joy Liddicoat, Association for Progressive Communications & NCSG GNSO Councilor
• Desiree Miloshevic, Afilias
• Stefania Milan, The Citizen Lab and the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
• Magaly Pazello, Senior Fellow, EMERGE

17:15 - 17:45 : Engage in NCUC ICANN policy development (Robin Gross & William Drake)

17:45 - 19:30 : Evening Reception