<div dir="ltr"><div>FYI:</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">AT-LARGE MULTISTAKEHOLDER POLICY
ROUNDTABLE </span></b></font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">@ ICANN 47 [Durban, South Africa]</span></b></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Date: 15
July 2013 (Monday)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Time:
14:00-16:00 </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Meeting
Room: </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Hall
2AB</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">New gTLDs: Addressing Consumer and
Public Interest Concerns</span></b></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">ICANN’s new generic
Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program will dramatically expand the Top Level Domain
Space.<span> </span>The program carries benefits for
end users and registrants in terms of increasing choice and competition, but it
also raises a range of consumer and public interest concerns.<span> </span>These concerns include consumer safety and trust,
multilingual access to gTLDs via internationalized scripts, rights issues
related to the protection of trademarks, non-registered marks and geographic
names, as well as barriers to program participation for stakeholders in the
developing world.<span> </span>The At-Large
Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable will highlight these issues and explore the adequacy
of policies and mechanisms meant to address them.</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Discussion
Questions:</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>1.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">What are the consumer and public
interest concerns in relation to the new gTLD program?</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>2.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Are the policies and mechanisms that
have been developed to address these concerns adequate?</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span>3.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">What more needs to be done to
address these concerns effectively? </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Co-Chair: </span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Olivier
Crepin-Leblond (Chair, At-Large Advisory Committee)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Rinalia
Abdul Rahim (Executive Committee Member, At-Large Advisory Committee &
Convenor, At-Large Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable)</span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Lead
Discussants<span></span></span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Consumer Perspective – Holly Raiche
(Chair, At-Large Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Working Group &
Board Member, Australian Communications Consumers Action Network)</span></span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Public Interest and Government
Perspective – Peter Nettlefold (Vice Chair, ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee
& GAC Lead on New gTLDs) </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Business Users Perspective – Zahid
Jamil (Executive Committee Member, ICANN Business Constituency & Member,
GNSO Council) </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Consumer Trust, Choice and
Competition Perspective – Steve DelBianco (Executive Director, NetChoice & </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Vice-Chair for Policy Coordination,
ICANN Business Constituency)</span><span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Intellectual Property Rights &
IDN Perspective – Hong Xue (</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Director, Institute for Internet Policy
and Law, Beijing Normal University & Member, ccNSO Council)</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Community - Indigenous Groups’
Perspective - </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Karaitiana
Taiuru (Chair, New Zealand Maori Internet Society) </span><span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></b></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Community - Geographic Names Perspective
– </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Olga
Cavalli (Representative of Argentina to the Governmental Advisory Committee
& Director, South School on Internet Governance)</span><span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Developing Country Perspective –
Tijani Ben Jemaa (Executive Committee Member, At-Large Advisory Committee &
Vice-Chair, African Regional At-Large Organization) </span></span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">ICANN Compliance Perspective - Maguy
Serad (Vice-President, Contractual Compliance Services, ICANN)</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></span></font></p>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><font><span><span style="font-family:Arial">Participation:<span> </span>This roundtable is open.<span> </span>Members of the following ICANN community are
especially invited to attend - ICANN At-Large community, ICANN Advisory
Committees, ICANN Supporting Organizations, ICANN Board and ICANN Staff.</span></span></font></p></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Evan Leibovitch</div>
<div style="text-align:left">Toronto Canada</div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Em: evan at telly dot org</div></div><div style="text-align:center">
<div style="text-align:left">Sk: evanleibovitch</div></div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Tw: el56</div></div></blockquote>
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