Discussion of the ICANN transition

[Jahangir Hossain]

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Md. Jahangir Hossain
Member, Board of Trustees
Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 3:31 AM Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:

> Seminars on Global Digital Governance
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> Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI)
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> Columbia University Business School
>
>
> https://business.columbia.edu/citi/events/citi-seminars-global-digital-governance
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> ICANN Independence, Seven Years On
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> Thursday, February 23, 2023
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> 11:00-12:30 EST (New York time) / UTC - 5
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> Register at: https://citigovernenceicann.eventbrite.com
>
> In 2023, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
> celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding and the 7th anniversary of
> its transition to independence from the United States government.  The 2016
> transition ended the contract under which ICANN performed the Internet
> Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions subject to US government
> stewardship; created a free-standing organization that is accountable
> primarily to its multistakeholder community; and constituted a significant
> change in the international regime for Internet names and numbers.  In
> light of its dual anniversaries, it is timely to take stock of ICANN’s
> progress as a unique global governance mechanism that manages functions
> essential to the global digital economy and society.
>
> This webinar takes up the challenge by assembling a panel of leading
> experts who have been deeply involved in ICANN processes.  The group will
> consider such questions as: the transition’s geopolitical, interest group,
> and institutional consequences; the implementation of ICANN’s
> accountability framework and of Public Technical Identifiers, the ICANN
> affiliate created to manage the IANA functions (most notably coordination
> of the Internet's unique identifiers); the challenges ICANN and its
> community have faced in responding to new pressures from technological
> change, industry demands, and government policies; ICANN’s role and
> engagement in the wider global Internet governance ecosystem; and the
> lessons of its experience for the future of multistakeholder cooperation in
> global Internet and digital governance.
>
> As always, the panelists’ conversation will be followed by an open
> dialogue among all participants.
>
> Moderator
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> William J. Drake, Director of International Studies at the Columbia
> Institute for Tele-Information
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> Roundtable Panelists
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> Olga Cavalli, National Director of Cybersecurity in the Chief of Cabinet
> of the President of Argentina, and former Undersecretary of Information
> Technology and advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Argentina)
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> James Gannon, Chair of the Board of Directors of Public Technical
> Identifiers, and Vice President of Quality, Trust & Safety at the
> PharmaLedger Association (Ireland)
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> Milton Mueller, Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School
> of Public Policy, and Director of the School's Internet Governance Project
> (USA)
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> Dr. Milton L Mueller
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> Professor, School of Public Policy
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> School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
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> Georgia Institute of Technology
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> Program Director, M.S. Cybersecurity Policy
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