[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [SOAC-Leaders-ICANNMeeting-Planning] Proposal for ICANN85 Plenary Session: From Stability to Survivability: ICANN's Role In The Future of Internet Resilience

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi all,

sharing here the SSAC proposal for plenary session.

Best,

Rafik


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Dear Planning Team,

I am proposing a plenary session
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16DEqMVbyp8th726l0LG4_sU6yNNBpfbFicZD5PGQ1Xc/edit?usp=sharing>
for the upcoming ICANN 85 Meeting in Mumbai:

*Title: From Stability to Survivability: ICANN’s Role In The Future of
Internet Resilience.*



The goal is simple: shift the community’s mindset from “keeping the lights
on” to actively preparing for the next inevitable disruption. Building on
insights from SAC132 and the Marconi Society’s Internet Resilience
Institute, the session highlights four rising systemic risks—growing
complexity, underfunded prevention, regulatory pressures, and software
supply-chain fragility—and asks what role ICANN and its stakeholders must
play as the Internet becomes tightly coupled to critical infrastructure.



*Justification:*
ICANN’s work increasingly intersects with risks that originate *outside*
the DNS, yet have direct impact on DNS availability, user trust, and global
Internet resilience.



By assembling TLD operators, root operators, hyperscalers, civil society,
and critical infrastructure experts, this session gives the community
actionable insight into hidden dependencies and outlines the role ICANN
must play—strategic, multistakeholder, and forward-looking—in strengthening
resilience across the ecosystem. Optimistically, we will identify practical
steps the community can take *before*—not after—the next major outage.



Happy to share more detail or adjust as needed.



Regards,

Ram

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*Ram Mohan*

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rmohan at identity.digital| @ <https://twitter.com/rmohan123>rmohan123 |
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Dear all,



Thank you to those who joined the call and who shared their feedback before
the call and on it, it was extremely helpful.



For those who missed it, please find the recording here
<https://icann.zoom.us/rec/play/qYQYH0mJsBO1q92wKRxFeIDPc7_bAb6-Xs2q3eACvKezaS7uJ0P9cMJum-LwDz_Fc3_sYFXuQA5WAuFc.fR0sR6NtsYu9PBHl>
and the slide deck attached.



*Feedback from the second Production call:*



   - *Reminder of feedback received on the Meeting Planning list:*


   - General agreement that the Geopolitical Forum should take place during
   Prep Week
   - Agreement that one of the Community Sessions should be dedicated to
   the Review of Reviews (now on block 1 Thursday as per CCG Co-Chairs request)
   - Other topics suggested for a possible second session: DNS Abuse
   (NCSG), WSIS +20 (ccNSO), How to Shorten the Time to Produce Effective
   Policies (EURALO), NXR Round update if warranted (RySG)



   - *Feedback received during the call:*


   - Further information required for a final decision on the WSIS+20
   Lessons learned session. Suggestion to add “& Next Steps” to the session
   title.

o   *Action item*: Mary & Nathalie to reach out to staff colleagues for
more information on the session plan.

   - SSAC proposal for an additional community session topic on Internet
   Resiliency.

o   *Action Item:* Ram to send session description to the planning mailing
list for further discussion.

   - RySG request for a Board & Exec Next Round Q&A session during ICANN85

o   *Action item*: Mary & Nathalie to reach out to staff colleagues for
outline of next round sessions planned

   - Board & Community Discussion session:  decision yet to be finalized

o   *Action item: *Community leaders to provide suggestions regarding
format and timing of the session on the mailing list.



Please find the block schedule updated with the recent input attached to
this email.



As a reminder, there are no further Production calls planned given the
approach of the holiday season. Staff will be providing further information
in keeping with the above assigned action items as soon as possible.



Thank you all once again for your participation on the mailing list and on
the call,



Kind regards,



Mary & Nathalie
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