'''ICANN 40''' was held in Silicon Valley between 13 and 18 March, 2011. The meeting was hosted at The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square
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== Historical Significance ==
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== Sessions ==
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*'''CISO Roundtable''', held on 14 March
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: The main agenda of this meetings was Discussion of building pathways for engagement with CISO community.<ref>[http://svsf40.icann.org/node/23025 CISO Roundtable]</ref>
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*'''Technical Evolution of WHOIS'''
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:This was a followup session to a workshop convened at the [[ICANN 39]]. This session was about IRIS and RWS, as explained by the experts. Authors and implementors of IRIS and RWS were invited to give presentations.
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::Presentations:
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::[http://svsf40.icann.org/meetings/siliconvalley2011/presentation-future-directory-services-domain-reg-data-16mar11-en.pdf Enabling Future Directory Services for Domain Registration Data]
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::http://svsf40.icann.org/meetings/siliconvalley2011/presentation-whois-restful-web-service-16mar11-en.pdf A RESTful Web Service for Whois]