ICANN 41

Dates:	19-24 June, 2011
Location:	Singapore
Host:	iDA
Venue:	Fairmont Singapore
Website:	ICANN 41
Total Registrants:	948
Registration:	List of Registered Attendees
Key Appointments
Steve Crocker, Chairman of ICANN Board Bruce Tonkin, Vice Chair of ICANN Board
Historical Significance
major developments

ICANN 41 was held in Singapore between 19 and 24 June, 2011.

During the opening ceremony of ICANN 41, Peter Dengate Thrush, then Chairman of the Board, reminded the audience of how much the Internet community and ICANN has come since its humble beginnings as a largely American cultural phenomenon originally overseen by the United States Federal Government.

Currently, Singapore is one of only four cities to host more than one ICANN conference; Marina Del Rey, California, which is ICANN's headquarters, Los Angeles, California, and Cairo, Egypt have hosted two conferences as well.

The conference involved some 1,341 total participants.

Networking Events

Welcome Reception

The welcome cocktail reception was held Canning, Raffles ballroom, Fairmont Singpore on 19th June. It was sponsored by NeuStar .biz and .us.

Chairman's Farewell Speech

Peter Denegate Thrush left ICANN in June, 2011 during the meeting he held a reception where he made his Farewell speech on 20 June, 2011 A complete transcript of Mr. Thrush's speech can be downloaded

Music Night

PIR and Afilias sponsored a Music Night on 21 June, 2011 in Canning of Fairmont Singapore.

ICANN 41 Singapore Night

IDA arranged for the guests to be entertained by the sights, sound and tastes of various cultures in Singapore. It was held on 22 June 2011 in the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre Ballroom.

Sessions

Several sessions were in progress consecutively in different rooms of the hotel. The prominent ones included:

• GNSO Working Session Held on June 18,19 Glen de Saint Géry led the session on both the days
• IDN Variant TLD Held on June 20 Kurt Pritz Led the session
• DNSSEC for Everybody - A Beginner's Guide Held on June 20 Julie Hedlund led the session

This session was aimed at demystifying DNSSEC and guiding people in using it for their business. Presentation: DNSSEC for Everybody - A Beginner's Guide

• Internet Service Provider & Connectivity Provider Constituency (ISPCP) Meeting Held on June 21 Glen de Saint Géry led the session

The meeting was focused at discussing all the issues that impact ISPs and Connectivity providers including the introduction of New gTLDs, GNSO policy issues, Security and Stability issues and Global Address Policy.

• Registrar Stakeholder Group Meeting Held on June 21 Glen de Saint Géry led the session

Different Topic related to ICANN Registrars were discussed in this session. The topics included GNSO working group updates, ICANN staff updates and other issues of interest to registrars.

Transcripts:

Registrar Stakeholder Group Part 1

Registrar Stakeholder Group Part 2

Registrar Stakeholder Group Part 3

• ccNSO Members Meeting Day 1 Held on 21 June Kristina Nordström led the session

The Council and the Member gathered at this meeting to discuss various issues regarding a cross-section of the world's country codes. There were also updates on developments and best practice from different ccTLD Managers.

• ASO AC Workshop on IP Addressing Activites Held on June 22 Olof Nordling led the session

Presentations:

Number Resource Policy Development Activities presented by Louie Lee

Whats going on in the world of IANA by Elise Gerich

• DNSSEC Workshop Held on June 22 Julie Hedlund led the session

This session was a public discussion for those who are actively engaged in the deployment of DNSSEC. Several presentations regarding DNSSEC, its development and current state were made in this session. Transcript: DNSSEC Workshop

• ccNSO Members Meeting Day 2 Held on June 22 Kristina Nordström led the session

This meeting was a continual to the ccNSO Members Meeting Day 1 held on June 21. Transcript: ccNSO Members Meeting Day 2

• Preparatory Meeting on the ICANN Summit on Developing Countries Held on 22 June Katim Touray led the session

This preparatory meeting was held as a prequel to the ICANN Summit on Developing Countries (ISDC) to be held at ICANN 42. At this meeting the stakeholders from the ICANN Community were brought together to discuss details about ISDC.

• ICANN Public Forum Held on June 23 Filiz Yilmaz led the session

ICANN Public Forum is an opportunity for the community to make comments and ask questions on main topics at the meeting directly to the board. The public forum is divided into main topic areas with a time alloted to each subject. Main topics at ICANN 41 included:

• Report from the Chair of the Nominating Committee
• FY12 Operating Plan and Budget
• IANA contract and the recent FNOI
• New generic Top‐Level Domain Program Applicant Support
• ICANN 42 in Dakar
• ATRT Recommendations
• Issue of volunteer burnout
• Recognizing the AoC, ATRT, and ICANN's core mission, what does it mean for ICANN to "act in the public interest"?
• Farewell and thanks to Board of Director, Rita Rodin Johnston

Transcript ICANN Public Forum

• SSR Review Team: Face-to-Face Meeting Held on June 23 Alice Jansen led the session

This was a working session on the SSR-RT. Transcript: SSR Review Team – Face-to-Face Meeting

• IGF Workshop Held on June 23 Baher Esmat led the session

This session included discussion about IGF improvements. The main agenda in this session surrounded the Working Group on improvement to the IGF. The meeting served as a platform for preparations about the Annual IGF meeting, which would take place in Nairobi in September 2011.

Speakers:

• Ana Neves (Government of Portugal)
• Ayesha Hassan (ICC)
• Chengetai Masango (IGF Secretariat)
• Sam Dickinson (APNIC)
• Sarah Falvey (Google)
• Wolfgang Kleinwächter (University of Arhaus)

• ICANN Board Meeting Held on June 24 Diane R. Schroeder led the session

This was a public meeting of the ICANN Board. The main agenda of this meeting included ATRT Recommendations & Budget, Renewal of .NET Agreement, FY12 Operating Plan & Budget, Report from Board-GAC Joint Working Group, Internet Number Certification (RPKI) Program, From the IANA Committee – Local Community Support Guidance and Issues Arising from the Singapore Meeting. Transcript:Board Meeting Part 1

• ALAC Executive Committee Held on June 24 Seth Greene led the session

The ALAC Executive Committee is a meeting of the ALAC Executives that is held on every ICANN Meeting. This meeting allows the ALAC executives to incorporate the latest ICANN Meeting into their future work. Transcript: ALAC Executive Committee

Sponsors

Platinum Elite: VeriSign

Platinum: NeuStar, PIR

Gold: Afilias

Silver: InternetX, CNNIC, GMO REGISTRY, CORE, AusRegistry, Siter.com, IP Mirror, .pro, Community.asia, United Domains, ISC, SIDN, Iron Mountain

Bronze: ironDNS, RJ Center

Developments

Following the departure of Peter Dengate Thrush at ICANN Singapore, Steve Crocker was unanimously appointed to act as Chairman of the Board. His current term is still set to expire at ICANN Senegal. Bruce Tonkin was elected vice-chair.

Historical Significance

This meeting marks the departure of Peter Dengate Thrush from ICANN. He was influential in establishing what would become the ccNSO through his work with national and international Internet policy development with New Zealand; he became a board member of that body in December, 2004. The ccNSO subsequently appointed him to the ICANN Board in 2005, he was elected as the Chairman of that board in 2007, and has gone on to be re-elected three times.

External Links

Complete Schedule of ICANN 41

Videos

Raymond King being interviewed by Gray Chynoweth

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Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).

Internationalized Domain Name

Top-Level Domain

ISPs and Connectivity Providers Constituency

Country Code Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (ICANN Bylaws).

Country code top-level domain

Address Supporting Organization. Advises the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the operation, assignment, and management of Internet addresses (ICANN Bylaws).

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Internet Governance Forum

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.