ICANN 58

Dates:	11-16 March 2017
Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Venue:	Bella Center
Registration:	Registration

ICANN 58 was a Community Forum focused on Accountability and Transparency and featuring 348 sessions held from March 11th to 16th, 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ICANNWiki Quickie from that conference, seen here, prepared participants ahead of the meeting.

Sessions

ASO

• The ASO Address Council held its annual meeting
• The IANA Numbering Services Review Committee, which ensures the SLA for the IANA numbering services for RIRs is met by the IANA numbering services operator, held its first meeting

ccNSO

• The Strategic Operational Planning, Guidelines Review Committee, and TLD-OPS met
• The ccNSO Council re-elected Katrina Sataki, (.lv), and Demi Getschko, (.br) and Byron Holland (.ca), as its chair and vice chairs, respectively; it also initiated the third ccNSO policy development process.

GNSO

The GNSO met to discuss nTLD subsequent procedures, the next-generation RDS to replace WHOIS, and a review of all rights protection mechanisms for gTLD.

ALAC

The ALAC focused on its organizational review and finalized its Public Comment response to the draft report.

GAC

• The GAC met with a delegation of EC Data Protection officials
• The GAC worked on adapting its processes to the new ICANN Bylaws and reviewed GAC Operating Principles

RSSAC

• The RSSAC discussed what accountability and transparency meant in terms of its work on the evolution of the root server system and worked on RSSAC026 (RSSAC Lexicon)

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

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

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).

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.

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).

Root Server System Advisory Committee. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System (ICANN Bylaws).