ICANN 40
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| Dates: | 13-18 March 2011 |
| Location: | Silicon Valley, San Francisco |
| Venue: | The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square |
| Website: | ICANN 40 Website |
| Total Registrants: | 1474 |
| Registration: | Total Attendees |
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
Historical Significance[edit | edit source]
Sessions[edit | edit source]
- CISO Roundtable, held on 14 March
- The main agenda of this meetings was Discussion of building pathways for engagement with CISO community.[1]
- Technical Evolution of WHOIS
- 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.[2]
- New gTLD Program: Discussion of Issues Identified by Governmental Advisory Committee
- This session was an opportunity for public discussion on the set of issues identified by the GAC at the GAC Communique at ICANN 39.[3]
- Consultation between ICANN Board and the GAC held on 15 March
- In this session GAC and Board of Directors discussed issues pertaining to the introduction of new gTLDs and the proposed delegation of .xxx to the ICM registry.[4] The new gTLDs were approved at ICANN 41.
Sponsors[edit | edit source]
Diamond: VeriSign
Platinum Elite: NeuStar
Silver: .org, Iron Mountain, Afilias, GMO Registry, AusRegistry, CNNIC, Community.asia, United Domains, ISC, NTT America, InternetX
Bronze: .pro, ironDNS, Name Media, RU-Center