Dates: 9th - 13th March 2001
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Host: Australia
Venue: Melbourne Exhibition &Convention Centre (MECC).
Website: [1]
Historical Significance
ICANN 8 was the first event to be held in Australia


ICANN 8

The Annual ICANN 8 meeting was situated in Melbourne Australia between the dates of 9th – 13th March 2001. All meetings throughout the event were free to attend, by any person that was interested in the topics discussed throughout the event. All meetings were held in the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC).

The ICANN 8 event lasted for the duration of the five days it had been planned for, and like all ICANN Meetings, it was seen as a great success, as many people from the industry had turned up to say their problems and concerns. There were several topics on the agenda for the event, one of the main topics being New Top level Domain Agreements.


Historical Significance edit

Sessions edit

  • Business Constituency


  • ccTLD Registries Constituency


  • gTLD Registries Constituency


  • Intellectual Property Constituency


  • ISP Constituency


  • Non-Commercial Constituency


  • Registrars Constituency


AGENDA FOR ICANN PUBLIC FORUM AND BOARD MEETING


  • New TLD agreements
  • Topic Paper on New TLD Agreements
  • Internationalized Domain Names
  • Proposed Revisions to VeriSign Agreements
  • Status report by At Large Study Committee
  • ICANN Budget 2001-2002
  • Final report of the Ad Hoc Group on Numbering and Addressing


References edit

The Event Agenda

New Top level domain agreements

ICANN Budget 2001 - 2002

External Links edit

ICANN Website