ICANN 16
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| Dates: | 23-27 March, 2003 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Host: | Brazil |
| Venue: | Sofitel Rio de Janeiro |
| Website: | ICANN 16 |
ICANN 16 was held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in March 2003. It was the first ICANN meeting to be held in Brazil. All meetings were free to attend for any interested person, land like previous ICANN events, a webcasting and Remote participation service was available for persons, who were unable to make the event.
The Meetings commenced on Sunday 23rd March, with various managerial meetings, and was closed on Thursday 27th March with the ICANN Board meeting.
Key developments[edit | edit source]
Topics that were in the agenda for these meetings had included Internationalized Domain Names, the schedule of meetings for 2004 and the GNSO recommendations on Transfers.
Paul Twomey became ICANN's president/CEO.
Outcomes[edit | edit source]
Key sessions[edit | edit source]
ICANN Board[edit | edit source]
- Paul Twomey: President/CEO
- Vint Cerf: Chair
- Alejandro Pisanty: Vice-chair
- Linda Wilson
- Richard Thwaites
- Robert Blokzijl
- Jonathan Cohen
- Hans Kraaijenbrink
- Amadeu Abril i Abril
- Jun Murai
- Andy Mueller-Maguhn
- Nii Quaynor
- Sang-Hyon Kyong
- Karl Auerbach
- Helmut Schink
- Masanobu Katoh
- Ivan Moura Campos
- Francisco A. Jesus Silva
- Lyman Chapin
- Mouhamet Diop
- Hagen Hultzsch
Term Ending[edit | edit source]
- Stuart Lynn: President/CEO
Videos[edit | edit source]
There are many videos which are available to download from this ICANN event. Some of the meetings which there is video footage of are as follows:
- Public Forum
- GNSO Meeting
- ICANN Press Conference
- ICANN Board Meeting
To download any of the Video footage from ICANN 16 please follow the link provided. ICANN 16 Meetings
References[edit | edit source]
Country-Code Names Supporting Organization
ICANN Preliminary Budget for 2003-2004
Inter-Registrar Transfers of Domain-Name Registrations
Whois Accuracy and Bulk Access
Criteria to Be Used in the Selection of New Sponsored TLDs
Report on Compliance by Sponsored gTLDs with the Registration Requirements of Their Charters