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Chinese minister

Chinese minister

====President's Speech====

====President's Speech====

After thanking the speakers that came before him and congratulating Avri Doria for her award, [[ICANN]] CEO [[Fadi Chehade]] took a few moments to look back on ICANN's history and remark on the historic event of the 50th ICANN meeting. He spoke about how much the Internet has grown since the first ICANN meeting, and displayed the way the multistakeholder organizations have grown with the Internet's growth. He highlighted [[IDN]]s and explained that in the future far more people will be accessing the Internet in their own language and on non-Latin keyboards. He outlined ICANN's core values and stressed that these must not change (such as Transparency) as other things change.  

After thanking the speakers that came before him and congratulating Avri Doria for her award, [[ICANN]] CEO [[Fadi Chehade]] took a few moments to look back on ICANN's history and remark on the historic event of the 50th ICANN meeting. He spoke about how much the Internet has grown since the first ICANN meeting, and highlighted [[IDN]]s to explain that in the future far more people will be accessing the Internet in their own language and on non-Latin keyboards. He outlined ICANN's core values and stressed that these must not change (such as Transparency) even as the industry and Internet changes at a rapid pace.  

In his normal update to the ICANN community Fadi said he wanted to cover 5 topics in his speech. The first topic was [[IANA]] Stewardship and transition. He stated that ICANN is committed to being a transparent organization and has put out a proposal to the community so that ICANN remains accountable to the community as the contract with the US government ends. The second track in the IANA Stewardship is regarding the Transition - Fadi said they had received thousands of comments and proposals regarding the transition of IANA stewardship. He said there will be much more discussion on this in London, and that a coordination group has been proposed of 27 members representing all different stakeholders in order to plot the course forward for IANA transition.

In his normal update to the ICANN community on ICANN's accomplishments since the last meeting, Mr. Chehade said he wanted to cover 5 topics. The first topic was the [[IANA]] Stewardship and transition. He stated that ICANN is committed to being a transparent organization and has put out a proposal to the community so that ICANN remains accountable to the community as the contract with the US government ends. Regarding the IANA transition, he remarked that ICANN had received thousands of comments and proposals regarding the transition of IANA stewardship and understood there would be much more discussion on this subject in London, and that a coordination group has been proposed of 27 members representing all different stakeholders in order to plot the course forward for IANA transition.

His second topic was about ICANN globalization and hardening of operations. He said we have about 2-3 years to go before he is confortable that ICANN operations are where they need to be. He applauded the new service channels which allows customer support in many different languages and time zones. He mentioned community driven local language support and going beyond the 5 UN languages plus Portuguese. He said they are enlarging their "Touch points" around the world in Hubs and new staff and ICANN is approaching 300 employees.

His second topic was about ICANN globalization and hardening of operations. He said we have about 2-3 years to go before he is comfortable that ICANN operations are where they need to be. He applauded the new service channels which allows customer support in many different languages and time zones, and mentioned local language support that would add to the languages in which ICANN content is currently available. Chehade spent a few minutes discussing the future of WHOIS "Directory" technology and applauded the initial report that a working group had put together, led by [[Jean-Francois Poussard]].

 

Chehade spent a few minutes discussing the future of WHOIS "Directory" technology and applauded the initial report that a working group had put together, led by [[Jean-Francois Poussard]].

Fadi's final topic was the GDD, the Global Domains Division of ICANN and updated on the New gTLD program. He applauded the ICANN Auction, the contracts that had been signed, and the number of New gTLDs that had already been delegated to the Root.

Fadi's final topic was the GDD, the Global Domains Division of ICANN and updated on the New gTLD program. He applauded the ICANN Auction, the contracts that had been signed, and the number of New gTLDs that had already been delegated to the Root.