Webinars
A “webinar” is an online interactive conferencing and communications tool that combines a visual presentation with audio, and is accessed and viewed as a video from your computer's browser — wherever you are in the world. The live events are presented in real-time according to a pre-established agenda and have an official start and end time. Covering a multitude of topics relevant to ICANN, you can either register for an upcoming event by clicking the Register link next to the session title, or download a previous webinar from our Webinar-On-Demand database by clicking on the icon next to the relevant session.
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Upcoming Webinars
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Webinars On-Demand
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This recorded webinar, presented by ICANN's Communications Department, explains the research that went into deciding how to improve the information architecture of ICANN.ORG. Presenters also show the proposed new arrangement of materials on the ICANN.ORG home page and a wireframe of a proposed mobile view. |
21 November 2011 |
English | 59:00 |
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Reference: IANA IP Address Space Management Description: No previous knowledge is required for this recorded webinar session on the history and operational aspects of IPv4 and IPv6, and current policy issues. This presentation was previously made to the At-Large community and is intended to provide a grounding and context to IP addressing issues, along with a wealth of information and links on how to become involved. |
30 March 2011 |
English |
29:59 |
 Beginner's
Guide to Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses |
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Reference: Policy Development Description: Whether you were planning to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Cartagena remotely or in person, this webinar offered a quick reminder on the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. The ICANN Policy Staff provided two duplicate sessions that were scheduled to accommodate different time zones and summarized policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). |
22 November 2010 |
English | 1:22:25 |
Recording of the Webinar: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p95745149/
MP3: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-policy-update-webinar-20101122-en.mp3
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Reference: Participation & Engagement Description: ICANN Staff hosted two identical briefing sessions where attendees heard an overview of the Public Participation Committee's 2010 planned work, along with details of what the next stage of the program entail. Also included were the results and key issues derived from the Big Pulse survey that enable ICANN to better understand the community's needs in regard to infrastructure and content for future ICANN International Public Meetings. |
27 September 2010 |
English |
1 hour |
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Reference: Participation & Engagement Description: ICANN Staff introduced community members to the goals and opportunities for remote participation during the ICANN International Meeting (No. 38) that is taking place in Brussels, Belgium. Attendees gained an overview of ICANN's remote participation goals for the meeting, received a brief tour of the meeting's remote participation services and tools, and learned which resources were available for gathering information on the meeting sessions during and after the Brussels event. |
14 June 2010 |
English |
Session 1 - 00:42:51 Session 2 00:34:57 |
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Reference: Policy Development Description: ICANN Policy Staff provide a quick reminder on the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN, along with a briefing summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates were provided on: * GNSO Vertical Integration Policy Development Process |
9 June 2010 |
English |
1:26:41 |
http://www.icann.org/en/policy/ |
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Reference: Policy Development Description: ICANN Policy Staff hosted this webinar as an introduction for newcomers to the world of ICANN and policy development. The webinar provided an overview of ICANN as an organization, who develops policy at ICANN (and how), and how to become involved and help ICANN shape the future of the Internet. The presentation was held twice to appeal to different time zones. |
20 May 2010 |
English |
Session 1: 12:00 Session 2: 19:00 |
http://www.icann.org/en/policy/briefs/ Audio: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-policy-20100520.mp3
Transcript: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-policy-development-webinar-20may10-en.pdf |
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Reference: IDN Program Description: ICANN Staff provided an introduction to Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) along with a short update on the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. IDNs are domain names represented by local language characters and could contain letters or characters from non-ASCII scripts (for example, Arabic or Chinese). |
18 May 2010 |
English |
42:04 |
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Reference: IANA Department Description: This webinar introduces ICANN's Business Excellence program where ICANN staff explains the goals of the program, the methodology in use and the improvement cycle. This session also covers the self-assessment that was conducted in January 2010, its outcomes and the improvement projects selected for 2010. |
12 May 2010 |
English |
21:57 |
http://blog.icann.org/2010/01/iana-business-excellence-explained/ |
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Reference: Fellowship Program Description: ICANN staff describes the Fellowship Program's aim of providing travel support to individuals from developing countries and less developed economies to participate and attend at ICANN meetings. The session also discusses the criteria required for how Fellows can apply to the Program and what the Program entails. |
28 April 2010 |
English |
35:57 |
You may wish to fast forward to the 1:23 minute mark. |
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Reference: IDN Program, IDN ccTLDs Description: ICANN posted on 22 March 2010 a proposed Implementation Plan for Synchronized IDN ccTLDs. With several comments in the Public Comment forum and several independent observations and requests for clarification made by the technical community, ICANN published a set of Questions & Answers (Q&A) and conducted two webinars. The webinars included a presentation of the proposed Implementation Plan and allowed for questions by interested participants at the end of the presentation. |
15 April 2010 |
English |
Session 1: 41:14 Session 2: 35:26 |
Public Comment Forum: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201004-en.htm#synch
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Reference: Policy Department Description: In preparation to the Nairobi ICANN Meeting (March 7 -12, 2010), ICANN Policy Staff provides a short background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. |
1 February 2010 |
English |
1:33:10 |
http://www.icann.org/en/policy/ |
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Reference: New gTLD Program Description: During this session, several members from the ICANN Community describe different potential Registry/Registrar models. |
1 October 2009 |
English |
2:17:03 |
