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PARIS: French Minister of State Eric Besson will attend the opening ceremony of ICANN’s 32nd international public meeting in Paris on Monday 23 June.
The Minister is responsible for Forward Planning, Assessment of Public Policies and Development of the Digital Economy and will join ICANN’s Chairman in officially opening the meeting Le Meriden Montparnasse at 9.30am.*
“We are honored and delighted that the Minister is able to make time in his busy schedule to attend,” said Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN. “This is an exciting and interesting meeting, with highlights including discussions on new generic top level domain names and IDNs. There will also be a special business access agenda on the first two days of the meeting.”
* N.B. The Monday morning schedule has been adjusted, with the changes made online at http://par.icann.org. The morning will commence at 8.30am with the President's Report and will be followed with the official opening by the Chairman and the Minister.
About ICANN:
ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.
Media Contacts:
Jason Keenan
Media Adviser, ICANN
Ph: +1 310 382 4004
E: jason.keenan@icann.org
International: Andrew Robertson
Edelman (London)
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E: andrew.robertson@edelman.com