As we start our meeting here in Copenhagen with a packed agenda, I would like to share with you some of the key sessions that have a more technical focus. I hope that this will be useful to newcomers with a technical background, so they can easily find their way...

Jean-Jacques Sahel, ICANN's VP, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Europe, welcomes you to ICANN58 in the beautiful seaside city of Copenhagen. In this video, Sahel stresses the importance of participation and collaboration at ICANN. He says that with the many sessions...

As part of an ongoing pilot program following up on its commitment to open sessions, the ICANN Board of Directors will make two of its sessions at ICANN58 in Copenhagen open to the community and public. The Board invites all interested individuals to join. Note that times...

The Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (CCT) Review Team published its draft report for public comment today. The report examines the early effects of the entry of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on competition, consumer trust, and consumer choice in...

Over the past two decades, in support of our Mission, the ICANN organization has made significant efforts to meet the needs of the Internet’s increasingly multilingual user base. Our achievements are due in part to the formal support from our Language Services team, but...

At the start of 2017, I took over for Allen Grogan as the head of ICANN's Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards department. As part of my on-the-job training, I spend a lot of my time on community outreach, which is critical to success in this role. This week, I...

From time to time, articles are published about "the seven people who control the keys to the Internet.” These articles, while probably well-intentioned, are completely incorrect. Let’s be absolutely clear: there are no keys that cause the Internet to function (or not to...

Bridgetown, Barbados In 2016, ICANN’s Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) team promoted the domain name system (DNS) industry across the Caribbean region. Planning started for the DNS Study in the Caribbean. We presented on the DNS industry at many local, national and...

Over the next few months I will be using this blog to share some insights and commentary on the operation of the ICANN Board and to introduce various Board members. This past week the Board passed a resolution to evolve the Board Governance Committee to be more responsive...

Anybody who has volunteered to coach an amateur or school team knows what it is like to have the crowd scream insults or profanity at them. The attack comes across without fail as a personal attack; one of bullying and intimidation of the volunteer coach. The fact the...

Late last week, the United States Government issued an Executive Order addressing immigration and visa status for some countries and people entering or planning to enter the country. This situation has affected one Board member’s participation in the Board Workshop taking...

Expanding Our Outreach Brazil is a vast country, where engagement means traveling long distances. In 2016 we crossed the country from north to south to engage with an impressive collection of current and potential stakeholders. Our Global Stakeholder Engagement team: Met...

The LAC strategy made good progress in 2016. We presented a study [PDF, 3.7 MB] that helped to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the domain name system (DNS) industry in our region, we officially launched the Latin American DNS Observatory, we held four editions...

In 2015–2016, ICANN's Development and Public Responsibility Department began oversight of remote hub operations for ICANN's Public Meetings. The past two meetings, ICANN56 and ICANN57, did not offer the remote hub option due to the unique nature of our first Policy Forum...

Minjung Park (left) and Billy Cheon (right), the new seconded staff from the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) to ICANN. Our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) established the ICANN Seoul Office, including...

한국인터넷진흥원(KISA)과의 MOU(양해 각서)를 통해 KISA 직원의 ICANN 임시 파견을 포함하여 ICANN 서울 사무소가 설립되었습니다. 한국 지사장으로 황인표 님의 뒤를 이어 빌리 천(Billy Cheon) 님이 취임하고 글로벌 이해관계자 참여 한국 책임자로 송강수 님의 뒤를 이어 박민정 님이 취임함을 알려드립니다. 특히 KISA와 ICANN 간 더 나은 공조가 이루어질 수 있도록 그동안 ICANN을 위해 힘써주신 황인표 님과 송강수 님에게 감사드립니다. 지난해 8월에는...

As you are aware, last year the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability's Work Stream 1 Report recommended that the key parts of the Affirmation of Commitments be brought into the ICANN Bylaws, and that the Affirmation itself be terminated. As of 1...

ICANN's Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) team is constantly working to increase regional participation by providing new opportunities to engage with ICANN. The following is a recap of our 2016 communications efforts that not only includes strengthening ICANN's...