The Future of the U.S. Government's Role in ICANN, Internet Addressing and Internet Governance
October 1, 2009, 11:45 am - 1:30 pm
U.S. Capitol Visitor's Center, North Congressional Meeting Room
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The briefing featured experts on the relationship between the U.S. and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit body that manages the Internet's domain name system, including IP address space allocation. Presenters represented various stakeholders. A robust question and answer session followed the discussion.
The briefing is incredibly timely as the current agreement, the Joint Project Agreement (JPA), between the U.S. government and ICANN will expire the day before this briefing on September 30, 2009. On Wednesday, September 30, 2009 the U.S. Deparment of Commerce announced that it had reached an agreement with ICANN that establishes a framework for the technical coordination of the Internet's domain name and addressing system (DNS). Our esteemed panel discussed the implications for the new agreement.
Panelists included:
- Steve DelBianco, NetChoice [bio]
- John Kneur, JKC LLC, Former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator of National Telecommunications & Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. [bio]
- Brenden Kuerbis, Syracuse University, Internet Governance Project [bio]
- Steven Metalitz, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP [bio]