The study group ‘Studienkreis’ of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN) has
scheduled its 13th meeting for September 12 through 13, 2013 in Pisa, Italy in
the context of the global Internet policy.
Founder
and chairman of the ICANN Studienkreis, Wolfgang Kleinwächter, confirmed to ITRealms that this year´s meeting would have a different format, stressing that
the study group would move from a more “knowledge transfer conference” towards
a “brainstorming meeting.”
“We will have no traditional panels
anymore but ‘round table discussions’ on issues where we list a number of ‘resource
persons’ but everybody is invited to join the discussion,” Kleinwachter said.
He also said that as always, the meeting starts on Thursday with
a welcome coffee followed by a session which gives us an overview about the
Internet situation - policy, legislation markets, community, ccTLD management -
in the host country.
This, he said, would be followed by the opening session address
by ICANN chief executive officer (CEO), Fadi Chehadé, as a key note speaker.
The final session on Thursday, the chairman said, would be
on diplomacy and policy with lessons learned from the recent Internet
Governance related conferences within the United Nations (UN), the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) and other international organizations.
The cultural dinner is this year hosted by the ccTLD Registry
for .it.
While on Friday, the study group will spend the whole morning
with ICANNs new gTLD programme. After the lunch break we will have David
Maher’s “Annual Internet Development Speech” followed by a dialogue between
Avri Doria and Vernita Harris from the NTIA of the US Department of Commerce
about the IANA function, the ATRT2 review and other issues related to ICANNs
future.
The final session - the look into the future- will be moderated
by Peter Dengate Thrush , the former Chair of the ICANN Board based on a “food
for thought” speech by Beth Beth Noveck from New York University, who chairs
one of ICANNs new Strategic Panels.
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