The outgoing president and chief
executive officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), Mr. Fadi Chehadé will be heading to Wuzhen to co-chair the
World Internet Conference (WIC), reports ITRealms.
Confirming this, Mr. Chehade in a
blog post at the wake of Christmas noted that though he would be leaving ICANN
after Marrekech public meeting in March 2016 in Morocco, he will be co-chairing
the WIC this year.
“I most recently accepted the
invitation to co-chair a newly formed advisory committee to the World Internet
Conference in Wuzhen,” he said, pointing out that the first meeting of the
committee will take place in Summer 2016.
His goal, Mr. Chehade said, is to
continue to advocate for global multi-stakeholder governance and a single, open,
and interoperable Internet, just as he reiterated that his acceptance was based
on future role in his personal capacity.
Chehade further said this update
has become necessary as he had previously shared future plans with the ICANN’s Internet
community.
“I will be leaving ICANN in March
2016, and I have been sharing my future plans. As
previously announced,” he declared, stressing that he had also accepted an
appointment with a financial institution, and in addition.
“I’ve been invited to serve in
several part-time advisory roles post ICANN,” he asserted.
The Christmas week, ICANN president
disclosed he met with the Board at its request to give a debriefing on recent
activities and plans for the coming months.
“I re-affirmed to the Board and now
to the community that I will continue to give ICANN’s operations and the IANA
Stewardship Transition my full attention until the end of my tenure,” Chehade
said.
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