Yesterday evening I was on a panel at the ICANN 54 “pre-event” organised by INEX and ICANN in the Dean Hotel in Dublin.
It was an interesting event with a fairly lively discussion.
Karlin Lillington, from the Irish Times, was the event moderator and did a fantastic job of teasing out some of the key questions that needed to be asked.
The end result was a pretty good discussion of what ICANN is (and isn’t), what the “hot topics” are at the upcoming meeting and how people can get involved.
INEX was tweeting during the event so I’ll defer to their tweets:
Richard Browne from Irish Dept of Comms says Irish Gov wants the Internet to remain free and open. Thus their involvement in GAC #icann54
— INEX (@ComePeerWithMe) September 17, 2015
Though one of the other comments from the Irish GAC rep did amuse me:
Richard Browne from DCENR claims @mneylon collection of t-shirts is a good reason for attending #icann54
— INEX (@ComePeerWithMe) September 17, 2015
"A fundamental battle of good vs evil" says @mariafarrell of the IANA transition #ICANN54 Very cartoonish view of it, she says but accurate
— INEX (@ComePeerWithMe) September 17, 2015
The Snowden Revelations changed everything in Internet governance, @mariafarrell says at the #icann54 launch in @deanhoteldublin
— INEX (@ComePeerWithMe) September 17, 2015
Issues around #whois certainly something that the average person can engage with says @mneylon as @klillington dives into #icann54 topics
— INEX (@ComePeerWithMe) September 17, 2015
The 54th ICANN public meeting will be held in Dublin next month and it’s 100% free to attend, so why not show up? You’ll find more information on the official meeting site.