[http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14oct13-en.htm ________________________________ ICANN Announces Strategy Panel Members 14 October 2013 ICANN welcomes over 40 diverse practitioners, subject matter experts, and thought leaders as members of the ICANN Strategy Panels<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15jul13-en.htm> to support development of ICANN's strategic and operational plans. ICANN Strategy Panels will serve as an integral part of a framework for cross-community dialogue on strategic matters. Designed to conduct work in critical strategic areas identified by the community, Board, and staff<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/conversation-inp...> [PDF, 209 KB], the work of these panels will build on public input being generated to inform a new, overarching vision and five-year strategic plan. As illustrated<http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/strategy-panels-timeline-1400x667-1...>, there will be extensive information sharing and community engagement with the Panels. Panel output will be posted for public comments and community discussion online and at ICANN meetings, before being factored into ICANN's strategic and/or operating plans<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement>, as appropriate. A video interview with Theresa Swinehart, Senior Advisor to the President on Strategy, is available here<http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/video-swinehart-strategy-14oct13-en....>. Identifier Technology Innovation<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn...> Chair Paul Mockapetris<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/bios#paul-mockap...> — Inventor, Domain Name System Members Jari Arkko<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn...> — Chair, Internet Engineering Task Force Anne-Marie Eklund-Löwinder<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn...> — Security Manager, The Internet Infrastructure Foundation Geoff Huston<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn...> — Chief Scientist, Asia-Pacific Network Information Center James Seng<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn...> — CEO, Zodiac Holdings Paul Vixie<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn...> — CEO, Farsight Security Lixia Zhang<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/identifier-techn...> — Postel Chair of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles This panel is dedicated to strategizing engagement with the ICANN community and public on technology matters. Its objectives include developing a technology roadmap for DNS and other identifiers, and providing a technology roadmap for ICANN technical and security operations, including best practice recommendations and reference objects. ICANN Multistakeholder Innovation<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder...> Chair Beth Simone Noveck<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/bios#beth-simone...> — Founder and Director, The Governance Lab Members Alison Gillwald<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder...> — Executive Director, Research ICT Africa Joi Ito<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder...> — Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Karim Lakhani<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder...> — Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University Guo Liang<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder...> — Director, China Internet Project Geoff Mulgan<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder...> — Chief Executive, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts Hon. Bitange Ndemo<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholder...> — Permanent Secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communication This panel is tasked with examining how Internet policy related to unique identifiers might be best managed. It will propose new models for broad, inclusive engagement, consensus-based policymaking, and institutional structures to support such enhanced functions. In addition, it will design processes, tools and platforms to enable the global ICANN community to engage in these new forms of participatory decision-making. Public Responsibility Framework<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib...> Chair Nii Quaynor<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/bios#nii-quaynor> — Founding Chairman, AfriNIC Members Tim Berners-Lee<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib...> — Director, World Wide Web Consortium Soumitra Dutta<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib...> — Dean of Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Bob Hinden<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib...> — Check Point Fellow, Check Point Software Technologies Blake Irving<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib...> — CEO, Go Daddy Nevine Tewfik<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib...> — Director, Cyber Peace Initiative Raúl Zambrano<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/public-responsib...> — Team Leader, Inclusive Participation and Global Policy Adviser in the ICT for Development and e-governance team, United Nations Development Program This panel will propose ICANN's role and five-year strategic objectives and milestones in promoting the global public interest. It will examine ways of building out ICANN's base of internationally diverse, knowledgeable and engaged stakeholders, especially within the developing world. It will also propose a framework for achieving those objectives and milestones as well providing advice on specific programs and initiatives. ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> Chair Vinton Cerf<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/bios#vinton-cerf> — VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Members Adiel Akplogan<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — CEO, AfriNIC Ltd Michael Barrett<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — President, The FIDO Alliance Hartmut Glaser<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Executive Secretary, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee/CGI.br Erik Huizer<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Chief Technology Officer, SURFnet Hagen Hultzsch<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Senior Advisor, TeleSoft Partners Janis Karklins<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Assistant Director General of Communication and Information, United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization Wolfgang Kleinwächter<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Professor of International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus Luis Magalhães<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon Debbie Monahan<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Domain Names Commissioner, Domain Name Commission Ltd, part of the InternetNZ Group Alice Munyua<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Chair of the Kenya Internet Governance Steering Committee P.J. Narayanan<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Director, Hyderabad International Institute of Information Technology Alejandro Pisanty<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Director General, Academic Computing Service of the National University of Mexico Carlton Samuels<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Former Secretariat, Latin America and Caribbean Regional At-Large Advisory Organization Ismail Serageldin<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Director, Library of Alexandria Pindar Wong<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosy...> — Chairman, Asia and Pacific Internet Association The previously announced<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15jul13-en.htm> "Strategy Panel on ICANN's Role in the Internet Organizations' Ecosystem" and the "Strategy Panel on the Role of ICANN in the Future of Internet Governance" have been integrated given the topics, and are now covered under this Strategy Panel on "ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem." This panel will review the assumptions, linkages and frameworks that dictate ICANN's responsibilities in the current Internet ecosystem. It will seek insights into ways to maintain and enhance ICANN's stewardship of the evolving ecosystem while cultivating thought leadership on ways in which ICANN can serve a complex set of Internet constituencies. The 5th panel originally identified will be refocused and is expected to be forthcoming later this year.