Thanks for this very helpful post, Phil. I regret that I will not even be arrived yet. I am in Geneva for ITU consultations on Internet policy, and arrive late Friday. But knowing that other BC members are actively engaged is helpful to all of the BC. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 04:59:57 To: <bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] FW: NCUC Conference Schedule in Toronto FYI - I speak on panel 11:30- 12:45 addressing intellectual property rights in new gTLDs. New ICANN CEO delivers remarks immediately after lunch. http://www.amiando.com/NCUC-ICANN45.html?page=838202 · Conference Schedule o o o NCUC Policy Conference: "ICANN & Internet Governance: Security and Freedom in a Connected World" Friday, 12 October 2012 at Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto - Ballroom Description: http://surveillanceandcivicaction.pbworks.com/f/1265768236/RonDeibertRetouch... Schedule: 8:30 - 9:00 : Registration Badges 9:00 - 9:15 : NCUC Welcome & Introduction 9:15 - 9:45 : Address on Securitization, Human Rights and ICANN from Ron Deibert <http://deibert.citizenlab.org/bio/> , Director, The Citizen Lab <https://citizenlab.org/> , University of Toronto 9:45 - 11:15 : Panel 1: Civil Liberties, Security and Law Enforcement (Chair: Brenden Kuerbis) Moderator: Brenden Kuerbis, Internet Governance Project Panelists: o Don Blumenthal, Senior Policy Advisor, Public Internet Registry (.org) (remote participant) o Elliot Noss, CEO, Tucows o Genevieve Rosloff, Durie Tangri o Kathy Kleiman, Internet Counsel and Co-Lead, Internet Law & Policy o Wendy Seltzer, Founder, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse 11:15 - 11:30 : Coffee Break 11:30 - 12:45 : Panel 2 : Controversial Top-Level Domain Names, Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Rights (Chair: Robin Gross) Moderator: Carlos Affonso de Souza, FGV-CTS Panelists: o Bertrand de la Chapelle, ICANN Board of Directors o Philip Corwin, Internet Commerce Association o Rafik Dammak, NCSG Representative to GNSO Council o Avri Doria, dotGAY 12:45 - 14:00 : Lunch Description: http://tecnologia.starmedia.com/imagenes/2012/06/fadi-chehade-nuevo-ceo-ican... 14:00 - !4:30 : "Welcome Remarks" from new ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/chehade-en.htm> 14:30 - 15:45 : Panel 3 : The Changing Geo-Political Landscape of Internet Governance: Implications for ICANN (Chair: William Drake) Moderator: William Drake, University of Zurich Panelists: o Fiona Alexander, US Dept. of Commerce o Tarek Kamel, ICANN, Senior Advisor to the President - Government Affairs o Erika Mann, ICANN Board of Directors o Milton Mueller, Syracuse University 15:45 - 16:00 : Coffee Break 16:00 : 17:15 : Panel 4: Bringing Human Rights into ICANN's Policy Development Process (Chair: Joy Liddicoat) Moderator: Panelists: o Carlos A. Afonso, CGI.br o Joy Liddicoat, Association for Progressive Communications & NCSG GNSO Councilor o Desiree Miloshevic, Afilias (invited) o Magaly Pazello EMERGE, Senior Fellow 17:15 - 17:45 : How to get engaged in NCUC ICANN policy development 17:45 - 19:30 : Evening Reception Description: http://images.elitemeetings.com/000027/the_fairmont_royal_york_meetings_l.jp... Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey ---------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5263 - Release Date: 09/11/12 Internal Virus Database is out of date.