Dear All,

I wanted to take the opportunity to share with you the programme for the upcoming ICANN69 ccNSO Members Meeting, and the ccTLD News Sessions, which will be held prior to ICANN69.  The ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee (MPC) highly appreciates your participation to these sessions.

ccTLD News session

This very popular session is typically held in conjunction with ICANN meetings. During the session, the ccTLD managers cover best practices, case studies, recent developments, ccTLD activities and ccTLD management related topics.  There will be 2 options to participate. Kindly note that the two sessions each have a separate agenda.

Tuesday, 29 September 2020 (11:00-12:00 UTC)

• Successful transition of the .vu ccTLD | Andrew Molivurae (.vu)
• Study on legislative harmonization concerning Indonesian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure | Mira Fajriyah (.id)
• Trademark protection mechanisms in .ua ccTLD | Svitlana Tkachenko (.ua)
• The first decade of Russian IDN ccTLD .РФ: our experience and feedback | Maria Kolesnikova (.ru)

Thursday, 1 October 2020 (19-00-20:00 UTC)

• The European ccTLDs’ response to the EU digital agenda| Polina Malaja (CENTR)
• Critical infrastructure laws In Australia | name TBC (.au)
• Policy updates and activities at the .ng ccTLD during the covid-19 pandemic | Edith Udeagu (.ng)
• .ar top level domain Opening - Digital Assistance Program | Romina Auletta Guirardo (.ar)

For all relevant information, including a short summary of the presentations, details how to join and session recordings, visit https://community.icann.org/x/TwG-C

ccNSO Members Meeting

During the upcoming ccNSO Members Meeting, the focus will be on three interactive questions and answers sessions. Moreover, there will be two further sessions, with particular relevance to ccNSO members and the broader ccTLD Community:

ccNSO governance session
Tuesday, 13 October 2020 | 10:00-11:30 UTC

The goal of this session is to consult the ccNSO membership regarding some topics that have a direct impact on the  governance structure of the ccNSO, specifically on the expected interaction and roles and responsibilities of  the Council and ccNSO membership.  The topics to be addressed include the 2004 internal Rules of the ccNSO, and the decision making in the context of the ccNSO as Decisional Participant. The results of the session will  provide the basis for further work on the aforementioned topics by  the ccNSO Council and the ccNSO Guidelines Review Committee (GRC).  Chris Disspain will be session chair.

DNS in times of covid-19: the ccTLD experience
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 | 12:00-13:30 UTC & 14:00-15:00 UTC

This session will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business side of ccTLDs.

The main topic of part 1 will be (regional) ccTLD domain name registration trends.  Presenters include Patrick Myles (CENTR), who will speak about the CENTRstats Global TLD Report 2020/2, followed by contributions from Alex Corenthin (.sn), David Curtin (.ie), Ai-Chin Lu (.tw) and Alejandra Reynoso (.gt). The goal of part 2 is to have a moderated panel discussion around the various factors that drive these trends.  Session chair is Yuri Takamatsu (.jp) and moderator is Irina Danelia (.ru).

Questions and Answers Sessions  

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Q&A with ccNSO Council Candidates | 12:00-13:30 UTC

Thursday, 15 October 2020

Q&A with ICANN Board Seat 12 Candidates | 12:00-13:30 UTC

Monday, 19 October 2020

Q&A with cccTLD-related ICANN Board Members | 12:30-14:00 UTC

ICANN69: ccNSO links to bookmark now

• ccNSO Schedule & Remote Participation Hub: https://community.icann.org/x/SQC-C
  The one-stop page for all your remote participation queries
• Agenda Tech Day : https://community.icann.org/x/WgC-C
• Agenda ccNSO Members Meeting : https://community.icann.org/x/awG-C

Thank you.

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor

joke.braeken@icann.org