Friends,

Thank you for your support for the plenary at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Mumbai: “From Stability to Survivability: ICANN’s Role in the Future of Internet Resilience.” We have the prime slot following the Opening Ceremony on March 9.

Why this matters now: The Internet is becoming more critical to everything we do, but investment in resilience is not keeping pace. The risk is no longer isolated outages, but broader, systemic disruption. This plenary is intended to help the community get ahead of that curve.

The builds on work over the past 15 months with the Marconi Society, SSAC and ICANN.

Objectives

1. Shift the community mindset from technical stability (“keeping the lights on”) to strategic resilience (surviving inevitable shocks).
2. Start defining ICANN’s unique role—organization and community—in mitigating systemic risks before they become global outages.

Plenary Structure

• An educational plenary highlighting four systemic threats:

Exploding system complexity

Underfunded preventive measures

Intensifying regulatory pressures

Software supply-chain risk

• Forward-looking dialog on practical next steps.

The Ask:

To make this session truly action oriented, I am looking for your expertise. Specifically:

• The "Anchor" Points: What is the one truth the community must accept by the end of this session?
• Evidence: Do you have specific data points or "near-miss" examples that illustrate these systemic risks?
• Roadmap: What is a practical first step ICANN can take to lead on resilience?
• Voice: Who else should be on this stage to ensure our message has maximum execution potential?

My goal is to make this session compelling and actionable. I would value your guidance as we finalize the framing.

-Ram