NTEN and CES are two completely different conferences. NTEN being far more ngo and user centric, while CES is focused on new consumer electronics products being launched. Personally, i'd prefer outreach being done at a more user centric and/ or NGO focused event. Below are events both in the US and Canada, ones that I believe where it could be strategic to do some outreach. regards Robert -- June 26-28: IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society Location:University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada http://www.istas08.ca ISTAS is the annual symposium of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. The theme this year is Citizens, Groups, Communities and Information and Communication Technologies June 28 : Grassroots use of Technology Conference Location: Boston Area (Lowell, MA) http://organizerscollaborative.org/conference September 26 – 28: The 36th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet Policy Location: Center for Technology and the Law, George Mason University Law School, Arlington, Virginia http://www.tprcweb.com/ October 26 -29 : The Internet: Governance and the Law Conference on Internet Policy, regulation and governance, McGill University , Montreal – Canada On 30-May-08, at 12:10 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Robert Guerra wrote:
I welcome Frederic's efforts, and will submit comments ASAP. However, timing is not unexpected - as constructive changes @ at-large could have taken place long ago, but seem to take place just when the ALAC review is taking place.
I am still concerned with the lack of outreach. If there's one "meta comment" i can make at this moment - is that if indeed ALAC and at- large is supposed to represent users "everywhere" then we really need to get far more people - to know about ICANN, its complex technical and policy issues and find ways to constructively engage on mission specific items.
Over the last year, if i'm not mistaken we've had just - 1 - new group join NARALO. Obviously more would be better. Ideas on how to best grow - would be most welcome.
Well, we've already asked for -- and I believed Nick has budgeted for -- each RALO to attend up to three events to do outreach.
So far I've heard that we should be at N-TEN (to reach the NGO community) and CES (to reach the general public). Both of these are in the US. Is there a suggestion of a Canadian conference at which we should be participating?
- Evan