[council] Announcement to Precede ICANN's 44th Public Meeting in Czech Capitol

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-18jun12-en.htm
Announcement to Precede ICANN's 44th Public Meeting in Czech Capitol
18 June 2012

Board Chairman Dr. Stephen Crocker will introduce the next President and Chief 
Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 
(ICANN) at a news conference on Friday, 22 June in Prague, Czech Republic.

The announcement has been anticipated since Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's current 
President and CEO disclosed last August that he would step down at the end of 
his contract, which expires on 1 July.

Dr. Crocker will join Chief Operating Officer Akram Atallah and the next CEO in 
answering questions from journalists during the Friday news conference, which 
will be webcast live from the Czech capital.

The news conference will take place 2-days prior to ICANN's 44th public meeting 
in Prague.

Here are the details:

WHAT: News Conference

WHO: Dr. Stephen Crocker<http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm>, Chair of 
Board of Directors; Akram 
Atallah<http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/atallah.htm>, Chief Operating 
Officer; New ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer.

WHEN: Friday, 22 June 2012, 1600-1700 Prague (1400-1500 GMT/UTC).

WHERE: Room - Palmovka /Rokoska, Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobrezni 1 Prague, 186 
00, Czech Republic.

OFF-SITE ACCESS: The live webcast will be accessible from http://icann.org

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
·        To read the news release on Rod Beckstrom's announced departure from 
ICANN (16 August 2011), go here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf [PDF, 493 KB]
·        To review the schedule for the entire Prague meeting, go here: 
http://prague44.icann.org/full-schedule


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org