[council] New gTLD Sessions Planned for Beijing

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-21mar13-en.htm
New gTLD Sessions Planned for Beijing
21 March 2013

Updated 22 March 2013

The New gTLD Program continues to move forward. Release of Initial Evaluation 
results will begin this week and the Trademark Clearinghouse will launch on 26 
March. Below is a list of all ICANN staff-led new gTLD related sessions planned 
for Beijing:
SESSION

DESCRIPTION

New gTLD Program Status

Get the latest update on the New gTLD Program. Review what we have accomplished 
since Toronto, learn what is coming next in the program, and find out what we 
are doing to prepare for it.

IDN Variant TLDs Program

Get a status update on each of the projects under the IDN Variant TLDs Program. 
The session will include presentation and discussion of the Program's projects 
with a focus on the IDN root LGR Procedure and the User Experience Study 
Recommendations. The updates will also incorporate a presentation of Program's 
next steps and projects.

New gTLD Pre-Delegation Testing Process Review

Learn how to prepare the required data and documents for PDT, selecting a point 
of contact, scheduling your PDT appointment and see a demo of the system.

Trademark Clearinghouse

Learn about the TMCH data verification system and what's coming up with Sunrise 
and TM Claims.

New gTLD Security Stability & Resiliency (SSR) Update

Get a status update on how the Internet community is resolving security issues 
that have been identified as part of the SSR Program. The session will include 
presentation and discussion of the general DNS and TLD threat landscape. The 
session will include a presentation of SSR next steps and what role the ICANN 
community has in managing risk as new TLDs are delegated into the root.

New gTLD Registry, 2013 RAA, & Registrants Rights & Responsibilities

Get an overview of the contents of the New gTLD Registry and 2013 Registrar 
Agreements (RAA) including the new Registrants Right and Responsibilities (R3) 
document. Also learn about the process involved post the signing of the 
Agreements.



For those who are new to ICANN meetings and to New gTLDs, we have a Newcomer 
Track session scheduled for Sunday, April 7. This will provide a baseline 
understanding of where New gTLDs fit in the broader Domain Name System.

There will be other New gTLD-related sessions offered during the week, planned 
by other groups. Among them: The New TLD Applicant Group (NTAG) will conduct a 
session on Monday afternoon, the At-Large New gTLD Working Group plans an 
Outreach Evaluation Meeting on Tuesday, and on Wednesday there will be a 
session focused on the Impact of New gTLDs on NGOs (NPOC).

See you there !

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