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ICANN, TWNIC Host "Toward the New Era of Internet" in Taipei


Internationalized domain names, Internet security key topics at
three-day meeting

20 September 2007

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers is joining forces with the Taiwan Network Information Centre
(TWNIC) to host a special regional meeting -- "Toward the New Era of
Internet" -- in Taipei 19-21 October 2007. 

"ICANN, TWNIC, and the global Internet community are tackling some of
the most important issues impacting the Internet since its creation,"
said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO. "This meeting is an
opportunity for technical communities, Internet businesses, and policy
makers from the Asia-Pacific to come together and share thoughts and
ideas on how we can move forward together." 

Some of the meeting highlights include: 

*	Internet security and the challenges it presents to governments,
service providers, and end-users 
*	The need for a migration to IPv6, with its 340 trillion trillion
trillion Internet Protocol addresses, because of the depletion of the
widely-used IPv4 space 
*	One of the last official ICANN functions for Board Chair Vint
Cerf, whose term ends at the Los Angeles International Public Meeting at
the end of October. 
*	ICANN's progress on implementing internationalized domain names
(IDNs), which have the goal of adding to the 37 characters presently
available for domain names to tens of thousands of characters from many
of the languages of the world. 

"IDNs are going to change the face of the Internet when they arrive --
it will give people the chance to register domain names with their names
in their languages," Dr Twomey added. "ICANN is about to launch a
technical evaluation of the impact IDNs will have, and if all goes well
internationalized domain names could be available sometime in 2008." 

Links to the agenda and registration for the Taipei meeting are online
at: http://taipei2007.icann.org/. 

About ICANN: 

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's
system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and
country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet
protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet.
Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop
policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability.
ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit
company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org
<http://www.icann.org/> . 

Media Contacts: 

Jason Keenan 
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA) 
Ph: +1 310 382 4004 
E: jason.keenan@xxxxxxxxx 

International: Andrew Robertson 
Edelman (London) 
Ph: +44 7921 588 770 
E: andrew.robertson@xxxxxxxxxxx

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