IP: GOVERNING THE COMMONS:THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL INTERNET ADMINISTRATION

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> * * *  Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)  * * *
>
> Ralph Nader will give the keynote speech at CPSR's conference on global
> Internet administration.  The conference, to be held in Alexandria,
> Virginia, on September 24 and 25, will examine the issues surrounding the
> creation of the new private Internet corporation, ICANN, to manage core
> technical functions of cyberspace.  A full conference announcement is below.
>
>
>             GOVERNING THE COMMONS:
>  THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL INTERNET ADMINISTRATION
>
>               a conference by
>          Computer Professionals for
>         Social Responsibility (CPSR)
>
>               September 24-25
>            (Friday and Saturday)
>              Hilton Mark Hotel
>            Alexandria, Virginia
>
> http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/dns99/dnsconf99.htm or
> http://www.cpsr.org
>
>
> CONFERENCE THEMES
>
> The implementation of a global institution for Internet
> administration continues to raise vexing policy
> questions.  As the new Internet Corporation for
> Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) completes its first
> year of existence, supporters and critics have differed
> sharply in their assessments.
>
> Is ICANN "out of control"?   Are ICANN's critics undermining
> the public good?  Disagreements have emerged between
> individuals, firms, and  countries -- and even between
> different branches of the U.S. government.  What is at stake is
> nothing less than the global administration of cyberspace into
> the next century.
>
> This conference will provide a forum that allows parties to
> articulate their positions in public, to engage in moderated
> debate with other parties, and to educate a broad audience of
> policymakers and stakeholders.
>
> The conference program addresses the following topics:
> 1. Introduction to the Issues
> 2. Competition in the Domain Name System
> 3. Technological Change and Institutional Design
> 4. Stakeholder discussion
> 5. The Big Picture: The Emerging Institutional Order
>
>
> PROGRAM & SPEAKERS
>
> Stakeholders Session
> --------------------
> Moderator:  Coralee Whitcomb, CPSR
> Don Telage, Network Solutions, Inc.
> Esther Dyson, ICANN
> David Post, Temple University School of Law
> Jamie Love, Consumer Project on Technology
> David Farber, University of Pennsylvania (invited)
> Paul Scolese, House Committee on Commerce (invited)
> Also invited:
> National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
>
> Introduction  to Issues
> -----------------------
> Session Chair:  Theresa Amato, Consumer Proj on Tech & Citizen Advocacy Ctr.
> Tamar Frankel, Professor, Boston University School of Law
> Jean Camp, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government & CPSR
> Hans Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy & CPSR
>
> Internet Registries: Competition or Sharing?
> --------------------------------------------
> Session Chair: Milton Mueller, Syracuse School of Information Studies
> Mike Vita, Federal Trade Commission
> Paul Garrin, Founder and CEO, Name.Space, Inc.
> Chris Ambler, Image Online Design, Inc.
>
> Technological Change and Institutional Design
> ---------------------------------------------
> Session Chair, Hans Klein, Georgia Tech School of Public Policy & CPSR
> Scott Bradner, Harvard University and Internet Society
> Karl Auerbach, Individual Domain Name Owners Constituency (IDNO)
> Peter Deutsch, Shophound Inc.
> Nico Popp, Chief Technical Officer, RealNames Corporation
>
> The Big Picture:  Internet and Global Telecommunications Order
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Session Chair: Rick Barry, CPSR
> Esther Dyson, ICANN
> Tony Rutkowski, NGI Associates
> Milton Mueller, Syracuse School of Information Studies
> Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
>
>
> The event begins on Friday 9/24 at 1 PM and ends Saturday 9/25 at 4 PM.
>
> To book a hotel room, call:
>   HILTON HOTEL AT MARK CENTER
>   5000 SEMINARY ROAD
>   ALEXANDRIA, VA 22311
>   (703)845-1010
>   1-800-445-8667
>
> To register for the conference, please see:
>        http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/dns99/dnsconf99.htm  or
>        http://www.cpsr.org
> Or send email to:  cpsr () cpsr org
>
> This event is sponsored by the Morino Institute and the Open Society
> Institute.  Co-sponsors include the Consumer Project on Technology, a Ralph
> Nader-affiliated public interest group ( http://www.cptech.org ).
>
>
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>  Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
>
>  CPSR is an organization that addresses the benefits and risks to society
>  of information technology.  For information, please visit the CPSR
>  web page at http://www.cpsr.org
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