Hi Folks,

IP Justice has co-organized a couple IGF 2014 panel sessions dealing with ICANN policy issues and on which a number of NCSG members are participating (including Stephanie Perrin, Pranesh Prakash, David Cake, Rafik Dammak, Carlos Afonso, Avri Doria, Joy Liddicoat).  One of the panels is on ICANN Accountability and the other session is about ICANN privacy issues (details below).

There will be remote participation available for these workshops, so I hope those who won't be in Istanbul for IGF will still consider dialing-in and joining the discussion via Rafik and David.  Should be some lively discussions!

Thanks,
Robin

IGF 2014 Workshop #23: "Accountability at the ICANN Multistakeholder Governance Regime"
Wednesday 3 September from 9:00 - 10:30 am EEST (other time zones)
IGF Venue Workshop Room #2
Panel Speakers:  

Larry Strictling, US NTIA
Pat Kane, Verisign
Gonzalo Navarro, ICANN Board of Directors
Carlos Afonso, CGI.BR
Avri Doria, NCSG
Chris LaHatte, ICANN Ombudsman
Jordan Carter, InternetNZ
Panel Moderator: Robin Gross, IP Justice

Remote Moderator:  David Cake, Electronic Frontiers Australia  

More Info: http://bit.ly/1pDwm1x
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IGF 2014 Workshop #149: "Aligning ICANN Policy with the Privacy Rights of Internet Users"

Friday 5 September from 11:00 am - 12:30pm EEST (other time zones)
IGF Venue Workshop Room #6 
Panel Speakers:

Sjoera Nas, Article 29 Working Party
Stephanie Perrin, University of Toronto
Paul Diaz, Public Interest Registry (PIR)
Joy Liddicoat, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Richard Leaning, EUROPOL
Michele Neylon, Blacknight
Monika Zalnieriute, Council of Europe
Panel Moderator:  Pranesh Prakash, Yale Information Society Project 

Remote Moderator: Rafik Dammak, ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG)
More Info:  http://bit.ly/1pzrJWr