What's not clear is if one has to register for remote participation. I suspect that this may mess with your numbers. Is it not possible to, on the dropdown, add a remote option? Or at least a clarifying phrase in the blurb? j On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear All: > > You are all invited to join the NCUC policy conference in Toronto on 12 > October at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. For those not traveling to > Toronto, remote participation will be available from the event website: > http://www.amiando.com/NCUC-ICANN45 > > The event is free to attend and open to the public to participate, but > registration is required because space is limited. > > Also, any help you can provide to promote the event would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thank you, > Robin > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > NCUC Press Release - 3 October 2012 > > Top Civil Society Leaders Converge in Toronto for "ICANN & Internet > Governance: Security and Freedom in a Connected World" > > Cyber-Security Expert Ron Deibert and new ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Address > Non-Commercial Users Policy Conference on Eve of ICANN #45 > > Public interest groups involved in ICANN will gather for the event, "ICANN > & Internet Governance: Security & Freedom in a Connected World" on Friday > 12 October at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada. Sponsored > by the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC), the voice of civil society > in ICANN, the policy conference will focus on key ICANN policy issues like > the need to promote both cyber-security and human rights in the development > of global Internet policies. The event kicks-off with a morning address > from cyber-security expert Ron Deibert, Director of the Canada Centre for > Global Security Studies and The Citizen Lab, an inter-disciplinary research > and development hothouse at the University of Toronto. Deibert will > address the need to establish a cyber-security strategy for global civil > society. > > "Cyberspace is at a watershed moment. Global civil society, now > increasingly recognised as an important stakeholder in cyberspace > governance, needs to step up to the challenge," said Deibert. "What is > required is nothing less than a serious and comprehensive security > strategy for cyberspace that addresses the very real threats that plague > governments and corporations, addresses national and other security > concerns in a forthright manner, while protecting and preserving open > networks of information and communication." > > The afternoon sessions begin with welcoming remarks from Fadi Chehade, > ICANN's new Chief Executive Officer, a Lebanese-Egyptian IT entrepreneur, > who took the helm of ICANN last month and pronounced he was committed to > strengthening the multi-stakeholder process of Internet governance. > Additional speakers at NCUC's policy conference include Fionna Alexander > from the U.S. Commerce Department and other governmental representatives. > The all-day event's four panel sessions include participation from ICANN > board members and senior staff, civil society and Internet business > leaders. > > The conference will explore a broad range of ICANN policy issues including > privacy concerns related to the whois policy that requires the publication > of registrants' personal data and discussion of ongoing negotiations with > law enforcement agencies regarding a related policy that privacy > authorities have called "unlawful". The geopolitical landscape of Internet > governance models and the shifting role of stakeholders will be addressed > by experts from around the world. NCUC's conference will also explore > policy issues related to controversial new domain names such as protection > for freedom of expression in the face of cultural differences and > sensitivities. Concerns about intellectual property rights and new > top-level domain names remains an area under rapid development and will be > ripe for discussion as well as activities related to extra-territorial > domain name seizures. Including human rights principles in ICANN policy > development will be considered, in addition to ways civil society can > become involved in the development of ICANN policies, which impact Internet > users worldwide. > > NCUC represents more than 250 noncommercial organizations and individuals > from around the world on ICANN policy matters and was formed in 1999 in > Berlin at one of ICANN's earliest meetings. Currently NCUC represents a > wide range of non-commercial interests in ICANN policy development > including universities and educational institutions, human rights > organizations, development, promotion of the arts, children's welfare, > scientific research, community networking, and many other non-commercial > interests. NCUC participates at ICANN as a constituency within the > Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) and the Generic Names Supporting > Organization (GNSO), which makes ICANN policy recommendations and selects > board members. > > "The conference subtitle recognizes our shared twin goals of security and > freedom, and questions to what extent must we sacrifice one for the other," > said meeting organizer Robin Gross of NCUC and IP Justice, a civil > liberties organization based in San Francisco. The constituency's 2012 > Toronto conference builds on the policy conference NCUC held in 2011 in > which craigslist.org founder Craig Newmark addressed the ICANN community > in San Francisco. > > The 2012 conference concludes with an evening reception at the historic > Fairmont Royal York overlooking the beautiful Canadian waterfront. The > event is free to attend and open the public, but advance registration is > required because space is limited. NCUC's conference is held with support > from the Brazilian Internet Steering Registry CGI.br, the Public Interest > Registry (PIR), and ICANN. Civil Society event partners include The > Citizen Lab, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the > Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) based at the > University of Ottawa. > > Conference sessions will be audiocast live and archived for later > downloading, and remote participation will be available from the event's > website via Adobe Connect for those not able to travel to Toronto on 12 > October. > > For event details including conference schedule, speaker list, remote > participation details, and to register to the event: > http://www.amiando.com/NCUC-ICANN45 > > Contact for more information: > > Robin Gross, IP Justice > Email: [log in to unmask] > > Brenden Keurbis, Internet Governance Project & University of Syracuse > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] > > > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -