Thanks, Joly. Registration is only required for in-person attendance to the event. I'll clarify that on the website. Best, Robin On Oct 3, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Joly MacFie wrote: > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > - 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]