[ALAC-Announce] Announcement to Precede ICANN's 44th Public Meeting in Czech Capitol

[At-Large Staff]

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-18jun12-en.htm

Announcement to Precede ICANN¹s 44th Public Meeting in Czech Capitol
18 June 2012

Board Chairman Dr. Stephen Crocker will introduce the next President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) at a news conference on Friday, 22 June in Prague, Czech
Republic.
The announcement has been anticipated since Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's current
President and CEO disclosed last August that he would step down at the end
of his contract, which expires on 1 July.
Dr. Crocker will join Chief Operating Officer Akram Atallah and the next CEO
in answering questions from journalists during the Friday news conference,
which will be webcast live from the Czech capital.
The news conference will take place 2-days prior to ICANN's 44th public
meeting in Prague.
Here are the details:
WHAT: News Conference
WHO:Dr. Stephen Crocker <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm> , Chair
of Board of Directors; Akram Atallah
<http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/atallah.htm> , Chief Operating Officer;
New ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer.
WHEN: Friday, 22 June 2012, 1600-1700 Prague (1400-1500 GMT/UTC).
WHERE: Room - Palmovka /Rokoska, Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobrezni 1 Prague, 186
00, Czech Republic.
OFF-SITE ACCESS: The live webcast will be accessible from http://icann.org
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
·       To read the news release on Rod Beckstrom's announced departure from
ICANN (16 August 2011), go here:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf [PDF, 493
KB]
·       To review the schedule for the entire Prague meeting, go here:
http://prague44.icann.org/full-schedule

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Regards,


Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie
Peregrine
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org