[ALAC-Announce] NEWS CONFERENCE: ICANN Leaders Discuss New Domain Names

[At-Large Staff]

> NEWS CONFERENCE: ICANN Leaders Discuss New Domain Names
> ICANN Leaders to Discuss New Generic Top-Level Domains and
> Other Issues at Prague News Conference
> Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's President and Chief Executive Officer will be joined by
> Board Chair Dr. Stephen Crocker and Chief Operating Officer Akram Atallah in
> answering journalists' questions at a news conference following the welcoming
> ceremonies at ICANN's 44th public meeting in Prague, Czech Republic on Monday,
> 25 June.
> 
> On 13 June ICANN revealed who applied for which generic Top-Level Domains
> (gTLDs) under ICANN's new gTLD program. The program will lead to some of the
> most profound changes ever in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS).
> 
> The Prague meeting marks the first time some of the gTLD applicants will meet
> since the 1,930 gTLD applications were revealed last week.
> 
> In addition to taking questions on gTLDs at the Friday news conference, the
> three ICANN leaders also will answer journalists' questions on other subjects,
> ranging from the gTLD application batching process to overviews of Internet
> governance.  
> 
> A recording of the news conference will be posted to the press page of the
> ICANN web site (http://www.icann.org/en/press/) as soon after the event as
> possible.
> 
> Here are the details:
> 
> WHAT:  News Conference
> 
> WHO:  Rod Beckstrom <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/beckstrom.htm> , President
> and CEO, Dr. Stephen Crocker <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm> ,
> Chair of Board of Directors, and Akram Atallah
> <http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/atallah.htm> , Chief Operating Officer.
> 
> WHEN:  Monday, 25 June 2012, 1045 Prague (0845 UTC).
> 
> WHERE: Room - Karlin I/II Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobrezni 1 Prague, 186 00,
> Czech Republic.
> 
> OFF-SITE ACCESS:  Journalists from around the world can participate in the
> news conference via remote access.
> * A live video webcast may be accessed at
> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/prg44-press.
> * Telephone access may be obtained by dialling an international access number
> obtained from this list www.adigo.com/icann <http://www.adigo.com/icann> .
> The toll free access number in the U.S. is +1.800.550.6865.  Once you have
> reached the conferencing center, dial 25594.
> LANGUAGE:  The news conference will be in English.
> 
> MEDIA CONTACTS:  
> 
> Brad White
> 
> ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs
> 
> Tel. +1 301.365.3571
> 
> brad.white at icann.org
> 
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> Michele Jourdan
> 
> ICANN Manager of New gTLD Communications
> 
> Tel. +1 310.425.0025
> 
> michele.jourdan at icann.org
> 
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> Vilem Sladek
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> PR manažer sdružení CZ.NIC
> 
> Tel. + 420 739 452 919
> 
> Email: vilem.sladek at nic.cz
> 
> Czech language contact (Český jazyk kontakt)
> 
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> About ICANN: ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global
> Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address
> into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so
> computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique
> identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one
> global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit
> public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated
> to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes
> competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN
> doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't
> deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the
> Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion
> and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit:
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