ICANN 51, Monday Highlights, Sunday Recap

ICANN 51--Monday, 13 October, Schedule Highlights:
07:15 to 08:15 PDT ALAC Meeting with the NCSG Olympic
08:30 to 10:00 PDT Welcome Ceremony and President's Opening Session (more info here)
10:30 to 12:00 PDT GNSO Data & Metrics for Policy Making Working Group Encino
10:30 to 12:00 PDT IANA Department - Who, What, Why? Plaza Pavilion
10:30 to 12:00 PDT SO/AC-Led High Interest Topic Session Los Angeles
11:00 to 12:15 PDT ccNSO Council Preparatory Meeting [C] Westwood

12:00 to 13:00 PDT News Conference (more info here)
12:15 to 13:45 PDT CWG --IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions
13:15 to 14:15 PDT Global Domains Division (GDD) Update Beverly Hills
14:00 to 15:30 PDT All Things WHOIS - Now and in the Future Los Angeles
14:00 to 15:30 PDT Finance Open Session Brentwood
15:00 to 17:00 PDT Joint Registries, Registrars and TLD Applicants Meeting Constellation
15:15 to 16:30 PDT Update on Next Round of New gTLDs Beverly Hills
16:00 to 17:15 PDT ICANN Accountability and Governance Cross Community Group Meeting
16:45 to 18:00 PDT New gTLD Program Update Beverly Hills
17:00 to 18:00 PDT At-Large ATLAS II Implementation Taskforce Olympic
17:00 to 18:30 PDT DNSSEC for Everybody: A Beginner's Guide Pacific Palisades
17:00 to 18:30 PDT Joint ccNSO-GNSO Council Meeting Constellation
18:00 to 19:00 PDT At-Large New gTLD Working Group Olympic
18:30 to 19:30 PDT A Conversation with Steve Crocker and Leonard Kleinrock Los Angeles

(ICANN 51 Full Schedule)

Sunday Recap (Tweets--go to links for more):

GNSO: #newgTLD #domains unrecognized by many browsers, software, apps - IP addresses and TLDs are NEVER guaranteed #ICANN51 #ICANN
— Domain Mondo (@DomainMondo) October 12, 2014

Just blogged: The cauldron begins to bubble - update on the IANA transition http://t.co/cQAjbK41LD #ICANN51
— Milton Mueller (@miltonmueller) October 12, 2014

#ICANNisBroken El dominio '.gay', a subasta al mejor postor @ICANN @dotgay
— RAGAP España (@ragap_es) October 12, 2014

#ICANN51 GAC, China: ICG defined 3 functions for #IANAsteward transition prop: protocol parameters, names & numbers. What about root zone?
— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) October 12, 2014

#ICANN51 GAC, Brazil: if we limit #IANAsteward to compliance w NTIA conditions, we miss opportunity to address global ICANN accountability.
— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) October 12, 2014

List of govts wishing to speak at #ICANN51 GAC discussion on #IANAsteward is getting longer & longer. 2.5 hr session won’t be long enough.
— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) October 12, 2014

#ICANN51 GAC, Portugal: what’s still unknown is the future of #ICANN - how to resolve fact it operates under Californian law. 2/2
— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) October 12, 2014

#ICANN51 GAC, France: supports Brazil & Portuga - not possible to consider #IANAsteward w/o also including #ICANN accountability in package.
— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) October 12, 2014

#ICANN51 GAC, France: #ICANN accountability critical. Europe's experience shows appeal mechanisms aren’t credible, fair or accessible to all
— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) October 12, 2014

#ICANN51 GAC, France: GAC development of #IANAsteward principles is good idea, but also needs to include accountability reform too.
— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) October 12, 2014

New gTLDs Cause ICANN To Appoint Chief Contract Compliance Officer #newgTLD #domains http://t.co/DoExVRdzBi #ICANN #ICANN51
— Domain Mondo (@DomainMondo) October 13, 2014

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