ICANN 51 Business Digest

ICANN 51 Business Digest

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  ICANN 51 Los Angeles BusinessDigest
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  Why a BusinessDigest? This Digest is designed to serve as a non-exhaustive review of highlights of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Public Meeting relevant to a variety of businesses stakeholders affected by ICANN’s work, presented in business friendly language. Please provide feedback and comments to the ICANN business engagement team at [email protected]. In order to keep interested businesses informed about ICANN’s work, Internet governance and the business world’s participation, this Business Digest is complemented by two online spaces meant to inform and exchange ideas on an ongoing basis with interested business leaders: the Twitter feed @ICANN4biz and the LinkedIn group ICANN for Business. Feel free to join, participate, debate, engage, and provide feedback. Executive Summary The ICANN 51 public meeting took place in Los Angeles, California on 12-16 October 2014. The meeting was notable for its size, with 2,857 online registrations and 2,282 on-site participants. The Los Angeles location also helped bolster private sector participation, with over 600 business people registered online – as many as attended the biggest ICANN meeting to date in London earlier in 2014. Increased attendance at ICANN meetings is due to an array of factors. One factor is content: ongoing ICANN community work on the transition of the stewardship of the IANA functions - the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority that ICANN coordinates – and on the enhancement of ICANN Accountability, represent major developments in which stakeholders can participate. In addition, the business engagement team worked closely with ICANN regional engagement teams and regional representatives of the Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG) constituencies to conduct strategic outreach and preparation for the meeting. You can listen to the pre-ICANN 51 webinar for business newcomers, designed to explain what happens at an ICANN meeting and the role of business sector constituencies, here. Key takeaways from the meeting:  As with the past few ICANN meetings, much of the discussion centered on the IANA stewardship transition process and the enhancement of ICANN’s accountability.  The Global Domain Division hosted a number of sessions to hear feedback on the first round of the New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program, as it is set to conclude in 2017 according to the Program’s reviews and assessments draft work plan posted on 22 September 2014.  The ICANN Contractual Compliance department continues to evolve and grow in order to adapt to the global expansion of the domain name space and awareness of ICANN as an organization.  The participation of private sector is increasingly diverse, in terms of number of industries represented, geography, and modes of participation. An increased number of business associations and Tech Day participants are two examples of this growth.
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  Acronyms BRG – BrandRegistry Group CBUC – Commercial and Business Users Constituency DNA – The Domain Name Association ccTLD – Country code Top Level Domain name CSG – Commercial Stakeholder Group DNS – Domain Name System DNSSEC – Domain Name System Security Extensions GAC – Governmental Advisory Committee GDD – Global Domain Division GNSO- Generic Names Supporting Organization gTLD – Generic Top-Level Domain name IANA – Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IDN – Internationalized Domain Name IPC – Intellectual Property Constituency ISPCP – Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency ITU – International Telecommunications Union NGPC – New gTLD Program Committee NTIA – National Telecommunications and Information Administration RPMs – Rights Protection Mechanisms RSSAC – Root Server System Advisory Committee SSAC – Security and Stability Advisory Committee TMCH – Trademark Clearinghouse URS – Uniform Rapid Suspension For more help with Acronyms in this report, please see the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Acronym Helper.
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  1 Local Beginnings: Spotlighton Los Angeles Although Los Angeles is most commonly associated with the entertainment industry, the local economy is exceptionally diversified, with established industry clusters ranging from aerospace, fashion, and biomedical services to consumer products and tourism. According to data from the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, LA County is the largest manufacturing center in the United States and has a larger GDP than Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Norway and Taiwan. Los Angeles is also the largest seaport in the Western Hemisphere and a leader in a wide variety of innovative and creative industries.  According to a 2012 report produced by Startup Genome and Telefónica Digital, Los Angeles is the 3rd Startup Ecosystem in the world, following Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv.  July 2014 data from AngelList shows that Southern California is the 3rd largest Tech Ecosystem in the United States after Silicon Valley and New York but also the fastest growing with a 5.3% month-to-month growth.  Data released in this report by the LA Economic Development Council shows that high-tech work contributes $108.3 billion dollars to the regional GDP.  According to a TechCrunch report, 2013 alone attracted $1.5 billion in venture capital for LA’s technology startups — and 2014 is set to shatter that figure. Over the past four years, financing for LA tech companies has grown at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR), which is nearly four times greater than the U.S. average (at 7 %). Welcome Ceremony and President’s Opening Session Roundup The ICANN 51 opening ceremony featured an array of speakers reflecting ICANN’s diverse community. Speakers reaffirmed ICANN’s mission and accountability during the IANA stewardship transition. ICANN Board Chair Steve Crocker opened the ceremony by noting several achievements made since the previous meeting. These included the success of gTLD auctions as a last resort, the completion of the ICANN Academy Leadership Training Program, the work of the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC), and the progress being made towards development of WHOIS policy. One of the main speakers was Penny Pritzker, the first U.S. Secretary of Commerce to participate in an ICANN meeting. Pritzker praised the work of Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling, administrator of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) while conveying the U.S. government’s support for ICANN by proposing to relinquish the
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  2 NTIA stewardship ofIANA functions. Pritzker stressed the importance of the multistakeholder model and an open Internet in light of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Korea right after ICANN 51. The importance of innovation to global development was highlighted in two videos featuring technological solutions to everyday problems:  ASAPNet, which provides improved connectivity and multiple communication tools to firefighters and emergency response teams in Southern California, and  thrdPlace, a platform that leverages social technology to fuel community initiatives by connecting individuals, government, and businesses. Jonathan Robinson, Chair of the GSNO, received this year’s ICANN Leadership Award for his work in increasing collaboration between ICANN’s constituent bodies. The GNSO, which creates policy related to gTLDs, announced that they would be conducting a review to identify areas that need improvement and welcomed feedback from individuals. ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé’s address reviewed the progress in four strategic areas, citing examples: 1. Affirmation of Purpose: Following the recommendations of the community, ICANN is creating greater WHOIS accessibility to increase transparency. 2. Operational Excellence: An independent audit reported that 98% of registrars and registries are compliant with their contractual commitments. 3. Internationalization: ICANN looks to strengthen its global community through increased services and resources in the new Istanbul and Singapore hubs. 4. Multistakeholder model: ICANN has seen growth in its supporting organizations, advisory committees, and observer organizations.
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  3 Contractual Compliance The ICANNContractual Compliance team includes 21 staff members spread over three hub offices (Los Angeles, Istanbul, Singapore) who offer 24-hour support in nine languages. Businesses concerned with copyright and other intellectual property issues are among those interested in the work of the compliance team. During the Los Angeles meeting the team unveiled the Contractual Compliance Online Dashboard. This tool presents monthly data on the complaint volume, the process volume and the turnaround times for the registrars, registries and for ICANN Contractual Compliance staff. Another announcement made at the beginning of ICANN 51 was the appointment of Allen Grogan as Chief Contract Compliance Officer. In this new position Grogan will begin building a broader compliance vision that will serve ICANN’s mission of providing public benefit, exploring ways that ICANN can work with others to help safeguard registrants and the global Internet community in ways that may go beyond pure contractual enforcement. Learn More: Contractual Compliance operations:  Contractual Compliance on the ICANN website Learn about the Compliance department, related programs, complaint submission and performance measurement.  ICANN 51 Day 3: Contractual Compliance Improves Online Dashboard Read the ICANN 51 update from the Compliance team.  Contractual Compliance Program Updates and Q&A Session Contractual Compliance department public session at ICANN 51: meeting recording, transcript, and presentation.
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  4 Global Domain DivisionOperations The work of the Global Domain Division (GDD) of ICANN is important to companies who have applied for new gTLDs, and also to those companies considering applying for one in a future round. Companies contemplating evolving their online presence by registering new names under gTLDs available to them also follow their work closely. With over 500 contracts signed and 430 new gTLDs delegated to the root of the Internet, it is not surprising that ICANN 51 had a record 14 GDD-related sessions. For a brief description of each of them read the blog post, “ICANN 51: Los Angeles – Global Domains Division (GDD) Sessions” by Akram Atallah, President of GDD. Here are more details about some of the sessions and their topics:  Name Collision Past issues of the Business Digest have covered this topic. You can find a summary on the subject here. What happened since ICANN 50? On 30 July 2014 the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) of the ICANN Board approved the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework with a resolution directing its implementation. The general requirements of implementation for registries are:  Act on name collision reports from ICANN within two hours of the report during the first two years of the life of the TLD measured from the time of delegation of the TLD.  Implement "controlled interruption" as the notification measure to alert parties that they may be leaking queries intended for private namespaces to the public DNS. The board also directed staff to consult with the community regarding appropriate Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) for names whose delegation is affected by this resolution. A public comment period on the issue opened on 25 August 2014 and the final document was published on 7 November 2014: Requirements for Implementing Rights Protection Mechanisms in the Name Collision Mitigation Framework. Learn More: Name Collision  Name Collision information and resources hub ICANN website page collecting all information and resources on name collision.  Guide to Name Collision Identification and Mitigation for IT Professionals This report provides extensive information on the causes and potential effects, and offers guidance on how and when to launch mitigation efforts.  Form to Report a Name Collision If suffering name collision, report it to ICANN using this page.  Rights Protection Mechanisms: User Feedback Session A year after the establishment of Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) for the roll out of the New gTLD Program, the GDD team has started a review process of the RPMs and organized a session during ICANN 51 to hear and record user feedback about these mechanisms to help inform the general New gTLD Program review. The session focused on receiving feedback
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  5 specifically on theTrademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), Sunrise Period, Trademark Claims Service, and Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). Learn More: RPMs  TMCH The Trademark Clearinghouse has been established as a global database to support mechanisms in the new gTLD space. The Trademark Clearinghouse verifies and records rights information from all over the world. This includes registered trademarks, marks protected by statue or treaty, or court validated marks as well as any other marks that constitute Intellectual Property (IP) rights. The Clearinghouse then provides this information to registries and registrars during the domain name registration process.  Sunrise Period and Trademark Claims Service The Sunrise Period of domain registration is a special period before the general launch of a new TLD, during which trademark holders may pre-register names that are the same or similar to their trademarks in order to avoid cybersquatting. The Trademark Claims period follows the Sunrise period and runs for at least the first 90 days of an initial operating period of general registration. During the Trademark Claims period, anyone attempting to register a domain name matching a mark that is recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse will receive a notification displaying the relevant mark information.  URS The Uniform Rapid Suspension System is a rights protection mechanism that complements the existing Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) by offering a lower-cost, faster path to relief for rights holders experiencing the most clear-cut cases of infringement.  Trademark Clearinghouse FAQs  Trademark Protections Infographic  Universal Acceptance The New gTLD Program has opened the door for more frequent additions of legitimate top- level domains in non-Latin alphabets, like Cyrillic, Arabic or Mandarin. These new TLDs face acceptance problems because of software, tool or network configurations. The cooperation of software vendors, open source tool developers, Internet services providers, web site developers and others is required so that these new TLDs are available to all that wish to use them. There are three concerns to address:  Removing the "false positive" in filters preventing the use of new TLDs,  The ability to render (see and write) all names in the native script,  Achieve the intended level of safety and convenience in a rapidly changing DNS. To this end, on 18 June 2014 ICANN opened a public comment period for a Roadmap for the Universal Acceptance Initiative, which was published on 3 October 2014. This roadmap seeks to be a catalyst to:  Promote acceptance of new TLDs, IDNs and Internationalized Email  Foster discussion
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  6  Support a“corporate memory” of progress, and supply a reporting tool for Universal Acceptance issues Learn More: Universal Acceptance  ICANN's Universal Acceptance landing page This page provides overview and background of the Universal Acceptance Initiative as well as other useful links and FAQs.  TLD Universal Acceptance Home on the ICANN Community Wiki This community wiki page serves as a repository for presentations, public comments and other resources.  Update on Next Round of New gTLDs The second round of the New gTLD Program has been a subject of speculation since the publication on 22 September 2014 of the Draft Work Plan for the New gTLD Program Reviews and Assessment. The documents provides a mid-2017 estimated deadline for the delegation of all new names, also known as “strings”, applied for in the first round and lays out the work required prior to initiating a subsequent application period. This work includes:  Three Program Reviews conducted by ICANN: Program Implementation, RPMs (see above), and Root Zone Scaling and Stability.  A Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review process, led by a team constituted with volunteer community members, and informed by consumer surveys and economic studies.  A GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) in one or more areas intended to apply to future application procedures. Learn More: GDD and the New gTLD Program  GDD Webinars ICANN hosts a variety of webinars on New gTLD Program topics. View the recordings, listen to the audio and/or download the presentations and Q/A documents. You can also find out when upcoming webinars will take place.  Announcements Get the most current information on the New gTLD Program, including contracting statistics.  New gTLD Program Statistics A snapshot of applications as they pass through program phases. Updated weekly.
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  7 Security & StabilityMatters SAC067 & SAC068 Since ICANN 50 in London, the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has published two reports: SAC067 on the History of the IANA Functions and SAC068 on the IANA Functions Contract. During the usual Thursday morning SSAC public session, their Chair Patrick Fältström gave an overview of the documents, which are meant to generate a baseline of understanding for those interested in how the upper-most level of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers is managed and an overview of the IANA contract, as well as the roles of the NTIA and IETF in this context. The SSAC will publish an advisory with recommendations for the IANA functions stewardship transition by the end of 2014. The session also looked at how SSAC can make its publications more accessible and understandable as the committee encouraged input on topics to cover in the future. Learn More: SSAC  List of SSAC Reports and Advisories Complete list of all documents published in different languages.  SSAC landing page on ICANN website Contains information on SSAC history and operations, membership and workings  SSAC Public Meeting Get the ICANN 51 SSAC public meeting recording, transcript and presentation. DNSSEC Companies can help enhance security of the Internet by deploying Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), because these extensions are more effective when universally implemented. Registries, registrars, registrants, hosting companies, software developers, hardware vendors, government, businesses and agencies with an Internet presence, and Internet technologists and coalitions all have responsibility for the success of this massive effort. ICANN 51 included a very popular, recurring session: DNSSEC for Everybody, plus two DNSSEC workshops. Learn More: DNSSEC  DNSSEC for Everybody -- A Beginner's Guide This session aims to demystify DNSSEC and show how you can easily and quickly deploy DNSSEC in your business.  DNSSEC Workshop This day-long session is designed for registries, registrars and ISPs who are already engaged in the deployment of DNSSECto share best practices.  DNSSEC Key Rollover Workshop Another workshop to discuss issues related to changing the root's Key Signing key – ideal for the technically minded and those with DNSSEC experience.  Verisign page on DNSSEC Adoption Benefits Useful Verisign microsite showing benefits of DNSSEC adoption for registries, registrars, and ISPs.
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  8 GAC Avice The GovernmentalAdvisory Committee (GAC) Communiqué was issued on 15 October 2014. The GAC provided advice to the ICANN board on several topics concerning the IANA functions stewardship transition and new gTLDS. Additional Communiqué highlights:  The GAC remains concerned that the NGPC has not adopted specific GAC proposals on safeguards concerning new gTLDs, and Category 1 and Category 2 strings set forth in the London Communiqué. These categories relate to strings that represent regulated sectors (e.g. finance, eductation, professional services) or need special safegards, and generic names consisting of a word or term that denominates or describes a general class of goods, services, groups, organizations or things, as opposed to distinguishing a specific brand of goods, services, groups, organizations or things from those of others.  After reviews of first round of new gTLDs, GAC advised that review process be finalized before policy for further rounds of gTLD is developed and that appropriate timeframes be applied  GAC raised concerns over the consistency of the Community Priority Evaluation Process following the rejection of a number of gTLDs applications seeking consideration as being representative of a community group. Other topics of discussion included:  Protection of Inter-Governmental Organization names and acronyms at the top and second level of domain names  Protections for the names of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent and all Red Cross/ Red Crescent Societies  WHOIS-related issues that have significant workload implications for the GAC and the wider community  Requests for two-character labels by new gTLD registry operators  Possible application of human rights and international law to ICANN activities  Protection of geographic names in future new gTLD application rounds To read the full GAC Los Angeles Communique, click here. To view past GAC Communiques, click here. To learn more about the GAC and its members, visit gacweb.icann.org.
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  9 Internet Governance Landscape ICANN51 took place right before the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) in Busan, Republic of Korea. Held every four years, the Plenipotentiary Conference is the top policy-making forum of the ITU where ITU Member States decide on the future priorities of the organization, elect its senior leadership for the coming 4-year term, and approve budgets and other plans. In preparation, and to discuss the general landscape for 2015, ICANN 51 included a public session featuring two different distinguished panels representing all stakeholder categories involved. In addition to the ITU Plenipotentiary, the panels covered the WSIS Review Process, lessons from the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2014 for its next iteration to be held in Brazil in 2015. Panelists also discussed the results and aftermath of the NETmundial meeting in Sao Paulo in April 2014 and the role of academia in the Internet governance debate. Lear More: Internet Governance  ITU PP-14 website For all the information on the conference: election results, documents, sessions recordings, and other useful links.  NETmundial Principles The NETmundial principles come from the NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement published after the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance. Individuals and organizations are invited to endorse and advocate for the application of these principles.  2015 and Beyond - An Internet Governance Update Get the recording, transcript and presentation of the ICANN 51 public session.  CCWG on Internet Governance The Cross-Constituency Working Group (CCWG) on Internet Governance also covered the events since the NETmundial meeting. The CCWG on IG was created right after the ICANN 48 meeting in Buenos Aires (when the NETmundial meeting was announced) in order to have a cohesive ICANN community position among the various Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees as well as staff.
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  10 Private Sector ParticipationCorner As mentioned in the introduction, private sectror participation at ICANN meetings has been growing in terms of numbers and diversity. New channels for participation at ICANN meetings have evolved, even beyond formal participation in the Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG) of the GNSO. Advocacy Groups The Brand Registry Group (BRG) was born out of the desire of a number of major brands to have a unified voice to navigate the New gTLD Program. The group most notably advocated to include Specification 13 to the 2013 Registry Agreement, providing limited accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as “.Brand TLDs.” The BRG held a public session on Sunday to welcome potential new .brand applicants and those awaiting the second round of gTLDs to highlight the advantages of collective action. Members of the BRG, who must meet a set criteria (including ownership of trademark rights and the intent at time of application to run the applied for string as a ‘.brand’ and not sell open registrations at the second level), include Alibaba, Amazon, BBC, Deloitte, Gucci, LEGO Juris, Microsoft, Philips, Richemont, Shell, Virgin Enterprises and Yahoo!. Learn More: BRG  Brand Registry Group (BRG) Potential Members Meeting ICANN 51 public session.  BRG FAQ Learn more about BRG members, services, and mission.  Specification 13 FAQ The Domain Name Association (DNA) is the first ever industry trade group to represent the interests of the entire domain name industry and will promote, advance and support the common interests of the industry with regards to the provisioning, expanded adoption and use of domain names. The DNA membership is diverse in terms of geography and in terms of business segments and expertise represented. The association is currently focused on implementing a framework for registry-registrar cooperation and had a meeting on the topic during ICANN 51. Learn More: DNA  DNA website Get more information on the DNA mission, its membership and future events.  DNA on Slideshare and Twitter Get the latest news regarding the Domain Name Industry and download relevant presentations.
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  11 Commercial Stakeholder GroupConstituencies As always, the GNSO Commercial Stakeholder Group and its constituencies held active discussions on an array of ICANN topics. The CSG represents the views of business users and connectivity providers; its mission is to ensure ICANN policy and ICANN contracts are consistent with the development of an Internet that is a safe place for business-to-business and business-to-consumer transactions and communications to take place, based on high levels of business, user and consumer confidence. During the LA meeting, the CSG welcomed the developments in the ICANN Contractual Compliance department and focused much discussion on enhancing ICANN’s accountability process, the New gTLD Program review, and security, stability and resiliency issues. Commercial and Business Users Constituency (CBUC) The Commercial and Business Users Constituency (also known as the CBUC, the Business Constituency, or BC) mainly on new gTLDs issues to address in the context of the program review in anticipation of a second round. A few of the issues that were discussed were predatory pricing for sunrise registration, RPMs efficacy, and name auctions procedures. BC members also had a dialogue about how to prioritize the constituency’s heavy work load and how to make participation easier for new ICANN community members. The BC was also active in the GNSO Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group. As privacy & proxy services allow domain name registrants and beneficial owners to mask certain contact details in the global, publicly-accessible WHOIS gTLD data directory, the BC believes clear policy guidelines balancing the various interests relating to access to such data are needed. Learn More: BC  BC Website Get more information about BC mission, membership, and meetings.  BC Newsletter October 2014 Overview of BC interest topics for the Los Angeles meeting.  CBUC Meeting Recording, transcript, and agenda from the ICANN 51 open session. Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) The IPC session included a briefing from the Compliance team on their dashboard tool and related developments. The IPC also discussed the new gTLD program review plans and anticipated steps towards a second round: specifically submitting comments to the GAC on geographical names and feedback on RPMs and their metrics. Learn More: IPC  IPC Website For IPC information, position statements and news.  Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) Agenda, recording, and transcript from the IPC public session at ICANN 51.
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  12 Internet Service Provider& Connectivity Providers Constituency (ISPCP) The ISPCP has seen a healthy growth in applications for membership and spent time during ICANN 51 discussing how to capitalize on this momentum and maximize outreach. They discussed in particular how to establish a Tech-ISP community within the ISPCP and to define work tracks to match interests and inputs. The policy issues that were occupied the most discussion time were Universal Acceptance and Name Collision, on which the constituency has made good progress, for example in creating materials to explain and communicate resources to address these operational issues. Learn More: ISPCP  ISPCP Website For ISPCP mission, membership, policy resources and statements.  ISPCP 2014 Bulletin Constituency newsletter that covers all issues relevant to the group.  Internet Service Provider and Connectivity Providers Constituency Meeting (ISPCP) Agenda, recording, and transcript from the ISPCP public session at ICANN 51. Tech Day ICANN 51 brought together technical community participants – many from major Internet corporations -- for the 25th Tech Day, in collaboration with the DNS Operations Analysis and Research Center Annual Meeting. The day-long workshop attracted around 200 people in the room and higher online participation than at previous ICANN meetings. Paul Mockapetris provided a kick-off keynote on "Disruption and the DNS". Peter Marx, CTO of City of Los Angeles, gave a fascinating presentation on the ways in which the City of Los Angeles is using the Internet of Things. Tech day saw presentations from many security specialists from different companies, including Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan and Yahoo Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos, who focused on responses to Internet surveillance and increasing attacks. Learn More: Tech Day  Standing Room Only at ICANN 51 Tech Day Read the blog post on the workshop from Patrick Jones.  Tech Day Get the transcript from the ICANN 51 session and download all the presentations.
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  13 Stay Connected andEngage ICANN Fellowship Program The ICANN Fellowship Program seeks participants from developing regions and countries of the world, in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents who will become the voice of experience in their regions. The 50 Fellows for ICANN 52 in Singapore were recently announced and the group includes 7 people from the business sector. The application period for the ICANN 53 meeting will be open from 5 December 2014 until 16 January 2015. We encourage participation of people from the private sector: apply here. Learn More: Fellowship Program  Fellowship Program Resources page Find all the information you need on the program, its alumni, fellowship rounds and FAQs.  ICANN 51 Fellowship story – Los Angeles, USA, Oct 2014 Read the first person account of Osama Tamimi, ICANN 51 Fellow, about his experience in LA. ICANN Online Learning Platform ICANN Learn was launched during ICANN 48. This free and open online learning platform is meant to provide a space to provide introductory information for new participants and to share institutional knowledge, in order to increase the base of informed ICANN stakeholders. ICANN Learn needs input and feedback to ensure the platform is as useful as possible. Introductory courses for business participants are in development and will be available in 2015. Go to learn.icann.org, create an account, enroll in a few courses, and start learning. Learn More:  Monthly update on ICANN Policy Developments  ICANN Newsletters and alerts  Follow us on social media:  Twitter: @ICANN4biz  LinkedIn group: ICANN for Business  SlideShare
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  14 Helpful Infographics (clickto enlarge) IANA Functions Trademark Protection Domain Name Industry