Monday, 13 June 2022
At-Large Leadership Session: Welcome to ICANN74
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Lucien Castex , Representative for Public Affairs, Afnic - Provided a summary of the French priorities related to the Internet and DNS of the EU Presidency
Chris Buckridge , Advisor to the RIPE NCC Managing Director on issues of Global Strategic Engagement - Commented on the RIPE NCC view's of the EU's NIS2 and DNS4EU.
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Joint Meeting: ALAC and GAC
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Topic 3 - Geopolitical Issues and advancing the MS model
- ALAC Speaker: Marita Moll - Discussed civil society in At-Large. Discussed incentives, the need for indicators, and how to attract and train new members. Highlighted the ALAC questions to the Board at ICANN73 on how to engage/retain volunteers. Noted that the ALAC hopes that the GAC will join/support the ALAC in their activities on how to manage community volunteers.
- GAC Speaker: Jorge Cancio, GAC representative of the Switzerland - Provided an update on IGO activities, including a tech envoy of the UN Secretary General. This new office aims to create synergies in the work of the different agencies of the UN on the larger digital field of activities. Also noted the Internet Governance Plus - an aim to make the IGF more inclusive. Also, in the 2025 there will be a big review of the founding Internet governance agreements in 2003 and 2005 will be reviewed this September.
- Susan Chalmers, US Rep - Noted that the US has joined the EU and 60 other countries to advance a positive vision for the vision of the Internet.
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Topic: The role of the AFRALO community in mitigating DNS Abuse
- The suggestion for the creation of an AFRALO WG on DNS abuse, shall be included on the agenda of the next AFRALO monthly meeting
The AFRALO/AfrICANN statement on The role of the AFRALO community in mitigating DNS Abuse was discussed and agreed.
Thursday, 16 June 2022
EURALO Policy Session: "Internet Governance and Multistakeholderism in terms/time of Emergency"
Guest Speaker: Oksana Prykhodko (European Media Platform) presented the situation in Ukraine given the action by Russia.
Regional experience in time of emergency throughout the regions were presented.
- Asia Pacific - Jennifer Chung, Cheryl Langdon-Orr - Discussed the case of the Tonga volcano and the cutting of the undersea internet cable. Also, the coup in Myanmar and the ongoing cutting of the internet was raised. The need for action within the Golden Hour to react to an emergency and the use of first rate equipment was presented.
- Africa - Bram Fudzulani, AFRALO Outreach and Engagement Co-Chair - The situation in Malawi during COVID and also the impact of the Russia conflict in Ukraine was discussed.
- Latin America and Caribbean - Augusto Ho, Claire Craig
- North America - Eduardo Diaz, NARALO Chair
At-Large Leadership Wrap up