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style="font-size: 20pt;">“Internet Pavilion” to Host Key Internet
Discussions<br>
During the ITU Telecom World Conference<br>
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<p><font face="Arial"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Washington,
D.C… September 15, 2009… 2009 – </span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Number
Resource Organization (NRO) are joining forces to host the “Internet
Pavilion” at the Telecom World Event, taking place from October 5-9.
The three organizations are working together to raise awareness of the
need maintain and reinforce a single, global, secure, stable and
interoperable Internet.<br>
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“The Internet Pavilion will be a focal point for participants to gather
the most current literature and hear discussions about how the Internet
ecosystem works”, said Theresa Swinehart, ICANN’s Vice President for
Global and Strategic Partnerships. The “Internet Pavilion” is supported
by organizations responsible for different aspects of Internet
development, operations, administration, and technical management.<br>
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“For the Internet, open standards are developed through open
processes, where anyone with the necessary skills and interest can
participate,” said Gerard Ross, Senior Communications Manager of ISOC.
“The Internet is where anyone who wants to apply those creative
standards can do so without having to seek permission or pay fees.” <br>
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The Internet Pavilion will host a series of seminars, briefings and
presentations on a range of topics, including how the global
infrastructure of the Internet works, the key roles of the Internet
protocol (IP) address and domain name systems, as well as the
importance of a collaborative approach to Internet governance. <br>
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“One of the key challenges that the Internet community, national and
regional governments as well as private sector organizations are
tackling at the moment, is the imminent depletion of the current IP
address pool, IPv4, and the need to accelerate the worldwide deployment
of the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6,” said Adiel A.
Akplogan, Chairman of the NRO. “Collaboration between different
Internet stakeholders at events such as ITU Telecom World and beyond
will help raise awareness of this challenge, protect future Internet
innovation and growth, and ensure that the Internet remains open and
accessible for all.” <br>
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For more information, visit the Internet Pavilion, October 5-9, 2009,
Hall 4, Stand 4035, ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 Conference.<br>
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<b>About ICANN:<br>
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To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address
into your computer - a name or a number. ICANN is responsible for the
global coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers.
These include domain names (like .org, .museum, and country codes like
.uk), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols.
Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet.
Those identifiers or addresses have to be unique so computers know
where to find each other. Careful management of these resources is
vital to the Internet’s operation, so ICANN’s global stakeholders meet
regularly to develop policies using a multi-stakeholder, consensus
based model that ensures the Internet’s ongoing interoperability,
security, and stability. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a
not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all
over the world. ICANN promotes competition and develops policy on the
Internet’s unique identifiers.<b> For more information please visit:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.icann.org">www.icann.org</a></b> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org">http://www.icann.org</a>> <b>.<br>
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About Internet Society (ISOC)<br>
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The Internet Society is an international cause-related organization
that works for the open development and evolution of the Internet for
all people. It does so through work across the areas of technical
standards, education and capacity building, as well as public policy.
The Internet Society is the organizational home for the groups
responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture
Board (IAB). <b>For More information please visit:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.InternetSociety.org">www.InternetSociety.org</a> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.InternetSociety.org">http://www.InternetSociety.org</a>>
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About the Number Resource Organization (NRO)<br>
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</b>The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is the coordinating
mechanism for the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). The RIRs –
AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and the RIPE NCC – ensure the fair and
equitable distribution of Internet number resources (IPv6 and IPv4
addresses and Autonomous System (AS) Numbers) in their respective
regions. The NRO exists to protect the unallocated Internet number
resource pool, foster open and consensus-based policy development, and
provide a single point of contact for communication with the RIRs. <b>For
more information please visit: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nro.net">www.nro.net</a> <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.nro.net">http://www.nro.net</a>>
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<b>MEDIA CONTACTS: <br>
</b>Brad White <br>
Director of Media Affairs, ICANN<br>
Ph. +1 202.429.2710<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="brad.white@icann.org">brad.white@icann.org</a><br>
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Michele Jourdan<br>
Corporate Affairs, ICANN<br>
Ph. +1 310.301.5831<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="michele.jourdan@icann.org">michele.jourdan@icann.org</a><br>
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Megan Kruse<br>
Public Relations Officer, ARIN/Number Resource Organization (NRO)<br>
Ph. +1.571.438.7121<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="megank@arin.net">megank@arin.net</a><br>
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Kersti Klami <br>
Client Manager, Racepoint Group UK/ Number Resource Organization (NRO)<br>
Ph. +44 7891 796 473<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="kersti.klami@racepointgroup.com">kersti.klami@racepointgroup.com</a>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nrokersti.klami@racepointgroup.com">mailto:nrokersti.klami@racepointgroup.com</a>>
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