<div dir="ltr">Hello, everyone.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><br></font></div><font>Please join us for the ICANN-APRALO workhop at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on 23 October 2013.<br><br><br>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">IGF Workshop #32 - </span></b></font><b><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Next in
IDNs: Linguistic Diversity in the Internet Root</span></font></b></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Date: </span><span style="font-family:Arial">23 October 2013 (Wednesday)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Time: 14:30 - 16:00 local time (UTC 0630 - 0800)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Room: Room #1, Nusa Dua Hall 2,
Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) </span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Workshop
Title</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">Next in
IDNs: Linguistic Diversity in the Internet Root</span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Workshop
Theme</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">The
Internet as Engine of Growth and Development</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Workshop Organizers</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">APRALO –
Asia Pacific Australasia Regional At-Large Organization</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">ICANN –
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Workshop
Description</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">The
introduction of IDN variants in the root zone serves to enhance the Internet’s
multilingualism and cultural diversity at the level of Top Level Domains (TLDs).
<span>The </span>ICANN community has studied
the viability of this introduction and has developed </span><span style="font-family:Arial">a process that will make it a reality.<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">This process has implications for
language communities. <span> </span>Language
communities that share a script (e.g., Chinese, Japanese and Korean, which
share the Han script) must agree on rules related to variant script characters
in order to proceed.<span> </span>Furthermore, while
allowing language communities to self-mobilize and proceed at their own pace, there
are advantages to being an early participant or first mover.<span> </span>This process of <span>allocating Variant TLDs in the Internet root<b> </b>requires language
communities to collaborate and will require effective facilitation.<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">This joint APRALO-ICANN workshop will provide an </span><span style="font-family:Arial">overview
of the ICANN process, discuss the issues implicating language communities and outline
the way forward.<span> </span></span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Key
Discussion Questions</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Process</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> – What is the process and
what are the structural constraints of the process? How was the
multistakeholder model deployed in the development of the process and how will
it evolve in moving forward?<span> </span>How will
language and technical communities be engaged? </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Variants </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">– What are the key variant
issues for scripts such as Arabic, Han, Indic, Latin and Cyrillic that have a
large community of users worldwide and whose script is shared across different language
communities and across national borders?<span>
</span>What variant issues can realistically be addressed within the structural
constraints of the process?</span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Community</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> - How can the readiness
of language communities for IDN Variant TLDs be supported? How can the
disadvantage to late entrants be minimized?<span>
</span>What models of engagement can be used to support the collaboration of language
communities that transcend national borders?<span>
</span>What best practice models of dispute resolution can be deployed to
address disputes among language communities that span the globe?</span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="text-decoration:none"><br></span></span></u></font></p><font></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">
<font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Workshop
Role-Players</span></u></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">A. Moderators</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">On-Site
Moderator – <b>Rinalia Abdul Rahim</b> (Executive
Committee Member, ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee; APRALO Representative
& Executive Council Member, ISOC Malaysia Chapter)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Remote
Moderator – <b>Maureen Hilyard</b> (APRALO
Representative, Cook Islands & Board Chair, Pacific Islands Chapter of the
Internet Society)</span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">B. Panel
of Technical Experts</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Ram Mohan</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> (Chair, ICANN Board IDN
Variants Working Group & </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Executive
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Afilias Limited</span><span style="font-family:Arial">)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Andrew Sullivan </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Principal
Architect, Dyn, USA)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Sarmad Hussain</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">
(Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Center of Language Engineering,
University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Akshat Joshi</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> (Project
Engineer, GIST Group, Center for Development of Advanced Computing, India) </span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Edmon Chung</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> (CEO, dotAsia &
Vice-Chair, Internet Society Hong Kong)</span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"><span> </span>C. <u>Panel of Internet End User
Representatives </u></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Mohamed El Bashir</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">
(Manager, Technical Affairs Department, </span><span style="font-family:Arial">ictQATAR, Qatar) </span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Hong Xue</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> (</span><span style="font-family:Arial">Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for
Internet Policy & Law, Beijing Normal University, China)</span><span style="font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Satish Babu</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> (Director of the
International Centre for Free and Open Source Software, India)</span></font></p><font>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Workshop
Agenda</span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">1. Moderator’s
welcome and introduction (5 min)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">2. Overview
of the ICANN Process for Developing Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone by
Ram Mohan and Andrew Sullivan (15 min)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">3. Responses
from Panel of Internet End User Representatives </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">- Mohamed
El Bashir (4 min)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">- Hong
Xue (4 min)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">- Satish
Babu (4 min) </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">4.
Responses and Views from Panel of Technical Experts<span> </span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">- Sarmad
Hussain - Arabic Script (8 min) </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">- Akshat
Joshi - Indic Script/Devanagari (8 min)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">- Edmon
Chung - Han Script (8 min)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">5.
Discussion involving panelists and participants (30 min)</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial">6. Wrap
up</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><u><span style="font-family:Arial">Workshop
Organizers<br></span></u></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Rinalia Abdul Rahim</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">,
Managing Director, Compass Rose Sdn Bhd (</span><span><a href="mailto:rinalia@compassrose.my" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial">rinalia@compassrose.my</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial">)</span></font></p>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Baher Esmat</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">, Vice President,
Stakeholder Engagement – Middle East, ICANN (<a href="mailto:baher.esmat@icann.org" target="_blank">baher.esmat@icann.org</a>)</span></font></p><font>
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