[Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society to Lead Panel on Internet Upgrade to IPv6

[Greg Wood]

Hello,
For your reference, the news release below will be publicly  
distributed around 1000 ET US/1400  today, 19 March.
Sincerely,
-Greg

INTERNET SOCIETY TO LEAD DISTINGUISHED PANEL DISCUSSION ON INTERNET  
UPGRADE TO IPV6

Industry Experts discuss the Vital Significance and Critical Issues  
Highlighted in a Newly-Released IPv6 Report Surrounding the Future of  
the Internet

Washington, DC- March 19, 2009- A panel of experts from industry and  
other Internet thought leaders will convene next week to discuss the  
pressing need to adopt Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) to ensure  
the continued growth of the Internet as a platform for innovation. The  
Internet Society, a nonprofit organization that provides leadership,  
vision and valued expertise in addressing issues that impact the  
future of the Internet, is sponsoring the panel in conjunction with a  
meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet's  
premier technical standards body.

Currently, most Internet services are based on IPv4 which, due to the  
Internet's continued rapid growth, is expected to run out of available  
addresses in the next two to three years.

The panel builds on findings released today by the Internet Society  
from a study of the operational characteristics of IPv6 among its  
organization members. Internet Society organization members include  
various Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet Exchange Point  
Operators, (IXPs), enterprises, national research and education  
networks (NRENs) and network equipment and software vendors. The study  
was conducted to gain a better grasp on the need to implement IPv6,  
the usefulness of IPv6 and to learn about their experience in adopting  
IPv6. The full Report and its findings may be found at: http://www.isoc.org/pubs/2009-IPv6-OrgMember-Report.pdf

With the growing need for Internet users to understand the urgency for  
IPv6 adoption, the primary goal of the panel discussion is to discuss  
current progress, issues, and options regarding the imminent need for  
deployment of IPv6, critical for the continued growth and use of the  
Internet by individuals, businesses, and organizations worldwide.

The panel will be moderated by Leslie Daigle, the Chief Internet  
Technology Officer at the Internet Society. Each panelist will have a  
few minutes to provide initial remarks on different topics relating to  
IPv6. The panelists for this event include:

*        Lorenzo Colitti, Google
*        Alain Durand, Comcast
*        Jari Arkko, Ericsson Research
*        Kurtis Lindqvist, Netnod (an IXP, netnod.se)
*        Richard Jimmerson, American Registry for Internet Numbers  
(ARIN)
*        Sebastian Bellagamba, Internet Society

The panel discussion will be part of a luncheon that will take place  
on Tuesday, March 24 at 11:30 a.m. in Grand Ballroom A of the Hilton  
San Francisco Hotel in conjunction with a meeting of the Internet  
Engineering Task Force (IETF). For more information about the IPv6  
panel, contact Kate Russell at krussell at rmr.com.

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society (ISOC) is an independent international non-profit  
organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related  
standards, education and policy around the world. With offices in  
Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring  
the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the  
benefit of people throughout the world.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Kate Russell
RMR & Associates, Inc.
+1-301-230-0045 ext. 19
krussell at rmr.com

Greg Wood
Internet Society
+1-703-439-2145
wood at isoc.org