Introduction to ICANN

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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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The pre-ICANN era

Prior to the establishment of ICANN, the naming and numbering system was administrated primarily by Jon Postel at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI), at the University of Southern California (USC)

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Formed in 1998, ICANN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable

ICANN coordinates:

Allocation and assignment of three sets of unique identifiers of the Internet: domain names, IP addresses, and protocol parameters

Operation and evolution of the DNS root name server system

Policy development reasonably and appropriately related to these technical functions

What does ICANN do?

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ICANN Evolution

Memorandum of Understanding with USG

More Board than staff

Office in Los Angeles

7 generic top-level domains

No Registrars

1998 Today

MoU expired

307 staff in 25 countries

Hub offices in Los Angeles, Istanbul and Singapore

Engagement offices in Brussels, Washington DC, Montevideo, Beijing, Seoul, Geneva

500+ generic top-level domains & 1000+ registrars

USG announced its intention to transition its IANA stewardship role to the multi-stakeholder community

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ICANN Structure

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Attend ICANN public meeting in person or remotely https://meetings.icann.org

Join ICANN’s online public comments forum

https://www.icann.org/public-comments

Apply for an ICANN fellowship https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowships-2012-02-25-en

Participate in the quarterly stakeholder calls https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-13-en

Join one of ICANN constituencies https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/how-2012-02-25-en

Participation in ICANN

ICANN is part of the Internet Governance Ecosystem

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