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conferences
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ICANN,
ccTLD, AND THE LEGACY ROOT: DOMAIN NAME LAWMAKING AND GOVERNANCE
IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Benjamin
N. Cardozo
School
of Law
Yeshiva
University
March
17, 2003
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DESCRIPTION
Country-code
top-level domains (“ccTLDs”) are the two-letter suffixes used by
countries to denote their Internet addresses. Examples include
“.fr” (for France), “.tv” (for Tuvalu) and “.uk” (for the
United Kingdom). When ccTLDs were first developed, ccTLD
policymaking was not high on the international lawmaking agenda.
However, as the Internet explodes and as countries begin to realize the
potential of this key information infrastructure, ccTLDs have received
significant attention from the international community.
Added
to the ccTLD policymaking debate is the creation and development of the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a
non-profit corporation formed to assume responsibility for the IP
address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name
system management, and root server system management functions
previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other
entities.
This
timely symposium examines the development of ICANN and the international
domain name system. It also addresses the global lawmaking process
and how the international community should develop intergovernmental
organizations in light of rapid globalization, the changing nature of
national sovereignty, and the increased emphasis on a knowledge-based
economy.
SCHEDULE
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8:30 |
Continental
Breakfast
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9:00 |
Welcoming
Remarks
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Prof.
Peter K. Yu, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva
University
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Richard
Owens, Executive Director, Centre for Innovation Law and
Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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9:15 |
ICANN
and Internet Governance
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Susan Crawford, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva
University
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Alan
Davidson, Esq., Associate Director, Center for Democracy and
Technology
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Prof.
Tamar Frankel, Boston University School of Law
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Dr.
Stefaan G. Verhulst, Chief of Research, Markle Foundation
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Prof.
Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School
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11:00 |
Coffee
Break
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11:15 |
UDRP
and International Lawmaking
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Lynne
Beresford, Esq., Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination
Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Prof.
Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Prof.
Gillian Hadfield, University of Southern California Law School
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Prof.
Laurence R. Helfer, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Prof.
Ethan Katsh, University of Massachusetts—Amherst
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Martin
B. Schwimmer, Esq.
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1:00 |
Lunch
Break
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2:30 |
ccTLD
and Transnational Policymaking
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Kenneth
Neil Cukier, Research Fellow, National Center for Digital
Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University
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Prof.
A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
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Prof.
Michael A. Geist, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section),
University of Ottawa
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Craig
McTaggart, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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Prof.
Hong Xue, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
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4:15 |
Coffee
Break
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4:30 |
The
Legacy Root, Country-code Domains, and National Sovereignty
Moderator:
Speakers:
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Prof.
Frank Emmert, Concordia International University, Estonia
& Visiting Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of
Law, Yeshiva University
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Prof.
Shubha Ghosh, University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY
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Andrew
McLaughlin, Senior Fellow, The Berkman Center for Internet
& Society, Harvard University
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Prof.
Milton Mueller, School of Information Studies, Syracuse
University
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Antony
Van Couvering
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Erica
Wass, author of Addressing the World: National Identity and
Internet Country Code Domains
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6:30 |
Reception
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7:00 |
Dinner
for Speakers |
SYMPOSIUM
ISSUE
12
Cardozo J. Int’l & Comp. L. 387–592 (2004)
Peter
K. Yu, The Origins of ccTLD Policymaking, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l
& Comp. L. 387 (2004)
Susan P. Crawford, The ICANN Experiment, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l
& Comp. L. 409 (2004)
Tamar Frankel, Governing by Negotiation: The Internet Naming System,
12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 449 (2004)
Laurence R. Helfer, Whither The UDRP: Autonomous, Americanized, or
Cosmopolitan?, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 493 (2004)
Craig Mctaggart, The ENUM Protocol, Telecommunications Numbering, and
Internet Governance, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 507 (2004)
Erica Schlesinger Wass, Theories of Cyber-Sociology: Communicating
Culture Through Codes, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 547 (2004)
Hong Xue, The Voice of China: A Story of Chinese-Character Domain
Names, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 559 (2004)
ALSO
OF INTEREST
Addressing
the World: National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains
(Erica Schlesinger Wass ed., 2003)
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