ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) is here in Vancouver. It is free and some sessions are open to the public. The conference takes place November 30 - December 4, 2005.

joi ito is speaking at a panel and he recommended attending it. It is entitled “Welcome to ICANN, Here’s What It Means To You.” The roundtable is scheduled for Wednesday, 30 November, 10:30 - 11:30, at the Columbia’s Westin Bayshore.

ICANN will hold a public roundtable discussion at the Vancouver meeting titled: “Welcome to ICANN, Here’s What It Means To You”. The roundtable will be open to all ICANN meeting participants, especially those attending their first ICANN meeting. The purpose of the roundtable is to introduce ICANN — its community and its work — to the local and regional community and press. The roundtable will feature members of the ICANN community in an informal, moderated discussion of what ICANN does, why ICANN is important to various stakeholder communities, what the ICANN community will be doing in Vancouver, why you volunteer your time with ICANN, and how people can get involved.

The roundtable is scheduled for Wednesday, 30 November, 10:30 - 11:30.

Relevance:I am once again amazed at the number of excellent conferences that have been in Vancouver. Unfortunately, we have a meeting on a ubicomp game we are developing then so I won’t be able to attend.

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