Please forgive duplicate postings. For those of you who plan to attend the Berkman Center's "ICANN: Issues Ahead" workshop (Sunday, October 31, the day before the first ICANN meetings), here's some additional information and RSVP instructions. *TENTATIVE AGENDA* The purpose of the workshop is to investigate and consider some of the unresolved issues confronting ICANN. For a fresh perspective, we've invited panelists with significant outside expertise. * We'll begin the morning with a tutorial on the proposed Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy slated to apply to allegations of cyberquatting in .com, .net, and .org. The session will be led by members of the drafting team. * The day will continue with plenary sessions. First, ICANN and stakeholder representatives will present their respective views on "consensus," and we'll also hear from experts on dispute resolution. The day will continue with a discussion of gTLD competition (more details TBA). Finally, we'll hear from specialists in corporate and regulatory law on issues relating to openness and transparency. * More workshop details, including a listing of specific panelists, will be posted as available on the workshop web site, <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/workshops/la>. The workshop will utilize experimental electronic formats -- webcasting plus new structured remote participation tools -- to include a range of stakeholders, both present and remote, in the discussions. ICANN has tentatively agreed to allow selected conference participants (physically present or remote) to present the results of the workshop at appropriate points in the Public Meeting agenda. *PLEASE RSVP* To help us better estimate the number of attendees, we ask that those planning to attend, either in person or remotely, preregister via the signup form at <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/workshops/la/preregistration>. (If you've already preregistered at *this* address, you need not preregister again! However, if you've previously preregistered only for the main ICANN meetings, via <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/la/preregistration>, please do preregister at the Workshop preregistration address.) (You are receiving this message because you preregistered to attend the ICANN Los Angeles meetings in person or online via remote participation. If you're not interested in future messages about the Issues Ahead Workshop, please let me know and I'll see that you're only sent messages about the main ICANN Los Angeles meetings.) Ben Edelman and Diane Cabell Berkman Center for Internet and Society Harvard Law School
