Greetings all - there have been some interesting developments in the ICANN scenario with WIPO now delaying their report until April 30 - the day of our National Summit (bound to be a coincidence, I'm sure!). The announcement is at: http://wipo2.wipo.int/process/eng/processhome.html The Summit is fast approaching and I encourage you to go to the Summit main page to check the updates at: http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summit99.html Or you can go straight to the Final Agenda at: http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summitagd.html We are delighted that Ernst & Young have joined us as Partners, along with Ihug, to bring this Summit to you. The involvement of these two major players in the Business and in the Internet communities underlines the importance of these issues to the future direction of the Internet in New Zealand. Steven Heath, Senior Manager, Electronic Commerce Service Line, Ernst & Young will act as Chair and Facilitator for the day. You would really assist our planning (e.g., making sure we have enough lunch!) if you would register now. You can go via the main page or straight to the secure server at: https://www.amlink.com.au/secure/isocnzreg.htm For those of you with busy schedules I have included a copy of the Agenda below. See you at the Summit. Cheers Sue +++++++++++++++++++ Summit Agenda SUMMIT AGENDA TIME TOPIC SPEAKER 9:00 Register and Coffee Conference Company 9:30 Welcome to Summit/Review Agenda Independent Chair - Steven Heath Ernst Young & Jim Higgins, Chair, ISOCNZ 9:35 Keynote Speaker Marion Hobbs Labour Spokesperson on Communications & Information Technology 9:55 ICANN Overview - why we are here Chair - Steven Heath, Senior Manager, Electronic Commerce Service Line, Ernst & Young 10:10 Questions Chair 10:15 Legal Implications of WIPO RFC3 Peter Dengate-Thrush Barrister 10:35 Questions Chair 10:40 Coffee 10:55 Implications for Registrars Andy Linton, CEO Netlink Corporate Internet Specialists 11:15 Questions Chair 11:20 Implications for the Registry Patrick O'Brien, CEO NZ Internet Registry Ltd (Domainz) 11:40 Questions Chair 11:45 Lunch 12:30 Implications for NZ Sovereignty Reg Hammond Manager Information Technology Policy Group Ministry of Commerce 12:50 Questions Chair 12:55 Implications for .nz Policy Jim Higgins Chair, ISOCNZ 1:15 Questions Chair 1:20 Break-out into groups: + Intellectual Property & DNS + Policy & DNS + NZ Representation at ICANN + Others as necessary Facilitator and recorder each group 3:00 Coffee 3:15 Break-out report backs Chair 3:45 Where to from here? Establishing a New Zealand Position for the Berlin Meeting Chair 5:00 Close Chair Sue Leader - Executive Director ISOCNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) Exe.Dir(a)isocnz.org.nz Voice: +64-4-801-6256 http://www.isocnz.org.nz Postal: Level 1, (e)-Vision Centre, 282 Wakefield St, Wellington --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog