The Internet Domain Name System - gTLD-MOU
European Information meeting with the
interim Policy Oversight Committee (iPOC)
Centre Culturel D'Auderghem
boulevard du Souverain 185
1160 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 32 2 676 4983
Metro: Hermann-Debroux (Line 1A terminus)
Tuesday 25 November 1997 09.15-18.00
AGENDA

09.15 Coffee and registration.

09.45 Welcome on behalf of the European Commission (DG XIII)

10.00 Introduction to the day's work : Mr David Maher, Chairman iPOC.

10.30 Administrative and Legal aspects of the Domain Name System.

(10.30-12.00) The IAHC process. POC and the gTLD bodies. CORE and the role of the
registrars. David Maher, Chairman, iPOC & Robert Shaw, ITU .

12.00 A Global Internet in an Inter-dependent World : Christopher Wilkinson (12.00-12.30).

12.30 Sandwich lunch (12.30-13.30)

13.30 The Domain Name System and Trademarks (13.30-15.30)

* WIPO:The Administrative Challenge Panels and dispute resolution:

Albert Tramposch
* The point of view of the Commission and the Member States:
Roland Kobia (DGXV):
* The point of view of the trademark lawyer:
Geert Glas.

15.30 Coffee Break (15.30-16.00)

16.00 Implementing the DNS (16.00-17.00)

* The development and use of the DNS : Willie Black

* DNS and the root servers, the role of IANA and InterNIC.: Patrick Faltstrom:,

17.00 Round table discussion and conclusions (17.00-18.00)
 

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