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)