[council] Draft agenda for IDN workshop II with focus on the African region
Hello All,
Attached is a draft agenda being prepared by ICANN for an IDN workshop at the
Cape Town meeting. Please forward suggestions to Tina Dam at ICANN.
Regards,
Bruce Tonkin
Workshop: Internationalized Domain Name
Wednesday, 1 December 2004
Cape Town, South Africa
In General
The IDN Workshop II will be a follow-up on the previous workshop held on 21
July 2004 in
Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. This previous workshop contained a 4 hour tutorial
that
addressed the basic issues necessary for a better understanding of the IDN
topic.
Participants to the IDN Workshop II, in Cape Town, are recommended to review
the
material presented in this tutorial, as such comprehensive level of
introduction
to IDN issues will not be part of the IDN Workshop II.
§ Copies of the presentations provided in the initial workshop in Kuala
Lumpur can
be viewed here:
http://www.icann.org/meetings/kualalumpur/idn-workshop-08jul04.htm
§ Video archives of the presentations can be viewed here:
http://www.icann.org/meetings/kualalumpur/video.htm
The IDN workshop II will be based on knowledge sharing, opinions and
experiences, and will focus on
Agenda
Welcome to the IDN Workshop II
§ By: Paul Twomey, President and CEO, ICANN
General Introduction
Presentations: IDN development within African Languages
§ Adama Samassekou (African Language Institute)
§ Lyndall Shope Mafole (DOC-South Africa)
§ Madame Beiji (Tunisa, testing implementation of IDN in ccTLD)
§ .tn (IDN testbed)
§ Francophonie (Unicode)
Plenary I: Application Provider Development
Plenary II: IDN Policy Issues and Decision-making Processes
§ Moderator: Chair, Presidents IDN Advisory Committee