New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Steve Chan | APRALO-APAC Hub Webinar | 28 September 2015

| 2 Background to the New gTLD Program Planning for the Next Round - Where Are We Now? What’s In the Preliminary Issue Report? Next Steps/Timeline How Can I Participate? Q/A Agenda

| 3 then GNSO Final Report on new gTLDs in 2007, which provided Principles, Recommendations, and Implementation Guidelines The implementation occurred via Applicant Guidebook, developed iteratively with community input. Policy Development / Implementation New gTLD Program Program launched in January 2012, receiving 1930 complete applications In March of 2013, first sets of Initial Evaluation results released, with all results released by May of 2014 As of 18 Sept 2015, ~750 TLDs have been delegated, with <600 still proceeding through the program. Program status available here: m-status/statistics Background to the New gTLD Program

| 4 Planning for the Next Round - Where Are We Now?

| 5 Planning for the Next Round - Where Are We Now, cont. The community felt that analysis and discussion of the 2012 round of the New gTLD Program could begin and the GNSO Council formed a Discussion Group (DG) in June 2014 to discuss experiences gained from the 2012 round and identify subjects for a future issue report that might lead to changes or adjustments for subsequent application procedures. With the DG completing its work in June 2015, the GNSO Council considered the DG’s final deliverables and resolved to request a Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, using the deliverables as the basis for research and analysis. ICANN Staff completed the Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures and published it for public comment on 31 August 2015, with a close date of 30 October: en en Background GNSO Council Requests Preliminary Issue Report Public Comment

| 6 What’s In the Preliminary Issue Report Overall Process / Support / Outreach Issues Predictability, community engagement, applications assessed in rounds, support for applicants from developing countries, etc. 1 2 Legal / Regulatory Issues Base contract, registrant protections, registrar non- discrimination, global public interest, closed generics, etc. 3 String Contention / Objections & Disputes String similarity, objections, accountability mechanisms, community applications, etc. 4 Internationalized Domain Names Internationalized Domain Names and Universal Acceptance. 5 Technical and Operations Security and stability, applicant reviews, and name collisions.

| 7 Aug 2015 Oct 2015 Dec 2015 ??? Next Steps Preliminary Issue Report published for PC Close of PC Period Final Issue Report and Possible GNSO Council Action Possible Start of PDP-WG Initial Report We are in the early stages of the process and it is difficult to determine when the meaningful milestones will be reached. To Summarize Next Steps/Timeline Final Report

| 8 Aug 2015 Oct 2015 Dec 2015 ??? Next Steps Preliminary Issue Report published for PC Close of PC Period Final Issue Report and Possible GNSO Council Action Possible Start of PDP-WG Initial Report Next Steps/Timeline, cont. Final Report AoC Reviews ? PDP on RPMs? CCWG? Other SO/AC efforts?

| 9 How Can I Participate?  Public Comment for Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - comments/new-gtld-subsequent-prelim en comments/new-gtld-subsequent-prelim en  If/when PDP-WG is initiated, open and transparent process, so anyone can participate  If/when PDP-WG is initiated, the Initial Report will be subject to public comment  SO/ACs have their own, related efforts, which a PDP-WG would be expected to take into account in their own deliberations

| 10  Archived Discussion Group Project Page:  Preliminary Issue Report Public Comment Page: en en  Face to face session at ICANN54 tentatively scheduled for 10:45 am local time in Liffey MR2 More Information

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