ICANN Meeting no 38 opens in Brussels

Brussels, 21 June 2010 – ICANN Meeting No 38 began today with the President of the European Council, CEO of ICANN and other European dignitaries speaking at the Opening Ceremony.

Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO of ICANN, started proceedings by welcoming everyone to Brussels and was followed by:

• Peter Dengate Thrush, Board Chairman of ICANN
• Silvana Koch-Mehrin, member of the European Paliament
• Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President, and European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda (via video presentation)
• Marc Van Wesemael, EURid General Manager
• Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council

In his speech as conference host, Marc Van Wesemael, EURid’s General Manager, revealed that .eu now is enabled for DNSSEC and signing the .eu domain name zone is completed. He wished all participants well, noting that the Brussels meeting is one of the most well attended ICANN meetings in the history of the organisation, if not the most attended yet.

Herman Von Rompuy, President of the European Council, spoke on the European Union and the management of the Internet, observing that “it is the shared responsibility of all the stakeholders to ensure that the overall framework of Internet governance will continue to evolve in line with the agreed principles.”

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