Scheduled topics include a report on progress of creating a policy to introduce new generic top-level domains, a tutorial on major expansion of the Internet Protocol address system that would increase available IP addresses from the current 4.3 billion to an estimated "340 trillion trillion trillion," and the completion of the creation of the global Regional At Large Organization (RALO) structure with the signing of the final RALO agreement with the North American region. RALOs are the main forum and coordination point for public input to ICANN on a regional basis.
This is the second of three public Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers meetings in 2007. The .XXX domain proposal was voted down at the last ICANN meeting in March in Lisbon, Portugal.
"The San Juan meeting gives us an opportunity to talk face to face within the global Internet community, listen to ideas and input, and make sure policies promote the Internet's security and stability," Dr. Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN said. "Even if you can't be here in person, you can be part of the meeting with our remote participation website, meeting blogs and webcasts."
ICANN is responsible for the worldwide coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers, including domain names (like .com, .org and .museum, and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet.
For more information on the meeting, visit SanJuan2007.ICANN.org.