Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization Hosts Middle East DNS Second Forum
AMMAN, March 25, 2015 – The Middle East DNS Second Forum was inaugurated in Amman with the participation of a number of experts and specialists in the field of domain names industry from regionally and globally.
The ME DNS Second Forum is hosted by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) in cooperation with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as well as The Internet Society (ISCO).
At the opening session, Charles Shaban, Executive Director of Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), said that this gathering aims to build bridges between concerned parties in the Middle East and the globe through exchange of experiences and share of best practices in the domain names industry at the global level.
Shaban focused on the importance of scientific and intellectual discussions that took place in the Forum in the field of country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLDs), new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), domain names industry in the underserved regions, and other important topics. Furthermore, Shaban referred to the important role played by Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), which is a member in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in many key issues.
Sally Kasten, ICANN's Vice President, in a video transmitted message to the participants, referred to the importance of the Forum as a platform for exchanging knowledge, experiences and discussions, and improving local capabilities in the area of domain names registration, and therefore, individuals, governments, and organization will benefit from this platform. Moreover, Kasten focused on the role of ICANN in launching sustainable discussions between community and all other concerned parties in the Internet in order to upgrade this most sensitive and important sector.
Mr. Frédéric Donck, Director of European Bureau at The Internet Society in Brussels, stated that the discussion on information security, governance, and strategic participation has its great importance with significant technological developments and our objective is to work with several international organizations in order to generate solutions and upgrade them, indicating that ISCO is in the process of its expanding its activities to the Middle East region.
The first session entitled: "Internet Industry in the Middle East Region" hosted Mr. Abdul Majid Shamlawi, Intaj's Executive President in Oasis 500, Dr. Yousef Nasir, Former General Manager of National Information Center (Consultant), Mr. Baher Esmat, the Regional Vice President of the (ICANN) in the Middle East, Alaa Al Dain Al Majid, Payment Manager at HyperPay (Gate2Play), and Leonid Todorov, the general manager of The Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD).