ICANN is arguably the Internet's supreme governing body.
So its meeting in Sydney from the 21st-26th June is an opportunity to see the inner workings of Internet governance at close hand.
And certainly there are some issues on ICANN's agenda whose resolution could prove very significant for the future of ecommerce and online businesses everywhere.
A proposal to extend domain names into non Latin characters, for example, could open the door to email and web addresses in Chinese or Arabic characters.
The proposal is referred to as Internationalized Domain Names or IDN's and will certainly be discussed at the upcoming Sydney meeting.
So too will the proposed liberalization that would enable anyone to set-up their own top level domain. Instead of dot.com, you could pay the $150,000 plau fee to ICANN and have your own domain, e.g. dot.coke, or dot nike, or dot paris etc.
Thats why ICANN is important, and seeing as it only meets 3 times a year, the Sydney meeting is a rare opportunity to be up close and personal with ICANN.
There is no charge to attend, so get online and register if you're interested.
Head to http://syd.icann.org
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