Event Details

Over the past two decades, the Internet has touched the lives of billions of people around the globe in profound ways. It has fueled economic growth, innovation, connecting mobile gadgets and household appliances.

Nowadays, the global Internet multi-stakeholder communities are working closely to establish a stable and secure multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance that ensures that the private sectors and governments working together setting the future direction of the development of Internet, the IANA stewardship transition is exactly representing the trend to pave the way for the free and open Internet around the world.

The ICT Forum is pleased to host a panel discussion on the IANA Stewardship Transition and Its Impact on China Internet Governance, with experts speaking from different perspectives. Speakers include: Dr. Zhang Jianchuan from KNET (a company under CNNIC providing leading back-end services for domain name registration in China), who is heavily involved in ICANN activities; Prof. Xu Peixi from the Communication University of China (CUC), who has done extensive f2f interviews with leading experts on IANA Transfer around the globe and obtained valuable first-hand materials; Mr. Zheng Song, Head of China of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), who coordinates implementation of ICANN's strategic plan for China and is responsible for engagement with all stakeholders.

Agenda

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Registration
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Presentation on the IANA Transfer by ICANN
Zheng Song
3:50 PM - 4:40 PM
Panel Discussion
Zheng Song, Peixi Xu and Jianchuan Zhang
The IANA Stewardship Transition and Its Impact on China Internet Governance
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Q&A

Speakers

  • Zheng Song (Head of China at The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN))

    Zheng Song

    Head of China at The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

    Zheng joined ICANN in October 2013. As a member of the global stakeholder engagement team, he coordinates implementation of ICANN's strategic plan for China and is responsible for engagement with all stakeholders, including governments, internet communities and private sectors in the country. He has more than 20 years' experience in working for and with the Chinese government and international organizations.
    Before joining ICANN, Zheng was the Director of Yuan Associates, providing consulting service on government affairs to Fortune 500 companies and world renowned international organizations.
    Before working as a consultant, Zheng worked for China's Ministry of Commerce and Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC. As a specialist in the area of trade policy, he has a long track record of working to overcome international trade disputes and related issues. He also participated in the Sino-US Joint Committee for Commerce and Trade (JCCT) and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) as liaison officer.
    Zheng graduated from the University of International Business and Economics with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics in 1996. He also holds an MBA Degree from the Economy Management School of Tsinghua University (2000-2003).

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  • Peixi Xu (Associate Professor at Communication University of China)

    Peixi Xu

    Associate Professor at Communication University of China

    XU, Peixi (Patrick) is Associate Professor at the Communication University of China (CUC), Beijing. He has obtained a Doctoral Degree from CUC and a Licentiate Degree from University of Tampere, Finland. His research interests include Global Communication, Internet Policy, Cybersecurity, and the ICANN/UNGGE processes. The courses he teaches in English in China and abroad include Global Communication, Media in Asia, Media Analysis, and Communication Studies.

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  • Jianchuan Zhang (Director of Policy and Public Affairs and Senior Research Fellow at Internet Domain Name System (Beijing) Engineering Research Center (ZDNS))

    Jianchuan Zhang

    Director of Policy and Public Affairs and Senior Research Fellow at Internet Domain Name System (Beijing) Engineering Research Center (ZDNS)

    Jian-Chuan Zhang, Ph.D., is Director of Policy and Public Affairs and Senior Research Fellow in the Internet Domain Name System (Beijing) Engineering Research Center (ZDNS). He also serves as Research Fellow in the Academy of Public Policy at Renmin University of China, member of Cyberspace Governance Innovation, member of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Before joining in ZDNS, he has served as department director and assistant director general of the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University. Before that, he received LLB in Political Science from Southwest University and MA in Public Management from Renmin University of China.
    Dr. Zhang has been actively involved in ICANN activities such as GNSO, IANA Stewardship Working Group (CWG), IDN Working Group and ccNSO. His involvement in Internet Governance initiatives can be traced back to WSIS in 2003 and 2005. He also participated in a few Sino-US high level inter-governmental dialogues such as the Sino-US Telecommunication Summit and China-US Internet Roundtable. Dr. Zhang’s research interests include international and comparative e-governance, Internet Governance, Smart City, and Internet of Things (IoT). He has published around thirty journal articles, book chapters and management/research reports in China and abroad. His interview has been covered by such main-stream media as CircleID, CCTV, GUANG Ming Daily, Sina, Net Ease, Tencent Research Institute, etc.

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