ICANN Marrakech in photos

I thought I’d knock up a quick post with my favourite snaps of the ICANN Marrakech meeting. Here they be:

Vint Cerf embracing the community

Vint Cerf on stage

Prime minister Jetou waves on his wave out

PM Jetou leaving the Palais

The venue itself – Palais de Congres

Palais de Congres, Marrakech

Mouhamet Diop ends his board term
Mouhamet Diop and Vint Cerf

The Brazilians liven up proceedings

Brazil delegate

The Moroccan IT boys on the last day after a week of hard work

IT boys

The Whois saga in one slide
The Whois debate

Wendy Seltzer makes a point by registering as “Ann Onymous”
Wendy Seltzer makes her point

The delights of the Marrakech main square are a highlight
Marrakech food market

New Board member Rita Rodin with Paul Twomey
New board member Rita Rodin and Paul Twomey

A graph showing just how advanced the Internet industry has become
Domain name troubles

Governments meet in the grand surroundings
GAC meeting

Board members paying no attention to proceedings
Board meting

Catherine Gabay chats over lunch at the main conference hotel
Catherine Gabay

ICANN’s PR man Andrew Robertson proves irresistible
Andrew Robertson beseiged by monkeys

JD mate: Vint ends the meeting

Cerf end of meeting

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2006-07-02 21:33:19

Pro-Test in Pictures and Sound…

I’ve been following Oxford’s pro-research organization Pro-Test since its inception, and a few weeks ago I wrote a post describing the its second large march through the streets of Oxford. Pro-Test has received quite a bit of well-deserved press in…..

 
Comment by Ben
2006-07-03 07:53:56

Love the Vint Cerf one – I knew he was a great man, but I didn’t know he could fly!

Comment by Kieren
2006-07-03 08:34:24

Yes, I was very pleased with that shot. It was just what I was after – I was waiting for the hands to swing out and back in again but had to get the shutter speed just right so you got the hand blur but Vint’s face was still clear. I would have preferred more movement in the arms, but hey.

One of the good things about being stuck in a conference centre for hours is that you can experiment a bit. I’m still undecided as to what meaning you can attach to the pic though.

Kieren

 
 
Comment by belboul mido
2006-12-04 08:12:44

plans of The venue itself – Palais de Congres

 
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