Welcome to the Commercial and Business Users Constituency

The Business Constituency (BC) is the voice of commercial Internet users within ICANN – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN is a global body with responsibility for certain policies that relate to the domain name system (DNS). Domain names are the names consumers and businesses rely upon to find websites for legitimate products and services on the Internet.

Business users rely on a stable and secure Internet and e-commerce experience, one that serves their users and customers on a global basis. Through your participation in ICANN, and in the Business Constituency, your company will make a difference on behalf of business.

NEWS @ THE BC

Please view the BC Newsletter March 2017.

MEETINGS & EVENTS

The Business Constituency has face to face meetings three times a year to coincide with the ICANN Public Meetings.

The next meeting will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-29 June 2017.

Attending ICANN59? Join us for a special BC Outreach event on Sunday, 25 June 2017. Please visit our Outreach page for information.

Sandton Convention Centre
Maude Street, Sandown, 2196
Phone: +27 11 779 0000

For more information about ICANN59, please visit https://meetings.icann.org/en/johannesburg59.

The mission of the Business Constituency is to ensure that:

the Constituency fully represents the views of the Internet business user community,
ICANN policy positions are consistent with the development of business via an Internet that is stable, secure and reliable while promoting consumer confidence,
ICANN policy positions derive from broad stakeholder participation in a common forum for suppliers and users.

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The Benefits of Membership

The Business Constituency is a constituency representing customers of providers of connectivity, domain names, IP addresses, protocols and other services related to electronic commerce in its broad sense.

BC members contribute as:

participants on the BC e-mail list to learn about and debate issues
participants on telephone conferences to reach consensus on key issues
participants at physical meetings coincident with ICANN global meetings
issue managers on specific topics
bridges for information flow between other GNSO constituencies

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Outreach Event During ICANN59 - Sunday, 25 June 2017

Exploring the Next Level for Internet Business Users in Africa is an event aimed at creating awareness for Internet Business Users in Africa of the Business Constituency (BC), ICANN, and the New Empowered Community; expectations for the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet; addressing issues of abuse, public safety and general threat to the Internet and the Domain Name System (DNS); and enabling Internet business to flourish in Africa.

Date: Sunday, June 25, 2017 
Time: 1:00 pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Hilton, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

For more information, please visit http://www.bizconst.org/outreach.

Update from the Business Constituency Executive Committee:

Welcome to Johannesburg and ICANN 59! This meeting serves as the second annual “policy forum” for the ICANN community and it will be busy. And because the Business Constituency (BC), per usual, remains actively involved in ICANN’s policy-making processes, the BC’s members will be engaged throughout the course of the meeting ensuring that the interests of business users of the domain name system are represented and heard. Of course, the BC intends to continue to be the voice of business users at ICANN throughout the year.

In addition to the important policy discussions taking place at ICANN 59, attendees will also be actively involved in outreach activities throughout the four days of the meeting. Recognizing that the Internet affects business users all over the world, the BC strives to expand outreach to the broader business community. In this regard, BC representatives will be holding an open and public meeting on Thursday, 29 June 2017, to allow attendees to see the BC in action and ask questions of its leadership and members. The BC welcomes all business and commercial users of the Internet to join us then to learn more about what the BC does and how membership in the BC can lead to positive engagement within the broader ICANN community.

The second half of 2017 should be as exciting as the first half and the BC looks forward to interacting with the broader ICANN community in South Africa. The BC’s members take seriously the BC’s role within the ICANN community and look forward to another engaging meeting.

For more information regarding the BC, please go to our updated website at bizconst.org.

Warm Regards,

The Business Constituency’s Executive Committee

Upcoming Events

Sun Jun 25, 2017BC Outreach Event: Exploring the Next Level for Internet Business Users in Africa

Category: BC Outreach

Thu Jun 29, 2017BC Open Meeting during ICANN59

Category: BC Meetings

Thu Jul 13, 2017BC Members' Meeting

Category: BC Meetings

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