• Andrey Vorobyev, CEO at Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ (administrator of .RU and .РФ domains)

• Alexandra Kulikova, Head of Global Stakeholder Engagement for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Alexei Lukatsky, a noted cybersecurity expert, will discuss the use of certain artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for exposing and preventing various threats in the DNS system, and explain how this aspect of cybersecurity is developing.

• Alexey Lukatsky, Cisco Systems

  
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During the session, representatives of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), telecom operators and DNS service providers will discuss the evolution of the infrastructure supporting the work of the DNS root zone. Speakers will highlight threats plaguing the address system, and outline initiatives aimed at improving the safety, stability and reliability of the DNS root zone’s operating.

• Patrick Jones, ICANN

  Root Server System: Overview & Update
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• Olga Makarova, MTS

  DNS: operator's view
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• David Conrad, ICANN

  Hyperlocal Root Service
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• Pavel Khramtsov, MSK-IX

  DNS: functions evolution
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The Domain Name System (DNS) develops continuously, with new apps and settings aimed at making it safer, more convenient, scalable and informative. Session speakers will discuss the latest trends in the development of the Internet address system, and point out the main trends in the creation of new DNS functions.

• John Crain, ICANN

  Encrypting DNS Traffic, why and how?
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• Dmitry Belyavsky, Technical Center of Internet

  DNS Privacy: The world changes again
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• Konstantin Chumachenko, NGINIX

  The evolving role of DNS in modern web environments
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• Toma Gavrichenkov, Qrator Labs

  DDoS on DNS: past, present and inevitable
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• Alexandra Kulikova, Head of Global Stakeholder Engagement for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

  Root Zone KSK Rollover update
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Experts will speak briefly on the latest breakthroughs in technologies used by the modern domain industry.

• Dušan Stojičević, Chairman of ICANN’s Cyrillic Generation Panel, member of Universal Acceptance Steering Group

  IDN Email - behind the scenes
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• Alexey Sozonov, .РУС

  New .РУС e-mail service: our experience

• Andrei Kolesnikov, Russian Association of Internet of things

  IDN homographs
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• Yuri Kargapolov, UANIC

  IoT and further development of domain registration market
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• Patrick Jones, ICANN

  Emojis in Domain Names: A Security Risk for Everyone
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• Andrey Vorobyev, CEO at Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ (administrator of .RU and .РФ domains)

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• Alexandra Kulikova, Head of Global Stakeholder Engagement for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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• Leonid Levin, The Chairman of Committee for Information policy, IT and Communications of State Duma of Russian Federation

• Alexey Sokolov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russian Federation

Session participants will focus on the history of relations between regional TLD registries and international organizations. Those directly involved in various developments will discuss the origins of initial working projects with foreign partners, West-East experience exchanges, the creation of Russian domain space, and the appearance of the first national domains. The “fathers” of the modern regional Internet will address the participants. Other speakers will relate how the formation and development of the Runet was perceived outside Russia.

• Mikhail Medrish, AMT-GROUP

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• Elena Voronina, MSK-IX

• Alexey Soldatov, Russian Institute of Public Networks

• Dmitry Burkov, FAITID

• David Conrad, ICANN

Experts drafting international policies and legal practitioners will discuss the impact of national legislation and the latest initiatives like General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the process of drafting international policies in the area of governing the system of internet addresses.

• Mikhail Yakushev, Vympelcom

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• David Conrad, ICANN

• Sergey Kopylov, Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ

• Karen Kazaryan, RAEC

  
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• Yuri Kargapolov, UANIC

  
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• Denis Lukash, Roskomsvoboda

  
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• Alexander Zhuk, Hoster.by

  
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Representatives of leading Russian and international cybersecurity expert organizations will discuss various international cooperation options during this session. They will analyze how national governments, business communities and NGOs exchange information on various threats and incidents, jointly fight crime and find new methods of responding to network threats while the role of national regulation keeps rising

• John Crain, ICANN

  
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• Alexandr Kalinin, Group-IB

  
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• Dmitry Samartsev, Bi.ZONE

• Artem Sychov, FinCERT

• Evgeniy Grigorenko, Kaspersky Lab

  
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Workshop participants will discuss the role of the CIS and Eastern Europe region in drawing the global agenda. What problems concern the region? How should the global strategy of international organizations and international regulatory policies be adjusted in order to take into account local specifics? These and many other questions will be addressed by people from various regional countries actively involved in international initiatives.

• Andrei Kolesnikov, Russian Association of Internet of things

  
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• Dmitry Belyavsky, Independent expert

  
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• Kristina Hakobyan, Global AM LLC

• Danko Jevtovic, ICANN Board Member

• Maxim Alzoba, FAITID

  
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• Irina Danelia, Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ

  
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