Discussion of IDN, ccTLDs and new TLDs

A panel of experts drawn from several quarters led a very compact and intense panel session on IDN, ccTLDs and new TLDs.
Most panel discussions I’ve attended have either run on too long or dragged a bit. In the case of yesterday’s session the opposite was the truth.
The panel was comprised of Tina Dam (ICANN), who gave a brief update on IDN. She was followed by Hiro Hotta (JPRS) who gave us a lot of information and statistics on the Japanese experience with IDN to date. Pinky Brand (.mobi) covered the progress and future prospects of .mobi. Leona Chen (.asia) went through the prelaunch information for .asia, which looks like it’s going to be very exciting, while Matt Serlin (MarkMonitor) covered some of the general aspects of ccTLDs.
After their presentations there was a Q & A session, which allowed people like me to throw as many queries as we wanted at a panel of experts – a great opportunity !