1. New gTLD Program Update July 2013

2. 2 Applications received Initial Evaluation Rights protection mechanisms Agenda 2

3. 3 Applications Received Total current number of applications: 1837 Community based: 82 Internationalized domain names: 111 3

4. 4 Application Subsets 4 IDNs Geographic Community 103 6 6 1 10 6749

5. 5 Applications per Region 5 17 Africa 303 Asia Pacific 671 Europe 24 South America 902 North America

6. 6 Evaluation Categories and Firms String similarity: Interconnect Communications (w/ UCL), Interisle DNS stability: Interisle Geographical names: The Economist Intelligence Unit, Interconnect Comms. (w/ UCL) Technical/Operational and Financial Panels: Ernst & Young, JAS Advisors, KPMG Community priority evaluation: The Economist Intelligence Unit, Interconnect Comms. (w/ UCL) Registry Services: ICANNs GNSO community 6

7. Initial Evaluation Update 7 Panel Pre-CQ Eval Pending CQ Response Post-CQ Eval Prelim Panel Results IE Results Published Background Screening ---1343518 String Similarity----1930 DNS Stability---1343518 Geographic Names21111329518 Financial-363319659518 Technical & Operational -349354638518 Registry Services-1242041013518

8. 8 Grounds for Objection String Confusion Legal Rights Limited Public interest Community Objection More than 270 objections were filed prior to 13 March deadline.

9. 9 9 Rights Protection Mechanisms Trademark Clearinghouse Uniform Rapid Suspension Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures

10. 10 Whats Next for New gTLDs? Contracting and Pre-Delegation Testing Delegation into the Root Server

11. 11 June 2013July 2013Aug 2013Sep 2013May 2013Apr 2013Oct 2013Nov 2013 New gTLD Program Timeline CQs IE Results Published Contracting TMCH Sunrise/Claims System Operational Extended Eval String Contention Resolution URS Operational EBERO Operational Pre-Delegation Testing Registry Agreement Published for Public Comment Pre-Delegation Beta Testing Board to Address GAC Advice Registry Agreement Finalized

12. Thank You