ICANN, on Saturday announced the conclusion of the 28th Public Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. 830 people from 81 countries gathered in Lisbon, Portugal for ICANN's 28th Public Meeting.

According to the release, considerations in the meeting included formalization of three relationships with ccTLD managers: .ly, .ci and .ru. The formation of a new working group to develop the recommendations in the Report on Whois Services presented to the Generic Names Supporting Organization. Also included were the creation of three new Regional At Large Organizations to provide regional input into ICANN. Rejects the .xxx TLD application and updates on moving to IPv6, besides other decisions.

"ICANN is working hard to improve in the area of openness and transparency," said Dr Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN. "Public participation was a key aim at this meeting. If you couldn't be physically present you could participate through webcasting, chatrooms, and the ability to ask questions to speakers with our public participation website. Even the board discussion was made available for the whole world to watch live." "I want to thank our Portuguese hosts for their extraordinary efforts to make members of the Internet community across the globe feel welcome, and for ensuring every aspect of the meeting ran smoothly," Dr Twomey added."