the morning was off to another early start with the keynote speaker esther dyson speaking on digital identity - well that was what the program said...but she instead focused on icann and the concept of freedom of presence. very interesting particularly given her x-role as chairperson of icann. briefly - her view is that icann is less then ideal but that it is better than the alternatives. as usual i was struck by the complete lack of blushing around the issue of internet as global but internet management/policy as US centric...