I made it. Just in time for the opening, actually. The first panel was, well, eclectic. A union organizer, a Harvard professor specializing in the study of the mind, and the Chief Yahoo of Yahoo! Was there anything to tie them together? They converged at various times on the topics of trust, trustees, and education. One ICANN moment worth mentioning.

On the concept of trust, one panelist noted that trust works well when trusted trustees are in charge, like Esther on the Board of ICANN. A few chuckles, including by Esther, followed by her comment "bad example." In truth, it wasn't a bad example. In spite of all its twists and turns in the early years, I learned to trust Esther on ICANN...and the organization has been better for her participation.

Dinner was terrific. I was speaking to a couple of guys about the topics of the day and in my right ear I was hearing talk about "domain names," "the DNS," and "registrars" -- words that have a catnip-like effect on me. It was Ray King and Richard Forman, two people who speak my language. Cool. Ray has an interesting new company in this space, and Rich, of course, knows the space inside and out. Good conversations.