<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi all,<br><br>I'll be there most of the week, and my workshop is on Friday morning on cctlds and cyber security.<br><br></div>Looking forward to catching up with the gang.<br><br></div>All the best, Maria<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 August 2014 09:06, Walid AL-SAQAF <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wsaqaf@gmail.com" target="_blank">wsaqaf@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
Although a bit late, I'm happy to inform you that I'm speaking about<br>
Internet censorship and human rights in the 'Setting the Scene'<br>
session on Day 1 (September 2) during 11.00-12.30 (see:<br>
<a href="https://igf2014.sched.org/event/4882c3810f782f4be11bc288fc92a575" target="_blank">https://igf2014.sched.org/event/4882c3810f782f4be11bc288fc92a575</a>).<br>
<br>
I hope to see you there.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Walid<br>
<br>
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<br>
Walid Al-Saqaf, PhD<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Olévié Kouami <<a href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi !<br>
> This is a great and complete program.<br>
> I hope to be there in F2F.<br>
> Cheers !<br>
> -Olévié-<br>
><br>
><br>
> 2014-08-17 20:17 UTC, Niels ten Oever <<a href="mailto:lists@digitaldissidents.org">lists@digitaldissidents.org</a>>:<br>
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>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> To add to the list provided by Bill, NCUC member Article19 is involved<br>
>> with the following sessions at the IGF:<br>
>><br>
>> WS83 - Human Rights for the Internet: From Principles to Action -<br>
>><br>
>> WS206 - An evidence based intermediary liability framework -<br>
>><br>
>> WS220 - Transnational Surveillance & Crossborder Privacy Protections -<br>
>><br>
>> Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles: The IRPC Charter of<br>
>> Human Rights and Principles for the Internet: Five years on<br>
>><br>
>> WS20 - Launch UNESCO publication Digital Safety of Journalists<br>
>><br>
>> WS91 Launch of an African Declaration on Internet Rights & Freedoms<br>
>><br>
>> we're also helping with the cryptoparty and doing a session at the<br>
>> Internet Ungovernance Forum <a href="https://iuf.alternatifbilisim.org/" target="_blank">https://iuf.alternatifbilisim.org/</a>.<br>
>><br>
>> Looking forward to see you all in Istanbul, probably already at the<br>
>> BestBits meeting or the NETmundial session.<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>><br>
>> Niels<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> - --<br>
>> Niels ten Oever<br>
>> Acting Head of Digital<br>
>><br>
>> Article 19<br>
>> <a href="http://www.article19.org" target="_blank">www.article19.org</a><br>
>><br>
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>><br>
>> On 08/15/2014 02:00 AM, William Drake wrote:<br>
>>> Hi<br>
>>><br>
>>> Rafik just passed along the info on the staff's IGF webinar. In<br>
>>> replying to David, I suggested we might also share what members of<br>
>>> the community are doing at IGF. NC will be very active in<br>
>>> multiple ways. I mention some below that may be of interest to<br>
>>> members. There will be remote participation via the IGF website for<br>
>>> all these events, so if interested please do join us!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Bill<br>
>>><br>
>>> Begin forwarded message:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> From: William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>> Subject: Re:<br>
>>>> [Soac-infoalert] Webinar - ICANN¹s Participation in the IGF -<br>
>>>> 1400 UTC: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 2:00 PM<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hi David<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thanks for this. I'm traveling and not in an optimal time zone<br>
>>>> but will try to attend if I can. Either way, a suggestion: in<br>
>>>> addition to whatever staff will be reporting, it might be of<br>
>>>> interest to share what members of the community are doing at IGF.<br>
>>>> I'll start, perhaps others could add their activities.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> NCUC has organized two workshops<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> WS185: ICANN Globalization and the Affirmation of Commitments<br>
>>>> Wednesday, September 3 * 11:00am - 12:30pm<br>
>>>> <a href="http://igf2014.sched.org/event/e11c908117568a74bc6d8ba4decbbd04#.U-2npVZaZy8" target="_blank">http://igf2014.sched.org/event/e11c908117568a74bc6d8ba4decbbd04#.U-2npVZaZy8</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>> WS153: Institutionalizing the "Clearing House" Function<br>
>>>> Thursday, September 4 * 2:30pm - 4:00pm<br>
>>>> <a href="http://igf2014.sched.org/event/6d1b3f5fb8950d5fff9a290221ce5024#.U-2oEFZaZy8" target="_blank">http://igf2014.sched.org/event/6d1b3f5fb8950d5fff9a290221ce5024#.U-2oEFZaZy8</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>> NCSG/NCUC/NPOC has organized one workshop<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> WS114: Developing Countries Participation in Global IG Thursday,<br>
>>>> September 4 * 4:30pm - 6:00pm<br>
>>>> <a href="http://igf2014.sched.org/event/a187b6ef1a88c028f718559353a3758f#.U-2pCFZaZy8" target="_blank">http://igf2014.sched.org/event/a187b6ef1a88c028f718559353a3758f#.U-2pCFZaZy8</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>> (this is actually about developing countries in the GNSO, but a few<br>
>> people on the IGF MAG argued that the GNSO was "too narrow" a concern<br>
>> so the title was made broader and more generic)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> NCUC/SG member Robin Gross has independently organized two<br>
>>>> workshops<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> WS149: Aligning ICANN Policy with Privacy Rights of Internet<br>
>>>> Users Friday, September 5 * 11:00am - 12:30pm<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> WS23: Accountability in MultiStakeholdr Governance Regime ICANN<br>
>>>> Wednesday, September 3 * 9:00am - 10:30am<br>
>>>> <a href="http://igf2014.sched.org/event/33b459ae9364f68dbb144325a2c5f6d1#.U-2qq1ZaZy8" target="_blank">http://igf2014.sched.org/event/33b459ae9364f68dbb144325a2c5f6d1#.U-2qq1ZaZy8</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>> and of course, various NCUC/SG members will be appearing in other<br>
>> workshops and in main sessions, e.g. the ones on the IG ecosystem,<br>
>> IANA & accountability, etc.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> In addition, I'm conspiring with colleagues in other<br>
>>>> organizations--Brazil, APC, Diplo, FGS--to organize an all-day<br>
>>>> event on Day 0 concerning NETmundial and the NETmundial<br>
>>>> Intitiative.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Session on NETmundial (including a Book Release---Beyond<br>
>>>> NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the<br>
>>>> Global Internet Governance Ecosystem) Monday, September 1 *<br>
>>>> 9:00am - 6:30pm<br>
>>>> <a href="http://igf2014.sched.org/event/9097a766855469fdddaba729e1698ab4#.U-2r-FZaZy8" target="_blank">http://igf2014.sched.org/event/9097a766855469fdddaba729e1698ab4#.U-2r-FZaZy8</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>> As the working title states, one of the things that will happen there<br>
>> will be the release of a little e-'book' I'm coordinating for the<br>
>> Internet Policy Observatory at the U. Pennsylvania that explores<br>
>> options for implementing the NM's Roadmap. FYI the draft working<br>
>> table of contents is below. We would love to see ICANN staff and<br>
>> community members there!<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Cheers<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Bill<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> ----------<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to<br>
>>>> the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> William J. Drake and Monroe Price, editors<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Introduction Monroe Price (U. Pennsylvania)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I. Overviews<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 1. Evolving the Ecosystem William Drake (U. Zurich)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 2. The NETmundial: An Innovative First Step on a Long Road Joana<br>
>>>> Varon (Consultant, Brazil)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> II. Strengthening the Internet Governance Forum<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 3. A Perspective from the Technical Community Markus Kummer<br>
>>>> (The Internet Society, Switzerland)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 4. A Perspective from the Private Sector: Ensuring that Forum<br>
>>>> Follows Function Vint Cerf, Patrick Ryan, Max Senges, and Rick<br>
>>>> Whitt (Google)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 5. A Perspective from Civil Society Jeremy Malcolm (Electronic<br>
>>>> Frontier Foundation, USA)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> III. Filling the Gaps<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 6. Institutionalizing the Clearing House Function William Drake<br>
>>>> (U. Zurich) & Lea Kaspar (Global Partners Digital, UK)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 7. Global Mechanisms to Support National and Regional<br>
>>>> Multistakeholderism Anriette Esterhuysen (Association for<br>
>>>> Progressive Communications, South Africa)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 8. Feet on the Ground: Marco Civil as an Example of<br>
>>>> Multistakeholderism in Practice Ronaldo Lemos (Institute for<br>
>>>> Technology and Society, State University of Rio de Janeiro,<br>
>>>> Brazil)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 9. Journeys Can be More important than the Destination:<br>
>>>> Reflecting on the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation<br>
>>>> Samantha Dickinson (Consultant, Australia)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> IV. Improving ICANN<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 10. The IANA Transition in the Context of Global Internet<br>
>>>> Governance Emma Llansó and Matt Shears (Center for Democracy<br>
>>>> and Technology, USA/UK)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 11. ICANN Globalization, Accountability, and Transparency Avri<br>
>>>> Doria (Consultant, USA)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> V. Broader Analytical Perspectives<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 12. Towards Information Interdependence James Losey (Stockholm<br>
>>>> University, Sweden)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 13. Towards Information Sovereignty Shawn Powers (Georgia<br>
>>>> State University, USA)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> VI. Moving Forward<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 14. Creating a Global Internet Public Policy Space: Is there a<br>
>>>> Way Forward? Marilia Maciel (Center for Technology and Society,<br>
>>>> Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 15. Stepping into the 'Beyond' Nnenna Nwakanma (The World Wide<br>
>>>> Web Foundation, Côte d'Ivoire)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 16. NetMundial: Watershed in Internet Policy Making? Wolfgang<br>
>>>> Kleinwächter (University of Aarhus/Germany)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>><br>
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