<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t think I shared this here before and in retrospect probably should have since a lot of people seem to be interested in Internet governance capacity building/development issues etc. I’m part of a team organizing an academic/practitioner conference in Cardiff UK 26-27 April on the topic and we are soliciting abstracts for scholarly papers on different aspects of the theme. We’ve just extended the deadline for abstract submission to next Monday 15 January. The idea is that ultimately the papers will go into a multi-author edited volume, and a good publisher has expressed interest. We also anticipate having one or two roundtables of policy practitioners from relevant IG organizations and communities, which would not involve written papers etc. And of course, participation in the event is open to non-presenters.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If anyone is interested in knowing more about this feel free to contact me off list. See below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Dear all,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Given the multiple requests received, we are happy to extend the deadline for submission of abstract proposals to the 15<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>January.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Please find below detailed information about the conference. Interested authors are invited to submit their abstracts (no longer than 500 words) via Easychair at:<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2018" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2018</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">----------------------------------<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">GIG-ARTS 2018 - The Second European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">26-27 April 2018, Cardiff<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Overcoming Inequalities in Internet Governance: framing digital policy capacity building strategies</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><i class=""><span class=""> </span></i><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><i class=""><span class="">Organised by: </span></i><span class="">Centre for Internet and Global Politics / School of Law and Politics / Cardiff University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><i class=""><span class=""> </span></i><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><i class=""><span class="">In partnership with:</span></i><span class=""> DiploFoundation, The ECPR Standing Group on Internet and Politics, The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet), IAMCR Communication Policy and Technology Section<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class=""> </span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span class="">Deadline 08.January.2018</span></i></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class=""> </span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Abstract</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class=""> </span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">After having explored “Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue” at its first edition held in Paris in 2007, the Second European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS 2018) addresses power inequalities in internet governance, and digital policy capacity building strategies aiming at overcoming gaps in digital policy developments. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Connectivity infrastructure is constantly expanding, while internet access is incessantly growing across countries, regions and socio-political contexts. In this context, new and crucial questions emerge from a governance and security perspective. As for the latter, new connectivity calls for cybersecurity capacity building strategies aiming at secure digital infrastructure. At the same time, from a governance perspective, traditional powers in the governance of the internet are increasingly challenged from newly connected actors who demand more influence in the transnational debate around digital policy development. As a result, despite claims for equal representations and diversity since the first World Summit on Information Society in 2003, the narrowing of the digital divide opens new and key questions: Whether and what inequalities exist in internet governance decision making? How is the rapidly changing internet geography and sociography reflected in the governance of the internet? Moreover, in order to increase awareness and enhance involvement of newly connected countries in national and transnational digital policy developments, what are the best internet governance capacity building strategies available? How do newly connected countries and actors build their digital policy capacity, and do they develop an active role in the transnational internet governance debate? Whether in newly or early connected countries, various kinds of divides persist across socio-cultural and political contexts, reflecting if not extending societal and socio-economic inequalities. Are such renewed forms of inequalities and discriminations adequately addressed in internet governance debates? What are the requirements for digital policies to actually empower people and uphold their individual and collective rights online? <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span class="">In order to answer these crucial and manifold questions,</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""> the conference will bring together an </span><span class="">outstanding network of experts working on internet governance, digital inequalities, and cybersecurity capacity building. The conference welcomes theoretically relevant, empirically grounded research, and/or policy oriented contributions, addressing internet governance inequalities, digital policy making, and cybersecurity capacity building. In particular, submissions could address either of the following topics (list non exhaustive):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Inequalities in the governance of the internet<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Governance strategies among new and emerging actors<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Geopolitical coalitions among actors (e.g. BRICS)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Multistakeholder models and their efficacy<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Cybersecurity capacity building<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Digital divides<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Telecom Reforms<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Online discriminations<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Violent content and harassment online<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">“Fake news” and other kinds of manipulations<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Individual and collective empowerment<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Human rights online<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Digital Trade<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Program Chair</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Andrea Calderaro<br class="">Centre for Internet and Global Politics, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Program Committee</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">William J. Drake, University of Zurich, Switzerland<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths University<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Katharina Höne, DiploFoundation, Malta & Switzerland<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Nanette S. Levinson, American University Washington DC, USA<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span lang="FR" class="">Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & Sorbonne Université, France</span><span lang="IT" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="IT" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Ben Wagner, UW Vienna, Austria<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span lang="IT" class=""> </span></b><span lang="IT" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Full Call for Paper</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Please find more information via the conference website: <a href="http://events.gig-arts.eu/" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">events.gig-arts.eu</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Submission Information and Publication Opportunities</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Authors are invited to submit their abstracts (no longer than 500 words) via Easychair at:<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2018" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2018</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Authors of selected submissions will have the opportunity to submit their full manuscript for publication as part of an edited volume.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Venue</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The conference will be held in Wales's capital city, Cardiff, at the Centre for Internet and Global Politics, hosted at the Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Conference Registration and Fees</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Registration fees are 100€ for regular participants and 50€ for students showing proof of status. The conference fees include a participant kit with conference documents as well as coffee breaks and meals.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><span class="">GIG-ARTS 2018 Communication Details</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- Website: <a href="http://events.gig-arts.eu/" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">events.gig-arts.eu</a> | <a href="http://www.cigp.eu/" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.cigp.eu</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- Email for information: <a href="mailto:events@gig-arts.eu" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">events@gig-arts.eu</a> | Andrea Calderaro (<a href="mailto:CalderaroA@Cardiff.ac.uk" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">CalderaroA@Cardiff.ac.uk</a>)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- Submissions: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2018" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2018</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- Twitter: @GigArtsEU<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- Mailing list for updates: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yc7rvxm4" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://tinyurl.com/yc7rvxm4</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> </font></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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