[IGFmaglist] [Setscene2014] Setting the scene main session: draft outline

[Angelic del Castilho]

Dear Anriette,

I would certainly like to assist in preparing this session. I have already
subscribed to the list.

Sincerely,
Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho

*Angelic Caroline Alihusain-del Castilho*

*POB 3036**Wanica*
 *Suriname*


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
wrote:

>  Dear all
>
> I have not made more progress on this, in part, deliberately, as how this
> session is structured depends on what happens in the other main sessions.
> E.g. the Network neutrality main session (which is really positive addition
> to the programme - thanks Markus).
>
> Below is the original outline I developed.
>
> I am sending this to setscene2014 at intgovforum.org and copying the MAG
> list.
>
> MAG members who want to participate in planning this session, please
> subscribe to setscene2014 at intgovforum.org by going to
> http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/setscene2014_intgovforum.org
>
> Thanks
>
> Anriette
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Setting the scene main
> session: draft outline  Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 12:31:08 +0200  From: Anriette
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> Dear MAG members
>
> Below is the proposed outline for the "Setting the scene" main session on
> day one of IGF 2014.
>
> Look forward to comments.  I am not sure I have captured all the
> suggestions yesterday. One was related to IPV 6 which I am not sure how to
> accommodate. Ideas?  The other was the 'right to forget' which I thought we
> could link to the scene setting input on surveillance. Again open to
> suggestions. Anyone who wants to volunteer to work on this, please let me
> know.
>
> Thanks and apologies for the delay in sending this.
>
> Anriette
>
> ----------
>
> Goal: Launch the IGF with a panel focused on topical issues in IG around
> the world in the last year as well as provide participants with tasters for
> how some of these issues will be addressed during the event.
>
>
> Duration: 1.5 hours with about half of this time dedicated to discussion.
>
> Note that this session needs to liaise closely with the IGF orientation
> session organisers. We have started the discussion and will continue it.
> There will be 6 or 7 speakers and one moderator assisted by people with
> roving mikes in the room. And then I suggest there is one person who
> presents the summary on how each theme will be discussed during the IGF.
> They would need to be very familiar with the programme, and where
> necessary, engage with organisers relevant sessions.
>
> Topics to be covered:
>
> a) Surveillance: one year later - from Snowden to the 'Right to Forget' -
> IGF 2014 THEME: Enhancing Digital Trust
>
> A speaker will reflect on what has happened in internet governance since
> the mid-2013 revelations, and the Bali IGF in October 2013.
>
> - reactions from business e.g. from individual companies and bodies such
> as the Global Network Initiative
> - reactions from governments or by national bodies such as the US Privacy
> and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
> - reactions from intergovernmental organisations, e.g. the Council Of
> Europe, the Human Rights Council/Office of the High Commissioner of Human
> Rights, and the UN General Assembly
> - the European ruling on the right to forget - its challenges, implications
> - responses from rights based groups
> - responses from security and law enforcement actors
> - multistakeholder responses, in particular NETmundial
> - what next? what role and the IGF play and how/where will the topic be
> discussed at the 2014 IGF
>
> b) The multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance - IGF2014 THEME:
> IGF & The Future of the Internet Ecosystem
> A speaker will summarise the 'state' and 'status' of mulit-stakeholder
> approaches to IG and reflect on its evolution, maturity, uptake, and
> legitimacy. The input should cover:
>
> - why MS? a short look back at the the threads that contributed to the
> evolution of this approach, some of which goes back to internet development
> and management from its outset, and also the WSIS principles
> - the MS approach in IG at national level: challenges and achievements
> - the evolution of MS in the intergovernmental system: changes and
> challenges
> - the concept of a distributed, decentralised internet governance
> ecosystem: what does it mean, does it make sense?
> - NETmundial as an MS decision-making process
> - challenges, contradictions, conflicts, exclusions
> - what next? what role and the IGF play and how/where will the topic be
> discussed at the 2014 IGF
>
> c)  IANA transition - IGF2014 THEME: CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES
>
> A very brief overview of the NTIA announcement, its implications, its
> scope, and what challenges and opportunities it presents:
>
> - who should be tracking this process and why?
> - timelines
> - what will happen next and what role the IGF can play and how/where the
> topic be will discussed at the 2014 IGF
>
> d) Affordable internet access for all: taking stock - IGF 2014 THEME:
> POLICIES ENABLING ACCESS
>
> A speaker will provide a bird's eye view on progress and challenges, look
> at new equalities and new inequalities and opportunities, and outline how/where
> the topic be will discussed at the 2014 IGF. They will look at some of
> the challenging policy issues that keep surfacing and that did so in the
> last year, e.g.:
>
> - net neutrality
> - competition, supply, demand: how to balance the advantages provided by
> large players in the market that can provide access t scale vs. diversity
> and the benefits of having small and medium providers at the middle and
> last mile level
> - access and quality and access and capability: are expansions in access
> succeeding in creating a more level playing field at the level of
> empowering users? What are the gaps and challenges?
> - role of governments vs role of markets: are we getting the balance right
> so that the benefits get to those who need it most?
> - access for all: public access, access for the poorest of the poor,
> access for people with disability
> - preview of how the topic will be discussed at the IGF 2014
>
> e) Censorship and blocking IGF2014 - THEME: INTERNET AND HUMAN RIGHTS
>
> A speaker will reflect on the fact that as the internet expands, so does
> censorship and blocking - of some types of content, and some services. They
> will explore this and try to represent the various views and motivations
> fairly. This will also allow for an opportunity to look at some of the
> censorship and blocking cases that hit the headlines in the last year. Are
> these achieving their intended results? What are the costs? What are the
> rights implications? What are the implications for an open and unfragmented
> internet?
>
> f) Content and creativity: growth and equity - IGF 2014 THEME CONTENT
> CREATION, DISSEMINATION AND USE
>
> Here a speaker could provide a lead in to some of the IG issues related to
> content creation and distribution - this includes copyright, digital
> rights, business models, user generated content, local language content etc.
>
> g) The Internet as an Engine for Growth & Development: what is working
> and what not?   IGF2014 THEME: Internet as an Engine for Growth &
> Development
>
> A thought provoking input on the benefits, but also the ongoing
> exclusions. The internet has given rise to new business models, and new
> businesses, new ways of learning and trading. Are we maximising potential
> of the internet as tool for creating a more just, equal, peaceful world?
> If not why not? And then a preview of how these questions will be addressed
> during IGF 2014
>
>
>
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