[IGFmaglist] IGF 2017 - Call for Main Session suggestions

Tue May 23 15:35:13 EDT 2017

Thanks a lot Chair for these clarifications.
Mamadou

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De : "Lynn St.Amour" <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
Date : 23/05/2017 19:27 (GMT+00:00)
À : Mamadou LO <alfamamadou at hotmail.com>
Cc : IGF Maglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
Objet : Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF 2017 - Call for Main Session suggestions

Dear Mamadou,

the general theme is intentionally broad as there are many diverse topics of interest to the community, so the Main Sessions should fit within the general theme.  They are also usually very topical and so also cover recent developments.

Best,
Lynn

On May 22, 2017, at 6:38 PM, Mamadou LO <alfamamadou at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Hello Chair; MAG members
> Do main sessions have to "comply" with IGF general theme (Shaping your digital future)? If so, I think Thomas and Ginger's proposals make sense above all if we can link them to the context of Geneva by bringing international organisations in the debate.
> Besides, do main sessions have to deal with IG recent major development? In this case, I fully agree with Juan that we need to put cybersecurity on the table regarding IG headline recent developments.
> Mamadou
>
> Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.
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> De : Alejandra Erramuspe <alejandra.erramuspe at agesic.gub.uy>
> Date : 22/05/2017 18:39 (GMT+00:00)
> À : Jorge Cancio <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>
> Cc : MAG-public <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>, "Lynn St.Amour" <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
> Objet : Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF 2017 - Call for Main Session suggestions
>
> Dear Lynn, colleagues
>
>
> I think these proposals are very interesting and comprehensive enough to appeal to the general public of the IGF.
>
> The two issues raised by Juan are central in nowadays discussions. I understand that these are huge topics so we should frame the discussion.
>
> About Ginger's proposal, I think it is very good too, but beyond the relevant and clear statement he has made, I think it would be better not to limit the discussion to the IOs. I think it will be better if we include representatives of other communities, such as civil society and Governments.
>
> Jorge's proposals, the two sessions and the high level panel, seems to be excellents. I think that raised from this point of view the sessions would generate a strong consideration, and we could have first level panelists.
>
> best,
>
> Alejandra Erramuspe
> Comunicación Institucional
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>
> De: "Jorge Cancio" <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>
> Para: "Lynn St.Amour" <st.amour at bluewin.ch>, "MAG-public" <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
> Enviados: Lunes, 22 de Mayo 2017 14:41:40
> Asunto: Re: [IGFmaglist] IGF 2017 - Call for Main Session suggestions
>
> Dear Lynn and all,
>
> We are following with a lot of attention the discussions in the MAG. I just wanted to point out to you that we see a lot of value in the approach being proposed by various MAG members regarding the main sessions, especially that they should cover broad topics of general interest to any potential participants to the IGF as well as to the general public.
>
> In this regard, as mentioned by Thomas during the last MAG call we feel that two broad such broad topics could be, first, "the impact of digitization on politics, public trust and democracy"- note that we have submitted a workshop proposal with a similar focus - which could serve as basis for a main session if this idea gains traction. Sessions on the how the political sphere, public opinion and democracy are being transformed and challenged by digitization could feed into this main session.
>
> A second broad topic could be "digitization and data economy: How do we shape the future of our data economy?". Workshop sessions on related topics, such as the digital transformation of traditional indistries and work, the rise of platforms, AI, etc. could feed into this session.
>
> These are only working titles – and we would be happy to improve them and make them catchier…
>
> In the end the thought is to make main sessions (or however we call them)  attractive for the wider community and the general public. After all, we want to make the IGF itself really attractive and, as we have said, we are abstaining in principle from organizing top-level high level sessions in the zero day...
>
> Finally, as also mentioned by Thomas during the last MAG call, we are starting work with Lynn and Chengetai on a possible high level session which would be the continuation to the opening ceremony and replace the opening session. The topic would be along the lines of "Digital politics: What rules for our global digital polity?" which could take the form of a high-level panel on the future of global frameworks of cooperation in the field of digital policy.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> kind regards
>
> Jorge Cancio
> Switzerland
>
> ________________________________
>
> Von: Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
> Datum: 18. Mai 2017 um 18:01:54 MESZ
> An: IGF Maglist <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
> Betreff: [IGFmaglist] IGF 2017 - Call for Main Session suggestions
>
>
> Dear MAG members,
>
> at our last Virtual MAG Meeting, we agreed that ideas for main sessions would be submitted in writing to the MAG mailing list with short descriptive paragraphs.  There was quite a full discussion on Main sessions at that meeting (items 3 and 4) and the Meeting Summary from the Secretariat is here: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3813/610
>
> The Secretariat and I would like to begin collecting these now in order to have a substantive and topic focused discussion at our face to face meeting in mid June.  Note: we have allocated some time at next weeks meeting to begin this discussion and look forward to your submissions.
>
> best,
> Lynn
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