[IGFmaglist] MAG Virtual Meeting - Main Session discussion

Wed Jul 5 09:50:54 EDT 2017

I attached this repy to the wrong email previously. Apologies.  The risk
of catching up on list email at 0300 after a day of flights.

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Hi,

I cannot support this rending of the DC session.  This is not a sequence
of reports that can be sliced and diced. As the description and last
year's meeting indicate it is a discussion of the commonalities and
difference in the work of the various DCs as expressed in various papers
etc.  Slicing and dicing would destroy the session.

avri

I would like to add that the DC session is one that explores the shared themes being covered by the DC.  Again it is not a report on the DC.  That thematic discussion is what would be lost by cuttig the DC session up.

On 01-Jul-17 05:49, Juan Fernandez Gonzalez wrote:
> Dear Lynn:
>
> Thank you for an excellent summary of the state of the discussion
> regarding the Main Sessions.
>
> I want to give my support to the proposal of the 4 themes.
>
> This results in the following 6 Main Sessiones:
>
> 1-  Gender (2 hours)
> 2-  Cybersecurity (3 hours)
> 3-  Digital Economy (3 hours)
> 4-  Technical Subject (3 hours)
> 5-   NRI (3 hours)
> 6-   DC (1.5 hours)
>
> I am attaching a document with two grid proposals for possible
> distribution of these Main Sessions.
>
> I hope that it can help in the discussion on the next virtual meeting.
>
> Best regards
>
> Juan
>
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> Juan Alfonso Fernández González
> Asesor
> Ministerio de Comunicaciones
> República de Cuba
> Email: juan.fernandez at mincom.gob.cu
> Tel.: +535 2885103
>
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> *De: *"Lynn St.Amour" <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
> *Para: *"IGF Maglist" <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
> *Enviados: *Viernes, 30 de Junio 2017 18:37:14
> *Asunto: *[IGFmaglist] MAG Virtual Meeting - Main Session discussion
>
> Dear MAG members,
>
> at our next virtual MAG meeting we are scheduled to finalize the Main
> Sessions.
>
> We made some good progress at our last MAG meeting and after carefully
> reviewing the transcript and the Adobe Connect chat log, I have tried
> to capture the current state below.  Apologies for the length of this
> email, but I thought it best to pull all the threads together.
>
> Back to the Beginning
>
> So we know what we are working with: 
>
> "Day 0”  2017 is slightly unusual.  Given the IGF is being held late
> in the year, the IGF meeting schedule was advanced one day.  This
> means that Day 0 is on a Sunday (not Monday).   This complicated some
> of the Day 0 events.  This combined with the Swiss government’s desire
> for the Host Country opening and ceremonial sessions to be more
> interactive and more integrated with the rest of the IGF program, led
> to a new proposal.  It was proposed that the Opening session (Monday
> afternoon) include a topic-based discussion among high-level speakers,
> tentatively titled, ‘What rules for our global digital polity?’ This
> would be followed on the second day of the IGF meeting with a
> high-level thematic (Main) session on (again tentatively titled) 'the
> Impact of digitization on politics, public trust and democracy’.
>  These sessions would be multistakeholder in nature with participation
> from all SH groups.  After some discussion within the MAG, it was
> agreed to proceed, despite there being some concern re setting a
> precedent and using an additional Main Session slot.   At the same
> time, many welcomed the innovative approach noting it addressed
> concerns heard in many of the previous years.  So, this is a pilot.
>
> Where are We?
>
> Given we have the Opening and Closing Ceremonies/Sessions and the
> "High Level Thematic” Session, this leaves five (5) 3 hour Main
> session slots (see attached grid).
>
> Coming out of the MAG meeting we have:
>
> a)  6 Main Session proposals remaining: 1 - Gender Inclusion and
> Future of the Internet (2 hours), 2 - Human and Social Dimensions of
> the Internet (1.5 hours), 3 - Creating an Inclusive Workforce in a
> Digital Economy,  4 - Empowering Global Cooperation, Cybersecurity for
> Sustainable Development and Peace, 5 - Data for Sustainable
> Development Roadmaps, 6 -  Local Interventions, Global Impacts, How
> Can International Multistakeholder Cooperation Address Internet
> Shut-downs, Encryption and Data Flows?
>
> b)  a request from the DCs for a 1.5 hour Main session slot - Title:
> TBD (preference was for a 3 hour slot, but recognizing various program
> constraints this was reduced)
>
> c) a request from the NRIs for a 3 hour Main session slot: ‘Rights in
> the digital/online world’ (separate document has been sent by the NRIs
> to the MAG)
>
> d) the Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) Phase III has said
> they will work to integrate their activities into the overall IGF Program.
>
> And, to be discussed separately from Main Sessions, we also have a
> request from the NRIs for  6 - 12 thematic Workshops.
>
> MAG members made several suggestions regarding Main Session
> selections, notably to look at possible mergers as well as to shorten
> requested durations.  The first pass of this was done during the MAG
> meeting.
>
> One proposal (supported by several MAG members from different SH
> groups) was to select a small number of main themes to align/develop
> Main Session proposals around (something we lost when we moved to the
> community “tags” process for the workshops).   Suggestions were:
> Cybersecurity, Gender, Digital Economy, and a Technical Subject ("such
> as the merged proposal on the local interventions, multistakeholder
> cooperation on Internet shutdowns, encryption and data flows").    If
> the MAG decides to go forward with this approach we would
> align/develop the Main Session proposals above with these 4 themes.
>  This will require either consolidation or potentially moving some of
> the Main Session proposals above to a WS slot if the MAG feels this is
> appropriate.
>
> There was also a proposal made by a MAG member that there were
> overlaps (“super-positions of subjects”) between 3 Main Session
> proposals: "Creating an Inclusive Workforce in the Digital Economy”,
> "Human and Social Dimensions of the Internet", and "Data for
> Sustainable Development Roadmaps” and that these should be factored
> down to (2?) main subjects.  I believe this proposal complements the
> one above.
>
> Also there was considerable interest in the proposal on "Data for
> Sustainable Development Roadmaps” but a number of MAG members felt
> this was better suited to a WS format rather than a Main session.
>
> Straw Chair Proposal
>
> Building on the suggestions above and in order to help focus our
> discussions, I would like to put forward a 'Straw Chair Proposal’,
> subject obviously, to the MAG's approval.  
>
> Chair Proposal: We go forward with the 4 themes proposed (tentative
> Main Session alignment below):
>
> Four (4) Themes: 
> Cybersecurity - (4) Empowering Global Cooperation, Cybersecurity for
> Sustainable Development and Peace
> Gender - (1) Gender Inclusion and Future of the Internet (2 hours)
> Digital Economy - (3) Creating an Inclusive Workforce in a Digital
> Economy,  
> Technical Subject - (6) Local Interventions, Global Impacts, How Can
> International Multistakeholder Cooperation Address Internet
> Shut-downs, Encryption and Data Flows?
>
> This leaves 2 Main Session proposals: 2 - Human and Social Dimensions
> of the Internet (1.5 hours), and 5 - Data for Sustainable Development
> Roadmaps to either be integrated into other Main sessions or perhaps
> moved to a WS slot if the MAG feels this is appropriate.  
>
> Going forward with the 4 Themes above leaves us with the following
> slots: 1 x 3 hour Main session, and 1 x 1 hour Main Session slot (as
> the Gender Main session is requesting 2 hours).  Total Available: 4 hours
>
> The DCs have requested a 1.5 hour slot (title: TBD), and the NRIs have
> requested a 3 hour slot titled: ‘Rights in the digital/online world’.
>  As agreed, the NRIs will speak to this in our upcoming MAG meeting.
>  Total Requested: 4.5 hours
>
> My reading of the discussions in the MAG meeting and on the MAG
> mailing list with respect to the importance of all the Intersessional
> work is that there is substantial support for Main session slots for
> the DCs and the NRIs (from several SH groups).  At the same time there
> were questions raised by some MAG members and alternative proposals
> put forward; and these are under review by the NRIs and the MAG.
>  Note: there has not yet been a consensus call within the MAG, this
> will take place at our MAG meeting next week.  Also, please note:
> while I am personally very supportive of giving the DCs and the NRIs
> Main Session time, I am only trying to reflect what I hear from the
> MAG overall.   If someone sees a different 'emerging consensus',
> please say so.  
>
> If the MAG approves the 4 Themes approach above, and *if* the DC and
> NRI requests are approved *as they stand*, we will be over the
> available time by 30 minutes - so I see a few possible paths: 1 - the
> MAG asks the Main session proposers (and NRIs) if anyone could make a
> *2.5 hour split* Main session slot work (that is a 1 hour slot
> followed by a break and then a 1.5 hour slot or vice versa (giving 2.5
> vs. 3 hours), 2 - another alternative is the NRIs have a 1.5 hour slot
> mirroring the DCs or, 3 - one of the "4 Theme” sessions above reduces
> their time to 1.5 hours (allowing the NRIs a 3 hour slot).  Note: if
> Option 2 is selected (a 1.5 hour slot for the NRIs), we still have a 1
> hour slot available (perhaps for either the CENB program or one of the
> other 2 proposed Main Sessions?).
>
> I very much appreciate the clear intent from everyone to work together
> to build a great IGF program.  Clearly, there is work to be done going
> forward to weave all the IGF activities together and this work will be
> undertaken in the MAG WGs (and are open to non-MAG members).   
>
> Thankfully, there are a lot of creative people on the MAG.  So please
> review this carefully and send in any comments or suggestions,
> preferably ahead of next weeks MAG meeting so we can close
> expeditiously on this topic.
>
> Best, 
> Lynn
>
>
>
>
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