Internet Governance Forum: Participate Remotely
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to attend the sixth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as a remote participant from Bangalore. The IGF is being held in Nairobi from 27-30 September 2011. CIS has been registered as a remote IGF hub. This will allow many of us who are unable to attend the IGF in person. You can follow the discussion, watch the web cast of the event, follow real-time closed captioning and participate live (via text or video) that will be answered by panelists in the IGF.
The IGF is a multi-stakeholder forum that addresses public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance. The overall theme of the meeting will be ‘Internet as a Catalyst for Change: Access, Development, Freedoms and Innovation'. The various themes are as follows:
- Internet Governance for Development
- Emerging Issues
- Managing Critical Internet Resources
- Security, Openness and Privacy
- Access and Diversity
- Taking Stock and the Way Forward
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of the Centre for Internet and Society, will be participating in the following workshops:
- Use of Digital Technologies for Civic Engagement and Political Change: Lessons Learned and Way Forward
- The Impact of Regulation: FOSS and Enterprise
- Putting Users First: How Can Privacy be Protected in Today’s Complex Mobile Ecosystem?
- Privacy, Security, and Access to Rights: A Technical and Policy Analyses
Shyam Ponappa, Fellow at the Centre for Internet and Society, will be presenting remotely for the following workshop:
Nishant Shah, Director Research at Centre for Internet and Society, has organized the following workshop:
We are not limited to following specific workshops. Please follow the link for more information on workshops of your interest, program details and the schedule:
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/schedule-a-programme-2011
Participation is free. However, we would be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by emailing Natasha Vaz “n[email protected] or Tom Dane at “[email protected]”. We hope you will join us to watch the web cast and contribute your own insights on the various workshops.
Looking forward to welcoming you at the workshops!
Event details
When
Sep 30, 2011 02:30 PM
