<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-region gmail-region-content" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:roboto;font-size:14px"><div id="gmail-article-3798" class="gmail-article gmail-node gmail-node-article gmail-node-lang-und gmail-node-odd gmail-node-full gmail-clearfix" style="border-top:0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:none;border-left:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-node-content" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-section gmail-field gmail-field-name-body gmail-field-type-text-with-summary gmail-field-label-hidden" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-field-items" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-field-item gmail-odd" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="border:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px"> Dear Members,</p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">The IGF 2016 Newcomers Track</strong></span> aims to help participants attending the IGF annual meeting for the first time, to understanding the IGF processes and to foster the integration of all new-coming stakeholders into the IGF community. </p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">Its focus is to make the meeting participant's first IGF experience as productive and welcoming as possible. </p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Activities</strong></span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">What is the IGF? </em>Webinar</strong></span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">Prior to the annual meeting, one webinar will be organized. The webinar will reflect the core IGF work processes, with focusing on the 2016 intersessional activities and the overall programme. This will help in understanding what should be your expectations from the annual meeting in Mexico.</p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">Newcomers Mentor Session</span></strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">During Day 0, on 5 December from 12:00 to 13:30 pm, there will be a 90-minutes long session, where the key IGF stakeholders will be speaking about the history of the IGF, its processes and community engagement.</p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">Most of the time will be reserved for the participants attending for the first time, to ask anything they would like to ask about the IGF. </p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">'Knowledge cafés' sessions</strong></span></p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">During each of the Meeting Days, from 6 to 9 December, there will be a 45-minutes long 'Knowledge cafés' sessions, where the participants will be given an opportunity to have a casual, informal talk with some of the most experienced stakeholders from the IGF community. The main goal of these sessions is to create a friendly environment for the first-time coming participants to meet some of the most experienced IGF stakeholders, to learn a lot and most importantly, to network and engage.</p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">If you would like to reserve your seat at the above mentioned sessions, please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScydh3XW1hPKj-zxyBvZ0zaI8ePFBE093s_RyHtwnCj3MmkRw/viewform?c=0&w=1" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(64,132,131);text-decoration:none"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,205)">fill up this very short form</span></a>.</p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><strong style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(255,0,0)">Stay in contact: subscribe to the Newcomers Track mailing list by clicking on:</span><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,128)"> </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igfnewcomers_intgovforum.org" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(64,132,131);text-decoration:none"><span style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,205)">igfnewcomers@intgovforum.org</span></a></strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><b style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">In case you would like to know more, please contact the IGF Secretariat at: <a href="mailto:agengo@unog.ch" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(64,132,131);text-decoration:none">agengo@unog.ch</a></b></p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">Kind regards, </p><p style="border:0px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:small">National Information Technology Agency (NITA)/</div><div style="font-size:small">Ghana Open Data Initiative Project.</div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,</div><div style="font-size:small">OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member<br></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>Email: <a href="mailto:wisdom_dk@hotmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>Skype: wisdom_dk</div><div>facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk<br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.nita.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nita.gov.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.data.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.isoc.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.itag.org.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.itag.org.gh</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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