SV: [governance] Speakers for IGF

Mon Sep 17 02:46:45 EDT 2007

Dear Adam and Wolfgang,

suggestions are more than welcomed. 

But to explain how we're currently working, WBU (World Broadcasting Union)
of which EBU is part, is currently working on a list of six moderators: one
from Asia (very likely a Japanese), one from Arabic countries (very likely
an Algerian), two from Europe (BBC and France 24), one from North America
and one from Latin America (Brazil).

As Adam very well sintetized, the main problem is the availability of that
kind of skilled professionals (usually each one of them carry on a weekly or
daily programme on the air) and the cost to support to bring them there.

Each organization of WBU support entirely their costs and this is why they
mainly come from rich countries.
Having said so, the list is still open and if you have suggestions, we are
ready to study and we can try to see what can be done.

On the contrary, if we stick to our existing list, I stress you the point
that -once finalized the list- the main problem will be to have people from
Civil Society that can properly brief our moderators. Last year we did it
thanks to the goodwill of some of you (Adam i.e.) but mainly suggestions and
briefs came from business partners.

And that was a pity.... even if I believe the moderators were quite balanced
and fair.

Giacomo

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp] 
Sent: dimanche, 16. septembre 2007 12:26
To: "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"; governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: Re: SV: [governance] Speakers for IGF

At 11:49 AM +0200 9/16/07, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang wrote:
>Should we make also proposals for moderators?
>Who knows good TV journalists familiar with the 
>issue from developing countries? South African 
>Broadcasting Corporation (SABC),  Al  Jazijra, 
>TV Globo?
>

If you know the names of people who will be 
attending, why not?  But as it probably costs a 
lot to invite a journalist of this type I don't 
see any point in taking time to discuss names 
unless there's a realistic way of getting them to 
Rio.

Last year I believe the european broadcasting 
union brought them and I guess paid.

Adam

>Wolfgang
>
>
>________________________________
>
>Fra: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
>Sendt: sø 16-09-2007 11:28
>Til: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>Emne: RE: [governance] Speakers for IGF
>
>
>
>Here are some ideas for speakers. There's of course an element of my
>personal preference, but I've also been asking a few others for
>suggestions about names for a while.
>
>I've mentioned when I remember if someone was a panelist in Athens.
>But, we should consider:
>
>There will be 5-7 people on panels, it's a 2000 seat room and last we
>heard about attendance the room is likely to be full.  An open
>format, whoever is selected is going to have to be expert on a broad
>range of topics related to the theme, and a confident speaker able to
>respond to (potentially) a stream of questions. We have no money to
>bring anyone, the meeting starts in 8 weeks.  Suggest only
>recommending people who are going to be there (or have a very good
>chance of being there.)
>
>So we need experts, who will be in Rio, and gender and geographic
>diversity. And the list below is very bad on Gender. There are two or
>three people I know of who would be great to add to the list but need
>to confirm if they will be in Rio or are willing to speak.
>
>Please, let's not suggest a name unless we know they will be in Rio,
>or, at least you have already started to find out.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Adam
>
>
>Opening Ceremony
>
>Monthian Buntan (Thailand). President, Thailand Association of the Blind.
>
>Anriette Esterhuysen (was a panelist in Athens)
>
>Delphine Nana
>
>
>Critical Internet Resources
>
>Milton Mueller (USA). Professor, Director, Master of Science in
>Telecommunications and Network Management, Syracuse University.
>
>
>Access
>
>Mike Jensen (South Africa), independent consultant with experience in
>more than 30 countries in Africa assisting in the establishment of
>information and communications systems over the last 15 years.
><http://www.acacia.org.za/mike_jensen.htm> (*strong preference*)
>
>Sean o Siochru (Ireland). Access and financing.
>
>
>Diversity
>
>Monthian Buntan (Thailand). President, Thailand Association of the
>Blind. (*strong preference*)
>
>Ronaldo Lemos (Brazil). Digital culture, Creative Commons.
>
>Anriette Esterhuysen (was a panelist in Athens)
>
>(I think Adama Samassekou from Mali might be picked up -- he is
>president of the African Academy of Languages. Was a panelist in
>Athens.)
>
>
>Openness
>
>Sisule Musungu (Kenya). Policy analyst based in Geneva, consults on
>intellectual property and free expression issues. (*strong
>preference*)
>
>Georg Greve (Germany). Free Software Foundation Europe
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_C._F._Greve> (was a panelist in
>Athens)
>
>Michael Geist (Canada)
>
>Pedro Paranagua Moniz (Brazil) Professor of Law at Fundacao Getulio
>Vargas (FGV) School of Law in Rio de Janeiro, A2K Brazil.
>
>
>Security
>
>Ralf Bendrath (Germany). University of Bremen, The Collaborative
>Research Center (Dynamic Coalition on Privacy)
>
>Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (Brazil). A2K Brazil, lawyer privacy
issues.
>
>Thiago Tavares Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil). Head of SaferNet Brazil:
>cybercrime and privacy issues.
>
>(Security is difficult, I think we need someone who can speak to
>civil society issues around privacy and rights, but also be able to
>respond well on security, which I think will be the main bulk of the
>session. Carlos Afonso can comment more on the two Brazilian people.)
>
>
>Taking Stock and the way forward
>
>William Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and
>Global Governance Graduate Institute for International Studies
>Geneva, Switzerland.
>
>
>Emerging Issues
>
>No definite suggestion.  I am trying to find out if Mark Shuttleworth
>can attend.   South Africa, Internet security entrepreneur and Ubuntu
>supporter <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth>
>
>(Some stakeholders are suggesting "emerging issues" should be a very
>forward looking session, young entrepreneurs would be interesting,
>futurists etc. Thoughts?)
>
>
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