[governance] Re: [Internet Policy] Network Neutrality: a Roadmap for Infrastructure Enhancement

[Carlos A. Afonso]

There is a real glut of relevant workshops in the morning Sept 03.
Trying to accomodate without resorting to teleporting... :)

fraternal regards

--c.a.

On 08/28/2014 06:09 AM, Luca Belli wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> 
> I would like to invite you to participate – /in situ/ or remotely – to
> IGF workshop 172: Network Neutrality: a Roadmap for Infrastructure
> Enhancement
> <https://mail.coe.int/owa/redir.aspx?C=h0jdb1wydUyHxeFhr52TPIafqdIrltEI4QyNOxdVubo09HQWKIBRrAfH8epXRTlQAsI4G7dyx6Q.&URL=http%3a%2f%2figf2014.sched.org%2fevent%2fccbce0baab66d26f55de10d7fd5ba953%3fiframe%3dno>_ _that
> will be held on 3 September from 11:00 to 12:30 (see:
> http://sched.co/1k5ALnS)
> 
>  
> 
> The workshop will interrogate such questions as:
> (i) how does Network Neutrality* (NN) relates to network enhancement?
> (ii) is the market alone able to provide appropriate answers to
> guarantee network enhancement in accordance with the NN principle?
> (iii) how can governmental policies promote private investments in
> network enhancement without impinging upon the NN principle?
> (iv) is there room or need for State-subsidized network infrastructures?
> 
> 
>     Moderators:
> 
>     ·         Luca Belli, Council of Europe & Université Paris 2
> 
>     ·         Primavera De Filippi, CNRS & Berkman Center
> 
>     Panellists:
> 
>     ·         Ana Olmos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
> 
>     ·         Carolina Rossini, New America Foundation
> 
>     ·         Chris Riley, Mozilla
> 
>     ·         Elvana Thaçi, Council of Europe
> 
>     ·         Michele Bellavite, ETNO
> 
>     ·         Parminder Singh, ICT for Change
> 
>     Remote moderator:
> 
>     ·         Nicolo' Zingales, Tilburg University & CTS-FGV
> 
>  
> 
> Looking forward to seeing you in Istanbul.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Luca
> 
> 
> 
> *the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality elaborated the
> following NN definition: “Network neutrality is the principle according
> to which Internet traffic shall be treated equally, without
> discrimination, restriction or interference regardless of its sender,
> recipient, type or content, so that Internet users’ freedom of choice is
> not restricted by favouring or disfavouring the transmission of Internet
> traffic associated with particular content, services, applications, or
> devices”see:  http://www.networkneutrality.info/sources.html
> 
> The abovementioned definition inspired the European Parliament that, in
> the first reading of the “Connected Continent Regulation”, affirmed that
> “The principle of ‘net neutrality’ in the open internet means that
> traffic should be treated equally, without discrimination, restriction
> or interference, independent of the sender, receiver, type, content,
> device, service or application” see :
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2014-0281&language=EN
> 
> 
> /
> /
> 
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