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If anyone is attending the OECD meeting in Seoul 16-18 June, please feel free to join us at the event below.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
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Bill<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'><I>Parallel event to be held in conjunction with the OECD Ministerial Meeting <BR>
on the Future of the Internet Economy<BR>
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<B>Global Internet Governance:<BR>
Implications for the<BR>
Future of the Internet Economy<BR>
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Seoul, Korea, June 16, 2008, 12:30-13:15<BR>
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COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Grand Ballroom # 104, 105<BR>
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Co-hosted by BK21 Digital Media Division, Seoul National University
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The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet, <a href="http://www.igloo.org/giganet)">http://www.igloo.org/giganet)</a> is a scholarly community launched in Spring 2006. Its objectives are to: support the establishment of a global cohort of scholars specializing on Internet governance issues; advance theoretical and applied research and promote the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study; and facilitate informed policy relevant dialogue between scholars, policy practitioners, and stakeholders. Among other activities, GigaNet organizes research symposia, including in conjunction with the annual meetings of the UN Internet Governance Forum. <BR>
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This brief side event will introduce GigaNet and its activities and then highlight some recent developments and emerging issues that could have a significant impact on the future trajectory of the Internet economy. The program will consist of short remarks by scholars who have been involved in the global policy debates on Internet governance, followed by open discussion with the audience. More details are at: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6bvjpk.">http://tinyurl.com/6bvjpk.</a> <BR>
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Panelists<BR>
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William J. Drake<BR>
Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance, <BR>
Program for the Study of International Organization(s)<BR>
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies<BR>
Geneva, Switzerland<BR>
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Myungkoo Kang<BR>
Professor, Department of Communication<BR>
Seoul National University<BR>
Seoul, Republic of Korea<BR>
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Wolfgang Kleinwächter<BR>
Professor of International Communication Policy and Regulation<BR>
Department for Media and Information Sciences, University of Aarhus<BR>
Aarhus, Denmark<BR>
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Meryem Marzouki<BR>
Senior Researcher, the French National Scientific Research Center <BR>
(CNRS), the Computer Science Laboratory of Paris 6 (LIP6)<BR>
Paris, France<BR>
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William J. Drake <BR>
Director, Project on the Information<BR>
Revolution and Global Governance/PSIO<BR>
Graduate Institute of International and<BR>
Development Studies<BR>
Geneva, Switzerland<BR>
william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch<BR>
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