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At 13:32 18/11/2008, Parminder wrote:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Hi All<br>
One main format innovation for the IGF, Hyderabad, is 3 hours open
dialogue session in the afternoon for each day’s key theme. <br>
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Questions can be submitted online before hand for these sessions to
</font><a href="mailto:igf@unog.ch"><font color="#333333">
igf[at]unog.ch</a>This e-mail address is being protected from spambots.
You need JavaScript enabled to view it . See
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/">
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/</a>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">for the announcement which
read <br>
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“</font><font color="#333333">Please submit any questions you would like
to be addressed in Hyderabad to
<a href="mailto:igf@unog.ch">igf[at]unog.ch</a>This e-mail address is
being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
They should relate to the broad themes listed on the
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/hyderabadprogramme">
programme</a> of the main sessions.”</font></blockquote><br>
Warning.<br><br>
This format was experimented during EuroDIG in Strasbourg. I carried a
analysis in French of the way the format works (speakers stay at their
place and are given the floor by the Chair. They can be from the list or
reacting from the audience).<br><br>
The experience shown that more than two minutes speach sounds long (the
TV camera tries to spot you in the audience, but you do not really
control the room, your time, and people do not hesitate to talk together
while you speak). If there are two many people listed their management
takes a very long time, so do interuptors. So, you are better to agree
with your moderator to speak among the first ones. This is possible
because the best way to organise the "show" is to gather the
speakers by thematic groups prepared in advance.<br><br>
Also, Strasbourg seems to have shown that once people have understood
they are to be short, they really become short and the meeting turns like
being a class room. With the moderator trying to find people interested
in speaking up. Then anyone can rise an hand and be long as no one has
prepared anything else. <br><br>
This is certainly a very interesting format. But I think people should be
prepared to it. Other Strasbourg attendants could may be comment
this?<br><br>
jfc<br>
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