Hi Everybody <br><br>I just arrived in Hyderabad - the airport is really new and nice - and everybody has been super friendly (there is free wifi for 45min when you have a local mobile number so some airport workers allowed me to register with their numbers several times :-) <br>
<br>Some info that might be useful:<br><br>- the Rupee exchange rate was better in dehli than in hyderabad airport (booths are right after the baggage claim)<br><br>- there are tata indicom booths with one free internet computer in the airport<br>
<br>- the conference center is about 1 hour 20 from the aiport and they told me there is a shuttle every 30 min (about 1 hour into the city)<br><br>- when connecting to the domestic flight at Dehli airport there is a shuttle bus that takes about 45 min to bring you to the domestic terminals <br>
<br>ok i am continuing to chennai and delve into an 'instant expert' in indian culture experience for the next couple of days<br><br>i arrive back in hyderabad on the 1st -- looking forward to a prodcutive IGF<br>
<br>I'll be liveblogging @ <a href="http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/IGF_2008_India">http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/IGF_2008_India</a><br><br>namaste<br>max<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Max Senges <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maxsenges@gmail.com">maxsenges@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi everybody <br><br>I am boarding to india in 5 min - super excited - these are going to be some very interesting days leading up to the IGF -- <a href="http://auroville.org/" target="_blank">http://auroville.org/</a> -- <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/ashram.html" target="_blank">http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/ashram.html</a><br>
<br>We are making good progress with the website - I will setup a life blogging service on the new page so we can share our impressions with the remote participants - started an event at <a href="http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/IGF_2008_India" target="_blank">http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/IGF_2008_India</a><br>
<br>I will integrate the liveblog on our site - it would be great if you would be motivated to live blog to (for those who want to see what the heck a livenblog is take a look at <a href="http://www.thewavingcat.com/2008/11/22/barcamp-hamburg-creative-commons-101/" target="_blank">http://www.thewavingcat.com/2008/11/22/barcamp-hamburg-creative-commons-101/</a> where a good friend of mine was liveblogging sessions of a barcamp in hamburg)<br>
<br>greetings<br><font color="#888888">max</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Max Senges <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maxsenges@gmail.com" target="_blank">maxsenges@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi - this is a thread to connect IBRlers before and during the IGF<br><br>Here is the ning group ginger created <br clear="all"><a href="http://diploig.ning.com/group/internetbillofrights" target="_blank">http://diploig.ning.com/group/internetbillofrights</a><br>
<br>please feel free to invite other IGF participants who'd like to coordinate with us to join the group and/or this thread<br><br>for me email is easier, but i agree that it is nice to have public / transparent conversation also<br>
<br>I will be in Hyderabad a week before the meeting, so i will check out some info on local places, where we can have dinner, meet in the morning etc.<br><br>1) ok so for everybody who is in hyderabad on the 1st of december already - let's have dinner<br>
<br>2) let's meet on the first IGF day in the morning at 8.15am to coordinate (some of us have never met in person)<br> <br> Needless to say that we should all invite people to participate in our workshop<br><br>
3) let's meet in the afternoon of the second day to coordinate last things before the workshops (first Mainstreaming & then IBR) on day three <br><br>4) let's meet on the last day to wrap up and draft a "report" <br>
<br>below is a list of events i select as really interesting:<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>day 1<br><br><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=141" target="_blank">09:00 - 10:30</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=141" target="_blank"><br>
74.Open Forum Council of Europe:"The human rights dimension of Internet
...</a></font></div><br><font face="Arial," size="1"><b><br>16:30 - 18:00</b><br>
Dynamic Coalition: Framework of Principles for the Internet</font><br><br>day 3<br><div align="center"><font face="Arial," size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=53" target="_blank">11:30 - 13:00<br>
</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=53" target="_blank">Workshop 65: Mainstreaming human rights in the work of the
IGF</a><br></font><div align="center"><font face="Arial," size="1"><b>14:30 - 16:00</b><br>
</font><font face="Arial," size="1">Dynamic Coalition: Internet Bill of Rights<br><br>day 4<br></font><div align="center"><font face="Arial," size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=66" target="_blank">11:30 - 13:00</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=66" target="_blank"><br>
Workshop 77. Internet for All - Exploring a Rights-based Approach</a></font></div><br></div><br></div><br><br>from my perspective these sound pretty interesting too:<br><br>day 1<br><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=94" target="_blank">09:30 - 11:00</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=94" target="_blank"><br>
Workshop 22. Lessons Learned from the Engagement and Facilitation
of Internet Users into Policy …</a></font></div><br>day 2<br><br><font face="Arial," size="1"><b>11:30 - 13:00</b><br>
Dynamic Coalition: Open Standards<br><br></font><font face="Arial," size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=98" target="_blank">14:30 - 16:00</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=57" target="_blank"><br>
Workshop 26. Towards a code of good practice on public participation
in Internet governance - …</a><br></font><font face="Arial," size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=67" target="_blank">14:30 - 16:00</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=67" target="_blank"><br>
Workshop 58. Network Neutrality- Examining the Issues and Implications for Development</a><br></font><font face="Arial," size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=63" target="_blank">16:00 - 17:30</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=63" target="_blank"><br>
Workshop 85. The Transboundary Internet: Jurisdiction, Control and
Sovereignty</a><br><br>day 3<br></font><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="1"><b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=129" target="_blank">09:00 - 10:30</a></b><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/hyderabad_prog/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=129" target="_blank"><br>
Workshop 88 The protection of personal data and privacy in the information
society: towards an …</a><br></font><div align="center"><font face="Arial," size="1"><b>16:00
- 17:30</b><br>
</font><font face="Arial," size="1">Dynamic Coalition:
Access to Knowledge (A2K)</font></div><br></div><br>day 4<br><font face="Arial," size="1"><b>11:30
- 13:00</b><br>
</font><font face="Arial," size="1">Dynamic Coalition:Privacy<br><br></font><font face="Arial," size="1"><b>14:00
- 15:30</b><br>
Dynamic Coalition: Freedom of Expression and the Media<br><br></font><br><br><br><br>-- <br>-------------------------------------------------<br><br>"I am, You are, We are information"<br> Camille de Toledo - Coming of Age at the End of History<br>
<br>-------------------------------------------------<br>Dr. Max Senges<br><br><a href="http://www.maxsenges.com" target="_blank">www.maxsenges.com</a><br><a href="http://www.knowledgeentrepreneur.com" target="_blank">www.knowledgeentrepreneur.com</a><br>
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<br>-------------------------------------------------<br>Dr. Max Senges<br><br><a href="http://www.maxsenges.com">www.maxsenges.com</a><br><a href="http://www.knowledgeentrepreneur.com">www.knowledgeentrepreneur.com</a><br>
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