Ian, <br><br>Sorry I've been silent on this list since joining. <br><br>I am planning to attend the IGF and am happy to help with this - my research focus is the Chinese internet, free expression/censorship, etc. Currently working on a book about the impact of the Chinese Internet on the rest of the internet. I am also co-founder of Global Voices (<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org">globalvoicesonline.org</a>), and would be happy to help recommend articulate online activists from pretty much any part of the world as you strive to achieve geographical balance in this panel. <br>
<br>I certainly suggest inviting at least one Chinese speaker. Chinese blogger Isaac Mao was at the last IGF and spoke in the "expression under repression" WISIS workshop in Tunisia, speaks good English, is up on Internet governance, and can speak for Chinese civil society - a valuable counter-balance to the Chinese government voices at the IGF. More about Isaac: <br>
<br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/05/blogging.digitalmedia">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/05/blogging.digitalmedia</a><br><a href="http://freesouls.cc/essays/07-isaac-mao-sharism.html">http://freesouls.cc/essays/07-isaac-mao-sharism.html</a><br>
<br>Best,<br>Rebecca<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Ian Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.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;">
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A brief update here -<br>
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Imagining the Internet have agreed to work with us on this, and I suggest we proceed with that. What we do need to do by 15th is scope out in more detail potential partners, speakers, others we should approach. So I would appreciate all suggestions – also all offers to join a small working group on this. We do need to flesh this out a little more within 2 days!<br>
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Ian Peter<br>
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On 8/06/09 8:20 AM, "Ian Peter" <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Details of our previous submission are below. We are lacking any suggestions to date of co-organizers, potential speakers etc, so I believe we have to improve that this week.<br>
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I don’t see a natural merge for this workshop. <br>
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Can I have suggestions for potential partners/speakers on this, and also a few volunteers to be the organising group? Either onlist or offlist, whichever you prefer <br>
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Current proposal is below.<br>
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Ian Peter<br>
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Title: Transnationalization of Internet Governance - The way forward from<br>
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Concise Description:<br>
The Internet's present governance structures grew out of certain<br>
historical contexts, as well as some new socio-political realities<br>
around the Internet. In the context of rapid changes that the<br>
Internet has wrought, the key and emerging issues related to its<br>
governance could not have been anticipated by anyone. One thing<br>
however is clear by now; the Internet is not just a technical<br>
artifact, requiring technical governance with regard to keeping it<br>
running smoothly, but a key socio-political phenomenon requiring<br>
participative, inclusive and accountable political governance, which includes its transnationalization. It isimportant to analyze the needs of evolution and transnationalization of Internet governance from various standpoints and the direction in which we might move from here.<br>
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The workshop will seek to discuss some real institutional possibilities of what to do next, possibly presenting and analyzing alternative models, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each.<br>
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Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?<br>
Critical Internet Resources<br>
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Have you organized an IGF workshop before? Yes<br>
If so, please provide the link to the report:<br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/2008-igf-hyderabad/event-reports/72-workshops/392-workshop-85-the-transboundary-internet-jurisdiction-control-and-sovereignty" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/2008-igf-hyderabad/event-reports/72-workshops/392-workshop-85-the-transboundary-internet-jurisdiction-control-and-sovereignty</a><br>
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Would you be the Workshop organizer? Yes<br>
If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?<br>
Internet Governance Caucus would like to organise this workshop, inviting other players as appropriate<br>
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The Workshop is proposed on behalf of Internet Governance Caucus<br>
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Contact Person: Ian Peter<br>
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