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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>One of the things I
notice repeatedly about Internet governance is that civil society concerns
about rights, governance and representation tend to lag far behind technical
and infrastructural decisions. Those technical and architectural decisions often
set the parameters around which we have to work. Too often, civil society
intervenes too late, the basic structure is already set in place. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>What’s needed
is for technical expertise to become more integrated with a political, rights-oriented
way of thinking. But that requires better and current knowledge about what is
going on technically.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>That’s the
rationale behind our Workshop on “Routing and Resource Certification.”
It’s about</span><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> the resource
public key infrastructure (RPKI) being proposed and implemented to secure the
Internet's routing and addressing system. It could have a profound effect on
the future of the internet and on the rights of ISPs and their users. The
workshop, co-organized by the IGP and LACNIC/NRO, will be held on Tuesday,
September 14 from 9:00-11:00 EEST (6:00-8:00 UTC) in Room 5 of the LITEXPO
facility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2010View&wspid=158">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2010View&wspid=158</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>IGP has prepared a
background paper on this topic, which can be downloaded here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="http://internetgovernance.org/pdf/RPKI-VilniusIGPfinal.pdf">http://internetgovernance.org/pdf/RPKI-VilniusIGPfinal.pdf</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#1F497D'>Milton Mueller<br>
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies<br>
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology<br>
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Internet Governance Project:<br>
<a href="http://internetgovernance.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://internetgovernance.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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