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<p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><span
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arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>GigaNet Sixth Annual
Symposium</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><span
class="font-size-2"><strong><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">UNON complex, Nairobi, Kenya,
Room 4<br>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><span
class="font-size-2"><strong><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">September 26, 2011</span></strong></span></p>
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<p align="left"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The <strong>Global Internet
Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)</strong> will hold its
Sixth Annual Symposium on 26 September 2011, one day before
the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi,
Kenya.</span></p>
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<p align="left"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Since 2006, GigaNet has organized
an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet
Governance, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach. Prior
successful symposia took place in Greece (2006), Brazil
(2007), India (2008), Egypt (2009) and Lithuania (2010). In
2011, the Internet Governance Forum has entered its second
phase, after having reached the end of its first 5-years
mandate. This year’s event will provide room to discuss the
challenges encountered and results achieved during the first
five years of IGF. As in previous years the GigaNet Symposium
will further discuss current and future questions of Global
Internet Governance.</span></p>
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{page:Section1;G</style><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"><b
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">GigaNet</span></b></span><span
class="font-size-2"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
lang="EN-GB"> is a scholarly community that promotes the
development of Internet Governance as a recognized,
interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed
dialogue on policy issues and related matters between
scholars and governments, international organizations, the
private sector and civil society. <span
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<p align="left"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The symposium will be organized
in co-operation with <b>Research ICT Africa (RIA)</b>. RIA is
a network of researchers in 20 African countries conducting
research on ICT policy and regulation and facilitating
evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access,
use and application of ICT for social development and economic
growth. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.researchictafrica.net/" target="_blank">http://www.researchictafrica.net/</a></span></p>
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<p align="left"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Registration is free of charge.
If you are planning to either attend in person or remotely
participate, please register at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amiando.com/redirect.html?utm_source=createdEvent&utm_medium=email&utm_content=EventURL&utm_campaign=transactionalEmail&to=http://www.amiando.com/giganet2011"><span
style="color: #0092df;">http://www.amiando.com/giganet2011</span></a></span>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">or send an email to
jpohle@vub.ac.be. </font><br>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><strong><span
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Preliminary program</span></strong><br>
<font face="Arial">Please check <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://giga-net.org/page/2011-annual-symposium">http://giga-net.org/page/2011-annual-symposium</a>
for program updates</font><br>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></strong></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">9.00-9.15: Introduction &
Welcome<br>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">9.15-11.00 Panel 1: Internet
Governance Processes and Institutions</span></strong> </font>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Jeremy
Malcolm</strong> (Consumers International):</span> <span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Arresting the decline of
multi-stakeholderism in Internet governance</span> <span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
</span><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Shawn
Gunnarson</strong> (Kirton & McConkie</span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">): Theorizing fact-based
policy development at ICANN</span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Gitte
Stald</strong> (IT University of Copenhagen):</span> <span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">EU Kids online. Informing
evidence-based policy for children’s online
opportunities and risks<br>
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</span></font></li>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">11.00-11.15: Coffee<br>
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</span></strong></font></p>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">11.15-12.15: Roundtable on
the state of Internet Governance Research and Practice in
Africa</span></strong></font><br>
<font face="Arial"><strong><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Participants to be confirmed
later.</span></font><br>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">12.15-13.45: Lunch</span></strong>
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<strong><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">13.45-15.15: Panel 2:
Theories of Internet Governance</span></strong> </font></p>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Biel
Perez</strong> (Open University of Catalonia</span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">): Constitutionalism,
global administrative law and the global internet
governance</span><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Caroline
Agguerre</strong> (Universidad de San Andres):</span>
<span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Internet communities in
Argentina and Brazil. Origins, networks and
institutional development</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="font-size-2"><strong>John
Gathegi</strong> (University of South Florida):
Internet anonymity, reputation and freedom of speech.
The US legal landscape.</span> </font></li>
</ul>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
15.15-15.30: Coffee</span></strong><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <br>
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</span></strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">15.30- 17.00: Panel 3:
Internet Rights and Repression</span></strong></font></p>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Matthias
C. Ketteman</strong> (University of Graz</span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">): The legality of internet
blackouts in times of crisis. An assessment at the
intersection of human rights law, humanitarian law and
internet governance principles</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Sanja
Kelly & Sarah Cook</strong> (Freedom House</span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">): New technologies,
Innovative repression. Growing threats to Internet
freedom</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial"><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Robert
Bodle</strong> (College of Mount St. Joseph):</span> <span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Upholding online anonymity
in Internet governance. Affordances, ethical frameworks,
and regulatory practices</span><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>
<br>
<br>
</strong></span></font></li>
</ul>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">17.15-18.15: Roundta</span><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">ble</span></strong> <span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>on the state of
Internet Rights</strong></span><span class="font-size-2"
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
Roundtable jointly organized by GigaNet and APC.
Participants to be confirmed later. </span></font> </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>GigaNet 2011 Program Committee</b></span></p>
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<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Leo Van Audenhove – PC Chair,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Roy Balleste – St. Thomas
University, Miami, USA</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">William Drake - University of
Zurich, Switzerland</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Dmitry Epstein – Cornell
University, USA</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Marianne Franklin –
Goldsmiths University London, UK</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Raquel Gatto – Catholic
University of São Paulo, Brazil</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Alison Gillwald – Director
Research ICT Africa</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Nanette Levinson – American
University, USA</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Milton Mueller – Syracuse
University, USA</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Rolf H. Weber – University of
Zurich, Switzerland</span></li>
</ul>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="left"><strong><span
class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Contact</span></strong></p>
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<p align="left"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">If you have any question related
to the symposium, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: <a
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href="mailto:leo.van.audenhove@vub.ac.be" target="_blank">leo.van.audenhove@vub.ac.be</a></span></p>
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____________________________________________________________ <br>
<b>Julia Pohle</b> | Researcher <br>
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<b>SMIT, Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication</b>
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel<br>
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Julia.Pohle@vub.ac.be<br>
office: +32 2 629 16 32<br>
mobile: +32 488 596721<br>
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