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GigaNet symposium, taking place as a pre-event to the UN IGF on
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Please find below the final program: <br>
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<b>GIGANET 7th Annual Symposium</b><br>
5 November 2012<br>
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Pre-conference to the UN Internet Governance Forum<br>
Baku Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, Baku, Azerbaijan<br>
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<b>Program </b><br>
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9:00 – 10:00 - The UN, the ITU and Internet governance<br>
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Contested Boundaries: The International Telecommunication
Regulations and Internet Governance. William Drake – University
of Zurich<br>
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New Issue Domains in the UN Ambit: Negotiating Meanings for
Security in Cyberspace. Roxane Radu – Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies<br>
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Regionalism and the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum.
Dhanaraj Thakur – University of the West Indies<br>
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10.00 – 11:15 – The role of private actors in Internet
governance<br>
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A Quantitative Study of the Factors Driving DPI Deployment by
Network Operators Worldwide. Hadi Asghari and Michel Van Eeten –
Delft University of Technology; Milton Mueller – Syracuse
University; Shirin Tabatabaie – Delft University of Technology<br>
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From Neutral Thirds to Private Law Enforcers. Nicole van der
Meulen and Arno Lodder – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<br>
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Internet Policies and Corporate Social Responsibility. Rolf H.
Weber – University of Zurich<br>
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11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break<br>
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11:45 – 13:00 – Governance of critical Internet resources<br>
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Dimensioning the Elephant: An Empirical Analysis of the IPv4
Transfer Market. Milton Mueller and Brenden Kuerbis, Syracuse
University <br>
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Laying the Path: Technical Approaches to Legal and Policy Issues
in Internet Design. Sandra Braman – University of Wisconsin –
Milwaukee <br>
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Impact of the New gTLD Program: Domain Name Regulation
Revolution in China. Hongbin Zhu – China Internet Network
Information Centre<br>
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13.00 – 14.30: Lunch<br>
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14.30 – 15.45: The Internet, civic engagement and state
repression<br>
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Media Disruption and Revolutionary Unrest: Evidence from
Mubarak's Quasi-Experiment. Navid Hassanpour – Yale University
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The Effects of the Internet on Civic Engagement Under
Authoritarianism. The Case of Azerbaijan. Katy Pearce and Sarah
Kendzior – University of Washington; Deen Freelon – American
University<br>
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Digital Citizenship in the South Caucasus: A Comparative
Analysis between Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Wayne Buente –
University of Hawaii; Lala Hajibayova – Indiana University <br>
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15.45 – 16.15: Coffee<br>
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16.15 – 17.30: Cyber security, privacy and copyright<br>
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Cookies versus Clams. Tracking Technologies and their
Implications for Online Privacy. Andreas Kuehn – Syracuse
University<br>
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The Evolution of Formal and Informal Institutions related to
Cyber-Security: A Comparison of China and India. Nir Kshetri –
University of North Carolina <br>
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Discourse Networks on Access Blocking in France and Germany and
the European Union. Yana Breindl – Georg-August Universität
Göttingen <br>
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18.00 – 19.30: Closing reception<br>
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Registration and contact <br>
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The symposium is free of charge. <br>
Please visit our conference website for registration and
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<b>Julia Pohle</b> | Researcher <br>
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iMinds - Digital Society<br>
SMIT, Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication<br>
Vrije Universiteit Brussel<br>
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office: +32 2 629 16 32<br>
mobile: +32 488 596721<br>
Pleinlaan 9 | 1050 Brussels | Belgium <br>
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