<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Another webinar from Diplo which may be of interest.</div><div dir="ltr">Deirdre<br><div><br></div>
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<div><div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5">The <strong>Geneva Briefing on Internet Governance</strong> takes place on the first Tuesday of every month. If you would like to get a regular 'zoomed-out' update of the major global IG and digital politics developments, join us online for the webinar briefing from Geneva within the <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/capacity/GIP" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Geneva Internet Platform</a>(GIP) project on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 at 13.00 CET.</p>
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<em>You receive hundreds of pieces of information on digital politics.<br>We receive them, too.<br>We decode, contextualise, and analyse them.<br>Then we summarise them for you.</em></p><p style="margin-top:0px">Join us once a month for a round-up of the main <a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/events" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">IG-related events</a> and developments. Every month, we look back at what happened and look ahead to what’s to come.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px">Our <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/webinar-digest-geneva-briefing-internet-governance-march-2014" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">previous webinar</a> provided an overview of February’s developments and an insight into expectations for March.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px">The next webinar will take place on <strong>Tuesday, 1st April 2014, at 13.00 CET</strong>.</p><p style="margin-top:0px"><strong>Please <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/registrations/webinar-geneva-briefing-internet-governance-april-2014" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">register here</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px">We will reflect on March’s IG developments:</p><ul><li>The USA possibly relinquishing the control of the Internet. What does the <a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">NTIA Announcement</a> of the Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions mean?</li>
<li><a href="http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-03-06/news/47971199_1_internet-governance-forum-india-global-agency" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">India’s call</a> for the establishment of a global agency to manage the Internet.</li>
<li>ICANN’s Panel on Global Internet Cooperation & Governance Mechanisms <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-11mar14-en.htm" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">submitted a contribution to NETmundial</a>, following its meeting in the USA.</li>
<li>The success of Brazil’s <a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N0MN00H20140326?irpc=932" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Marco Civil</a> - Internet Civil Rights Law regarding Internet access and rights.</li>
<li>Updates from ICANN’s regular meeting in <a href="http://singapore49.icann.org/en/" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Singapore, 23–27 March</a>.</li><li>Other relevant emerging threads, such as BitCoin dilemmas around the world.</li>
<li>News from the GIP: <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/%E2%80%98yes-we-scan%E2%80%99-internet-politics-placebos-antibiotics-and-homeopathy" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Panel on cyber surveillance ‘Yes We Scan’</a> at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, and the online course in IG for diplomats.</li>
</ul><p style="margin-top:0px">We will look ahead to April:</p><ul><li><a href="http://netmundial.br/" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">NETmundial</a> meeting in São Paolo, 23–24 April.</li>
<li><a href="http://1net.org/" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">/1net</a> developments towards NETmundial.</li><li><a href="http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC14/Pages/default.aspx" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">ITU WTDC-14</a> in Dubai from 30 March to 10 April 2014.</li>
<li>The GIP: formal launch of the Platform on 8 April in Geneva, including an exhibition –<em>Internet Landscape </em>– that maps key Geneva and global IG institutions, and a presentation of the draft negotiation proposal for NETmundial based on the data-mining analysis of all the contributions received.</li>
</ul><p style="margin-top:0px">The webinar will be hosted by <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses/faculty/radunovic" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Vladimir Radunovic</a>. <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses/faculty/kurbalija" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Dr Jovan Kurbalija</a> and <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/courses/faculty/maciel" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Marilia Maciel</a> will join as guest speakers.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px">To stay informed about the Geneva Briefings on IG, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/registrations/webinars-list" style="color:rgb(0,129,146);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Webinars mailing list</a></p>
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