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<div>Invitation for all Global IGF 2015 on-site participants who will be in <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Joćo Pessoa, please share with all who may have an interest</span>:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please share your insights with young people from the global-good <br>
project </span></b><a href="http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/default.xhtml" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Imagining the Internet</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">at
IGF 2015 in Jo</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;">ć</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">o Pessoa, Brazil</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">You are invited to visit Nov. 9-13 at the conference venue with a team of <b>Elon University</b> students who are asking IGF participants
to share their hopes for the future of the Internet in brief video interviews. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Imagining the Internet</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is a Webby Award-winning, non-profit, civil
society project. We ask people to share their views in order to inform policy development, to expose issues, potential impacts and challenges and to tell the story of the Internet’s evolution.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You will be asked these questions:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">First: Who are you? (Your name, work title/affiliation, the country in which you live, and your IGF stakeholder group.)</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">1)</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <b>Hope</b>? What is your greatest <i><u>hope for the future of the Global Internet Governance Forum</u></i> – what should it ideally
accomplish for the world?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">2)</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <b>The Top Internet Issues? </b><i>What are</i> <i>the most important issues </i>that must be addressed<i> </i>in order to assure the
best future for the Internet and all people? <br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(What are the most-heard buzzwords/controversial subjects that should be considered?)</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">3)</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <b>Biggest Threat to Freedom and Trust Online? </b>Internet experts say one of the biggest threats to the Internet is the ways in which
businesses and governments seek to control people’s online interactions. <i>What do <b><u>you</u></b> see as the greatest threat to achieving the most positive future for the global Internet?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">4)</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <b>Connecting the last billion?</b> In previous years, the IGF discussion has been about connecting the “next billion” people. <i>What
specific steps are being taken today to connect the <u>last billion</u> – those who are most difficult to reach and serve?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">5) Internet in a nutshell </span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">– Using just a few words - in just five seconds or less – VERY <i>briefly describe the future of the Internet</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The interviews will be posted during the event at </span><a href="http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org/" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and
at </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ImaginingtheInternet" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 0, 241);">https://www.youtube.com/user/ImaginingtheInternet</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">under
a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Leaders of the on-site interview team are Dr. Kenn Gaither, <a href="mailto:tgaither@elon.edu">tgaither@elon.edu</a>, a professor at Elon University, and Aaron Moger, <a href="mailto:amoger@elon.edu">amoger@elon.edu</a>,
a video producer at Elon. Students participating as interviewers are Michael Bodley, Leena Dahal, Gary Grumbach, Jacob LaPlante, Jackie Pascale and Paige Pauroso.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To see a similar previous project, take a look at our interviews at WTPF and WSIS 2013: </span><a href="http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/event-coverage/wtpf_wsis_2013/default.xhtml" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/event-coverage/wtpf_wsis_2013/default.xhtml</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The director of Imagining the Internet is Professor Janna Anderson of Elon, <a href="mailto:andersj@elon.edu">andersj@elon.edu</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> www.imaginingtheinternet.org – Please share your wisdom!</span></b></div>
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