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<p><span lang="EN-US">I am circulating this as I think many of you may be interested.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">The first edition of the Internet Commons Forum (<a href="http://www.intcomforum.org">www.intcomforum.org</a>) will take place on Monday, November 25 from 15:40 to 18:15 in the Estrel Saal B, at the IGF venue.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Below a brief description of the event.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">All the best</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Luca </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">The </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><a href="http://www.intcomforum.org/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: blue;" lang="EN-US">Internet Commons Forum</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US"> (ICF) is jointly organised by FGV, ISOC, APC and Centrum Cyfrowe. The ICF aims at gathering thinkers and doers that are developing ideas and solutions for a less concentrated and more just Internet.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">The structures of the Internet affect us more deeply than ever before, reaching out to all aspects of our lives, from our societies and cultures to our finances and politics – to our very individual human behaviours and identities. This event will explore different views of Internet Commons exploring strategies for a less concentrated Internet.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Every session will feature weel-respected thinkers and doers exposing their ideas and innovative approaches for 10 minutes each and subsequently engaging in a collaborative discussion with the participants, to identify paths for collaborations.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Opening: Setting the Scene</span></strong></p>
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<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Luca Belli, FGV</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Adam Burns, Free2Air</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Sophie Bloemen, Commons Network</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Volker Grassmuck, Digitale Gesellscaft </span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Section 1 Infrastructure(less)</span></strong></p>
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<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Jane Coffin, ISOC</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Carlos Baca, Rhizomatica </span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Nico Pace, LibreRouter</span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Open debate on actions and proposals</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Moderator: Anriette Esterhuysen, APC</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Section 2 Platforms, Content and Data</span></strong></p>
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<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Mathias Judd, Qaul Net</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Mariana Valente, Creative Commons</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Anita Gurumurthy IT for Change</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Paul-Olivier Dehaye, PersonalData.IO</span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Open debate on actions and proposals</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Moderator: Anriette Esterhuysen, APC</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Section 3 Crowdsourcing Policy</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Markus Beckedahl, Netzpolitik.org</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Alek Tarkowski, Centrum Cyfrowe </span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Open debate on actions and proposals</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">Closing remarks:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US"> Luca Belli & Adam Burns</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">The event will be followed by a cocktail reception.</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Luca Belli</strong>, PhD </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2<br /></span></div>
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