<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Dear all, <br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">With the global IGF approaching, please find below the information for our pre-event "Civil Society Coordination meeting: a Public Interest Internet discussion".</font>
</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-31-civil-society-coordination-meeting-a-public-interest-internet">https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-31-civil-society-coordination-meeting-a-public-interest-internet </a><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">It will take place on Tuesday, November 3rd from 15:10-16:40 GMT.<br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The event is centred around a discussion on the "public interest internet", and it feeds into a session at the IGF itself entitled "<a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-pre-event-31-civil-society-coordination-meeting-a-public-interest-internet">Civil Society Coordination meeting: a Public Interest Internet discussion</a>". We have an amazing line-up of speakers for that event, so please do mark it in your calendars for Friday, 13th November, 2020, 14h to 15h GMT.</font>
</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Regarding the pre-event, please reply to this thread if you're planning to come and you'd like to participate. Please also indicate what aspects of the discussion you're most interested in, and the particular topics you think should be discussed in relation to the public interest. For example, what does it mean to promote and protect the public interest at the different 'layers' of the internet: code, content, infrastructure?<span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"> What are the challenges at the moment, and what can be done?<br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0">I can then set up a pad to collect views and we can set up a call for those interested.<br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0">Bruna (cc'd) and I really look forward to your participation in what is a very important discussion!<br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><br><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ab28dac8-7fff-c088-64dc-1ea86c9badf0"></span></font>
</div><div><font size="2">Best</font></div><div><font size="2">Sheetal. </font><br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#073763"><b>Sheetal Kumar</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#073763">Senior Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL</font><div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258</font><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | <br></font><span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1">PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31 </font></span></span><span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1"><span><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">| </font></span>PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31</font></span></span><span><span><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">| </font></span><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span><br></span></span></div><div><br><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span></span></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>