[bestbits] WSIS+10 clocation (was Re: WSIS+10 workshop?...)

Avri Doria avri at acm.org
Wed Dec 12 00:40:42 EST 2012


I expect to be at WSIS+10/WTPF/ IGF


On 11 Dec 2012, at 23:40, William Drake wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I and I imagine some other civil society MAG members will in Paris as we have the IGF meetings right after WSIS+10.
> 
> WCIT is looking a bit grim, will be a long and difficult day tomorrow...
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Dec 11, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Andrew Puddephatt wrote:
> 
>> In putting together a Best Bits panel proposal for the UNESCO WSIS
>> proposal I need to indicate a topic and potential panellists.
>> 
>> I'm going to suggest a topic that builds upon the consensus we reached to
>> date on what we don't want, moving forward to what we do want - I suggest
>> we invite different participants to define the public interest internet
>> they envisage with lots of opportunity for carefully moderated interactive
>> discussion.
>> 
>> The tricky thing is specifying panelists at this stage.  If you are
>> definitely plannng to come to Paris and/or are willing for your name to go
>> forward as a panellist at this stage (even if you're not sure you can make
>> it)?  We can reconfigure it later but I should flag up a speaker from each
>> continent ideally...
>> 
>> 
>> Andrew Puddephatt, Director
>> Global Partners and Associates
>> Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, EC2A 4LT, UK
>> Office 44 (0)207 549 0350
>> Mobile: +44 (0)771 339 9597
>> andrew at global-partners.co.uk                  www.global-partners.co.uk
>> <http://www.global-partners.co.uk/>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/12/2012 11:09, "Norbert Bollow" <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> 
>>> Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm very unlikely to get funding to be in Geneva but I would like to
>>>> comment on the idea of a BestBits workshop at WSIS+10.
>>> 
>>> I thought it was in Paris. (The difference may not matter for you, but
>>> it matters for myself and others who live within reasonably close range
>>> of Geneva but much further from Paris.)
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> Norbert
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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