[bestbits] Save the Date: RightsCon Silicon Valley March 3rd-5th, 2014

Sat Dec 28 01:58:07 EST 2013

Completely agree Brett and I am looking forward to contributing to the
session. Please keep me on the loop in future exchanges about
it. Best! Marília

On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 1:00 AM, Brett Solomon <brett at accessnow.org> wrote:

> I'd be in favor of a session at RightsCon that can be used as a space to
> cross pollinate ideas and understandings on governance from a diverse set
> of civil society actors. Many of the US based orgs will be there, as well
> as CS from across the world, and unpacking perspectives and mapping out
> plans could be useful at this stage. I also think its an opportunity to
> grow our sector by bringing in new actors who are not familiar with the
> Brazil event or the reasons that have lead to it. Let's think more about
> how to make this productive, and we very much welcome your input in
> developing the session further Marilia. Brett
>
> Brett Solomon
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> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello all, this will certainly be a great session. I will definitely
>> connect remotely, if I am not in SF. I would just like to make a
>> suggestion. I agree with Jeremy that the session could be a moment to
>> discuss and plan CS participation in the meeting in Brazil. But I also feel
>> that there is a valuable opportunity to foster more understanding among
>> US-based CS and global CS, and to make the concerns of actors in the
>> developing world regarding the IG regime better understood.
>>
>> For example, the way that several US non-gov campaigns get framed as
>> "hands off the Internet" or against a supposed UN power grab always made me
>> feel a bit uncomfortable. Although this ideas are easy to communicate to
>> broader audience, I believe that, particularly during WCIT, they caused
>> misunderstanding  by mixing up the positions countries like Russia and
>> Brazil, which have been historically different, and by demonizing the UN
>> and non-multistakeholder spaces as a whole. Since WCIT is one of the major
>> references to US organizations, as Jeremy mentioned, maybe the scope of the
>> session could be a bit broader in order to discuss what were the problems
>> and disfunctionalities in the regime that pushed many actors (CS, iStars)
>> to support change, in other words, to mention the underlying  reasons that
>> led to Brazil. Problems have been pointed out before Snowden. When setting
>> the background of the RightsCon session, it would be important to show that
>> the meeting in Brazil may have been triggered by mass surveillance, but the
>> issue goes beyond it and precedes it.
>>
>> Marília
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I think that's a great idea. Perhaps what makes the most sense is
>>> to use the session for those in the network who are planning to develop
>>> ideas and submissions for Brazil and have discussions on the concrete
>>> proposals with the wider community. We can also make available some space
>>> for a side meeting/strategy session if there is interest. For both options,
>>> we would make sure that remote participation is available. Interested in
>>> hearing others' ideas as well. Please feel free to contact me on or off
>>> list if you're interested in discussing this further.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Deborah
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Puddephatt <
>>> Andrew at gp-digital.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could we host a session focused on IG given that by then we should have
>>>> put together some ideas of our own for Brazil?
>>>>
>>>> From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
>>>> Date: Saturday, 14 December 2013 06:36
>>>> To: "<bestbits at lists. net>" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [bestbits] Save the Date: RightsCon Silicon Valley March
>>>> 3rd-5th, 2014
>>>>
>>>> To follow up on Brett's message, just to let everyone know that we
>>>> a placeholder "Best Bits" session has been submitted for RightsCon, though
>>>> the original idea of using it to finalise inputs for the Brazil meeting
>>>> won't work out - because the deadline for those inputs is slightly too
>>>> soon.  So, we need to find another theme for the meeting.  Since many of
>>>> the US groups at RightsCon will be new to the international Internet
>>>> governance debates (except for maybe ICANN and WCIT), a couple of us
>>>> considered that it might be worthwhile to structure a session around more
>>>> closely integrating US based civil society into our community (which was
>>>> one of my original aims for Best Bits).
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, who is interested in sharing ideas (either these or other
>>>> ideas) and developing the session further?  Deborah has offered to manage a
>>>> workflow for the session, if we are all happy for her to do that.   What do
>>>> you all think?
>>>>
>>>> Also, separately to RightsCon, I should flag early that I have the
>>>> opportunity to arrange a Best Bits pre-meeting in S?o Paulo immediately
>>>> prior to the Brazil meeting, which would be hosted by IDEC, the largest
>>>> Brazilian consumer group.  Of course at this stage, we don't know who will
>>>> be attending the Brazil meeting, so plans are at an early stage.  But if
>>>> anyone is interested in hearing or discussing more about that, you can also
>>>> get in touch (perhaps off-list for now, until plans and funding are firmer).
>>>>
>>>> On 6 Dec 2013, at 11:40 pm, Brett Solomon <brett at accessnow.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear friends,
>>>>
>>>> As you may know, RightsCon Silicon Valley <http://rightscon.org/> is
>>>> taking place March 3-5 in San Francisco at Mission Bay Conference Center.
>>>> This is an opportunity for different communities to come together - global
>>>> activists, companies, thinkers, investors, engineers and government
>>>> officials - to discuss the tensions and opportunities at the intersection
>>>> of human rights and the internet.
>>>>
>>>> RightsCon Silicon Valley has a particular focus on technology companies
>>>> and aims to create a space for multistakeholder dialogue on human rights
>>>> best practices and learnings in the context of the private sector. The
>>>> event also takes place 7 weeks before the Brazil meeting and as I mentioned
>>>> could be used as a venue to discuss strategy and plans for April.
>>>>
>>>> The program is open to submissions, and we're looking to a range of
>>>> networks, including the Bestbits community to help shape the agenda. Here
>>>> is the link to propose a session<https://www.rightscon.org/submit-a-session/why/>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The deadline for submission is December 20th. If you have questions,
>>>> check out the website at rightscon.org, <http://rightscon.org/> or
>>>> email Rian Wanstreet at rian at accessnow.org, or we can chat more on
>>>> this list.
>>>>
>>>> For those of you who have participated in RightsCon in the past, we
>>>> look forward to seeing you again.
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy your weekends!
>>>>
>>>> Brett
>>>>
>>>> *Speakers to date include: *Rebecca MacKinnon (Ranking Digital
>>>> Rights); Alaa Abd El Fattah (one of Egypt's most respected activists and
>>>> software engineers (currently detained)); Jim Cowie (CTO, Renesys); John
>>>> Donahoe (President & CEO, eBay); Moez Chakchouk (Founder of Tunisia's IXP
>>>> and 404Labs); Brad Burnham (Union Square Ventures); Colin Crowell (Head of
>>>> Global Public Policy, Twitter); Michael Posner (NYU Professor of Business
>>>> and Society); Eileen Donahoe (former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human
>>>> Rights Council); Jillian York (Director for International Freedom of
>>>> Expression, EFF); ; Richard Stallman (Founder GNU Project and Free Software
>>>> Foundation); David Gorodyansky (CEO & Founder, AnchorFree); Mitchell Baker
>>>> (Chairperson, Mozilla Corporation) and many more.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brett Solomon
>>>> Executive Director | Access
>>>> accessnow.org
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