From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com Wed Aug 1 02:45:59 2018 From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 02:45:59 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] [governance] IGF coordinator/programme expert position closing 1 August In-Reply-To: <8FC57C85-04D0-4639-84FC-23CF89ADEEE5@gmail.com> References: <8FC57C85-04D0-4639-84FC-23CF89ADEEE5@gmail.com> Message-ID: !! They only gave one week for people to apply for a P4 level job? So much for holding up their values: United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity Farzaneh On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 2:37 AM Arsène Tungali wrote: > Wondering why we only see this now! Has anybody seen it somewhere else > before? This doesn’t sound good! > > ----------------- > Arsène Tungali, > about.me/ArseneTungali > +243 993810967 > GPG: 523644A0 > Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo > > Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) > > > On Jul 31, 2018, at 9:57 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen > wrote: > > > > Dear all > > > > https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=101270 > > > > This is the call for applications for Chengetai's replacement while he > > is on secondment to the new UN High Level Panel. > > > > Closing date is tomorrow. Only saw this today. > > > > Anriette Esterhuysen > > > > > > > > --- > > To unsubscribe: > > List help: > --- > To unsubscribe: > List help: > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com Tue Aug 7 00:39:40 2018 From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 00:39:40 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Hi Sylvia Sure. I will make some suggestions when I get the time. One suggestion would be to adopt new evaluation processes and discard an over a decade old assessment deliberation . The other is reducing the size of MAG, stronger representation but with less people. I disagree that MAG did not receive proposals that accorded with the issues the public submitted. I see from a chart that 17 percent of the suggested issues were about accessibility and digital inclusion, MAG raceived 13 percent of overall proposals with that regard and chose 32 percent ( almost double) of All the workshops considering digital inclusivity and access. As Someone from a developing country I Can't stop thinking that: policy issues that affect rights to access such as content regulation are as important as digital inclusion and sometimes even more important. You can have all the infrastructure, diverse language...but then in the end someone keeps removing your content. A bot, an AI tool etc. Media and content, cybersecurity all were issues that were proposed, workshops submitted about but MAG didn't take many of them into account. Some of the trouble is the nature of collective work and difficult to carry out. So I think we can't just keep criticizing but there needs to be fundamental changes in MAG and IGF in general. Changes they have been calling for since many years ago. Yes I agree, IGF is about broad public policy issues. Do I see that in this program? I rarely come across workshops that discuss real policy issues. I hope some of these comments can be useful :) On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:50 PM Sylvia Cadena wrote: > To be fair, RightsCon is a conference about “human rights in the digital > age", so it is only logic that most if not all their program focuses on > those issues, while the IGF mandate is broader focusing on “public policy > issues relating to the Internet” so its program although it might include > discussion around human rights and the Internet, it will also cover other > topics. > > > > --------- > > > > Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation - Head of Programs | sylvia at apnic.net | > http://www.apnic.foundation > > ISIF Asia, WSIS Champion on International Cooperation 2018 | > http://www.isif.asia | FB ISIF.asia | @ISIF_Asia | G+ ISIFAsia | > > 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 Australia | PO Box 3646 | > +10 GMT | skypeID: sylviacadena | Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 | Fax: +61 7 3858 > 3199 > > * Love trees. Print only if necessary. > > > > > > *From: *"bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net" < > bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net> on behalf of Daphne Keller < > daphnek at law.stanford.edu> > *Reply-To: *Daphne Keller > *Date: *Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 6:45 am > *To: *Jeremy Malcolm > *Cc: *Bestbits > *Subject: *Re: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops > > > > Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on > Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have > very little. > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm > wrote: > > The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been > posted online: > > > https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com > Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek > echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > -- > > Daphne Keller > > Director, Intermediary Liability > > Center for Internet and Society > > Stanford Law School > http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Farzaneh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From daphnek at law.stanford.edu Tue Aug 7 00:50:06 2018 From: daphnek at law.stanford.edu (Daphne Keller) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 21:50:06 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Good point (and to be clear I didn’t mean the observation as a criticism). On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 8:50 PM Sylvia Cadena wrote: > To be fair, RightsCon is a conference about “human rights in the digital > age", so it is only logic that most if not all their program focuses on > those issues, while the IGF mandate is broader focusing on “public policy > issues relating to the Internet” so its program although it might include > discussion around human rights and the Internet, it will also cover other > topics. > > > > --------- > > > > Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation - Head of Programs | sylvia at apnic.net | > http://www.apnic.foundation > > ISIF Asia, WSIS Champion on International Cooperation 2018 | > http://www.isif.asia | FB ISIF.asia | @ISIF_Asia | G+ ISIFAsia | > > 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 Australia | PO Box 3646 | > +10 GMT | skypeID: sylviacadena | Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 | Fax: +61 7 3858 > 3199 > > * Love trees. Print only if necessary. > > > > > > *From: *"bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net" < > bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net> on behalf of Daphne Keller < > daphnek at law.stanford.edu> > *Reply-To: *Daphne Keller > *Date: *Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 6:45 am > *To: *Jeremy Malcolm > *Cc: *Bestbits > *Subject: *Re: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops > > > > Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on > Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have > very little. > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm > wrote: > > The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been > posted online: > > > https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com > Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek > echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > -- > > Daphne Keller > > Director, Intermediary Liability > > Center for Internet and Society > > Stanford Law School > http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Daphne Keller Director, Intermediary Liability Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From david.mcgraw.sullivan at gmail.com Tue Aug 7 10:20:11 2018 From: david.mcgraw.sullivan at gmail.com (David Sullivan) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 08:20:11 -0600 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Nonetheless, worth noting that the Human Rights, Gender, and Youth theme appears to be 22% of proposals submitted, and only 5% of the top 40 proposals. That's a pretty significant discrepancy. On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Daphne Keller wrote: > Good point (and to be clear I didn’t mean the observation as a criticism). > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 8:50 PM Sylvia Cadena wrote: > >> To be fair, RightsCon is a conference about “human rights in the digital >> age", so it is only logic that most if not all their program focuses on >> those issues, while the IGF mandate is broader focusing on “public policy >> issues relating to the Internet” so its program although it might include >> discussion around human rights and the Internet, it will also cover other >> topics. >> >> >> >> --------- >> >> >> >> Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation - Head of Programs | sylvia at apnic.net | >> http://www.apnic.foundation >> >> ISIF Asia, WSIS Champion on International Cooperation 2018 | >> http://www.isif.asia | FB ISIF.asia | @ISIF_Asia | G+ ISIFAsia | >> >> 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 Australia | PO Box 3646 | >> +10 GMT | skypeID: sylviacadena | Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 | Fax: +61 7 3858 >> 3199 >> >> * Love trees. Print only if necessary. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From: *"bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net" > bestbits.net> on behalf of Daphne Keller >> *Reply-To: *Daphne Keller >> *Date: *Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 6:45 am >> *To: *Jeremy Malcolm >> *Cc: *Bestbits >> *Subject: *Re: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops >> >> >> >> Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on >> Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have >> very little. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm >> wrote: >> >> The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been >> posted online: >> >> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018- >> workshops-selection >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com >> Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek >> echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Daphne Keller >> >> Director, Intermediary Liability >> >> Center for Internet and Society >> >> Stanford Law School >> http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > -- > Daphne Keller > Director, Intermediary Liability > Center for Internet and Society > Stanford Law School > http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alex.comninos at gmail.com Tue Aug 7 11:24:48 2018 From: alex.comninos at gmail.com (Alex Comninos) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 17:24:48 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: @David Nonetheless, worth noting that the Human Rights, Gender, and Youth theme appears to be 22% of proposals submitted, and only 5% of the top 40 proposals. That's a pretty significant discrepancy. :( @Daphne, being a human rights enthusiast, its a pity that it does diverge from the RightsCon focus on human rights, however being a multistakeholder event, and not a gathering of the digital rights community, this is to be expected to an extent. @Farzaneh, indeed, it “has become trendy to talk about AI and Blockchain while the real policy implications of both on internet governance entail broader issues. Fancy tools - fancy programs.” On the other hand, fancy internet governance multistakeholder discourse has dominated the IGF for quite some time. It has alienated stakeholders across non-policy tech and not-tech sectors who cannot confidently include command the discourse in these mailing lists, and keep up with all these lists (me included). @Sylvia I do agree that one “rarely come across workshops that discuss real policy issues.” Perhaps when policy discourses and tech discourses meet half way, there are more fruitful opportunities to discuss real policy issues. It seems at the IGF, in our haste to formulate workshops within IGF discourses, tech takes a back seat. Some concepts are not sufficiently unpacked, for example the IGF BPF on Big Data, IoT and AI has lumped so many things together and brushed them in such broad strokes I dont envisage any useful policy coming out of it. The IGF may probably get smaller, and fizzle out, as human rights may take a back seat. A cynic may even say we stand poised at the end of the post-war human rights era even. While we have discussed this in our own siloed discourse for twelve years, the private sector has been spinning blockchains, big data and machine learning around us building the new fabric of our cyber punk dystopia. Perhaps its time to start considering how to infiltrate and subvert discourses, infrastructures and software stacks that the technical community, and private sector has an advantage in, and which we are losing control over. I have seen so many corporate and state agendas trojan-horsed into internet rights and internet governance issues; its time we start considering how to do the reverse. I have proposed many human rights workshops before, all or most have been rejected or merged. This time I was involved in proposing one on AI and it was accepted. www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-ws-421-algorithmic-transparency-and-the-right-to-explanation Another problem is that this IGF is going to be quite expensive, though not as expensive as Geneva I guess. The IGF is in Europe again, and has a higher attendance cost than those in the developing world. Two of the panelists (Africa, Asia) are already having trouble attending. ˜ > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Daphne Keller wrote: > Good point (and to be clear I didn’t mean the observation as a criticism). > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 8:50 PM Sylvia Cadena wrote: > To be fair, RightsCon is a conference about “human rights in the digital age", so it is only logic that most if not all their program focuses on those issues, while the IGF mandate is broader focusing on “public policy issues relating to the Internet” so its program although it might include discussion around human rights and the Internet, it will also cover other topics. > > > > --------- > > > > Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation - Head of Programs | sylvia at apnic.net | http://www.apnic.foundation > > ISIF Asia, WSIS Champion on International Cooperation 2018 | http://www.isif.asia | FB ISIF.asia | @ISIF_Asia | G+ ISIFAsia | > > 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 Australia | PO Box 3646 | +10 GMT | skypeID: sylviacadena | Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 | Fax: +61 7 3858 3199 > > * Love trees. Print only if necessary. > > > > > > From: "bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net" on behalf of Daphne Keller > Reply-To: Daphne Keller > Date: Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 6:45 am > To: Jeremy Malcolm > Cc: Bestbits > Subject: Re: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops > > > > Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have very little. > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > > The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been > posted online: > > https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com > Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek > echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > > > -- > > Daphne Keller > > Director, Intermediary Liability > > Center for Internet and Society > > Stanford Law School > http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > -- > Daphne Keller > Director, Intermediary Liability > Center for Internet and Society > Stanford Law School > http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > On 06 Aug 2018, at 19:44, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > > The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been > posted online: > > https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com > Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek > echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits From yannis at registry.asia Mon Aug 13 00:17:41 2018 From: yannis at registry.asia (Yannis Li) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:17:41 +0800 Subject: [bestbits] APrIGF 2018 Vanuatu (13 - 16 Aug) Live Now - Join us Remotely References: <3764BA6F-EE17-4E5E-8F3A-981454BAD2FD@aprigf.asia> Message-ID: <5EBDB8B5-26EB-40ED-9A09-9A82CE5A2F5E@registry.asia> Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum APrIGF Vanuatu 2018 13 Aug - 16 Aug Iririki Island Resort, Port Vila http://2018.aprigf.asia Empowering the Communities in Asia Pacific to build an Affordable, Inclusive, Open and Secure Internet Hosted by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and Telecommunication and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR) of Vanuatu, APrIGF 2018 meeting is happening now at Iririki Island Resort in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The official opening will begin tomorrow (14 Aug) at 09:00am local time (UTC+11) by the Honourable Prime Minister of Vanuatu followed by the ICT Day Plenary session Theme: Challenges and Opportunities of connectivity in Pacific small islands States. Hon. Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Hon. Charlot Salwai Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, Dr. Vinton G Cerf Deputy Ambassador for Cyber Affairs of Australia, Ms. Johanna Weaver Vice Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Samoa, Hon. Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi (MP) Pacific Representative from Multi-stakeholder Adivsory Group (MAG) of IGF 2018, MsSalanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro For the full program of the week, go to http://aprigf.vu/agenda/ . Remote Participation is available for those who cannot join us physically. Visit http://aprigf.vu/archive/ for more details. The Synthesis Document 2018 Draft 0 is opened now. Comment at https://comment.aprigf.asia ! If you are interested to follow any news and updates about APrIGF and discuss relevant issues, you may subscribe to the mailing list discuss at aprigf.asia by sending in subscription request. Follow up also on social media and hashtag with #APrIGF2018! Best Regards, Secretariat of APrIGF http://aprigf.asia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sheetal at gp-digital.org Tue Aug 14 11:30:14 2018 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:30:14 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] Advocacy Bytes - an experience bank In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, In case of interest, we have just launched the fourth installment of Advocacy Bytes on the UN Human Rights Council 38th session, focusing on engagement around the HRC resolution on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the internet. You can find the direct link for the case study here: https://www.gp-digital.org/series/advocacy-bytes/the-unhrc-38th-session/ The link for the database is here: http://www.gp-digital.org/series/advocacy-bytes/ Advocacy Bytes records case studies of civil society groups engaging in internet governance processes, in order to help support more strategic and effective civil society engagement. The previous installments have covered the ITU Plenipot 2014 , the WSIS+10 review , and the TPP negotiations . We continue to invite submissions to contribute to the bank - if you'd like to get involved, in whatever way, please do get in touch. Any feedback is of course welcome! Best Sheetal. On 8 June 2016 at 15:05, Sheetal Kumar wrote: > Dear all, > > I am writing to share with you the first case study in a new experience > bank, "Advocacy Bytes", which records case studies of civil society groups > engaging in internet governance processes, in order to help support more > strategic and effective civil society engagement. > > You can find an introductory piece here: http://www.gp-digital.org/ > introducing-advocacy-bytes-a-resource-for-civil-society-advocacy/ > The link for the database is here: http://www.gp-digital.org/series/advocacy-bytes/ > > > The aim is both to provide a useful tool for civil society engagement and > to record an alternative history of internet governance – seen from below, > rather than through the narrow lens of statecraft and diplomacy and we will > be adding more case studies during the course of the year. > > We invite submissions from civil society working in all corners of > internet governance to contribute to the bank - if you'd like to get > involved, in whatever way, please do get in touch. 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I know I am perhaps being too optimistic , but .... parminder On Wednesday 15 August 2018 09:29 PM, Gus Rossi wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I want to share with you this interesting and provoking op-ed > > https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611806/how-social-media-took-us-from-tahrir-square-to-donald-trump/ > > > > ---- > > # # # > # • # > # # # > > > *Gus Rossi* > Global Policy Director > (202) 861-0020 (x123) | (202) 651 1337 (mobile) | @agustinrs > > *Public Knowledge* | @publicknowledge > | www.publicknowledge.org > > 1818 N St. NW, Suite 410 | Washington, DC 20036 | CFC 12259 > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The lack of a comprehensive data protection law and existence of laws that can be broadly interpreted to allow for free collection of personal data, storage, usage, and dissemination to other parties has created a situation where citizens are not notified whenever their data is collected and do not have remedies whenever their data is breached on unnecessarily retained by both public and private actors. We note that the ICT committees of the Senate led by Hon Gideon Moi has drafted a Data Protection Bill 2018 and similarly, the Ministry of ICT Taskforce on the Development of the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya, chaired by Communications Authority’s Mercy Wanjau has developed a Policy and a draft Data Protection Bill aimed at a Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya and to fill this gap. Please find below the links to the Data Protection Policy and Ministry Bill and the Senate Bill. http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/privacy-and-data-protection-policy-and-bill-,2018 http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-data-protection-bill,-2018-ch9IKrCm It is with this in mind that the 3 partner organizations and will be meeting multiple data protection experts, lawyers, academia/ data scientists, CSOs, journalists and bloggers to collate recommendations for policy reform on from *8**am – 5:30pm*on /*Thursday 23 August, 2018)*/at Strathmore Law School. Kindly confirm your availability at your earliest convenience to _ephraim at article19.org _ Please note that even though you might not be able to participate physically, you can nominate a representative or comment on this bills and Policy via the links above. We look forward to your participation. 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The Associates with specific focus on cybersecurity maturity assessment, will work in the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), a flagship research centre and a global knowledge resource for effective cybersecurity capacity-building. This is located at the Department of Computer Science and is a programme of the Oxford Martin School, which specialises in supporting interdisciplinary research communities working to address the most pressing global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Relevant PhD/DPhil in Computer Science or a related discipline or in a numerate Social Science subject OR comparable professional experience in a closely related field with international profile. Experience of cybersecurity capacity-building activities, multi-disciplinary working, and working with senior officials of government and organizations is highly desirable. 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The NomCom is comprised of one (1) representative from our coalition members, namely the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Best Bits, Just Net Coalition (JNC), ICANN’s NCSG and the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). The NomCom is coordinated by a non-voting chair (Poncelet Ileleji), supported by CSCG Co-chair (Richard Hill). You will find all the necessary information below. The NomCom have been tasked by the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) to run the process of selection and endorsement of civil society candidates nominated for the 2019 IGF MAG selection round. Based on this information (https://www.intgovforum.org/m ultilingual/content/mag-renewal-2019-general-guidance), this year, there are 4 seats available for civil society candidates, the CSCG has decided to endorse a pool of up to 6 names where the IGF Secretariat will choose from. The deadline for nominations to be sent to the NomCom is *September 03.* Thank you for being part of this process and please let me know should you have any questions. Best Sheetal. =========== * 2019 IGF MAG Selection Round – Nominations Selection criteria* ============= - Candidates should have extensive linkages with civil society groups. - Candidates must be able to provide advice on the programme and main themes of the next meeting of the IGF. - Candidates must be able attend two to three MAG meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, in addition to the annual IGF meeting. - They should participate actively in the preparatory process throughout the year, through engagement in the online multilateral dialogue among MAG members. - Candidates should address these selection criteria in their statement. - Self-nominations are allowed. Note, we strongly encourage candidates from the underrepresented regional groups, which for the 2019 MAG refers to the LAC and Africa regions. Although regional group will not be weighted above other criteria in choosing a candidate, the NomCom will consider regional group in appropriate balance with other criteria listed above. *Timetable for the process* ============== Here are important dates to consider for this process: - *August 27:* NomCom 12 agree on the process which will be included in the call for nominations; - *COB August **28:* Nomination opens. - *September 03:* Deadline for nominations from CSCG constituencies to be sent to the CSCG NomCom - *4-6 September*: NomCom shortlist and decide on the 6 names to send to the IGF Secretariat - *September 7th:* Notification to selected candidates. - *September 10-12:* NomCom Chair will fill in the nomination form (as Nominator) as well as communicate with the IGF Secretariat through an official letter. *How to seek CSCG endorsement?* ================ Candidates who are willing to go through the endorsement process by the CSCG should do the following: Produce a Statement of Interest (SOI) of no more than 2 pages where they address the selection criteria as set above ; Send their SOI (in .doc format) to nomcom12 at internetgov-cs.org copying their constituency’s mailing list and/or their NomCom representative (for Bestbits this is *sheetal at gp-digital.org *) with email subject: “My [Family Name] 2019 IGF MAG SOI”; In their SOI, they should include the following information required in the IGF MAG application form: - Gender - Family Name - Given Name - Organization - Job Title - Email - Contact Telephone (including country code) - Regional Group - Nationality (ies) (multiple nationalities can be specified, must be UN countries) - Country of Residence - City of Residence - Justification for the nomination, providing relevant background information (no more than 200 words) *What is the IGF MAG?* ================= Here is some background information with regards to the IGF MAG: The 2019 Renewal Call with information about number of available seats for Civil Society as well as the names of MAG members who are stepping down: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-renewal -2019-general-guidance The 2019 Nomination Form can be accessed here: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-nomination-2019 *Who is in the Nomcom 12?* ================= 1. Poncelet Ileleji – Non-voting Chair – CS Coordination 2. Sheetal Kumar – BestBits 3. Deborah Brown – APC 4. Akinremi Peter Taiwo – IGC Rep 5. David Cake - NCSG 6. Parminder Jeet Singh – Just Net Coalition -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31 | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31| -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mariliamaciel at gmail.com Tue Aug 28 07:16:36 2018 From: mariliamaciel at gmail.com (Marilia Maciel) Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:16:36 +0200 Subject: [bestbits] Just starting Fwd: Internet governance in August Message-ID: Hello everyone, This Geneva Internet Platform briefing providing an overview of digital policy developments in July and August could be useful to many. It has just started. All the best, Marilia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DiploFoundation Date: Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 3:10 PM Subject: Internet governance in August To: mariliamaciel at gmail.com Internet governance in August Is this email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser [image: Internet governance briefing] Internet governance in August *Tuesday, 28th August 13:00 CEST (11:00 UTC)* Online | Geneva Dear Colleagues, Our briefings on digital policy resume this month, on Tuesday, 28th August, with a zoom-out view of the main developments of the past weeks. The newly launched UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation started its work on identifying gaps and making proposals to strengthen international co-operation. Projects that bring access to underserved regions resumed, while Apple became the world’s first trillion-dollar public company, with a rise in stock market value more than a third the size of the UK economy. What other updates took place in July and August, and how will they shape future developments? What can we expect in September? Join us for our next monthly briefing, on Tuesday, 28th August, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UTC), in Geneva, or online, for the now-customary discussion. Register for the briefing See you tomorrow at the briefing, The IG Team Like us on FaceBook Follow us on Twitter Our website Our network *Copyright © 2018 DiploFoundation, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you expressed an interest in DiploFoundation's webinars. ------------------------------ [ unsubscribe from this list | update your subscription preferences | forward to a friend ] -- *Marília Maciel* Digital Policy Senior Researcher, DiploFoundation WMO Building *|* 7bis, Avenue de la Paix *| *1211 Geneva - Switzerland *Tel *+41 (0) 22 9073632 *| * *Email*: *MariliaM at diplomacy.edu * *|** Twitter: * *@MariliaM* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can find the call here: https://www.privacyconference2018.org/en/40th-international-conference-data-protection-privacy-commissioners More information about the Public Voice side conference which will be held in conjunction with the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners can be found here: https://thepublicvoice.org/events/brussels18/ Best Sheetal. On 1 May 2018 at 17:38, Sheetal Kumar wrote: > Dear all, > > In case of interest and particularly for those working on data protection > and privacy at the global level, please find below some updates about civil > society engagement at the upcoming ICDPPC, which will be jointly hosted by > the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the Bulgarian DPA. The > main conference will be held in Brussels in October and will focus on > digital ethics. More information can be found here: > https://icdppc.org/news-events/forthcoming-conference-updates/ > > Before the last ICDPPC, I shared information regarding a joint civil > society letter which was presented to the Conference organisers, calling > for a more open, inclusive and transparent process for civil society > engagement in the Conference. Thanks to those who supported the letter - it > can be found on the Access Now website > > and also here on bestbits: https://bestbits.net/icdppc/ > > The letter resulted in a response from the hosts of the next Conference > and which can be found here: https://www.europa-nu.nl/id/vk > kb6v79c1z3/nieuws/open_letter_to_the_global_civil_society? > ctx=vhsih95vppua&tab=0 > > The hosts have also set up a multistakeholder advisory committee to inform > the organisation of the next Conference, with two civil society 'slots'. I > shared details of the call on Bestbits and can inform you that Fanny > Hidvegi (Access Now) and Valeria Milanes (ADC) were selected to sit on the > committee. > > Civil society groups that have engaged in previous conferences have set up > a mailing list. The main aim of the mailing list is to coordinate ahead of > the conference as well as support the two CSOs who are part of the > Organising Committee as they take on their roles rather than for it to be a > general mailing list. If you are interested, please feel free to subscribe > for this mailing list at the following link https://mailman.edri.org/ > mailman/listinfo/icdppc > > Finally, you may be interested to participate in a public consultation > which the ICDPPC has launched via this call on its future (deadline 31 > May): https://icdppc.org/promoting-data-protection-and-privacy- > rights-at-global-level-have-your-say-on-the-future-of-the- > international-conference/ > > Best > Sheetal. > > -- > *Sheetal Kumar* > Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL > Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL > T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258 0337| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | > PGP ID: AAEDBF8AFE87EF53 | PGP Fingerprint: 9CD3 46A5 21A1 DFD9 FDD0 > 457D AAED BF8A FE87 EF53 | > > -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31 | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31| -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sheetal at gp-digital.org Fri Aug 31 06:08:05 2018 From: sheetal at gp-digital.org (Sheetal Kumar) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:08:05 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] [MAG 2019 ELECTIONS] CSCG call for nominations to Best Bits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, Further to my email below, please note that the timezone for the deadline, which had not been included before. The deadline for nominations to be sent to the NomCom is *UTC 23:59 on September 03.* We look forward to receiving your nominations. Best Sheetal. On 28 August 2018 at 12:04, Sheetal Kumar wrote: > Dear all, > > Please find below the details of the process by which all Bestbits members > are invited to submit nominations to the Civil Society Coordination Group > (CSCG) as part of the 2019 elections for the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory > Group (MAG). Our procedures of appointments can be found at this link: > http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures > > The CSCG exists solely to ensure a coordinated civil society response and > conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside > bodies. > > A dedicated Nomination Committee (or NomCom) has been set up to facilitate > this process within the CSCG. The NomCom is comprised of one (1) > representative from our coalition members, namely the Association for > Progressive Communications (APC), Best Bits, Just Net Coalition (JNC), > ICANN’s NCSG and the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). The NomCom is > coordinated by a non-voting chair (Poncelet Ileleji), supported by CSCG > Co-chair (Richard Hill). You will find all the necessary information below. > > The NomCom have been tasked by the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) > to run the process of selection and endorsement of civil society candidates > nominated for the 2019 IGF MAG selection round. > > Based on this information (https://www.intgovforum.org/m > ultilingual/content/mag-renewal-2019-general-guidance), this year, there > are 4 seats available for civil society candidates, the CSCG has decided to > endorse a pool of up to 6 names where the IGF Secretariat will choose from. > The deadline for nominations to be sent to the NomCom is *September 03.* > > Thank you for being part of this process and please let me know should you > have any questions. > > Best > Sheetal. > > =========== > * 2019 IGF MAG Selection Round – Nominations Selection criteria* > ============= > > - Candidates should have extensive linkages with civil society groups. > - Candidates must be able to provide advice on the programme and main > themes of the next meeting of the IGF. > - Candidates must be able attend two to three MAG meetings in Geneva, > Switzerland, in addition to the annual IGF meeting. > - They should participate actively in the preparatory process > throughout the year, through engagement in the online multilateral dialogue > among MAG members. > - Candidates should address these selection criteria in their > statement. > - Self-nominations are allowed. > > Note, we strongly encourage candidates from the underrepresented regional > groups, which for the 2019 MAG refers to the LAC and Africa regions. > Although regional group will not be weighted above other criteria in > choosing a candidate, the NomCom will consider regional group in > appropriate balance with other criteria listed above. > > *Timetable for the process* > ============== > Here are important dates to consider for this process: > > - *August 27:* NomCom 12 agree on the process which will be included > in the call for nominations; > - *COB August **28:* Nomination opens. > - *September 03:* Deadline for nominations from CSCG constituencies to > be sent to the CSCG NomCom > - *4-6 September*: NomCom shortlist and decide on the 6 names to send > to the IGF Secretariat > - *September 7th:* Notification to selected candidates. > - *September 10-12:* NomCom Chair will fill in the nomination form (as > Nominator) as well as communicate with the IGF Secretariat through an > official letter. > > > *How to seek CSCG endorsement?* > ================ > Candidates who are willing to go through the endorsement process by the > CSCG should do the following: > > Produce a Statement of Interest (SOI) of no more than 2 pages where they > address the selection criteria as set above ; > > Send their SOI (in .doc format) to nomcom12 at internetgov-cs.org > > copying their constituency’s mailing list and/or their NomCom > representative (for Bestbits this is *sheetal at gp-digital.org > *) with email subject: “My > [Family Name] 2019 IGF MAG SOI”; > > In their SOI, they should include the following information required in > the IGF MAG application form: > > - Gender > - Family Name > - Given Name > - Organization > - Job Title > - Email > - Contact Telephone (including country code) > - Regional Group > - Nationality (ies) (multiple nationalities can be specified, must be > UN countries) > - Country of Residence > - City of Residence > - Justification for the nomination, providing relevant background > information (no more than 200 words) > > *What is the IGF MAG?* > ================= > Here is some background information with regards to the IGF MAG: > > The 2019 Renewal Call with information about number of available seats > for Civil Society as well as the names of MAG members who are stepping > down: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-renewal > -2019-general-guidance > > The 2019 Nomination Form can be accessed here: > https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-nomination-2019 > > *Who is in the Nomcom 12?* > ================= > 1. Poncelet Ileleji – Non-voting Chair – CS Coordination > 2. Sheetal Kumar – BestBits > 3. Deborah Brown – APC > 4. Akinremi Peter Taiwo – IGC Rep > 5. David Cake - NCSG > 6. Parminder Jeet Singh – Just Net Coalition > > > -- > *Sheetal Kumar* > Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL > Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL > T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | > PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31 | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603 > DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31| > > -- *Sheetal Kumar* Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)20 3 818 3258| M: +44 (0)7739569514 | PGP ID: E592EFBBEAB1CF31 | PGP Fingerprint: F5D5 114D 173B E9E2 0603 DD7F E592 EFBB EAB1 CF31| -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chinmayiarun at gmail.com Fri Aug 3 02:15:36 2018 From: chinmayiarun at gmail.com (Chinmayi Arun) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 07:15:36 +0100 Subject: [bestbits] We're hiring: Two Research Associates at the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford In-Reply-To: <5A0FA494-E4CD-41AF-B34B-EC84DAAC2702@OX.AC.UK> References: <5A0FA494-E4CD-41AF-B34B-EC84DAAC2702@OX.AC.UK> Message-ID: S On Wed 1 Aug, 2018, 15:38 Carolin Weisser, wrote: > Hello! > > > > Apologies for cross-posting! > > > > We, the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford, are > hiring two RESEARCH ASSOCIATES! > > > > The Associates with specific focus on cybersecurity maturity assessment, > will work in the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), a flagship > research centre and a global knowledge resource for effective cybersecurity > capacity-building. This is located at the Department of Computer Science > and is a programme of the Oxford Martin School, which specialises in > supporting interdisciplinary research communities working to address the > most pressing global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. > > > > Relevant PhD/DPhil in Computer Science or a related discipline or in a > numerate Social Science subject OR comparable professional experience in a > closely related field with international profile. Experience of > cybersecurity capacity-building activities, multi-disciplinary working, and > working with senior officials of government and organizations is highly > desirable. > > > > For more information about the centre, please visit > > http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/1558-full.html > > and > > http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/1559-full.html > > > > Deadline: 3 September > > > > Please forward to anyone who could be interested. > > > > Best > > Carolin > > > > > > > > *Carolin Weisser* > > Lead International Operations > > > > NEW email: carolin.weisser at cs.ox.ac.uk > > > > Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre > > University of Oxford > > Department of Computer Science > 15 Parks Road | Oxford OX1 3QD | UK > > Mobile: +44 (0) 7775 5401 99| Phone: +44 (0) 1865 287364 > > www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/cybersecurity > > > > [image: cid:image001.png at 01D41260.267FB110] [image: > cid:image003.jpg at 01D4116D.F12CF5B0] > > > > [image: cid:image002.png at 01D4074F.0E9A6FC0] > [image: > cid:image004.png at 01D41E9A.58C8D2A0] > > > *Visit our Cybersecurity Capacity Portal > and learn more about > our Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM) > * > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jeremy at malcolm.id.au Mon Aug 6 13:44:58 2018 From: jeremy at malcolm.id.au (Jeremy Malcolm) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 10:44:58 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops Message-ID: The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been posted online: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection -- Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - From daphnek at law.stanford.edu Mon Aug 6 16:44:14 2018 From: daphnek at law.stanford.edu (Daphne Keller) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 13:44:14 -0700 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have very little. On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been > posted online: > > > https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection > > -- > Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com > Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek > echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Daphne Keller Director, Intermediary Liability Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From farzaneh.badii at gmail.com Mon Aug 6 16:56:06 2018 From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com (farzaneh badii) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 16:56:06 -0400 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Very interesting. It has become trendy to talk about AI and Blockchain while the real policy implications of both on internet governance entail broader issues. Fancy tools - fancy programs. Also, did MAG pay attention to the result of its own call for issues? Doesn't look like it. On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:45 PM Daphne Keller wrote: > Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on > Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have > very little. > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm > wrote: > >> The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been >> posted online: >> >> >> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection >> >> -- >> Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com >> Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek >> echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. >> To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: >> http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > > > -- > Daphne Keller > Director, Intermediary Liability > Center for Internet and Society > Stanford Law School > http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Farzaneh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvia at apnic.net Mon Aug 6 23:43:57 2018 From: sylvia at apnic.net (Sylvia Cadena) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 03:43:57 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: <93A2C117-D98F-4C80-973C-2E67CD992A2C@apnic.net> Hi Farzaneh, Yes. The call for issues was part of the criteria used to structure the program, as well as the criteria for workshop selection that was available at the time of the application. Information around the process to review the proposals and analysis os themes, subthemes and the call for issues is available on this link https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/6701/1279 (prepared by the secretariat as input for the MAG). The thing is that there is not much the MAG can do if there are no workshop proposals submitted addressing some or any of the issues raised. If you have a more specific comment and constructive suggestions about what was not addressed, it will be good to know as there are a few other pieces of the program that are still being worked at (like the main sessions) so we don’t have the full picture of the program yet. Regards, Sylvia --------- Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation - Head of Programs | sylvia at apnic.net | http://www.apnic.foundation ISIF Asia, WSIS Champion on International Cooperation 2018 | http://www.isif.asia | FB ISIF.asia | @ISIF_Asia | G+ ISIFAsia | 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 Australia | PO Box 3646 | +10 GMT | skypeID: sylviacadena | Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 | Fax: +61 7 3858 3199 * Love trees. Print only if necessary. From: "bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net" on behalf of farzaneh badii BADII Reply-To: farzaneh badii BADII Date: Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 6:56 am To: Daphne Keller Cc: Jeremy Malcolm , Bestbits Subject: Re: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops Very interesting. It has become trendy to talk about AI and Blockchain while the real policy implications of both on internet governance entail broader issues. Fancy tools - fancy programs. Also, did MAG pay attention to the result of its own call for issues? Doesn't look like it. On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:45 PM Daphne Keller > wrote: Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have very little. On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm > wrote: The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been posted online: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection -- Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Daphne Keller Director, Intermediary Liability Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/daphne-keller ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits -- Farzaneh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvia at apnic.net Mon Aug 6 23:50:30 2018 From: sylvia at apnic.net (Sylvia Cadena) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 03:50:30 +0000 Subject: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To be fair, RightsCon is a conference about “human rights in the digital age", so it is only logic that most if not all their program focuses on those issues, while the IGF mandate is broader focusing on “public policy issues relating to the Internet” so its program although it might include discussion around human rights and the Internet, it will also cover other topics. --------- Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation - Head of Programs | sylvia at apnic.net | http://www.apnic.foundation ISIF Asia, WSIS Champion on International Cooperation 2018 | http://www.isif.asia | FB ISIF.asia | @ISIF_Asia | G+ ISIFAsia | 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 Australia | PO Box 3646 | +10 GMT | skypeID: sylviacadena | Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 | Fax: +61 7 3858 3199 * Love trees. Print only if necessary. From: "bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net" on behalf of Daphne Keller Reply-To: Daphne Keller Date: Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 6:45 am To: Jeremy Malcolm Cc: Bestbits Subject: Re: [bestbits] Final list of accepted IGF workshops Interesting divergence from the RightsCon calendar. It had a ton on Internet users' free expression rights and platforms, while IGF will have very little. On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Jeremy Malcolm > wrote: The final list of IGF workshops selected for this year has just been posted online: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-workshops-selection -- Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek echo "9EEAi^^;6C6]>J^=^>6"|tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'|wget -q -i - -O - ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net. 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