[bestbits] CS meeting at IGF Paris?

Tue Oct 30 12:29:14 EDT 2018

Hi All!

Monday Nov. 12’s IGF opening day, with likely long security and registration lines, may be hectic from the start, and many people will be ducking in and out of IGF during the week due to the other events in Paris. Angela Merkel and many other heads of state will be in town for the Peace Forum. Expect busy traffic and bustling security. It is unfortunate that there is no official Day Zero, just a three-day IGF and so many outside distractions in Paris during IGF 2018 due to the Peace Forum and the GovTech Summit. I hope all will go well for everyone!

Does anyone on the list happen to know if most of the MAG or the civil society coordination people are staying in one particular hotel or, if they are having preliminary planning meetings, where and when those might be? In other words, how can we happen to share the same space, hang out informally, share a greeting or even wave hello to some other IGF attendees on the weekend?

I will have a team from Imagining the Internet<http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/default.xhtml> arriving very early on Saturday (could not find an affordable Paris flight for our group of 10 that would arrive Sunday) and we’re hoping to get to connect with people on the weekend Nov. 10-11, at least to say hello.

Best regards,
Janna Anderson

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Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [bestbits] CS meeting at IGF Paris?

Hi Ginger, all
Paris is really tight.  Very  tight.  I am reaching out to a few organisations for a Tuesday lunch just by UNESCO.
Its a small gathering with the President and CEO of the Web Foundation - Adrian Lovett.

Talk will mostly be around the Principles for the Contract for the Web..which Sir Tim Berners-Lee will be launching Monday next week.

If anyone wants to join, please ping me  on nnenna.nwakanma at webfoundation.org<mailto:nnenna.nwakanma at webfoundation.org> with [Paris Lunch on Tuesday] as header.

Best regards

Nnenna

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:36 AM Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com<mailto:gpaque at gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks, Sheetal.

Could you please add me to the group? I'm very interested, and arrive Sunday morning. Thank you.
Best, Ginger

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On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 05:51, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org<mailto:sheetal at gp-digital.org>> wrote:
Hi Ginger

As far as I know, there isn't a joint civil society/'Bestbits' meeting this year. However, a few of us are gathering on the Sunday afternoon (time & location TBC) to discuss inputs into the High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation <http://www.un.org/en/digital-cooperation-panel/> (HLPDC) process.

I had floated focusing the meeting on the HLPDC with the groups that organise the civil society coordination meeting a while back and those interested and following the panel are getting together informally to discuss our inputs into the consultation.

If that's of interest to anyone please let me know as soon as you can as I'll confirm the room sometime this week.

Best
Sheetal.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 19:06, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com<mailto:gpaque at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello all...
Are there plans for a BB or CS meeting at the IGF in Paris? I know it's difficult with no day zero and a compressed schedule, but I'm hoping we get together. I haven't seen anything, so please repeat the info if I missed it. Hoping to see many of you there!
Best regards,
Ginger

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