SV: [governance] Speakers for IGF

[Parminder]

> If you know the names of people who will be
> attending, why not?  But as it probably costs a
> lot to invite a journalist of this type I don't
> see any point in taking time to discuss names
> unless there's a realistic way of getting them to
> Rio.
> 
> Last year I believe the european broadcasting
> union brought them and I guess paid.
> 
> Adam

Are we struck with journalists doing the moderations. I thought there was a
lot of criticism of such a format at Athens. Can't we have moderators who
are more tuned in to the issues.

Parminder 



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:56 PM
> To: "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"; governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: Re: SV: [governance] Speakers for IGF
> 
> At 11:49 AM +0200 9/16/07, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang wrote:
> >Should we make also proposals for moderators?
> >Who knows good TV journalists familiar with the
> >issue from developing countries? South African
> >Broadcasting Corporation (SABC),  Al  Jazijra,
> >TV Globo?
> >
> 
> 
> 
> If you know the names of people who will be
> attending, why not?  But as it probably costs a
> lot to invite a journalist of this type I don't
> see any point in taking time to discuss names
> unless there's a realistic way of getting them to
> Rio.
> 
> Last year I believe the european broadcasting
> union brought them and I guess paid.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> >Wolfgang
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >Fra: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
> >Sendt: sø 16-09-2007 11:28
> >Til: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> >Emne: RE: [governance] Speakers for IGF
> >
> >
> >
> >Here are some ideas for speakers. There's of course an element of my
> >personal preference, but I've also been asking a few others for
> >suggestions about names for a while.
> >
> >I've mentioned when I remember if someone was a panelist in Athens.
> >But, we should consider:
> >
> >There will be 5-7 people on panels, it's a 2000 seat room and last we
> >heard about attendance the room is likely to be full.  An open
> >format, whoever is selected is going to have to be expert on a broad
> >range of topics related to the theme, and a confident speaker able to
> >respond to (potentially) a stream of questions. We have no money to
> >bring anyone, the meeting starts in 8 weeks.  Suggest only
> >recommending people who are going to be there (or have a very good
> >chance of being there.)
> >
> >So we need experts, who will be in Rio, and gender and geographic
> >diversity. And the list below is very bad on Gender. There are two or
> >three people I know of who would be great to add to the list but need
> >to confirm if they will be in Rio or are willing to speak.
> >
> >Please, let's not suggest a name unless we know they will be in Rio,
> >or, at least you have already started to find out.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Adam
> >
> >
> >Opening Ceremony
> >
> >Monthian Buntan (Thailand). President, Thailand Association of the Blind.
> >
> >Anriette Esterhuysen (was a panelist in Athens)
> >
> >Delphine Nana
> >
> >
> >Critical Internet Resources
> >
> >Milton Mueller (USA). Professor, Director, Master of Science in
> >Telecommunications and Network Management, Syracuse University.
> >
> >
> >Access
> >
> >Mike Jensen (South Africa), independent consultant with experience in
> >more than 30 countries in Africa assisting in the establishment of
> >information and communications systems over the last 15 years.
> ><http://www.acacia.org.za/mike_jensen.htm> (*strong preference*)
> >
> >Sean o Siochru (Ireland). Access and financing.
> >
> >
> >Diversity
> >
> >Monthian Buntan (Thailand). President, Thailand Association of the
> >Blind. (*strong preference*)
> >
> >Ronaldo Lemos (Brazil). Digital culture, Creative Commons.
> >
> >Anriette Esterhuysen (was a panelist in Athens)
> >
> >(I think Adama Samassekou from Mali might be picked up -- he is
> >president of the African Academy of Languages. Was a panelist in
> >Athens.)
> >
> >
> >Openness
> >
> >Sisule Musungu (Kenya). Policy analyst based in Geneva, consults on
> >intellectual property and free expression issues. (*strong
> >preference*)
> >
> >Georg Greve (Germany). Free Software Foundation Europe
> ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_C._F._Greve> (was a panelist in
> >Athens)
> >
> >Michael Geist (Canada)
> >
> >Pedro Paranagua Moniz (Brazil) Professor of Law at Fundacao Getulio
> >Vargas (FGV) School of Law in Rio de Janeiro, A2K Brazil.
> >
> >
> >Security
> >
> >Ralf Bendrath (Germany). University of Bremen, The Collaborative
> >Research Center (Dynamic Coalition on Privacy)
> >
> >Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (Brazil). A2K Brazil, lawyer privacy
> issues.
> >
> >Thiago Tavares Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil). Head of SaferNet Brazil:
> >cybercrime and privacy issues.
> >
> >(Security is difficult, I think we need someone who can speak to
> >civil society issues around privacy and rights, but also be able to
> >respond well on security, which I think will be the main bulk of the
> >session. Carlos Afonso can comment more on the two Brazilian people.)
> >
> >
> >Taking Stock and the way forward
> >
> >William Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and
> >Global Governance Graduate Institute for International Studies
> >Geneva, Switzerland.
> >
> >
> >Emerging Issues
> >
> >No definite suggestion.  I am trying to find out if Mark Shuttleworth
> >can attend.   South Africa, Internet security entrepreneur and Ubuntu
> >supporter <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth>
> >
> >(Some stakeholders are suggesting "emerging issues" should be a very
> >forward looking session, young entrepreneurs would be interesting,
> >futurists etc. Thoughts?)
> >
> >
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