SV: [governance] Speakers for IGF

Carlos Afonso ca at rits.org.br
Thu Sep 20 09:36:02 EDT 2007 

Hi Wolf and all, I missed this suggestion. Just a reminder that the 
Brazilian hosts and the Brazilian civil society caucus are opposed to 
the "tv show" format. I am not sure how this will be worked out at this 
point.

--c.a.

Adam Peake wrote:
> 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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