[governance] GigaNet themes

[Milton L Mueller]

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From: Carlos Afonso [mailto:ca at rits.org.br] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:57 AM
To: William Drake
Cc: Governance; Milton L Mueller
Subject: Re: SV: [governance] space on Nov.11th

>There is nothing showing up in the governance list about 
>what Giganet is doing. It would be interesting at least 
>to know what themes are being discussed, a glimpse on 
>the agenda and so on. Are academic observers allowed? 
>Will there be access to the papers by generic mortals 
>afterwards? 

Carlos, you are anything  but generic (although I hear that during your
youth you came close to achieving status as a generic latin american
urban guerilla). 

GigaNet is an open conference. We offer academic papers, and papers by
academics, but look forward to inflicting them on as many nonacademics
as possible. We will inundate you with marketing materials like everyone
else soon enough.  

The panels will be held in the conference venue.

Here are the themes:

Session 1: A Development Agenda for Internet Governance
In recent years developing countries, civil society organizations, and
concerned academics have promoted broad "development agendas" for reform
of the international regimes and organizations governing trade, debt,
and intellectual property. But in the field of Internet governance, no
parallel initiative has taken shape. These papers analyze the linkages
between existing global Internet governance mechanisms and development;
the possible need for new mechanisms; and the potential foundations of a
holistic development agenda. 

Session 2: The Changing Institutionalization of Internet Governance
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) raised the profile
and changed the global policy discourse of Internet governance. The
creation of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was the most visible
result, but there was also a willingness of more governments to
participate in ICANN, increased diversity of players entering Internet
governance processes as stakeholders, and wider discussion Internet
governance mechanisms and decision making. These papers explore the
dynamics of the changing institutionalization process.

Session 3: Critical Policy Issues in Internet Governance
Governance of the Internet is also defined by the way public policy
makers respond to specific issues and problems, such as identity and
security, or net neutrality. Each of these issue-domains involves its
own distinctive set of policy conflicts, stakeholders, technologies and
institutional arrangements. These papers examine how global governance
arrangements are being defined around specific Internet policy issues.

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