[governance] GigaNet themes

[Carlos Afonso]

This generic mortal is bugging with no reason -- I will not be at the 
Giganet (soon to be Petanet or even Exanet!) event, if our LA&C meeting 
does happen.

Good luck!

--c.a.

Milton L Mueller wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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