[governance] Themes for the coming IGFs

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 11/12/2008, at 6:36 PM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> We should focus on the themes for the main session instead. For  
> those who didn't follow closely, this year's themes were:
>
>       * Reaching the next billion;
>       * Promoting cyber-security and trust;
>       * Managing critical Internet resources;
>       * Taking stock and the way forward;
>       * Emerging issues - the Internet of tomorrow
>
> I heard several people saying that access related topics (reaching  
> the next billion) need a break as there is nothing new to discuss  
> next year.  Do others agree? What are other topics we want to see  
> discussed? In my view, critical Internet resources should stay on  
> the agenda.

I am ambivalent about the continued focus on access, but openness  
should definitely return.  This is a diverse theme that can encompass  
open standards, open content, open source, open information, open  
governance and more all of which have drifted out of focus for the  
main sessions (though better represented in workshops).

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