[governance] Themes for the coming IGFs

[Fouad Bajwa]

I second Jeremy on open standards, open systems, open content, free
and open source, open information sharing and open ICT governance and
ecosystems. I would also like to hand in myself for conducting a
workshop focused on these issues and would like to get together with
like minded people and develop a charter for such a workshop!




On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> 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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