[governance] IBR workshops at the IGF, Hyderabad

[Max Senges]

Dear colleagues

I would like to take the opportunity to invite you to the two workshops the
Internet Bill of Rights Coalition is organizing. Please note that both
workshops are planned as interactive discussions rather than panel
presentations.

1) Internet Bill of Rights IGF workshop will be held from 14.30 to 16.00 on
Day 3 of the IGF (5th December) in room 7.

Themes are:

   - IGF and the IBR as umbrella coalition for the promotion of Rights in
   policy and practice
   - What is the best way to form a wider coalition for Rights and the
   internet and a Rights based approach in Internet Governance?

Discussants are:

   - Markus Kummer (IGF Secretariate - might have to send substitute)
   - Thomas Schneider (Swiss Government)
   - Marco Pancini -- Google's European Policy Counsel
   - Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwaechter (Civil Society)
   - Prof. Wolfgang Benedek (Civil Society)



2) Mainstreaming human rights in the work of the IGF (organized by Global
Partners and the IBR coaltion) will be held at 11.30 am on Day 3 of the IGF
(5th December) in room 5.

Representatives from the dynamic coalitions

   - Accessibility and Disability (name tbc)
   - Access to Knowledge (Lea Shaver Bishop)
   - Framework of Principles for the Internet (Parminder Jeet Singh)
   - Internet Bill of Rights (Shaila Misty)
   - Linguistic Diversity (Viola Krebs)
   - Privacy (Ralf Bendrath)

Other stakeholders:

   - Peter Hellmonds (Nokia-Siemens Group)
   - Miriam Sapiro (Summit Strategies International)
   - Council of Europe (name tbc)
   - Shahzad Ahmad (Bytes For All)

The discussion will be moderated by Andrew Puddephatt, Director of Global
Partners

Please also notice that the discussants are posting their positions and
ideas on the IBR list before the workshop. You are invited to join and shape
the discussion.

Looking forward to a productive time in India
Max

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

>  Hi All
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> The final program of the three workshops sponsored by the IGC for IGF,
> Hyderabad, is now ready.
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> The three workshops are
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> 1)       The role and mandate of the IGF, December 6th  9 to 1030, (
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=71 )
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> 2)       The Transboundary Internet: Jurisdiction, Control and
> Sovereignty, December 4th, 16 to 1730 (
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=63 )
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> 3)       Internet for All - Exploring a Rights-based Approach<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=66>,
> on December 6th, 11:30 - 13:00,  See details of the workshop at (
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=66 )
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> Apart for these, IGC is also co-sponsoring the workshop on The Future of
> ICANN: After the JPA, What? December 4th, 11- 1230 (
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/workshops_08/showmelist.php?mem=9 )
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> Thanks to the IGC working groups who worked hard to organize these
> workshops.
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> IGC members who wish to give comments on the subjects of the above
> workshops may do so, and it is expected that the IGC participants in these
> workshops will take note of them.
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> Parminder
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> PS : The full IGF program can be seen at
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/hyderabad_prog/Workshop_Schedule.htm .
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