[governance] Program - GigaNet Workshop in Brussels, 11 May 2009 - "Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction"

Mon Apr 20 19:52:40 EDT 2009

Dear all,

This workshop might be of interest to some of you. It will be held in
Brussels, right before the next IGF consultation meeting in Geneva.

Please find hereafter and as attached file the program and the
registration form to the 2nd international academic workshop on:
"Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in
Construction".
This workshop is organized by GigaNet (the Global Internet Governance
Academic Network), in cooperation with three thematic sections of the
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA):
International and Intercultural Communication (IIC), Communication and
Democracy (CD), Communication, Law and Policy (CLP) sections.

Building on the success of its 1st edition in Paris, France, in June
2008, this workshop will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 May 2009.
Workshop place: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Etterbeek,
Building D, Promotiezaal D.2.01.
Map of the campus: http://www.vub.ac.be/downloads/campusplanEN-high.pdf.
Directions to the campus:
http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html.
Hints on travelling to Brussels:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse/practicali.

Workshop website at:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse.
Please distribute widely.

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki (Workshop Co-Chair)
LIP6/PolyTIC - CNRS
104 avenue du Président Kennedy - 75016 Paris
http://www-polytic.lip6.fr

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Second International Workshop on
Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in
Construction
Organized by GigaNet, in cooperation with ECREA IIC, CD and CLP Sections
Brussels, Belgium, 11 May 2009
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Etterbeek, Building D,
Promotiezaal D.2.01
(Workshop Website:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse)

Workshop Detailed Program

09:00-09:30 - Opening Session
- Welcoming Remarks by Workshop Co-Chair
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Presentation of the Workshop Organizers
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA),
International and Intercultural Communication (IIC) section,
Communication and Democracy (CD) section, Communication, Law and Policy
(CLP) section
- Contributions and Program Overview by Workshop Co-Chair
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France

09:30-10:45 - Panel 1 - Power Dynamics in IG: Transformation or
Consolidation?
This panel will discuss research activities dealing with global Internet
governance actors and their power relationships. It will examine to
which extent new power dynamics are actually emerging.

Chair: Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Panelists:
- Multi-Stakeholderism and Intra-Civil Society Networking: The case of
the WSIS IG-working group mailing list
Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Negotiation and the Global Information Economy: Implications for
Internet Governance
JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
- The governance of web standards. Economic struggles in the XML case
François-Xavier Dudouet, Université Paris 9 Dauphine, France
Benjamin Nguyen, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France
Antoine Vion, Université de la Méditerranée, France
- Proceduralization, Agencification, and Privatization: Internet
Governances Three Pillars and their Normative Consequences
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, France
- Wars in Cyberspace : the recasting of military power in the digital age
Jean-Loup Samaan, French Ministry of Defense, France

10:45-11:15 - Coffee Break

11:15-12:30 - Panel 2 - Critical Internet Resources and the Never-Ending
ICANN Case
This panel will focus on the global governance of critical Internet
resources and will bring fresh views on ICANN role in this field.

Chair: JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
Panelists:
- Work in progress in Internet governance: a proposed study on ICANNs
opening for new gTLDs
Laura Abba, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
Stefano Trumpy, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
- The Governance of Internet Country Code Top Level Domains in Europe
George Christou, University of Warwick, UK
Seamus Simpson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Administration and marketing of the ccTLD and its policy implications
on Internet governance
Keisuke Kamimura, Center for Global Communications, International
University of Japan, Japan
- Internet Governance and Critical Resources
Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Neo-Liberal Globalization and Internet Governance
Hangwoo Lee, Chungbuk National University, South Korea

12:30-13:45 - Lunch Break

13:45-15:00 - Panel 3 - Regulation of Technologies and Technological
Regulation
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities
related to regulation. Presentations will address ICT regulation means
as well as using ICTs as a mean of regulation.

Chair: Katharine Sarikakis, University of Leeds, UK
Panelists:
- Consumers, Disclosure, and Internet Governance
Adam Candeub, Michigan University (MI), USA
- The CRID, an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on ICT
regulation
Yves Poullet, University of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium
- Technology-Aware Policy Analysis: Case Studies of Deep Packet
Inspection and Network Management
Ralf Bendrath, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- An assumption analysis of the Creative Content Online Public
Consultation by the European Commission
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Keeping Free Speech, Privacy and Property Real in Virtual Worlds: a
Reasonable Duty for the Owners/Creators ?
Pierre-François Docquir, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Actively vs. Passive Volunteered Personal Information
Mark Lizar, London South Bank University & Identity Trust CIC, UK

15:00-15:30 - Coffee Break

15:30-17:00 - Panel 4 - Whats in a field? IG Research Methodologies and
Boundaries
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities in
terms of methodologies and approaches. It also aims at defining the
contours of the field.

Chair: Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science,
UK
Panelists:
- Mapping Internet Governance: theoretical framework, research
methodologies and possible implementation strategies (With a little help
from my friends
)
Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy
Elena Pavan, University of Trento, Italy
- Modes of Governance in Digitally Networked Environments: Perspectives
from an Interdisciplinary Workshop
Malte Ziewitz, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK
- Internet Governance - Under Construction: Doing Multidisciplinary and
Multisited Research in 'Real Life' and Online
Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- Internet Regulation; Governance without the state, an exercise in
global cooperation
Rafid A Y Fatani, University of Exeter, UK
- The social imaginary of new media practices: issues for discussion
Pantelis Vatikiotis, Panteion University of Social and Political
Sciences, Greece
- An Assessment of the Contribution of the Lebanese Universities in
Internet Governance
Antoine Melki, University of Balamand, Lebanon
- Public Opinion Formation in Convergence Culture
Jakob Svensson, Karlstad University, Sweden

17:00-17:30 - Closing Session
- Synthesis of Discussions, Conclusion and Way Forward
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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