[governance] IGC workshops

Mon Jun 8 03:58:53 EDT 2009

Hello

ISOC India Chennai has proposed these four workshops. If the topics interest
the IGC and the Caucus participants,  these workshops could be jointly
organized.

Thank you.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

 *Title: *Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns

 *Concise Description:*
Privacy and Security concerns are often seen as conflicting concerns as each
side often tends to be overwhelmed by its own concerns. On a deeper level,
even the most activist privacy proponents would desire a Secure Internet
relatively free of electronic dangers. At the same time, those who
apparently appear to disregard privacy concerns would acknowledge the need
for privacy to the necessary degree. This round table is proposed to bring
together the strong and moderate proponents of Security and Privacy and
encourage a free and unrestrained debate to look for convergence in some
areas between the two divided sides.

*If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think
should organize it?*
To approach some of the Internet pioneers known for their commitment to
Internet values. To extend invitations to those from Law and Order, Banking,
Online Commerce and Civil Society Security advocates on the one side and to
extend invitations to Privacy Groups, Privacy Lawyers and Foundations as
also to organizations committed to preserving the values of privacy and
freedom. This workshop would define the concerns of each side and identify
points on which there could be agreement between the apparently conflicting
interests.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=144

 *Title: *Children Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary
aspects for Online Safety

 *Concise Description:*
Internet is a permeative medium that offers invaluable resources and tools
for learning so it becomes important for schools and parents to enable
Internet access for Children. Time spent by children online can be very
productive and Children can learn in easy and innovative ways, for example,
by using tools available for collaborative learning. But this requires an
essential orientation for Children for guided exposure to the valuable
resources available so as to get them to to focus on the productive
resources.

As Internet is becoming a part of every day life, especially for our
Children, it becomes important for Children to be aware that there are good
and bad 'places' and good and bad people just as there are good and bad
locations in our physical neighborhood and good and bad people in real life.

Most children, in their first phase of Internet exposure tend to become
curious and exploratory on undesirable content and get drawn to Adult
content and unsafe places such as chat rooms online. In the absence of a
proper orientation and guidance there is also a danger of children coming
into contact with the wrong kind of people.

Children seem to be active participants in popular Social Networking sites,
chat-rooms, virtual places, online games etc. Children tend to be
exploratory and adventurous and need a orientation on how to safeguard
themselves and on aspects such as what information can be shared at such
sites with co-participants who are often unidentifiable strangers with
misleading identities.

While such wrong corers are a part of the Internet, there is ample goodness
in the Internet for Children to learn from. With the idea of orienting
children towards productive use of the Internet and guide them on Online
Safety aspects, ISOC India Chennai proposes to organize this workshop.

**Participants with expertise in Online Safety aspects, parents, teachers.
We will approach Parry Aftab, leading advocate of child safety aspects to be
a co-participant.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=198

 *Title: * Internet in Education and Curriculum Development and Sharing:
Alexandria Everywhere

 *Concise Description:*
Even with an estimated 1.4 billion users connected, Internet is still a
phenomenon in its nascent phase of evolution. Internet has fostered
innovation and has caused all round progress to happen in an accelerated
pace, but the thinking that Internet makes it possible to globally
coordinate concrete developmental programs for an enhanced level of economic
progress is yet to set in.

Education is one of the areas where Internet can cause tremendous change.
Collaborative, participatory learning Models are evolving and classrooms
around the world are experimentally connected.

A concrete, globally adaptable, CO-ORDINATED program could bridge the gap
between quality of education between a classroom in a well funded school in
a developed country and one in an inadequately funded school in a developing
or under-developed country. This workshop (panel and public participation)
would examine models by which resources could be shared across Internet and
create a rough, actionable framework for educational institutions to connect
by commercial and non-commercial models and examine ways of making it
possible to expand the reach of well developed curriculum (in terms of
content, teaching methods and technology) reach remote corners on a
co-ordinated, global scale.

**How this workshop will be organized: We would approach an eminent
educational institution / academic center to be the co-organizers. The lead
participants of this workshop are to have the diversity of academia from
developed and developing countries, policy planners, e-curriculum experts,
students from developed and developing countries and futuristic thinkers.
The choosen topic would also further IGF's efforts to improve the diversity
of participation by attracting participation / involving the student
community from around the world, in the preparatory phase, during IGF and in
follow up collaboration.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=136

 *Title: *Workshop on Fundamentals: Internet's Core Values.

 *Concise Description:*
What is Internet? What makes it what it is? What are Internet's
Characteristics? What are the core values? Open architecture? Free medium? a
medium that fosters Innovation free of intermediaries and controls? a single
unified Network of Networks? a non-discriminatory medium? a medium open for
access by anyone from anywhere? a neutral medium? What are the core values?
And what is happening to the core values in the process of its evolution?
What needs to be preserved and what changes are inevitable? How could
changes and improvements be brought about without compromising on the core
values? How would the different positions between stakeholders be reconciled
to commit to the Internet's core values?

**We propose to invite one or two organizations / academic institutions
committed to Internet's core values to co-organize this workshop. Some of
the early pioneers of Internet who have contributed to the Internet's
architectural principles are to be invited to define Internet's core values,
followed by a participative discussion on current positive and adverse
trends and how to ensure further progress without compromising on Internet's
core values.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=156

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

>  The clear merge here is with workshop proposal 184 on the same subject
> (net neutrality) from Diplo Foundation (Vladimir Radunovic).
> Ginger, given your associations there, can you approach them and see if
> they are willing to merge? WE need to submit by June 15 so I guess this is
> fairly urgent.
>
>
>
> On 7/06/09 7:22 PM, "Parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I see that 15th is the last date for final workshop proposals and 30th for
> speakers. IGC has two workshop proposals and we will need to work on this.
> Best to get working groups made for each. This is how it worked the last
> time.
>
> Meanwhile there is a proposal in the program paper that some workshops that
> are sufficiently representative will be given longer time period - 3 hours,
> with a view of possibly seeking some useful convergences of views. The
> precise language of the program paper is
>
> "Merged workshops will be given the opportunity to bring their findings to
> the attention of the related main session. If sufficiently representative,
> merged workshops will be given three hour slots with the aim of providing an
> opportunity to identify a range of best practices."
>
> I wonder if we can try and propose merger of our network neutrality
> workshop with another one on the same subject, and apply for a 3 hour slot.
> We can point to the fact that in at least one country (Norway) all
> stakeholders have been able to agree to set of NN principles, and it is
> worth making such efforts at the global level. At the least we can try to
> agree to some  basic set of principles that flow flow from the defining
> characteristics of 'openness' and 'neutrality' of the Internet.
>
> In order to give our best to leverage the new format opened up, perhaps as
> a back up (since we have no proposed workshop on this subject) we can seek a
> 3 hour workshop on developing principles and best practices in IG in the
> area of disability rights - this would perhaps also complement the current
> work in WIPO on copyright exception for the disabled.
>
> On  a different note, we should also put in a request for a booth in the
> IGF village for the IGC, last date fro which is 30th June. We took one in
> Hyderabad, but it was not advertised among members and did not get used.
> Such a booth is  a good meeting point for the caucus
>
> parminder
>
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