[governance] Workshop 197 - Network Neutrality - Exploring a

[Ginger Paque]

Ian, thanks for taking this forward while I have been in transit. Please 
go ahead with this, but I will be more active on the NN working group 
soon. As Ian says, Diplo is happy to merge, particularly in an expanded 
3-hour slot.

Thanks, Ginger

Ian Peter wrote:
> A brief update here – we have preliminary agreement with Diplo 
> Foundation and also Technology Policy Institute to combine the three 
> suggested workshops on this topic and aim for a three hour session. So 
> we will proceed along those lines for now.
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> On 8/06/09 8:23 AM, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
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>     Again we should try to improve this by June 15 and also establish
>     a small working group to run this workshop.
>
>     Details of our previous submission are below. Ive suggested in a
>     separate message we merge with Diplo workshop on the same subject.
>     Ginger will approach them
>
>     We have some suggestions for potential partners/speakers on this
>     below. Can we have a few volunteers to be the organising group?
>     Either onlist or offlist, whichever you prefer
>
>     Current proposal is below.
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>     Title: Network Neutrality - Exploring a global consensus on principles
>
>     Concise Description:
>     There is an increasing recognition of the urgency to develop some
>     kind of NN principles in order to preserve the open and democratic
>     nature of the Internet, and safeguard the interest of Internet
>     users and others affected by it. This workshop will explore recent
>     efforts to articulate and agree on NN principles in Europe, Japan,
>     the U.S. and developing countries. While proceeding from numerous
>     national regulatory developments, it will try to assess the
>     transnational implications of various approaches to NN, especially
>     vis a vis developing countries who seem largely absent from NN
>     debates.
>
>     Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities
>     does your workshop fall under?
>     Openness
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>     Have you organized an IGF workshop before? Yes
>     If so, please provide the link to the report:
>     http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/2008-igf-hyderabad/event-reports/72-workshops/392-workshop-85-the-transboundary-internet-jurisdiction-control-and-sovereignty
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>     Would you be the Workshop organizer? Yes
>     If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do
>     you think should organize it?
>     Internet Governance Project (IGP) is happy to play a support role
>     in organizing this. Others we would approach: Free Press
>     (USA-based civil society advocacy group); Consumer Council of
>     Norway; ITforChange (India-based civil society advocacy group),
>     Japan Internet Providers Association and Ministry of
>     Communications. There are other specific countries or examples
>     that are involved in such negotiations over principles that we
>     don't know about yet but will learn about later. We will seek out
>     additional developing country commentators in particular.
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>     The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:Internet Governance Caucus
>
>     Contact Person: Ian Peter
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