[governance] Workshop 197 - Network Neutrality - Exploring a

[Fouad Bajwa]

Just to mention, I have a paper worked out on network neutrality
introduction that can act as an opening discussion on the subject and
act as the stimulator of the session.

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Ian Peter<ian.peter at ianpeter.com> 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
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> Current proposal is below.
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> Title: Network Neutrality - Exploring a global consensus on principles
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Contact Person: Ian Peter
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