[governance] Invitation to participate now and/or in Vilnius

[Janna Anderson]

Hello to IGC participants,

The Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University is sending four
participants to IGF-Vilnius, where we are backing a number of workshops and
DCs. Elon undergraduates Drew Smith, Sam Baranowski and Kirsten Bennett will
be participating in four different workshops, and the leader of our
delegation, Dr. Glenn Scott, a professor at Elon, will also be participating
as a speaker at the meeting of the Dynamic Coalition for Core Values.

Our team will also be quite busy collecting interviews, photos and video to
post at http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org. They hope you will take the
opportunity to participate in the IGF-Vilnius video survey. To get an idea
of how it works, you can look at last year¹s results here:
> http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_egypt/survey.xhtml
> 
> We are proud to say that the US Library of Congress, our national repository
> for knowledge, has begun adding the content of Imagining the Internet to its
> digital archive. The contributions you make in participating in our surveys
> are being documented not only to help inspire people to think about the future
> today and inform policy but also to serve as a historic record of our time as
> we work together to achieve the best evolution possible for human
> communications and cooperation.
> 
> We are still in the process of deciding what questions to ask this year. If
> you would like to make suggestions, you can send them to me by replying to
> this e-mail.
> 
> Here are some questions that have been proposed as possibilities for this
> year¹s survey so far:
> 
> * CLOUD COMPUTING is the primary emerging issue being discussed at this IGF.
> What are the most important positives and negatives of cloud computing?
> 
> * Now a MOBILE INTERNET question: One reason cloud computing is predicted to
> grow is the growth of the mobile Internet. What do you see as the biggest
> challenge, opportunity or change that the mobile revolution brings?
> 
> * A HUMAN RIGHT? Is Internet access a fundamental human right? Explain. Why?
> 
> * THE INTERNET FIVE YEARS FROM NOW: Intermediaries are at work as the Internet
> grows and people seek security, convenience, information filters, and so on.
> Five years from now will the Internet be more open and accessible, about the
> same, or less so? Explain.
> 
> * ABOUT IGF: Why is IGF important? How can it be improved?
> 
> * YOUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE: What is your greatest hope for the future of the
> Internet?
> 
> * YOUR CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE: What is your greatest fear or concern for the
> future of the Internet?
> 
> * IN ONE WORD: Describe the future of the Internet in one word.
> 
> Have an excellent conference! I will not be in Vilnius due to other
> obligations, but I hope to catch some of the action online!
> 
> Best,
> Janna
> 
> -- 
> Janna Quitney Anderson
> Director of Imagining the Internet
> www.imaginingtheinternet.org
> Associate Professor of Communications
> Director of Internet Projects
> School of Communications
> Elon University
> 
> 
> 

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