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

Sun Sep 5 13:28:08 EDT 2010

Janna

here are the questions I forwarded to the IGFSecrteariat

I: Future of the IGF:

1. When the IGF gets an extended mandate until 2015, what are the main three issues which should be improved?
2. Would it make sense when the the conclusions of the chair/rapporteur of each the workshops and plenaries are summarized in two or three (short) messages (no longer than three lines per message) and published in one document as "IGF Messages from Vilnjus" (N.N. etc.) as alternastive to a negotiated text in form of a "declaration" or recommendations?  
3. Do you have any proposal how the national and regional IGFs could and should be linked together in an informal network? 
4. Should the IGF start to manage a database which could include, inter alia, international treaties and national legislation relevant for Internet Governance or best national practices? 

II: Future of Internet Governance:
1. Is there a need for an "internal multistakeholder Internet Governance mechanisms" within social networks when they are used by millions users?
2. How multistakeholder input, transparency and accountability can be strengthened in intergovernmental organisations dealing with Internet related issues (UN, UNESCO, WTO, WIPO, ITU, European Union, OECD, Council of Europe etc.)
3. Is there a risk for a fragmentation of the Internet either along language barriers (via iDNs) or via different infrastructure regulations (wired Internet vs. wirless Internet)?
4. If national security becomes a key point in Internet Governance, how the principle of "national sovereignty" can be executed in a borderless cyberspace?

Wolfgang 

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Von: Janna Anderson [mailto:andersj at elon.edu]
Gesendet: So 05.09.2010 19:07
An: governance at lists.cpsr.org; parminder
Betreff: Re: [governance] Invitation to participate now and/or in Vilnius

Parminder,

Thank you for your excellent suggestions. 

I also want you to know how much difference you make with all of your contributions to IGC and elsewhere. Your voice is vital, and you also inspire others to speak out.

Best,
Janna

On 9/5/10 12:53 PM, "parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

	Hi Janna

	That is a useful initiative.

	May I suggest you ask another question.

		How is IGF going to change the world... I mean, really 'how', pl give a bit of step by step reasoning. 

	and maybe also

		What is the Internet primarily to you - a market space, a space for social interactions, a means of information and knowledge, a possibility towards a better, more fair and just world, a space for fantasy, a space that is other than the 'real world', a space that enhances the 'real world' ...... may be  a couple of other options. (What is the Internet to the people of course has an important bearing on how it should be governed.)

	May give some useful insights. Thanks, and regards. Parminder 

	On Sunday 05 September 2010 08:09 PM, Janna Anderson wrote: 

		Re: [governance] Invitation to participate now and/or in Vilnius 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 <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 year's 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 year's 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
andersj at elon.edu
(336) 278-5733 (o)

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