[governance] Advertising the "Mapping Internet Governance" workshop

[Norbert Bollow]

Given the size and complexity of the IGF programme, it appears
important to use also other channels to publicize our workshops.
Unless IGF participants are informed about what we're trying to
achieve, they won't come, even if they'd be interested if they
knew!

For the "Mapping Internet Governance" workshop, we have a bit
of advertising text online at http://idgovmap.org/Workshop_Nairobi_2011
(also reproduced below) so that it can be easily twittered,
liked on Facebook, etc. Please help to spread the word.

Thanks,
Norbert


At Nairobi IGF: "Mapping Internet Governace" workshop

Internet Governance is primarily about solving real-life problems.

There is one need that you have in common with all other stakeholders,
regardless of what internet-related challenges they want to contribute
to solving:

In order to develop an effective strategy for your efforts, you need a
lot of information about the various issues that are related to your
particular points of concern, and about the complex landscape of
Internet Governace institutions and fora.

The "Mapping Internet Governace" workshop at the IGF in Nairobi
(Wednesday September 28, 09.00-10.30 East African Time, Conference Room 4,
remote participation is available with Ginger Paque as Remote Moderator)
will explore the needs for a "Map" containing such information and what
is desired regarding the structure and content of such a Map, from
various perspectives.

The panelists are:

  Andrea Glorioso: Coordinator of the Internet Governance team at
    the European Commission - Directorate-General Information Society
    and Media [EU]
 
  Thomas Lowenhaupt: Founder & Chair, Connecting.nyc Inc. [USA]

  Jeremy Malcolm: Consumers International, Kuala Lumpur Office for
    Asia-Pacific and the Middle East

  Sheba Mohammid: ICT Policy Specialist in Trinidad and Tobago,
    focusing on Digital Inclusion in Small Island Developing States.

  Bitange Ndemo: Permanent Secretary in The Ministry for Information And
    Communications, Republic of Kenya

  Douglas Onyango: CTO, Lake Victoria IT & Bio-tech Park (LAVIT), Kampala
    (Uganda); AfriNIC, IANA, EA-IGF, ISOC

  David Souter: Managing Director, ict Development Associates; author
    of http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/books/mapping-internet-public-policy ;
    Visiting Professor in Communications Management, Business School,
    University of Strathclyde; Visiting Senior Fellow, Department of
    Media and Communications, London School of Economics; Associate of
    the International Institute for Sustainable Development

Significant parts of the workshop time have been set aside to give
room for interventions from the floor and from remote participants,
so please contribute by sharing your perspective!

For further information, including a very rough and very incomplete
"draft map" that can serve as a starting point for discussions at
the IGF workshop, please refer to http://idgovmap.org/

Hoping to meet you there, either in person or via remote participation
Norbert Bollow
(organizer of the workshop on behalf of the Civil Society Internet
Governance Caucus and Consumers International)
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