[governance] Asia Pacific regional IGF - Tokyo, July

[parminder]

Dear Izumi

Can you proffer more information on who is organising this meeting, who 
is is funding it etc...

In general, as you know, I am quite against policy dialogue forums 
(which I understand this meeting is supposed to be, taking from the UN 
IGF) being organised primarily by the business sector, especially when 
such a forum claims a monopoly and therefore authoritative position, 
which is implied in the name of 'the' 'Asia Pacific regional IGF'.

Mine is a somewhat unpleasant task of raising what may appear to be 
difficult question with regard to sincere and hard work being put in by 
people like you and Peng Hwa, both of whom I greatly respect. But all of 
us, most of all civil society, must be subject to accountability and to 
hard questions when required. So, my apologies for that. However, I do 
request an open discussion on the subject here in the IGC.

I do not think that you would much look forward to a time when the 
policies that determine what education our children will have, and how, 
will be determined by processes led by private companies in the business 
of digital content, educational software etc. Do you? Or, to a time when 
our health policies will be determined by processes led by big pharma 
companies and private hospital chains. However, what is being done in 
Internet governance today is precisely and inescapably leading us 
towards such a model of governance and policy making. To that extent, we 
will have to take responsibility for our actions. I am merely trying to 
take responsibility for mine in raising these questions at this time. 
And I look forward to your responses. Apologies once again if this is 
inconvenient and/ or an incursion on your busy time.

regards, parminder



On Friday 13 April 2012 06:51 PM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Asia Pacific regional IGF, APrIGF, 2012 will be held in Tokyo, July 18 
> - 20.
>
> The program committee is being organized and just starting its work.
> We have not yet made the web-site for this year, but should be soon 
> prepared.
>
> If you are interested in participating in the organizing work or any other
> Information, please contact me or Prof. Ang Peng Hwa, cced here.
> To contact the local organizer, the secretariat, Japan Internet 
> Asociation,
> JAIPA, please contact Mr. Toshiaki Tateishi, also cced here.
>
> Izumi
>
>
>
> -- 
> >> Izumi Aizu <<
>           Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo
>            Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
>                                   Japan
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