[governance] IGF Workshops

Fri Nov 16 09:15:52 EST 2012

One suggestion could be to have a specific set of criteria for "Main" or
"Feeder" workshops into the Main Sessions, assuming that the
subject-specific Main Session is doing what it is supposed to be doing, and
not degenerating into a "Mega Workshop".

All Feeder Workshops should be organized in such a way that they can
logically feed into the Main Session (i.e. they should happen before the
Main Session begins).

Additionally, perhaps the Main Sessions could /should take more of a
structured "Open Forum" approach, with the Workshop Rapporteurs/Workshop
Organizers leading and facilitating discussion from the audience with the
concept of "Main Session Panelists" being replaced by "Discussants". These
Discussants should be Subject Matter Experts in the areas under discussion
in the Main Session (stating the obvious), and should also reflect various
diversity considerations, as opposed to necessarily reflecting the
organisational composition of the IGF.

For non-"Feeder" Workshops, which are on topic, but yet not candidates for
merging, perhaps a separate day (e.g. Friday) could be set aside for these
workshops, which provide edge-type conversations to the "Main" or "Feeder"
workshops. I noted the emergence of a series of "side sessions" at this IGF
which seemed to fit this bill.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:

> Good to hear that many of the workshops were of a high quality.
>
> I think clearly 11 tracks was too many, but there was a record number
> of proposals received this year (and no doubt more next.)  Do we want
> the MAG to cut 50% or so?  Or just keep the high number?  Something to
> think about in time for taking stock consultation next February.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Luca Belli <lucabelli at hotmail.it> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > My impression is that the workshop quality has increased, compared to
> IGF 6.
> >
> > I think some efforts may be done in order to merge overlapping workshops
> but
> > it is important to stress the distinction between “duplicate workshops”
> and
> > workshops that analyse similar issues from a different angle. Indeed,
> many
> > of
> > the workshops have similar titles but completely different contents,
> format,
> > etc.
> >
> > For the sake of competition, I would say that it is better to have a
> wider
> > choice
> > of similar workshops and let the IGF participants “vote with their feet”
> by
> > participating to the most valuable ones, rather than oblige workshop
> > organisers
> > to merge.
> >
> > Furthermore, I would like to join Stuart’s nice comment on Workshop 146
> > (Intellectual
> > Property Rights and the freedom to share: are the two compatible?).
> Although
> > my
> > opinion is not really impartial, because I was directly involved in the
> > organization of
> > the workshop, I have to say that I received a lot of positive feedbacks
> and
> > the
> > participants where extremely pleased by three main features of the
> session:
> >  1) the workshop was an interactive roundtable: panellists engaged in a
> > question-and-answer debate since the very beginning and they were not
> > allowed
> > to deliver lectures (they had a maximum of 3-4 minutes to reply my
> > questions);
> >  2) a large portion of the workshop was dedicated to interventions from
> the
> > audience.
> > Indeed, we all know that some of the most interesting inputs to the
> > workshops discussions
> > frequently come from the audience;
> >  3) we have decided to promote an intergenerational dialogue: the panel
> > make-up
> > included 11 panellists that were born between the 1950s and 1990s, and
> that
> > was
> > a real surplus value.
> >
> > I know that is not realistic to involve youngsters in every workshop,
> but I
> > believe
> > that the promotion of an intergenerational dialogue is the best way to
> seize
> > the dynamics
> > of an intergenerational Internet. Moreover, having some new faces around
> can
> > just help
> > strengthen the “legitimacy” of the IGF discussions.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > Luca
> >
> > PS: the workshop report will be available by the end of the week
> >
> > Luca Belli
> > Doctorant en Droit Public
> > CERSA,Université Panthéon-Assas
> > Sorbonne University
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:46:29 +0100
> >> From: Stuart.Hamilton at ifla.org
> >> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; ajp at glocom.ac.jp
> >> Subject: RE: [governance] IGF Workshops
> >
> >>
> >> Hi Adam
> >>
> >> From the perspective of the library groups at the IGF we also felt that
> >> the quality of the workshops was good. We tried to put reports about the
> >> ones we were involved in as up as we went along, so please feel free to
> >> take a look here:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.ifla.org/news/igf-baku-workshop-130-outcomes-digital-inclusio
> >> n-and-public-access-to-the-internet
> >>
> http://www.ifla.org/news/igf-baku-workshop-168-outcomes-capacity-buildin
> >> g-initiatives
> >>
> http://www.ifla.org/news/igf-baku-workshop-146-outcomes-intellectual-pro
> >> perty-rights-and-the-freedom-to-share
> >>
> >> A background brief on libraries and public access was produced by all
> >> the library groups present, and ISOC, and can be found here:
> >> http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/WSIS/libraries_public_access.pdf
> >>
> >> Our first Dynamic Coalition workshop also went well, so there will be
> >> outcomes from that to share soon enough. For those of you interested in
> >> issues relating to public access to the Internet please consider joining
> >> the DC's mailing list: http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/pal-dc
> >>
> >> In general, I felt that that the sessions I got the most out of were
> >> those on intellectual property - there seemed to be more input from
> >> rightsholders this year (RIAA, Disney) and this made the discussions
> >> more interesting for me. It was good to get some input from the side of
> >> the media corps/reps as I feel previous IGF workshops on this topic have
> >> had quite a lot of groups from civil society in general agreement. Made
> >> for a better discussion.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Stuart
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: apeake at gmail.com [mailto:apeake at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Adam
> Peake
> >> Sent: 13 November 2012 11:18
> >> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> >> Subject: [governance] IGF Workshops
> >>
> >> A lot of people I spoke to in Baku last week were very positive about
> >> the workshops, pretty common message was that the content the best of
> >> any IGF. Not the main sessions, the workshops. I was working for the
> >> secretariat (contract ended with the conference), I didn't make it to
> >> any workshop, and not much outside the main hall.
> >>
> >> I'd love to hear of workshops and other meetings people found valuable.
> >> Is there something to build on for next year? Taking stock for the
> >> first consultation of next year will start soon (or soon'ish).
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
> >>
>
>
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