[governance] Opening Session @ the Global Conference on Cyberspace - thoughts welcome

[Nnenna Nwakanma]

Dear all,

If all goes as planned, I will be at the opening panel on the morning of
April 16th.  If you have any thoughts you would like me "not to forget",
please feel free to share.  I have pasted the blurb, including the
questions below.  Kindly note the following:

   1. Because I only arrive on the 15th, I will be missing the Civil
   Society pre-event. So apologies upfront.
   2. I will try, to the measure possible to represent Civil Society views,
   but I do not and will not pretend to be representing anybody.
   3. I neither have the energy, time, nor bandwidth to engage in any
   debates, especially the type that seeks to lead nowhere, that has become
   the signature of some CS spaces.
   4. Feel free to mail nnenna at webfoundation directly if that is the best
   option for you.

==

Opening session

Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, will open the conference,
followed by an introduction by Bert Koenders, Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Netherlands, host of the GCCS. The conference will start with a
strategic discussion among representatives of all stakeholders on the most
important current developments in cyberspace. A panel consisting of
high-level government officials and private sector and civil society
leaders will sketch the main opportunities, dilemmas and challenges facing
the further evolution of the internet. All main issues of the conference
will be touched upon: internet governance and multistakeholder cooperation,
freedom and privacy online, the digital divide, the internet as enabler for
social and economic development, cyber security and cybercrime. The panel
will address questions such as:

   - How should we balance freedom, security and economic development and
   innovation in cyberspace?
   - How do we guarantee an open, free and secure internet?
   - What are the responsibilities of the various stakeholders in
   cyberspace, e.g.: what  role should governments vis a vis the private
   sector play in protecting privacy online?
   - How can we improve cooperation between governments, private sector and
   civil society in cyber-related matters?
   - How can we maintain and improve trust by consumers in the internet?
   - How can we stimulate research and development, and interdisciplinary
   academic cooperation in order to strengthen cyberspace?

The panel will be followed by ministerial statements.

*Panelists:*

   - Mireille Ballestrazzi
   <https://www.gccs2015.com/sites/default/files/documents/Mireille%20Ballestrazzi.pdf>,
   President of Interpol
   - Vint Cerf
   <https://www.gccs2015.com/sites/default/files/documents/Vint%20Cerf.pdf>,
   Vice-President of Google
   - Nnenna Nwakanma
   <https://www.gccs2015.com/sites/default/files/documents/Nenna%20Nwakanma.pdf>,
   World Wide Web Foundation
   - Fadi Chehadé
   <https://www.gccs2015.com/sites/default/files/documents/Fadi%20Chehad%C3%A9%20opening%20session.pdf>,
   CEO ICANN
   - Yurie Ito
   <https://www.gccs2015.com/sites/default/files/documents/Yurie%20Ito%20Opening.pdf>,
Director
   of Global Coordination Division for the JPCERT/CC
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