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

Devon Blake devonrb at gmail.com
Thu Apr 2 12:36:32 EDT 2015


I might be a bit out of touch but there is a conundrum between the level of
individual freedom and security...security is being able to uniquely
identify every user of the internet, and  have the capacity to mitigate
against illegal or unsanctioned use... freedom here relates to the highest
concepts of human rights...and we can list them...if we can find seven
interrelated principles of human rights...and balance them against the
character of each user...then we would have set the foundation for focused
dialog on freedom vs security.
Devon
On Apr 2, 2015 3:30 AM, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <nnenna75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>      governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> To be removed from the list, visit:
>      http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>
> For all other list information and functions, see:
>      http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>      http://www.igcaucus.org/
>
> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.igcaucus.org/pipermail/governance/attachments/20150402/3f93eada/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t


More information about the Governance mailing list