<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Seth Johnson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seth.p.johnson@gmail.com">seth.p.johnson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 4:39 AM<br>Subject: Next Week: Geneva Internet Platform<br><br><br><br><a href="http://giplatform.org/gic" target="_blank">http://giplatform.org/gic</a><br>
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The Geneva Internet Conference (GIC) will address critical issues,<br>
gaps, and future developments in Internet governance (IG) and digital<br>
politics. The conference will provide a neutral and inclusive space<br>
for debates as it paves the way to 2015, building on the main events<br>
and developments in 2014, including announcement of the transition of<br>
the IANA oversight of Internet functions, NETmundial and the Internet<br>
Governance Forum.<br>
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Registrations to attend the conference in situ in Geneva are now<br>
closed. You may still participate online. Please check "Remote<br>
participation" tab for more info.<br>
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Programme includes two "fathers of the Internet" -- Bob Kahn and Louis Pouzin:<br>
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DAY ZERO – 17 November 2014<br>
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<a href="tel:14.00" value="+661400">14.00</a> ‒ <a href="tel:17.00" value="+661700">17.00</a> Introduction to Internet governance<br>
(pre-conference workshop) - Auditorium Kreuzel<br>
<br>
<a href="tel:17.30" value="+661730">17.30</a> ‒ <a href="tel:19.30" value="+661930">19.30</a> Keynote address by Fadi Chehadé, President and<br>
Chief Executive Officer, ICANN (Auditorium de Mello)<br>
<br>
Inauguration of Geneva Digital Landscape IG 360° followed by a<br>
reception - WMO Attic<br>
<br>
DAY ONE – 18 November 2014<br>
<br>
The Internet governance landscape<br>
09.30 ‒ <a href="tel:10.00" value="+661000">10.00</a><br>
<br>
Welcome and opening remarks (Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Amb. Jürg Lauber, Head of Division, UN and International Organisations<br>
Division, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs<br>
<br>
Ruedi Noser, National Counselor, President of ICT Switzerland and the<br>
initiators of the Geneva Internet Platform<br>
<br>
<a href="tel:10.00" value="+661000">10.00</a> ‒ <a href="tel:11.00" value="+661100">11.00</a><br>
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FORUM: One Internet – many policy angles (Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General elect & Director,<br>
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU<br>
<br>
Yi Xiaozhun, Deputy Director General, WTO<br>
<br>
Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR<br>
<br>
Christian Wichard, Deputy Director-General, Global Issues Sector, WIPO<br>
<br>
Preserving one Internet involves different policy processes. More than<br>
50% of global Internet policy is discussed and decided on in Geneva:<br>
telecom infrastructure, human rights, e-commerce, digital intellectual<br>
property are just a few of the areas. This high-level panel will<br>
discuss different policy angles, and ways in which cross-cutting<br>
Internet policy can be developed. High officials from the ITU, the<br>
WTO, and WIPO will discuss potential synergies among their activities<br>
of the relevance for the Internet.<br>
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<a href="tel:11.30" value="+661130">11.30</a> ‒ <a href="tel:13.00" value="+661300">13.00</a><br>
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FORUM: Mapping the Internet governance landscape ‒ actors, processes,<br>
and issues (Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation and GIP<br>
<br>
Louis Pouzin, expert in computer communications (one of the fathers of<br>
the Internet)<br>
<br>
William J. Drake, International Fellow and Lecturer, University of<br>
Zurich & Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, ICANN<br>
<br>
Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Managing Director, Compass Rose Sdn Bhd & Member<br>
of the Board of Directors, ICANN<br>
<br>
Khaled Fattal, Group Chairman, Multilingual Internet Group, London<br>
<br>
Internet governance is a highly complex policy space with hundreds of<br>
actors addressing more than 50 IG issues through more than 1000<br>
mechanisms (conventions, standards,events, experts groups, etc.). The<br>
more Internet impacts all spheres of our life, the more complex and<br>
broader Internet governance will become. Very few actors, if any,<br>
have a full grasp of the complexity of IG. The risk of<br>
incomprehensible IG could lead towards the marginalisation of some<br>
actors and, ultimately, a risk for legitimacy of Internet governance.<br>
In addition, good mapping of Internet governance will increase the<br>
efficiency of policy processes and reduce duplicate efforts in various<br>
forums. The session will discuss the challenge of mapping Internet<br>
governance and ways and means of making it more accessible to all<br>
concerned.<br>
<br>
The panellists will address the following issues:<br>
<br>
What does Internet governance include?<br>
What are the criteria for mapping Internet governance issues and their<br>
relevance?<br>
How can we create easier access to Internet governance?<br>
If a one-stop shop is a solution, what functions should it have and<br>
how should it be organised?<br>
<br>
14.30 ‒ 16.00<br>
<br>
Same issues, different perspectives: overcoming policy silos in<br>
privacy and data protection (Auditorium de Mello)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Vladimir Radunovic, DiploFoundation and GIP<br>
<br>
Brian Trammell, Communication Systems Group, ETH Zurich<br>
<br>
Nick Ashton-Hart, Executive Director, Internet &Digital Ecosystem<br>
Alliance (IDEA)<br>
<br>
Amb. Thomas Hajnoczi, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, Geneva<br>
<br>
Carly Nyst, Legal Director, Privacy International<br>
<br>
The omnipresence of the Internet in modern society makes most Internet<br>
policy issues transversal. For example, cybercrime cannot be addressed<br>
only as a security issue or e-commerce only as trade issue. Yet, a<br>
transversal approach is more an exception than a common practice in<br>
Internet governance. This session will discuss ways and means of<br>
introducing a transversal approach using the example of data<br>
protection and privacy, addressed from standardisation, human rights,<br>
diplomatic, security, and business perspectives.<br>
<br>
Legal framework, jurisdiction, and enforcement in Internet governance<br>
(Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Jacques de Werra,Professor, Law School, University of Geneva<br>
<br>
Rolf Weber, Professor, University of Zurich<br>
<br>
Joe Cannataci, Professor, University of Groningen<br>
<br>
Mira Burri, Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute & Lecturer,<br>
University of Bern<br>
<br>
Konstantinos Komaitis, Policy Advisor, Internet Society<br>
<br>
Xianhong Hu, Program Specialist, Division for Freedom of Expression<br>
and Media Development, UNESCO<br>
<br>
The Internet does not function in a legal vacuum. Increasingly, it is<br>
perceived that what is (il)legal offline is (il)legal online. The UN<br>
Human Rights Council made this principle explicit: ‘The same rights<br>
that people have offline must also be protected online.’ Thus, most<br>
Internet issues are already regulated in the offline environment (e.g.<br>
jurisdiction, copyright, trademark, labour law).The main challenge is<br>
how to apply these rules to Internet transactions, particularly in<br>
view of transborder aspects and the speed of Internet activities. At<br>
the preparatory seminar for the Conference, the idea of legal<br>
innovation with wisdom was suggested. It means that there is a need<br>
for innovation for the Internet, which should not ignore the wisdom<br>
of the legal profession gathered over centuries in regulating<br>
conflicts and ensuring order in human society.<br>
<br>
The session will focus on the following questions:<br>
<br>
Is there any area where the ‘offline/online principle’ cannot be<br>
applied and there will be a need for new substantive rules for the<br>
Internet?<br>
<br>
What are the specific challenges for applying existing legal rules on<br>
the Internet?<br>
<br>
How do we innovate with wisdom? What are the possible innovations?<br>
<br>
Inclusion in digital policy: e-participation and capacity development<br>
(Auditorium Kreuzel)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Pete Cranston, co-director, Euforic Services, Oxford<br>
<br>
Chengetai Masango, Programme and Technology Manager, Secretariat of<br>
the Internet Governance Forum<br>
<br>
Ginger Paque, Director of IG Programmes, DiploFoundation<br>
<br>
Anders Norsker, Head of Information Services, ITU (tbc)<br>
<br>
Marília Maciel, Researcher and Coordinator, Center for Technology and<br>
Society, FGV Brazil<br>
<br>
Anne-Rachel Inné, Vice-President, Government Engagement, ICANN<br>
<br>
Inclusive digital policy depends on e-participation and capacity<br>
development. E-participation ensures participation of all those who<br>
cannot participate in situ. It is not surprising that e-participation<br>
in global governance is most advanced in the field of Internet<br>
governance. The session will discuss the four most relevant<br>
experiences in digital policy: the IGF, ICANN, the ITU, and<br>
NETmundial.<br>
<br>
The session will provide concrete input based on the following questions:<br>
<br>
What practical techniques are there for making e-participation more effective?<br>
<br>
How can we ensure proper synchronisation between two dynamics of the<br>
event: in situ (in the conference room) and remote (via<br>
e-participation)?<br>
<br>
How do we deal with different time-zones in e-participation?<br>
<br>
How do we ensure capacity development for e-participation?<br>
<br>
DAY TWO – 19 November 2014<br>
<br>
The complexity of Internet governance: sustaining innovation while<br>
ensuring equality<br>
09.00 ‒ 10.30<br>
<br>
FORUM: How do actors cope with Internet governance complexity? (Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Robert E. Kahn, CEO and President, Corporation for National Research<br>
Initiatives (one of the fathers of the internet)<br>
<br>
Hon. Helena Dalli, Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and<br>
Civil Liberties, Malta<br>
<br>
Parminder Jeet Singh, Executive Director, IT for Change, India<br>
<br>
Marília Maciel, Center for Technology and Society, FGV Brazil<br>
<br>
Richard Samans, Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board,<br>
World Economic Forum<br>
<br>
With more than 50 Internet policy issues addressed in hundreds of<br>
various forums, many actors face difficulties in following Internet<br>
governance. Some governments, such as China, the USA, and Germany,<br>
have introduced cyber and Internet ambassadors as a way of covering<br>
foreign digital policy. Many countries started a national Internet<br>
Governance Forum in order to integrate the wider technical, academic,<br>
and business communities in Internet policies. For business and<br>
technical communities, following IG requires covering non-technical<br>
issues such as human rights (e.g. privacy). For civil society, in<br>
particular small organisations, covering the IG field is becoming very<br>
difficult. At the same time, due to the inter-connection of IG issues,<br>
many actors cannot afford not to use a comprehensive approach<br>
including technical, legal, and human rights aspects among others.<br>
Panellists will present different experiences in covering Internet<br>
governance and suggest some practical solutions. The session is<br>
planned to end with a list of concrete suggestions that should help<br>
various actors to deal with the complexity of IG.<br>
<br>
11.00 ‒ 12.30<br>
<br>
Aim for full transparency – accept exceptional translucency (Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Pete Cranston, co-director, Euforic Services, Oxford<br>
<br>
Veronica Cretu, President, Open Government Institute (Moldova)<br>
<br>
Nigel Hickson, Vice-President, UN and IGO Engagement, ICANN<br>
<br>
Avri Doria, Principal Researcher, Technicalities<br>
<br>
Kari Tapiola, Special Adviser to the Director-General, ILO<br>
<br>
Transparency is essential for robust and effective Internet<br>
governance. It is particularly important in multistakeholder spaces<br>
that typically do not have procedural mechanisms to ensure procedural<br>
transparency and due process. While full transparency should be a<br>
default operational mode, in some cases a ‘translucent’ approach could<br>
be considered (e.g. limited public participation in deliberation with<br>
full publicity of results of deliberations). This session will aim to<br>
establish criteria for determining the level of transparency needed<br>
(e.g. full transparency with transcription, access to documents,<br>
etc.). It will rely on experiences from the Open Governance<br>
Partnership and ILO communities.<br>
<br>
Subsidiarity: how to make Internet governance decisions at the<br>
appropriate level, building on lessons learned from Switzerland<br>
(Auditorium Kreuzel)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Thomas Schneider, Deputy Head of International Relations<br>
Service, OFCOM<br>
<br>
Peter Gruetter, Chairman, Swiss Telecommunications Association<br>
<br>
Norbert Bollow, co-founder and co-convenor of the Just Net Coalition<br>
<br>
Michel Veuthey, Vice-president of the International Institute of<br>
Humanitarian Law, San Remo<br>
<br>
Hanane Boujemi, Manager, IG Programme, MENA Region, HIVOS<br>
<br>
While global solutions are preferable for global issues (e.g. IG,<br>
climate change), they are often difficult to achieve. After the<br>
failure of the Copenhagen summit (2009), the climate change community<br>
focused more on local, national, and regional initiatives. The same<br>
tendencies are noticeable in IG (most cybercrime conventions are<br>
regional, protests against IG policies are regional/national – SOPA,<br>
ACTA).<br>
<br>
IG issues should be addressed at the policy level which is closest to<br>
the cause of the issues (e.g. cybercrime) or the impact a specific<br>
policy may have (e.g. access, net neutrality).<br>
<br>
The main challenges will be to ensure that ‘policy elevators’ move<br>
both ways (up and down) among local,national, regional, and global<br>
levels. The session will also discuss the practice of ‘forum shopping’<br>
(inserting policy initiatives on the most favourable policy level).<br>
Swiss academics and practitioners will present the country’s long<br>
experience in using subsidiarity principles.<br>
<br>
The panel will address the following specific questions:<br>
<br>
What issues could be addressed effectively at a lower level than a<br>
global one (e.g. regional and national levels)?<br>
<br>
How can we ensure synchronisation among different policy levels while<br>
avoiding the risk of ‘forum shopping’?<br>
<br>
Evidence in Internet governance: measurement and data-mining<br>
(Auditorium de Mello)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Vladimir Radunovic, DiploFoundation and GIP<br>
<br>
Aaron Boyd, Chief Strategy Officer, ABI Research<br>
<br>
Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Editor of Global Innovation Index & Senior Economist, WIPO<br>
<br>
Eliot Lear, Principal Engineer, CISCO Systems<br>
<br>
Kavé Salamatian, Professor, University of Savoie, France<br>
<br>
Although the Internet is an engineering artifact, we do not have<br>
sufficient technical data of relevance for Internet governance. For<br>
example, one of the major problems in cybersecurity is the lack of<br>
data about threats and losses. Policy-makers and, increasingly a more<br>
engaged general public, are looking for data such as: the impact of<br>
digital innovation on economic growth; the quantity of digital assets<br>
and their distribution worldwide, etc.<br>
<br>
The session will focus on three main issues:<br>
<br>
Mapping of available data and measurement of relevance for IG<br>
Survey of data and measurement for specific issues.<br>
Techniques and approaches to improve evidence and measurement of<br>
relevance for IG.<br>
<br>
14.00 ‒ 15.30<br>
<br>
Lessons learned from other multistakeholder processes (Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Anne-Marie Buzatu, Deputy Head of Operations IV, DCAF<br>
<br>
Andy Orsmond, Executive Director, International Code of Conduct Association<br>
<br>
Michel Quillé, Vice-President, International Forum on Technologies and Security<br>
<br>
Michele Woods, Director, Copyright Law Division, WIPO<br>
<br>
The different stakeholder communities remain divided over the<br>
legitimate carrying out and enforcement of decisions. Consequently,<br>
compliance remains a test case for IG processes.<br>
<br>
How can we ensure effective implementation and compliance of<br>
decisions, in particular those that require the participation of<br>
multiple actors with different views on legitimacy and accountability?<br>
<br>
Why did you see a need to adopt a multistakeholder approach?<br>
<br>
What challenges were you facing and how did the multistakeholder<br>
approach address them?<br>
<br>
What were the three main lessons learned and take-aways from the<br>
process, and what would you do differently?<br>
<br>
Drafting in policy processes: how can we best nurture the<br>
socialisation of policy texts in multistakeholder contexts?<br>
(Auditorium de Mello)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation and GIP<br>
<br>
Richard Hill, President, Association for Proper Internet Governance<br>
<br>
Avri Doria, Principal Researcher, Technicalities<br>
<br>
Alex Sceberras Trigona, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Malta<br>
and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta<br>
<br>
One of the fathers of the Internet Jon Postel said ‘Group discussion<br>
is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.’ The more people<br>
involved, the greater the complexity of the process. The drafting<br>
process is not individual writing; it is highly social. Thus,<br>
‘socialisation of the text’ is essential for successful negotiations.<br>
All involved should be aware of how the final draft was negotiated,<br>
what was included, and what was left out. Participants should know<br>
that their voices were heard, considered, and adopted… or not,<br>
accordingly.<br>
<br>
The panellists will address the following questions:<br>
<br>
How do we harvest and harness a wide range of inputs in the drafting process?<br>
<br>
What types of procedures are needed to ensure that the drafted text<br>
can have legitimate acceptance by most actors involved in the process?<br>
<br>
How do we deal with conflicting situations in the drafting process?<br>
<br>
Funding, accountability and trust in Internet governance (Auditorium Kreuzel)<br>
<br>
Moderator: Pete Cranston, co-director, Euforic Services, Oxford<br>
<br>
Markus Kummer, Member of the Board of Directors, ICANN<br>
<br>
Désirée Miloshevic, Senior Adviser of International Affairs and Public<br>
Policy, Afilias International<br>
<br>
Jean-Marie Chenou, Lecturer, University of Lausanne<br>
<br>
Funding, accountability, and trust are closely inter-related and are<br>
necessary for a legitimate governance system. Funding contributes to<br>
accountability, which in turn creates more trust in IG space. This<br>
session will address various approaches to fundraising in Internet<br>
governance. It will also discuss the question of accountability and<br>
trust.<br>
<br>
16.00 ‒ 17.00<br>
<br>
Closing session: wrap-up and concluding remarks (Salle Obasi)<br>
<br>
Philipp Metzger, Director-General, OFCOM<br>
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