The Internet Governance Forum

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The 2010 IGF Meeting

The fifth annual IGF Meeting will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010.

The overall theme is: 'IGF 2010 – developing the future together'
The agenda for the meeting is contained in an open invitation addressed to all stakeholders on 25 March 2010.

Schedule of main sessions:

	14 September	15 September	16 September	17 September
10:00 - 11:30	Internet governance – setting the scene	Managing critical internet resources	Security, openness and privacy	Taking stock of Internet governance and the way forward
11:30 - 13:00	Regional perspectives	Managing critical internet resources	Security, openness and privacy	Taking stock of Internet governance and the way forward
13:30 - 14:30	Lunch
15:00 - 16:30	Opening ceremony/session	Access and Diversity	Internet governance for development	Emerging issues
16:30 - 18:00				Closing ceremony

Overall schedule: [pdf] [xls] [html].
[The schedule reflects the status as per 01 September 2010 – please check this Web site for updates.]

The programme description of the main sessions is now available.

The list of main session speakers and their biographies is now available.

The latest version of the programme paper for the Vilnius meeting is available here.
[The paper reflects the status as per 25 August 2010 – please check this Web site for updates.]

Online registration for the Vilnius meeting has now closed. On site registration will begin on 11 September at the LITEXPO.
Details about visas are available on the host country Web site.
A provisional list of currently registered participants for the Vilnius meeting is available.

Media participants are required to register using this link.

Thirty one remote hubs have registered to facilitate remote participation. More details on how to participate remotely will be made available soon

Workshop organizers can now submit biographies for workshops panellists by following this link (Log-in needed).

The Preparatory Process

An open planning meeting took place on 28 - 29 June 2010.

The full day transcript of the 28 June session of the planning meeting is available.
The full day transcript of the 29 June session of the planning meeting is available.
The archive of the webcast for 28 June and 29 June are available.

Planning Meeting Archive
Day 1	Transcript¨[fullday ]	Video archive [morning and afternoon]
Day 2	Transcript [fullday]	Video archive [morning and afternoon]

The list of workshop proposals for IGF 2010 is available.

All workshop organizers are reminded that they are requested to provide a remote moderator

The l ist of resource persons for IGF 2010 is available.

The following deadlines were set for the coming months:

Current Deadlines
15 October	Deadline for comments on the MAG Questionnaire.
15 August	[New] Deadline for workshop organizers to provide speakers' bios.
31 July	[New] Deadline for the registration of Remote Hubs
15 July	Deadline for contributions on "Taking stock of Internet Governance and the way forward"
11 July	Deadline for all workshop organizers to provide a remote moderator.
25 June	Deadline for requesting a slot for Dynamic Coalition meetings.
15 June	Deadline for requesting a slot to present national/regional meetings.
15 June	Deadline for requesting a booth in the IGF village.
30 May	Deadline for submitting proposals for open forums and providing speakers list.
30 May	Deadline for completing programmes and providing speakers list.
30 April	Deadline for expressing interest in registering as a resource person.
15 April	Deadline for providing proposals for workshops/best practice forums etc.
30 March	Deadline for submitting meeting/activity reports for Dynamic Coalitions.

Written contributions are welcome and will be posted on an ongoing basis.Please send the contributions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Contributions and comments will be incorporated into a revised version of the programme paper.

[New] A summary report of the MAG meeting on 12 May 2010 is available. To follow up on this meeting, a request for comment through a Web based form will be issued in due course.

[New] A press release on the renewal of the MAG mandate was issued by the UN in New York.

Open consultations were held on 9 February 2010 to take stock of the Sharm El Sheikh meeting and discuss the agenda and the format of the Vilnius meeting.

The transcript of the open consultations and the archives of the consultations are available.

A synthesis paper reflecting all contributions that take stock of the Sharm El Sheikh meeting and provide suggestions for the agenda and format of the Vilnius meeting is available [pdf] [rtf].

On the continuation of the IGF

[New] The Secretary-General's note on the Continuation of the Internet Governance Forum is now available in all UN languages. [عربي] [中文] [English] [Français] [Русский] [Español]

A statement by Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang on matters related to the continuation of the Internet Governance Forum is available.

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