Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) Meeting 2009
Programme
for the Main Sessions
Sharm El Sheikh, 15-18 November 2009
The objective of the programme is to maximize the opportunity for open and
inclusive dialogue and the exchange of ideas; to try and create feedback loops
between the different types of sessions; to create opportunities to share best
practices and experiences; to listen, dialogue and learn as well as to identify
key themes that would, in the future, benefit from the multistakeholder
perspective of the IGF.
“Internet Governance – Creating Opportunities for all” is the overall
title of the meeting. The agenda is as follows:
·
Managing critical Internet resources;
·
Security, openness and privacy;
·
Access and diversity;
·
Internet governance in the light of WSIS principles;
·
Taking stock and the way forward – on the desirability
of the continuation of the Forum;
·
Emerging issues: Impact of Social Networks.
The basic format of the previous meetings, with main sessions, workshops
and other events, will be maintained.
Each of the main sessions will be an opportunity for
productive exchange between all stakeholders on policy
approaches, challenges, and practical options to address them. The goal is to
discuss practices or issues and their relevance to all stakeholders.
Internet
governance – Setting the Scene:
Orientation Session: 15 November, 10:00 – 11:30
Moderators:
·
Ms. Nermine El Saadany, Director, International
Relations Division, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology,
Egypt
·
Mr. Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, IGF
Secretariat
Panellists:
·
Mr. N. Ravi Shanker,
Joint Secretary, Department of Information
Technology, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India
·
Ms. Marilyn Cade, President, ICT Strategies, mCADE llc
·
Mr. Rafik Dammak,
Masters research student, Graduate
School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo
·
Mr. Lee Hibbard, Media and Information Society
Division / Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of
Europe (CoE)
·
Mr. Jovan Kurbalija, Director, DiploFoundation
·
Mr. Alexander Ntoko,
Head of ITU Corporate Strategy
Division, ITU
·
Ms. Virginia Paque, Program Coordinator, Internet
Governance Capacity Building, DiploFoundation and co-coordinator of the
Internet Governance Caucus
·
Mr. Nii Qaynor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Network Computer Systems; President, Internet Society of Ghana
This session will give participants background on Internet governance in
general and the IGF in particular. The intent of the session is to improve
participants’ ability to engage in and benefit from the IGF meeting. It will
explain the basic functioning of the IGF and the issues it has been dealing
with to assist in creating a common background with regard to the depth and
focus of the discussions and maximize participation. The session will also give
an overview of the programme.
Regional
Perspectives: 15 November, 11:30 – 13:00
Moderators:
·
Ms. Christina Arida, Director
of Telecom Planning and Services, National Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt
·
Mr. Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, IGF
Secretariat
Panellists:
·
Mr. Carlos Afonso, Planning
Director, Rits (Information Network for the Third
Sector),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
·
Ms. Alice Munyua, Member of the Board of Directors,
Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), Vice Chair, Kenya Network Information
Centre (KENIC-Kenya's ccTLD manager)
·
Mr. Thomas Schneider, Information society coordinator,
International Affairs Department, Swiss Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM)
·
Mr. Ayman El-Sherbiny, Information
Technology Officer, ICT Division, ESCWA, Lebanon
·
Mr. Issah Yahaya,
Head, Policy Planning, Monitoring
& Evaluation/Telecoms, Ministry of Communications, Ghana
This session will bring in different regional experiences, as they
emerged from various regional and national meetings.
Opening
Ceremony: 15 November, 14:00 – 17:00
·
Mr. Sha Zukang,
United Nations
Under-Secretary-General for Economic & Social Affairs
·
H. E. Mr. Tarek Kamel,
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
·
H. E. Mr.
Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister,
Egypt
·
Mr.
Hamadoun Touré,
Secretary
General, International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Special Keynote Addresses:
·
Sir
Tim Berners-Lee, Father of the World Wide Web, Director of World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C),
United Kingdom
·
Mr. Jerry Yang, Co-Founder and Chief Yahoo, Yahoo -
USA
Opening Session:
·
H.
E. Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger, Head of the
Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication,
Switzerland.
H. E. Mr. Jozsef Györöks,
State Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Slovinia
(Joint Statement representing the Slovenian/Swiss Chair of the Council of
Europe. Committee of Ministers)
·
Ms. Lisa Horner, Global Partners tld,
UK
· H. E. Ms. Åsa Torstensson,
Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Sweden. Representing the EU Presidency
· H. E. Ms. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for ICT and Media
·
H.
E. Mr. Pedro Sebastiao Teta,
Vice Minister, Information and Communications Technology, Angola
· H. E. Mr. Augusto Gadelha, Vice Minister of Science & Technology, Brazil
· Ambassador Philip Verveer, United States Coordinator, International Communications and Information Policy, United States Department of State
· H. E. Ms. Nathalie
Kosciusko-Morizet, Secretary of State for Prospective
and the Development of the Digital Economy, France
· Ms.
Lynn St. Amour, President & CEO,
Internet Society (ISOC)
·
Abdul
Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for
Communication and Information, UNESCO
·
Mr. Subramanian Ramadorai, Vice-Chairman of
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd,
TATA, Chairman, ICC-BASIS, India
·
Mr. Rod Beckstrom, President
and CEO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
·
Mr. Jean Rozwadowski, Secretary General,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
· Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to
the Secretary-General on Internet Governance
Gala Dinner hosted by the Host Country: 15 November, 20:30
Managing Critical Internet Resources:
16 November, 10:00 – 13:00
Chair:
· Mr.
Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to the
Secretary-General on Internet Governance and Chairman of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group
Moderators:
·
Mr. Chris Disspain, Chief Executive Officer, .AU
Registry; Chair, Council of Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
·
Ms. Jeanette Hofmann, Senior Researcher, London School
of Economics and Political Science (LSE)/Social Science Research Center Berlin
This session will be held in the form
of an open discussion, without panellists, in order to promote greater
participation by all stakeholders to inform and provide their perspectives. It will
be managed by the Chair and moderators with resource persons on call in the
audience. The following issues were mentioned, among others, to be addressed
under this heading:
·
Transition from IPv4 to IPv6;
·
The JPA, the IANA contract and the role of governments;
·
The internationalization of critical Internet
resources management;
·
The importance of new TLDs and IDNs for development;
·
Enhanced cooperation.
Security, Openness and Privacy: 16 November, 15:00 – 18:00
Chairs:
·
Ms. Jasna Matić, Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society,
Serbia
·
Mr. Sherif Hashem, Vice Executive President of the Information Technology
Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Egypt
Moderator:
·
Mr. Marc Rotenberg,
Executive Director, Electronic
Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Panellists:
·
Mr. Joseph H. Alhadeff, Vice President for Global
Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer, Oracle Corporation
·
Mr,. Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom
of Opinion and Expression
·
Ms. Cristine Hoepers, Senior Security Analyst and
General Manager, CERT.br
·
Ms. Namita Malhotra,
Researcher, Alternative Law Forum,
Bangalore, India
·
Mr. Bruce Schneier,
Chief Security Technology Officer,
British Telecom
·
Mr. Alexander Seger, Head of Economic Crime Division,
Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe
The discussion of this cluster of
issues will be introduced by a panel of practitioners to set the stage and
bring out options for how to deal with the policy and practical choices related
to the different facets of these themes. The discussion will cover practical
aspects of the coordination needed to secure the network (e.g. to fight spam)
and their relationship to issues pertaining to openness (e.g. ensuring the open
architecture of the Internet).
Issues to be discussed will include:
·
The respect for privacy as a business advantage;
·
Identity theft, identity fraud, and information
leakage;
·
Web 2.0;
·
Social networks;
·
Cloud computing and privacy, e.g. control of one’s own
data and data retention;
·
Cultural and technical perspectives on the regulation
of illegal Web contents;
·
Regulatory models for privacy;
·
Ensuring the open architecture of the Internet;
·
Net Neutrality;
·
Enabling frameworks for freedom;
·
Ethical dimensions of the Internet.
Access and Diversity: 17 November, 10:00 – 13:00
This session will be split into two
and draw in the outcomes of related workshops, which could compare and contrast
approaches and best practices.
Chair:
·
Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh,
Chariman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, Egypt.
Moderator:
·
Mr. Jonathan Charles, Presenter, BBC World News
Panellists:
·
Mr. Gerry Ellis, Accessibility and Usability
consultant, Feel The BenefIT
·
Mr. Shadi Abou Zhara,
Activity Lead, WAI International
Program Office, W3C
·
Ms. Cynthia Waddell, Executive Director, International
Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)
·
Ms. Andrea Saks, Convener of the joint coordination
activity on accessibility and human factors, Coordinator, Dynamic Coalition on
Accessibility and Disability
·
Mr. Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for
Communication and Information, UNESCO
·
Mr. Abdulaziz Al Zoman, SaudiNIC (.sa)
·
Mr. Dwayne Bailey, Research Director, ANLoc (African
Network for Localisation)
Issues:
·
Access for people with disabilities;
·
Multilingualism and IDNs.
Chairs:
·
Mr. Amr Badawi, Executive President, National Telecommunications Authority
Regulation (NTRA), Egypt
Moderator:
·
Mr. Hopeton Dunn, Director, Caribbean Programme in
Telecommunications Policy and Technology Management (TPM), Mona School of
Business, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Panellists:
·
Mr. Ben Akoh,
ICT Programmme Manager, Open Society
Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
·
Mr. Pierre Dandjinou,
CEO, Strategic Consulting Group SCG
·
Mr. Mohamed El Nawawy, Vice Chairman Telecom Egypt Company, Egypt
·
Mr. Ernest Ndukwe,
Chief Executive Officer and Executive
Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
·
Mr. Ermanno Pietrosemoli, President, EsLaRed,
Venezuela
Issues mentioned for this session
included:
·
National and international regulatory issues;
·
National and regional backbones;
·
Infrastructure;
·
Interconnection costs;
·
Enabling Internet Exchange Points (IXPs);
·
Modes of access and regulatory challenges;
·
Safety and redundancy of access, e.g. cable cuts;
·
Issues in mobile access.
Internet Governance in the Light of
the WSIS Principles: 17 November, 15:00 - 18:00
Chair:
·
Mr. Ahmed El-Sherbini, Deputy to the Minister for
International Cooperation, Director of the National Telecommunications
Institute, Egypt
Moderators
·
Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director,
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
·
Mr. Bill Graham, Gloal Strategic Engagement, the
Internet Society (ISOC)
·
Ambassador Jānis Kārkliņš, Ambassador
of Latvia to France and Permanent Representative to UNESCO
This session builds on the WSIS
Principles, as contained in the Geneva Declaration of Principles and the Tunis
Agenda for the Information Society, in particular on Paragraphs 29 and 31. The
Session will be based on Paragraph 72 i) of the Tunis Agenda which mandates the
IGF to “promote and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS
principles in Internet governance processes”. This session will be held in the
form of an open discussion without panellists.
Host Country Honourary Session: 18 November 10:00 – 11:15
"Preparing the Young Generations in the Digital Age: A
Shared Responsibility"
The session will discuss how IGF 2009 has created
"Opportunities For All", with a special focus on young people, as the
primary users and innovators of the Internet. Through a synthesis of the past 3
days activities, the session will illustrate the way young people were
integrated in the debates on diversity, openness, privacy and development, and
most importantly on empowerment and online safety issues. The session will
demonstrate the vision and achievements in e-safety and global challenges
facing the international community in this particular area.
Introduction & Welcome:
·
H.E. Mr. Tarek Kamel, Minister of
Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
Keynote Speech:
·
H.E Ms. Suzanne
Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt, President and Founder of the Suzanne Mubarak
Women's International Peace Movement
Acknowledgement:
·
Mr Sha Zukang,
Under- Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Panel Moderator:
·
Ms. Hoda Baraka,
First Deputy to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology,
Egypt.
Panelists:
·
Ambassador David Gross, former U.S. Coordinator
for International Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. Department
of State.
·
Mr. Robert Pepper, Vice President
Global Technology Policy, Cisco.
· Ms. Marilyn
Cade,
President, ICT Strategies, mCADE llc
· Mr.
Jovan Kurbalija,
Founding
Director of DiploFoundation (Malta/Geneva), member of the UN Working Group on
Internet Governance, Special Advisor to the Chairman of the IGF, Serbia
·
Mr. John Carr, Secretary of the
Children's Charities Coalition on Internet Safety, UK
Signature of MoUs between
SMWIPM and:
·
Family Online Safety
Institute FOSI
·
IBM
·
Microsoft - 2CENTER
·
Oracle
Acknowledging Young People's Efforts:
·
Net Aman Group.
·
DiploFoundation.
·
UN GAID e-leaders
Committee for ICT and Development
Taking Stock and Looking Forward – on the desirability
of the continuation of the Forum:
Part I: 18 November, 11:30 – 13:00
Part II: 18 November, 14:30 – 16:00
Chair:
·
Mr. Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs
The focus of this three hour session
will be: “formal consultations with Forum participants” on the “desirability of
the continuation of the Forum”, as stipulated by Paragraph 76 of the Tunis
Agenda. These consultations have been initiated by an online process, starting
with a questionnaire prepared by the IGF secretariat. A synthesis paper
reflecting all commentaries received is available in all UN languages.
The discussions will be held on the
basis of a pre-established speakers list. Interested participants can request a
speaking slot by sending an email to igfstock@intgovforum.org
with the heading “taking stock”.
Emerging Issues - Impact of Social
Networks: 18 November, 16:00 – 18:00
Chair:
·
H. E. Mr. Samuel Poghisu, Minister of Information and
Communications of Kenya
·
Mr. Tarek
el Saadani, Advisor to Minister of Communication and
Information Technology for Technology Policies, Egypt
Moderator:
·
Mr. Simon Davies, Founder and Director of Privacy
International
Panellists:
·
Mr. Sunil Abraham, Director of Policy, Centre for
Internet and Society, Bangalore
·
Ms. Dorothy Atwood, Chief Privacy
Officer, AT&T
·
Ms. Grace Bomu, Manager, Actor and Policy advocate,
Kenya-Heartstrings Kenya and Fanartics Theatre Company, Kenya
·
Ms. Rebecca MacKinnon, Open Society Institute fellow,
Global Network Initiative co-founder, Hong Kong
·
Mr. Sergio Suiama, Prosecutor for the State of São
Paulo, Brazil
·
Ms. Rachel O' Connell, vice president of people
networks and chief safety officer for Bebo
This session will focus on the
development on the development of social media (social networks, user-generated
content sites, micro-blogging, collaboration tools, etc. and explore whether
this development requires to modify traditional policy approaches, in
particular regarding privacy and data protection, rules applicable to
user-generated content and copyrighted material, as well as freedom of
expression and illegal content. The session will also address the importance of
the “terms of service” of large platforms, how they are developed and their
relationship with emerging business models based on behavioral analysis.
Closing Ceremony: 18 November, 18:00 – 18:30
· Mr. Sha
Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for
Economic and Social Affairs
· Ms. Anja Kovacs, Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India
·
Mr Raul Echeberria, CEO
of LACNIC and Chair of the Board of Internet Society (ISOC)
·
Mr Herbert Heitmann, Chief Communications Officer, Global
Communications, SAP; Chair, EBITT Commission, ICC,
Germany
·
Mr Aurimas Matulis, Director, Information Society
Development Committee, Lithuania
·
H.E. Mr. Tarek Kamel,
Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Egypt
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