Geneva Internet Conference - Internet Governance at a Crossroads
The Geneva Internet Conference (GIC) will address critical issues, gaps, and future developments in Internet governance (IG) and digital politics. The conference will provide a neutral and inclusive space for debates as it paves the way to 2015, building on the main events and developments in 2014, including announcement of the transition of the IANA oversight of Internet functions, NETmundial and the Internet Governance Forum.
The conference will make use of the comparative advantages of Geneva as a global hub for IG with the presence of relevant IG-related institutions and organisations, diplomatic missions, civil society, the private sector, think-tanks, and academia.
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Agenda & Session Notes
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Moderator |
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Day One |
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1430 - 1600 |
Inclusion in digital policy: e-participation and capacity development |
Pete Cranston, DiploFoundation and GIP |
Chengetai Masango, IGF Secretariat Ginger Paque, DiploFoundation Anders Norsker, ITU (tbc) Marília Maciel, Center for Technology and Society, FGV Brazil Anne-Rachel Inn, ICANN |
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Day Two |
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11.00 ‒ 12.30 |
Aim for full transparency – accept exceptional translucency |
Pete Cranston, DiploFoundation and GIP
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Veronica Cretu, Open Government Institute (Moldova) Nigel Hickson, ICANN Avri Doria, Principal Researcher, Technicalities Kari Tapiola, ILO |
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Moderator: Pete Cranston, DiploFoundation and GIP
Veronica Cretu, Open Government Institute (Moldova)
Nigel Hickson, ICANN
Avri Doria, Principal Researcher, Technicalities
Kari Tapiola, ILO
Transparency is essential for robust and effective Internet governance. It is particularly important in multistakeholder spaces that typically do not have procedural mechanisms to ensure procedural transparency and due process. While full transparency should be a default operational mode, in some cases a ‘translucent’ approach could e considered (e.g. limited public participation in deliberation with full publicity of results of deliberations). This session will aim to establish criteria for determining the level of transparency needed (e.g. full transparency with transcription, access to documents, etc.). It will rely on experiences from the Open Governance and ILO communities.
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