On the first morning, there will be a session providing background on the evolution and current state of Internet governance discussions in the IGF. The objective of the session is to provide participants with some historical context on and an…

    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…

The main objective of the orientation session is to assist newcomers to engage in and benefit from the IGF. It will address some basic questions such as “what is happening in the meeting?” and explain the basic functioning of the IGF.  Beyond this…

This session will take stock of the evolution in the overall Internet governance landscape since the first IGF meeting in Athens in 2006. It will serve as a checkpoint on the changes, if any, in the practice of Internet governance over the first…

Cloud computing has been designated as the theme for the 'emerging issues' session in Vilnius. This session will bring together an overview of the issue from both the policy and the technical perspectives of the area and will provide an initial…

This session will explore the possible effects of global Internet governance arrangements on the development of the Internet and people-centred information societies in developing countries. The discussion will consider the institutional processes…

It was understood that privacy, openness, and security should not be traded off against one another or seen as opposing priorities. All three need to be considered in every issue that falls within this theme. The sessions from previous years have…

The session will focus on access to infrastructure with the related sub-themes of enabling environments and legal frameworks. Because of the addition of the Internet governance for development session it was decided to reshuffle some of the sub-…

The critical Internet resources session will follow the same model as in IGF 2009.  Issues will first be explored in the designated workshops followed by a moderated session where rapporteurs from the feeder workshops will be invited to initiate the…

The ‘setting the scene’ session will be followed by a moderated session bringing in different regional and national perspectives as they emerged from various meetings held throughout 2010. This will be a moderated session with representatives of the…

On the first morning, there will be a session providing background on the evolution and current state of Internet governance discussions in the IGF. The objective of the session is to provide participants with some historical context on and an…

Speakers list for Taking Stock and Looking Forward 2009*  1  Bob Khan  CEO and President of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)    [Video Clip  2        3        4        5        6…

Internet Governance Forum Preparatory Process Meeting. 29 June 2010  Full day transcript Geneva, Switzerland   Note: The following is the output of the real-time captioning taken during the June 2010 IGF Planning Meeting in Geneva. Although it…

  Remote Hub : Buenos Aires, Argentina Institution: University of Buenos Aires Number of Expected Participants within the Hub: 30 Possible area(s) of interest within the 5 main IGF themes: Security, openness and privacy,…

Framework of Principles for the Internet Online Collaboration Dynamic Coalition A2K@IGF Dynamic Coalition Dynamic Coalition on Access and Connectivity for Remote, Rural and Dispersed Communities Dynamic Coalition on Privacy The Stop Spam…