[AfrICANN-discuss] Re: [africs-ig] THE FUTURE OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE AFTER DUBAI: ARE WE HEADING TO A FEDERATED INTERNET?

[McTim]

Hi Pierre,


There is an event today that may also be of interest.

Streaming at:

http://csis.org/event/geopolitics-internet-governance



On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fyi,
>
> We might need to have this kind of debates in our African fora as well?
>
> Pierre
>
> Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI)
>
> THE FUTURE OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE AFTER DUBAI: ARE WE HEADING TO A FEDERATED
> INTERNET?
>
> 20 June 2013
>
> Columbia University, New York
>
> To register please visit:
>
> http://futureofinternetgovernance.eventbrite.com
>
> The purpose of this conference is to assemble representatives of different
> stakeholders in order to launch a discussion of potential scenarios of the
> future of internet governance:
>
> ·      Do we need to move to a different approach of Internet governance?
> ·      What are the geopolitical issues of Internet governance?
> ·      How can the multi-stakeholder approach be improved?
> ·      What is the future of role of the ITU?
> ·      Should ICANN be reformed?
> ·      Should governments assume a more pro-active role?
>
> Among the speakers participating:
>
> ·      Eli Noam, Professor – Columbia Business School (confirmed)
> ·      Anne Carblanc, Principal Administrator in the Information Computer
> and Communications Policy Division - OECD (confirmed)
> ·      Dr. Hamadoun Tourè, Secretary General - ITU (confirmed)
> ·      Aparna Sridhar, Policy Counsel – Google (confirmed)
> ·      Christopher Yoo, Professor - University of Pennsylvania (confirmed)
> ·      Esther Dyson, Chairman -  EDventures Holding (confirmed)
> ·      William Hearmon, Head – Africa Broadband Forum (confirmed)
> ·      Musab Abdulla, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority-Bahrain
> ·      Richard Hill, President - Association for Proper Internet Governance
> (confirmed by webex)
> ·      Robert Pepper, VP Public Policy - Cisco (invited)
> ·      Larry Strickling, Assistant Secretary - NTIA (invited)
> ·      Lorenzo Pupillo, Executive Director Public and Regulatory, Telecom
> Italia (confirmed)
> ·      Jamie Hedlund, VP- Stakeholder Engagement -  ICANN (invited)
> ·      Bertrand de la Chapelle, International Diplomatic Academy, Paris
> (confirmed via webex)
> ·      Wolfgang Kleinwachter, University of Aarhus (confirmed via webex)
>
> the registration is here: http://citifederatedinternet.eventbrite.com/
>
>
>
>
> --
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Cheers,

McTim
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