[afrinic-discuss] The Internet/ Technical Community at ITU Telecom World, Hong Kong, China - ISOC report

[Dave Kissoondoyal]

ISOC, along with ICANN and the NRO, participated in Telecom World 2006 in
Hong Kong from December 4 - 8.  ISOC, ICANN and the NRO implemented an
Internet Pavilion as an outreach tool for business leaders and policy
makers.  ISOC also participated in the Forum and the parallel Youth Forum
activities.  ISOC participated in the event as a part of its ongoing
outreach activities related to policy and to overall visibility in the
Internet space with ICANN and the NRO.

Telecom World occurs every 3 years and comprises two tracks - a trade show
and a Forum in which a range of issues are discussed typically related to
technology, strategy and policy.  Senior business leaders and policy makers
confer and connect - the event is not a pure policy related event but rather
a policy and business environment influencing event.

The Internet pavilion was similar in purpose to that deployed at the WSIS
meeting in Tunis.  In Hong Kong the mix of business interest and policy
interest was similar, contrary to the more policy focus of the WSIS.  The
Hong Kong event proved to be a useful opportunity for the community to
reinforce its messages not only among policy makers but also among industry
leadership.

ISOC participated in the Forum track directly: Matthew Shears spoke in two
sessions, the first on "The future of Internet Governance" and the second on
"New rules and roles in the Digital Age". 

Constance Bommelaer chaired an all-day session on cyber security, entitled
"Countering Spam Cooperation Agenda".  This proved to be a very useful
vehicle for positioning ISOC in the cyber security debate more visibly.
During this session, the OECD and the ITU presented the "StopSpam
Coallition", a recent joint initiative gathering information and resources
on combating spam (www.stopspamalliance.org
<http://www.stopspamalliance.org/>  ). This initiative was launched by APEC,
the EU's CNSA, ITU, the London Action Plan and the Seoul-Melbourne Anti-Spam
Group. It is an open initiative any relevant organization can join. The
overall session description can be found here:
http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/TELECOM/scripts/forum/forum.programme?event=
wt2006&_dossierid=758&_languageid=1.

Matthew also participated in the Youth Forum parallel event.  The Youth
Forum is an ITU activity that brings a select group of young leaders in the
ICT area to Telecom World and puts them through a range of sessions that
leverage the main Forum sessions and speakers.  The program details can be
found here:    http://www.itu.int/WORLD2006/forum/youth.html.  Matthew spoke
in a session on "Applications and Technologies for Digital Society" and
participated in a workshop on strategic communications.  ISOC's role was
recognized during the closing Youth Forum plenary.

Drew Dvorshak, ISOC's new Senior Manager of Organizational Membership also
attended, meeting with existing and potential members.   He had
conversations with representatives from roughly 25 prospective member
organizations from around the world including notable telecoms/network
providers, ISPs, equipment manufacturers, government ministries and others.
In addition to that, he made useful contacts within national and regional
economic development organizations such as UBI France, UK Trade & Investment
and OECD.  He expects that as those relationships develop, they will lead to
introductions with representatives from even more prospective organizational
members within their respective spheres of influence.

An overview of ISOC's participation in the event, including supporting
materials, PowerPoints and speaking notes, etc., can be found here:
http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/telecom2006.shtml

The Telecom World 2006 site can be found here:
http://www.itu.int/WORLD2006/index.html and the Forum page here:
http://www.itu.int/WORLD2006/forum/programme_preview.html.  Each of the
sessions was vodcast - but the downloads are very large.

Overall, the event proved to be a very valuable way for ISOC to build on its
continued policy and leadership-related outreach activities, build
relationships with the membership and continue to demonstrate leadership in
the Internet governance space.  

Best regards

Dave Kissoondoyal
President - ISOC Mauritius
PIR .ORG Advisory Council Member
ISOC Ambassador to WSIS
Technical Director - Teleforma Mauritius Ltd
10th Floor
Ebene Cybercity
Rose Hill
Mauritius 


-----Original Message-----
From: afrinic-discuss-bounces at afrinic.net
[mailto:afrinic-discuss-bounces at afrinic.net] On Behalf Of Yassin Mshana
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:51 PM
To: afrinic-discuss at afrinic.net; ngnog-discuss at abuja.forum.org.ng
Subject: Re: [afrinic-discuss] Re: NRO at ITU Telecom World, Hong Kong,
China

Seconded !

Please lets move on positively.

I believe in "consensus" - the best democtratic way to govern global issues 
and ICANN is doing that. I have experienced that and been part of Policy 
Development Process .....There is NO Hidden Agenda so please ALL come out 
and contribute...

Cheers

Yassin


>From: Sunday Adekunle Folayan <sfolayan at skannet.com.ng>
>Reply-To: AfriNIC Discuss <afrinic-discuss at afrinic.net>
>To: AfriNIC Discuss <afrinic-discuss at afrinic.net>,        Discussion List 
>for Network Operators <ngnog-discuss at abuja.forum.org.ng>
>Subject: Re: [afrinic-discuss] Re: NRO at ITU Telecom World, Hong Kong, 
>China
>Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:59:08 +0100
>
>.... and in addition we (Technical people) should (out of this realization)

>pass this our culture, to our children to carry on, after us!
>
>Sunday.
>
>Dave Kissoondoyal wrote:
>>Dear Staphane,
>>
>>I don't think that there exist any hidden agenda to be pro ICANN or 
>>against
>>ICANN. The issue is that we, the technical people should have our opinions
>>voiced out and I can see the only way that we can achieve this is having a
>>common front. Nobody can deny that the open and transparent development of
>>the Internet has been possible thanks mainly because of the "Technical
>>People" and it is our duty to make sure that there is no diversion to this
>>"open and transparent future development" rule. The only way we can make
>>sure that this is the case is by being part of it, not outside.
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Dave Kissoondoyal
>>President, ISOC Mauritius
>>PIR .ORG AC Member
>>Director of IT - Teleforma Mauritius Ltd
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: afrinic-discuss-bounces at afrinic.net
>>[mailto:afrinic-discuss-bounces at afrinic.net] On Behalf Of Stephane
>>Bortzmeyer
>>Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:43 AM
>>To: AfriNIC Discuss
>>Subject: [afrinic-discuss] Re: NRO at ITU Telecom World, Hong Kong, China
>>
>>On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 05:41:59PM +0400,
>>  Hisham R Rojoa <hisham at afrinic.net> wrote  a message of 136 lines which 
>>said:
>>
>>
>>>The 'Internet Pavilion' booth is co-sponsored by the NRO, ICANN, and
>>>ISOC and aims to promote a greater understanding of the existing
>>>open and transparent bottom-up development processes of the
>>>technical Internet community.
>>>
>>
>>I seriously challenge the idea that there exists a "technical Internet
>>community". Technical people, like the others, are divided about
>>Internet governance issues. Not all of them support ICANN or would
>>write, without laughing, that is has "open and transparent bottom-up
>>development processes".
>>
>>IMHO, the NRO should not engage into what really looks like pro-ICANN
>>political propaganda.
>>
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