<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dear
Colleagues,</span></p><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
5th Annual IGF Meeting is one day
from starting in Vilnius, Lithuania, 14 - 17 September, 2010.
The theme for
this year is “</span><span style="font-family: "Arial
Bold","serif";">IGF 2010 -
Developing the Future Together</span><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></p><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As
AfriNIC’s commitment to continue its
support and involvement of the Internet Governance Forum and
promoting Internet
Governance in the African Region, we are organising and
participating in two
key workshops during IGF2010 and in collaboration with the West
Africa Internet
Governance Forum Initiative <a href="http://www.waigf.org/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">http://www.waigf.org</span></a>/.
If you are present in
Vilnius, please plan to attend and participate in these
workshops.<span style=""> </span>See below for more detailed
information on
these workshops. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For information on
remote participation, visit<span style=""> </span></span></div><p class="FreeForm"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation</span></a></span></p><div><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif";">Workshop
#146
Internet Governance in Africa</span><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">: Impact on Africa,
Wednesday 15 Sep,
09h00 - 11h00, Room 5</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Description:<span style=""> </span>This workshop is intended to address how
Internet Governance can improve access, local content and the
management and
organisation of Internet resources in Africa and ultimately on
human and
sustainable development.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Moderators:
Ms. Faiza Azzouz, Mr.
Pierre Dandinjou</span></p><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Panelists:
Ms. Faiza Azzouz, Mr. Dawit
Bekele, Mr. Pierre Dandinjou, Mr. Adel Gaaloul, Ms. Anne-Rachel
Inne, Ms.
Fatimata Seye Sylla, Mr. Adiel Akplogan</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="FreeForm"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">For more information
about this workshop, please visit</span></p><p class="FreeForm"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2010View&wspid=146"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2010View&wspid=146</span></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Bold","serif";">Workshop
#148
The Internet and FOSS</span><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">: Applications and
Challenges for Africa,
Friday 17 Sep, 12h30 - 14h30, Room 5 </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Description:
We will address and
discuss core Open Source issues for sustainable development and
governance and
its impact on key areas. We will also give a quick overview of
the workshop
held at IGF2009 on “Mitigating the Financial Crisis With Open
Source
Applications” to ensure continuity and progression with related
workshops.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Moderator:
Mr. Katim Touray</span></p><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Panelists:
Mr. Ben Akoh, Mr. Azmy
Samer, Mr. Pierre Dandjinou, Mr. Yves MIEZAN EZO, Mr. Katim
Touray</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For
more information about this
workshop, please visit</span></p><p class="FreeForm"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2010View&wspid=148"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2010View&wspid=148</span></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="FreeForm" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thank
you for your continued support
and have a great week at IGF!</span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>