Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Programme for the 2014 Meeting

The sub-themes for the meeting that were agreed by consensus are as follows:  Policies Enabling Access;  Content Creation, Dissemination and Use;  Internet as an Engine for Growth & D

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Programme for the 2014 Meeting

30 August 2014

Index

I Programme overview 2

II The agenda of the IGF 2014 meeting in Istanbul 2

III Programme outline 4

IV Workshops 6

V Proposed schedule 7

VI General principles 7

VII Meeting types and structure 8

VIII Remote participation 10

IX List of resource persons 11

X Logistics 11

XI ANNEX I – Information on Main/Focus Sessions……… 12 XII ANNEX II – Information on Best Practice Forums……… 37 XIII ANNEX III - Roundtable for Organisers of Workshops on Enhancing Digital Trust and the Internet and Human Rights ……….……… 43 XIIII ANNEX IV – Inter Regional and National Dialogue 44

I Programme overview

The Ninth Annual Meeting of the IGF will be held from 2 to 5 September 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey The objective of each annual IGF programme is to maximize the opportunity for open and inclusivedialogue and the exchange of ideas; to try and create feedback loops between the different types

of sessions; to create opportunities to share good practices and experiences; to build capacities amongst all stakeholders; and to allow participants in Istanbul and participating remotely to listen, engage in dialogue and learn as well as to identify key themes that could, in the future, benefit from the multistakeholder perspective of the IGF Each year, the programming process builds on lessons learned from previous meetings to try and produce the best experience for IGF

stakeholders

The programme for the IGF meeting in Istanbul is based on past years’ programmes and

specifically takes into account the proceedings of the Open Consultations and MAG meetings held

on 19-20 February 2014.1 The Open Consultations and MAG meetings held on 19-21 May 2014 further informed the document, as have many online discussions and planning by the MAG and other stakeholders2 The 9th IGF programme intends to introduce innovations in the overall format and thematic substance in light of comments received from the IGF multistakeholder community since the 8th IGF in Bali, as well as the recommendations of the CSTD Working Group on IGF improvements, the recommendations stemming from the NETmundial, and other related Internet governance processes

II The agenda of the IGF 2014 meeting in Istanbul

Programming for the 9th IGF began immediately after the close of the 8th IGF in Bali In December

of 2014 the Secretariat put out a call for general reflections on the Bali meeting and

recommendations for the IGF 2014 and also asked for suggestions and ideas for issues to be discussed in Istanbul A synthesis paper3 summarizing the inputs was produced and used as an input to the Open Consultations and MAG meetings which took place on 19-20 February

Taking these inputs, ideas and suggestions into account, during the February meetings, the MAG, together with all stakeholders, discussed in some detail possible themes and sub-themes for the

2014 meeting The meeting used, as a starting point, the list of suggestions received from the broad IGF multistakeholder community in response to the call from the Secretariat A working group then further categorized the many suggestions to begin more detailed discussions about what the ‘sub-themes’ of the 9th IGF would be The synthesis paper and a complete list of all contributions received, including the list of suggested themes and topics, can be found on the IGF website

The sub-themes for the meeting that were agreed by consensus are as follows:

 Policies Enabling Access;

 Content Creation, Dissemination and Use;

 Internet as an Engine for Growth & Development;

 IGF & The Future of the Internet Ecosystem;

 Enhancing Digital Trust;

 Internet and Human Rights;

 Critical Internet Resources;

These sub-themes were then used to inform the initial call for workshop proposals as potential workshop and other event organisers were asked to categorize their sessions under one of the themes to the extent possible They were asked to understand that some topics may fall under 2 ormore of the themes Proposals could also fall under an ‘other’ category, as all proposals were welcomed

It was decided that each of the sub-themes would not necessarily have a corresponding

‘main/focus’ session as has been the case in past IGFs Instead, each sub-theme would categoriseeach of the workshops and other events, and some would be included as main/focus sessions

As has been the case in planning discussions in the past, some participants urged to find a way to decrease conflicts between workshops, other events etc and the main/focus plenary sessions Some suggested to decrease the number of parallel workshops, while others suggested to leave the space for stand-alone plenary discussions where there would be no other conflicting events going on at the same time The MAG and the IGF Secretariat would work to accommodate these requests and find an appropriate balance in the program of the Forum

The overarching theme for the 2014 IG, derived by consensus of the MAG together with all IGF

stakeholders is:

"Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance"

The 9th IGF will better link with other IG processes such as the NETmundial outcomes and the ongoing discussions of the WSIS review, CSTD, ITU and the Working Group on Enhanced

Cooperation, among many others Preparations for the 9th IGF will also follow the

recommendations of the CSTD Working Group on Improvements to the IGF The Forum will

actively respond to the outcome document4 of the NETmundial in a variety of ways, by both taking forward the suggested issues for further discussion and by improving its outcomes

The 9th IGF will be strengthened in a number of ways, including improving the outputs of the

meeting and increasing the linkages between the discussions, recommendations and possible solutions coming from the various IGF sessions and the rest of the Internet governance

ecosystem In this regard, the IGF outcomes and outputs will be more portable and visible, so that they can be taken forward by relevant Internet governance bodies, institutions and organisations.Two unique main/focus sessions will be held this year; one on the IANA stewardship transition and one on network neutrality Both are emerging, timely issues suited for the multistakeholder IGF platform

A proposal to revive the concept of ‘best-practice’ forums received wide-ranging support as a way

to provide tangible takeaways for participants It was decided during the Open Consultations and MAG meeting on 19-21 May that best practice forums will be held on the following topics:

Developing Meaningful Multistakeholder Mechanisms; Regulation and Mitigation of Unwanted Communications (SPAM); Establishing and Supporting CERTS for Internet Security; Creating an Enabling Environment for the Development of Local Content and Online Child Safety and

Protection

Like the 8th IGF, the 9th IGF will work to fully integrate the national and regional IGF initiatives into the overall programme The national and regional IGF initiatives will hold a meeting at the 9th IGF There will also again be a comprehensive capacity-building track built into the schedule Webinars will be held to prepare the capacity building activities that will take place and such events will be clearly visible on the schedule Relevant topical follow-up sessions to the NETmundial will also be made visible on the agenda and schedule and each session will also be given topical labels to help

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participants better navigate the overall program.

The programming also takes into account other suggestions from stakeholders, received both prior

to the open consultation sessions - in response to an open call made by the IGF Secretariat - and during these sessions

III Programme outline

Flag raising ceremony

On the morning of the first day (2 September), a UN ceremony raising the UN flag will be held This ceremony will mark the beginning of the IGF 2014 meeting

Opening Ceremony/Opening Session

The traditional opening ceremony/opening session will be held in the afternoon of the first day This

is scheduled as a 3-hour event

Main sessions/Focus Sessions on key themes and topics

On the following page is a tentative outline schedule for the main sessions/focus sessions, as agreed upon by the MAG and other IGF stakeholders; the schedule is subject to change based on necessary programming adjustments:

DRAFT/TENTATIVE 2014 Main Sessions / Focus Sessions Timetable

PRE-OrientationSession

Main/FocusSession:

Policies EnablingAccess, Growthand Development

on the Internet

Main/FocusSession:

Evolution of theInternetGovernanceEcosystem and theRole of the IGF

Main/FocusSession: ‘IANAFunctions: NTIA'sStewardshipTransition andICANN'sAccountabilityProcess’

Taking Stock

Setting theScene: TopicalInsight andDebate Related

LUNCH BREAK LUNCH BREAK LUNCH BREAK LUNCH BREAK

14:30-17:30

EVENTS

PRE-High LevelLeadersMeeting(14.00 –18.00)

OPENINGCEREMONY/

OPENINGSESSION

Main/FocusSession: NetworkNeutrality:Toward

s a CommonUnderstanding of

a Complex Issue

Best PracticeForums Wrap-UpMain Session: 90Minutes

Open MicrophoneSession

CLOSINGCEREMONY

Below is a brief substantive overview of the draft schedule (table above):

(PLEASE REFER TO ANNEX I and ANNEX II FOR FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE

MAIN/FOCUS SESSIONS AND BEST PRACTICE FORUMS)

(a) Prior to the first official day of the meeting, a series of pre-events will be held on ‘day

zero’ as per IGF tradition A multistakeholder High Level Leaders Meeting organised by the Host Country will take place

(b) There will be an orientation session for newcomers on the morning of the first day,

together with the main session on ‘Setting the Scene’, which will introduce the themes of the

meeting and give an update to participants on the fast-evolving Internet governance ecosystem.(c) The Opening Ceremony and Opening Session will take place in the afternoon of the first day

(d) On the second day of the ninth IGF, a main session will be held in the morning on

‘Policies Enabling Access, Growth and Development on the Internet’ The session will be held in aninteractive roundtable format and will aim to produce clear policy recommendations and takeawaysfor policy-makers In the afternoon a main/focus session will be held titled ‘Network Neutrality: Towards a Common Understanding of a Complex Issue’

(e) On the third day a main session will be held on the ‘Evolution of the Internet GovernanceEcosystem and the Role of the IGF’ In the afternoon of the third day the best practice forums will report back to the main/focus session with their findings

(f) On the fourth day there will be a main session titled ‘IANA Functions: NTIA's

Stewardship Transition and ICANN's Accountability Process’, as well as a session that will take stock of the meeting and an open microphone session for participants to share their views on any issue

(g) The final day will also wrap up the IGF and will hold the traditional Closing Ceremony.Closing Ceremony

The traditional Closing Ceremony will be held on the afternoon of the fourth day

This session will be informed by the scale and success of closing sessions at previous IGF

meetings and will be organised in a proportionate manner

IV Workshops

Workshops were selected for inclusion based on a range of criteria including the completeness of the respective proposals, their diversity in all aspects and their willingness to merge, if and when they were asked

The selection criteria for 2014 workshops were:

 the requirement of having submitted a substantive report on workshops organised in previous IGF meetings;

 degree of multistakeholder support and participation, for example at least three (3) relevant stakeholders from different stakeholder groups being represented in the

organisation of the workshop;

 developing country support;

 relevance to the attendees, both physical and remote, at an IGF meeting;

 suitability for remote participation, for example linkages to a hub event

More than 200 full workshop proposals were received and evaluated by the MAG for the ninth IGF Once the deadline for submission of complete proposals had passed, the MAG conducted a thorough evaluation of each proposal, using an agreed upon scoring system During their May

meeting, the MAG further assessed the workshop proposals, taking into account the initial scoring that had been done

Workshops were accepted based on their evaluations and qualitative scoring conducted by the MAG together with further analysis and selection which strived to provide space for workshops from developing and transitional economy countries and first time workshop organisers and

newcomers to the IGF Workshops that focused on new and emerging topics were also given somepriority to ensure that the IGF will cover as many issues as possible Some workshops on similar topics were invited to merge with others

Proponents and co-organisers of workshops that were not retained for the IGF 2014 programme were encouraged to join the IGF to actively engage in other ways The Secretariat, together with the MAG, reached out to all workshop proponents to inform them about the outcomes of the

evaluation process Accepted workshops and other sessions were coached and guided by the MAG, where necessary, to build upon their proposals to ensure rich and relevant sessions are held

in Istanbul

Workshop timeslots were carefully selected to give the four day meeting a logical progression Some workshops that had scored above the threshold chosen by the MAG at the May meeting in Paris had agreed to merge with other similar workshops while others had chosen not to Certain workshops that agreed to merge worked with mentors to improve their proposals

Background papers

All workshops are requested to provide background papers prior to their sessions and are invited

to produce substantive analysis papers after the workshops Workshop organisers are also

required to make available a brief report with a few bullet points describing the discussions, any outcomes, and future directions within a half-day after the workshop For those workshops

designated as feeder workshops, these can be used as the input into the main sessions

V Proposed schedule

The tentative schedule for theninth IGF is available here on the IGF website:

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/schedule-igf2014

VI General Principles

The following principles should be followed for the IGF meeting in Istanbul:

 Generally there should be no prepared statements read out during the main sessions, except for the opening and closing ceremonies However, prepared statements can be recorded by any participant and will be made available on the IGF YouTube channel Efforts will be made to improve the promotion of this possibility Such recorded

statements can be submitted in advance to the IGF Secretariat

 Delegates should refrain from making ad hominem attacks towards individual persons, companies, countries or entities during their interventions and throughout the general discussions and debates in main sessions, workshops and other events at IGF

meetings

 All organisations that hold official events (workshops, best practices etc.) are asked to commit themselves to submitting a report on their event Non-submission of a report willdisqualify the organisation from holding an event at the following IGF

 Only dynamic coalitions which have submitted activity reports or meeting reports are to

be included in the schedule.

 Written materials and documentation can be distributed at the designated areas at the IGF venue

 The distributed materials should be Internet governance related and of non-commercial nature The documents should follow UN guidelines on suitability and should not be blatantly inflammatory or potentially libellous and the actions and arguments should be criticized based on their merits and not their source As the IGF adheres to the

generally used UN principle of discouraging ad hominem attacks, organisations should refrain from singling out individual persons, companies, countries or entities in the materials they distribute

 Documentation related to the workshops subject matters can be distributed at the workshop rooms, and should be removed by the workshop organiser at the end of the workshop session

 Organisations that are holding a booth at the IGF Village are requested to display and distribute documents at their booth Publications that are clearly attributed to IGF

participants which do not have a booth at the IGF Village may be distributed and

displayed at the Publications Counter, after approval by the IGF Secretariat

 Side-event advertisements and invitations can be posted on the notice boards located

in main entrance Flyer leaflets will not be authorised

 Participants are requested to refrain from distributing non-official material, such as information related to other meetings, future conferences or publicity material

 Materials that are not in compliance with the above, not attributed to IGF participants or found in non-designated areas will be removed

 Commercial logos, flags, banners or printed publications are not allowed in the main meeting halls

 Tote bags will be given out on the first day of the IGF meeting Participants who would like to send promotional flyers and other documents to be included in the tote bags are asked to ship the documents by middle of August the latest Promotional flyers should

be non-commercial A shipping address is provided on the IGF website

VII Meeting types and structure

The objective of the IGF is to maximize the opportunity for open and inclusive dialogue Workshoporganisers in particular are encouraged to be creative and innovative in structuring their meetings, and should aim to be open and participatory Below are some types of meetings and their

traditional basic structures:

A Main Sessions/Focus Sessions

Each of the main sessions/focus sessions will be an opportunity for a

productive exchange between all stakeholders on policy approaches, challenges and practical options to address them Each session may have a chair appointed by the HostCountry or lead organiser and may choose to appoint one or two moderators depending upon the session topic to structure the discussion The goal is to discuss practices or issues and their relevance to all stakeholders

All of these main sessions/focus sessions will take place in the main meeting hall and will usually be related to the key sub-themes of the meeting They will all have live transcription in English and interpretation in all six UN languages The transcription will

be streamed in real time on the Web and all main sessions/focus sessions will be

webcasted

In some instances these main sessions/focus sessions could be organised in a

roundtable format or as an open forum/microphone platform for participants

The timing of each of these sessions (90 minutes/2 hours/3 hours, etc.) will be

dependent on the topic(s) and desired results

B Workshops

Workshops are designed to explore detailed issues related to the main themes from different perspectives As in previous years, a precondition for workshops to be included

in the programme was a balance of stakeholders and viewpoints

The final scheduling of all workshops will be determined by the IGF Secretariat on the basis of maintaining a balance across the issues, efficient use of meeting space and an attempt to avoid conflicts in topic or speakers

The duration of most workshops will be approximately 90 minutes (tbc based on

organisers requests, room availability and overall scheduling)

Each workshop will be required to produce a background paper and report on the event

C Best Practice Forums

The aim of these sessions would be to demonstrate, in a multistakeholder environment, some of the best practices that have been adapted with regard to the key IGF themes in general and to the development and deployment of the Internet in particular The

sessions would provide a space to discuss what constitutes a ‘best practice’, share relevant information and experiences and build consensus around best practices that can then be transferred to other situations, and strengthen capacity building activities

D ‘Flash’ Sessions

A flash session is a space for presenters/organisers to evoke/sparkle interest of the participants in specific reports, case studies, best practices, methodologies, tools, etc that have been already implemented in particular contexts or are in the process of implementation

While flash session organisers have an opportunity to briefly share/promote, put in “light”their experiences, participants in the room have the opportunity to ask very specific questions related to the processes behind and continue the discussions around them after the session

It is about building bridges between those who have something to offer/share and those who are interested in learning/and taking back specific tips, tools or join some ongoing initiatives

Flash Sessions may be shorter in duration than some other types of meetings (30 minutes or 1 hour, etc.)

E Open Forums

All relevant organisations dealing with Internet governance related issues are

to be given a workshop slot, at their request, to hold an open forum in order

to present and discuss their activities The meetings should focus on the organisation’s activities during the past year and allow sufficient time for questions and discussions Governments wishing to hold an open forum to present their Internet governance related activities will also be given a slot.Each open forum will be required to produce a background paper and a report on the meeting

F Dynamic Coalitions

The meeting will provide space for active dynamic coalitions to meet and to further develop their efforts Meetings of dynamic coalitions should not be workshops They should be action oriented and make an effort to ensure that a broad range of

stakeholders can bring their expertise to the discussions

All dynamic coalitions are requested to present a report on their achievements so far, in general, and on their activities in 2013/2014, and their meeting in Bali (if one was held)

in particular The reports will be posted on the IGF Web site

Only dynamic coalitions that have submitted such a report will remain listed as active dynamic coalitions on the IGF website and will be given a meeting slot in Istanbul All other dynamic coalitions will be listed under the heading ‘inactive dynamic coalitions’ Upon request, a group that wishes to form a new dynamic coalition may submit a

proposal to the IGF Secretariat for a meeting slot

Organisers of workshops and main session are encouraged to work with dynamic

coalitions in the preparation of related sessions

G Other Meetings

In general, meeting rooms that are not otherwise booked will be given, as available, to interested stakeholder groups on a first-come-first-served basis and in accordance with United Nations procedures and practice A number of rooms will be reserved to

accommodate ad-hoc requests The MAG agreed that the 9th IGF will also accommodateother types of sessions such as poster sessions, general knowledge sharing spaces andannouncement initiatives, and areas for spontaneous meet-ups and interaction amongst participants will be arranged

VIII Remote participation

Full information on how to participate remotely can be found here on the IGF website:

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation-2014

Each session will benefit from a remote moderator All event organisers are requested to arrange for a remote moderator to help in the process of moving from remote observation to genuine remote participation

A complete job description of the remote moderator can be found at

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/514-job-description-for-remote-moderators

The main functions of the remote moderator are the following:

 to connect online with the remote participants (all the equipment and software needed will

Any organiser who cannot find a remote moderator is invited to check out the list of resource persons or ask for suggestion by writing to the Secretariat at: igf[at]unog.ch.

IX List of resource persons

Individuals who would like to be a resource person, either as part of a workshop or a main session,are invited to register with the IGF Secretariat

Organisers of workshops and sessions who are looking for people to fill a slot on a panel or be otherwise involved within their workshop proposals, including as remote moderators, will be invited

to access that resource persons list maintained by the Secretariat at to find speakers and

contributors for their sessions

The list of resource persons with short bios indicating their areas of interest and expertise is

available on the IGF Web site:

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2014/Resource_Persons/administrator_resource_person_list.php

X Logistics

A Accessibility of the venue

The IGF 2014 venue will be accessible for people with disabilities Participants are requested to contact the Secretariat and communicate any particular requirement in this regard

as part of the overall IGF meeting Information on hubs can be found on the IGF website

ANNEX I The Ninth Internet Governance Forum Main/Focus Sessions: Session Descriptions

1 Orientation Session

2 Setting the Scene: Topical Insight and Debate Related to the Subthemes of IGF 2014

3 Policies Enabling Access, Growth and Development on the Internet

4 Network Neutrality: Towards a Common Understanding of a Complex Issue

5 Evolution of the Internet Governance Ecosystem and the Role of the IGF

6 IANA Functions: NTIA’s Stewardship Transition and ICANN’s Accountability Process

7 Taking Stock

1 Orientation Session

Brief Description

Orientation sessions are intended for both newcomers to the IGF and those who are already involved but would need to get a more holistic view of Internet governance It gathers experts, fellows, decision-makers and practitioners to engage meaningfully by discussing actors and topics related to Internet governance The session will be interactive, educative, inclusive, at the same time creative and fun, it will be open but also guided in order to be effective

Set up: U-shape seating

Interpretation is provided for the Orientation Session

Participants: Newcomers and IGFers’

Main questions:

● What is the history WSIS and IGF and mandate of the IGF?

● How does diplomacy play in the global Internet governance? What are the main IG-related process and actors involved?

● How to navigate the IGF to get the best out of it and for it?

● How to stay involved with the IGF and IG process beyond IGF2014?

Time: 90 mins.

Moderators:

● Veronica Cretu, Open Government Institute, Moldova & MAG member

● Vladimir Radunovic, DiploFoundation & MAG member

Session outline:

9:30-10:00 Part 1: Diplomacy, process and actors

● A brief overview of the WSIS process and other IG-related processes

● Role and mandate of the IGF and MAG

● Multistakeholder model and roles

Q&A and discussion

Panellists:

Chengetai Masango, IGF Secretariat

Raúl Echeberría, ISOC Vice President Global Engagement

Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation

10:00-10:30 Part 2: Navigating the IGF

● Navigating through IGF: providing practical hints and inputs on how to navigate the IGF during the meeting; (main sessions, workshops, best practice forums, remote participation, corridors, etc.)

● How to choose the workshops (color codes)

● How to benefit from the IGF?

● How to contribute to the IGF?

Q&A and discussion

Panellists:

Nicolas Dagostino, IGF Secretariat

Olga Cavalli, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina & MAG Member

Towela Nyirenda-Jere, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency & MAG Member

Subi Chaturvedi, Delhi University/Media for Change

10:30-11:00 Part 3: Involvement beyond 2014

● Joining the MAG and the IGF 2015 preparations

● Role of national & regional IGFs

● Inclusiveness: Involving the persons with disabilities, youth and indigenous groups

● Capacity building mechanisms and programmes

● Continued Engagement - e-participation, mailing list

● Other opportunities

Q&A and discussion

Panellists:

Ricardo Pedraza Barrios, CEO and Founder, LATAM Consulting Services & MAG Member

Judy Okite, Internet Governance Coordinator Free Software and Open source Foundation for Africa, Dynamic Coalitions on Disability and Accessibility & MAG Member

Ginger Paque (Remotely), Remote Participation Working Group

Deidre Williams, IG Caucus Co-coordinator

Fatima Cambronero, AGEIA DENSI Argentina & MAG Member

Tracy Hackshaw, Vice Chair Internet Society, Trinidad & Tobago

2 Setting the Scene: Topical Insight and Debate Related to the Subthemes of IGF 2014 Description/Agenda/Questions:

Goal: Launch the IGF with a panel that frames each of IGF2014's sub-themes by highlighting

related topical issues as well as provide participants with tasters for how these sub-themes will be addressed during the rest of the IGF

Duration: 1.5 hours with about half of this time dedicated to discussion.

Format: A moderated panel made up of speakers with expertise on the sub-themes complemented

by organizers or panelists of other main sessions Inputs will be kept short The moderator will be assisted by people with roving mikes in the room

The session will be opened by panelists giving a 5 minute input on topical and controversial issues relevant to the sub-themes (7x5 = 35 minutes)

Questions from floor and debate among speakers (35 minutes)

The session will also provide an overview of how the subthemes will be covered at IGF2014

Topics to be covered:

Sub-themes for IGF 2014

a) POLICIES ENABLING ACCESS

Speaker: Rohan Samarajiva, LirneAsia, Sri Lanka

Rohan will provide a bird's eye view on progress and challenges in achieving affordable access for all He will highlight controversial issues that came up in the last year, such as:

Virat Bhatia will provide a review of how the topic will be discussed at the IGF 2014 at workshops

and in the 'access' main session

b) CONTENT CREATION, DISSEMINATION AND USE

Speaker: Stuart Hamilton, International Federation of Library Associations

Stuart will provide a lead in to some of the IG issues related to content creation and distribution such as copyright, digital rights, business models for local content creation and content in local languages, cross border issues, user generated content etc.He will also provide an overview of how the topic is being covered at IGF 2014

c) THE INTERNET AS AN ENGINE FOR GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

Speaker: Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President – International Public Policy, Verizon

The speaker will highlight achievements, but also the ongoing exclusions The internet has given rise to new business models, and new businesses, new ways of learning and trading Are we maximizing potential of the internet as tool for creating a more just, equal, peaceful world? If not why not?

d) IGF & THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET ECOSYSTEM

Speaker: Benedicto Fonseca Filho, Ministy of Foreign Affairs, Government of Brazil

The speaker will summarize the 'state' and 'status' of mulitstakeholder approaches to IG and reflect

on its evolution, maturity, uptake, and legitimacy The input should cover:

 why MS? a short look back at the threads that contributed to the evolution of this approach, some of which goes back to internet development and management from its outset, and also the WSIS principles

 the MS approach in IG at national level: challenges and achievements

 the evolution of MS in the intergovernmental system: changes and challenges

 the concept of a distributed, decentralized Internet governance ecosystem: what does it mean, does it make sense?

 NETmundial as a MS decision-making process

 challenges, contradictions, conflicts, exclusions what next?

 what role the IGF should play

Subi Chaturvedi will give a short outline of what will be covered in the focus session that deals withthis topic

e) ENHANCING DIGITAL TRUST and f) INTERNET AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Speakers: Walid Al-Saqaf, Program Director Master of Global Journalism (MAGJ), Ãrebro

University, Sweden and Joy Liddicoat, Human Rights Specialist, Association for Progressive

Communications

Censorship and blocking of sites becoming common place So has surveillance The speakers will reflect on current trends, particularly since the mid-2013 revelations, and the Bali IGF in October

2013 What are the trends? Can the Internet be trusted? Who decides what is in the public

interest? Are measures by States to make the internet more 'safe and secure' achieving their intended results? What are the costs? What are the rights implications? What are the implications for an open and unfragmented internet?

The speakers will clarify what is meant by 'the Internet and human rights' and how this issue has evolved, particularly with regard to the right to privacy and the recent report of the High

Commissioner for Human Right's report on the 'The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age'

Joy Liddicoat will also outline how this topic will be covered at IGF2014

g) EMERGING ISSUES: Network Neutrality and Best Practice Forums

Speaker: Markus Kummer

Markus will provide an overview of why network neutrality issue is so topical at this time and provide an overview of how it is being addressed at the IGF2014 He will also introduce a new

innovation at IGF 2014: Best Practice Forums – a mechanism to crowd source best practices in Internet governance and policy-making from the IGF community.

h) CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES

Speaker: Marilia Maciel, Centre for Technology and Society, Fundação Getulio Vargas

A very brief overview of the NTIA announcement, its implications, its scope, what has happened since, and what challenges and opportunities it presents

Susan Chalmers, one of the MAG members organising the IANA panel will provide an overview of what will be covered, and other workshops dealing with this issue at the IGF

Rohan Samarajiva, LirneAsia, Sri Lanka

Benedicto Fonseca Filho, Ministy of Foreign Affairs, Government of Brazil

Stuart Hamilton, International Federation of Library Associations

Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President – International Public Policy, Verizon

Marilia Maciel, Centre for Technology and Society, Fundação Getulio Vargas

Walid Al-Saqaf, Program Director Master of Global Journalism (MAGJ), Ãrebro University, SwedenJoy Liddicoat, Human Rights Specialist, Association for Progressive Communications

Additional people to give input on the main sessions they are organising and how the relevant themes are addressed at IGF2014:

sub-Virat Bhatia (Access)

Subi Chaturvedi (Ecosystem)

Susan Chalmers (IANA transition)

Markus Kummer (NetNeutrality and Best Practice Forums)

Remote moderator:

Emilar Vushe, APC Africa Policy Coordinator, Zimbabwe (confirmed)

Feeder workshops:

Not entirely applicable as this takes place before most workshop, and relates to most workshops

as the panel addressed all sub-themes

3 Policies Enabling Access, Growth and Development on the Internet

This main session will be held as a large, multistakeholder, interactive roundtable between

panelists and participants The session has 2 seasoned moderators, 1 remote moderator and 2-3 volunteers, with mikes, amongst participants Post introductions by moderators, brief opening statements (2-3 minutes) will be invited from select panelists, linked to specific questions of policy This cycle will be repeated through the session Not every panelist will need to comment on each question Moderators will frequent between panelists and participants for comments / questions Feeder sessions invited to provide 1 minute interventions Substantive Rapporteurs will record session highlights as inputs to feeder sessions and produce a more detailed report post IGF

Agenda

The objective will be to strengthen IGF’s “knowledge agenda” by bring forth diverse experiences especially from developing countries on policies that have worked to deliver access, learnings and how internet connectivity drives growth and development in developing countries especially for women, youth and the marginalized sections

The session has a special focus on developing countries and women participants Apart from ITU and UNESCO, panelists will share perspectives from Turkey (Chair), Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa (Africa), Qatar, Lebanon (Middle East), Argentina, Brazil (Latin America), China, India, Sri Lanka (Asia), Pacific Islands, United States and Europe The moderators and the youth volunteers

represent Fiji, Kenya and UK Of the 21 (TBC) invited (20 confirmed) panelists, 14 belong to developing countries and 2 to international organizations 8 panelists are women

ACCESS

There existed 1 billion internet users when the Tunis Agenda was conceived in 2005 In the next 9 years, at the time of UN IGF in Istanbul, according to a 2014 ITU report, (http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/facts/default.aspx ), there are approx 7 billion mobile subscriptions and approx

3 billion Internet users Of these 3 billion, 2.3 billion are mobile broadband subscriptions – half of which are in developing countries

Home Internet access is near saturation in developed countries, but only 31% in developing

countries By 2014 end, 44% of the world’s households will have internet access In contrast, in Africa, only 1 out of 10 households is connected to internet Against Europe’s internet penetration

of 75% and Americas at (66%), Asia Pacific is at 33%, and Africa (20%) – up from 10% in 2010 By

2030, 3.1 billion new Internet users will come from Asia, Africa (1.3 bn), Americas (0.5 bn) and Europe (0.1 bn).

Public Internet access, infrastructure sharing and access as a human right for the socially

disadvantaged, vulnerable sections and persons with disabilities are critical access issues – that need global attention

INTERNET FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Several studies have established that Internet contributes an average of 1.9 % to GDP - amongst developing countries By comparison, in developed countries, it contributes 3.4 % of the GDP (http://www.mckinsey.com/client_service/high_tech/latest_thinking/impact_of_the_internet_on_aspiring_countries) Citizens are often the first to benefit in the developing countries especially through services such as email, social networks, search engines, access to information, education, health services, entertainment and important government content Adoption of Internet by the younger population drives online services Women and SMEs are 2 of the beneficiaries of an increase in internet penetration

The panel will discuss both access and developmental issues with a special focus on “enabling policies”

List of Potential Public Policy questions (to be reduced to 5 - 6)

(i) What are the national regulatory best practices driving internet access – relevant to the 4 billion unconnected citizens of the world? Will, what got us here, get us there?

(ii) Can inter-governmental and multilateral agencies, developed country governments through bi-laterals, and private entities, help hasten internet access, linking it to development in emerging economies? Or is access almost entirely a national public policy challenge for developing

countries?

(iii) Are countries with high internet penetration and lower cost of access, approaching the challenge in terms of regulatory intervention, legislation, investment environment, technology options and multistakeholder participation in decision making, differently? How are countries with small populations spread over great distances responding to the challenge?

(iv) Are norms linking Internet penetration to GDP growth, per capita income, poverty

eradication, education, rate of employment, etc., universally acceptable? Can internet linked economic and social development norms work as peer pressure amongst emerging economies?(v) Most developing country governments have announced national broadband plans Who is funding National Broadband Plans? What is the state of their implementation and will they need revision during the next 2-3 years on account of emerging technologies? Can lack of local content becoming a barrier to meaningful access and use of internet?

(vi) How important are public access policies in ensuring wide-spread access to the

unconnected, especially as it relates to responsibilities of actors regarding human rights and disadvantaged groups in information society? How to ensure a continued focus on areas that needspecial attention?

(vii) What role can the IGF play to become a catalyst, to enhance its knowledge agenda throughglobal dialogue amongst multistakeholder groups to record learnings, improve information

sharing, and strengthen best practices in access / development? Suggest specific steps as inputs for the MAG 2015

3 Mr Jackson Miake Office of the Government Chief Information

Officer – Prime Minister's Office, Government of the Republic of Vanuatu

4 Ms Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission,

Commissioner for Digital Agenda

5 Ambassador Daniel A Sepulveda Deputy Assistant Secretary of State & U.S

Coordinator for Int’l Communications, United States Government

6 Ms Salam Yamout National ICT Strategy Coordinator, Presidency of

the Council of Ministers, Government of Lebanon

(ii) Civil Society

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# Name / Country / Reference

Title

7. Dr (Ms) Alison Gillwald Research ICT Africa, South Africa

8 Mr Guo Liang Director of the China Internet Project and

Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

10 Ms Joana Varon Project coordinator & researcher on Digital

Rights, Center for Technology & Society / Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil

11 Mr John Walubengo Dean, Faculty of Computing & IT, Multimedia

University, Kenya & Board Member, AfriNIC

(iii) Technical Community

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# Name / Country / Reference

Title

12. Mr Jari Arkko Chairman, IETF

13 Mr Raul Echeberria Vice President, Global Engagement, ISOC

14 Mr Mike Jensen Internet Access Specialist, Brazil APC, Brazil

15 Professor David Reed University of Colorado, USA

16 Mr Rohan Samarajiva Chair, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka

(iv) Private Sector

18 Mr Hossam El-Gamal Board Member and Treasurer, AFICTA, Egypt

19 Mr Rajan Mathews Director General, Cellular Operators Association

of India, India

20 Ms Funke Opeke CEO Main One Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria

(v) International Organizations

# Name / Country / Reference

Title

21. Mr Getachew Engida Deputy Director General,UNESCO

22 Mr Tomas Lamanauskas Head of the Corporate Strategy Division, ITU

Remote moderator:

Ms Anju Mangal, Inter-Governmental Organization, Information Specialist/Coordinator for

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) activities, SPC-LRD, Fiji

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 – DAY 1

1. N/A Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries 09:00 –

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 – DAY 1

1. WS 74 Enabling Affordable Access, Changing Role of the

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 – DAY 2

3. WS 208 Net Neutrality, Zero-Rating & Development: What’s

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 – DAY 3

7. WS 51 Connecting the Continents Through Fiber Optic 11:00 –

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 – DAY 1

1. WS 30 Internet & Jobs: Creative Destruction or Destructive

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 – DAY 2

7. WS 10 New Global Visions for Internet Governance, ICTs

and Trade

16:30 – 18:00

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 – DAY 4

14. WS 171 Connecting Small Island States with Access to Data 11:00 –