IGF 2014

Members of the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee, GAC, welcome all interested to this Open Forum. We plan for it to be an opportunity to get to know and better understand the GAC and its role in the internet governance ecosystem. Volunteer GAC-members will describe the operation and dynamics of the GAC that leads to the Communiqué that follows each GAC meeting. You will take part of examples of how GAC-members prepare at their capitals for GAC-meetings, how the GAC agenda and work priorities are established and how members interact during the meeting and intersessional to arrive at consensus GAC positions. Presentations will include the role of GAC and GAC advice in the ICANN by-laws. GAC-members may share narrations of negotiations in the GAC. The purpose with this information session is for the GAC to reach out and increase transparency and understanding of our role and deliberations. We plan a format with presentations and lively interaction. Your active participation is very welcome!

Agenda:
1100 Welcome 
Moderator: Anders Hektor, Sweden
Background and purpose for this session and what will happen. 

Remote moderator: Ana Neves, Portugal 

1105 GAC Basics 
Thomas Schneider, Switzerland
Institutional and political context: GAC in the By-Laws, & GAC Operating Procedures, Members, Representatives & Observers, Chair & Vice-Chairs, and related.
+ GAC web, Online register, support from ICANN for travel, training, newcomers, etc. 

1115 Preparing to participate, Intersessional work and Working Groups 
Jandyr Santos , Brazil / Wanawit Ahkuputra, Thailand / Ashwin Sasongko, Indonesia / Olga Cavalli, Argentina / Peter Major, Hungary
The moderator interviews members on their position or role in their government, other responsibilities in their work portfolio, resources/opportunity to participate in GAC meetings and intersessional work, preparing for meetings etc. 

Manal Ismail, Egypt
Overview of Working Groups and the degree of work going on outside of meetings.

1135 GAC-Communique
Imad Y. Hobballah, Lebanon
Structuring, negotiating and writing the Communique. 

Alice Munyua, African Union Commission
Narrative of historical GAC-Advice that illustrates that outcome is a negotiated result. 

1155 Q&A
Questions and discussion / Feed-back & comments to improve future GAC Open Forums are welcome at gacsec@gac.icann.org

1230 End

Description:

This Open Forum will introduce the Internet Society (ISOC) and its mission, which is to promote an open, accessible, reliable, and resilient Internet around the world. We will describe how our teams work with partners on issues related to open standards, IXP development, facilitation of enabling environments, and how we address policy and regulatory matters in a variety of fora to promote an open Internet for everyone. We will also use the forum to introduce our teams and what they do, to describe our chapters, and describe work we undertake with partners to develop infrastructure, advocate for an open and sustainable Internet, develop best practices and communities of interest. As the organisational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force, we support innovation and open standards, and we will describe how our technology teams work to support IETF, open standards, key technologies, and best current operational practices.

Program and Speakers:

1. Introduction to the Internet Society (Kathy Brown) (5 minutes)
2. From global to local: Overview of ISOC's regional teams, Chapters and related work (Raúl Echeberría) (10 minutes)
3. Practical case: ISOC’s policy & technical work in Europe (Frédéric Donck) (10 minutes)
4. ISOC at the crossroads of all stakeholder communities (Walda Roseman) (10 minutes)
5. Key focus area: Internet Governance related work (Sally Wentworth) (10 minutes
6. Technical roots: ISOC's relationship with the Internet Architecture Board and the Internet Engineering Task Force (Russ Housley) (10 minutes)
7. Closing Perspectives:  ISOC Board (Dave Farber) (10 minutes)
8. Q&A

Human rights and fundamental freedoms apply equally offline and online. This principle has been clearly stated by the UN Human Rights Council, has been reiterated by the NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement and has been enshrined in the Recommendation on a Guide on Human Rights for Internet Users by Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.

The Council of Europe Guide is based on the European Convention on Human Rights as well as on other Council of Europe instruments defining an enabling environment for the full enjoyment of human rights. Nonetheless, the utilisation of the Guide should not be limited to the European continent but rather used to foster human rights’ protection and promotion at the global level. 

“This guide is a tool for you, the Internet user, to learn about your human rights online, their possible limitations, and available remedies for such limitations.”

The Guide targets the entire stakeholder spectrum and this Open Forum aims to ignite discussion with regard to the role and future implementation of the Guide. You will have the possibility to join the discussion and take an active role in shaping the future of Human Rights protection online.

For almost as long as there has been an Internet governance ecosystem, there have been researchers and academics studying and assessing it. Today's researchers are expanding connections between the study of Internet governance and that of governance more broadly. Additionally, Internet governance scholarship is increasingly seeking to offer more concrete guidance and resources that could be used to help build innovative tools for participation. This panel will discuss current trends in research and toolkit development, and explore how future academic research might helpfully contribute to the on-going development of the IG ecosystem.

The Freedom Online Coalition is a group of 23 countries, from all regions of the world, committed to coordinating efforts with each other and with other stakeholders to advance Internet freedom. At this IGF Open Forum, Coalition members will give updates on the work of the coalition since IGF Bali, including the adoption of the 2014 Tallinn Agenda and the activities of the three working groups on key issues of concern to Internet freedom. 

The first working group is chaired by the Netherlands and addresses a rights-based and multistakeholder approach to cybersecurity. The second working group is chaired by Sweden and will explore development aspects and best practices for ensuring and leveraging an open Internet. The third working group is chaired by the U.K. and focuses on the relationship between companies and governments including around privacy and transparency.

We invite the IGF community to engage in a discussion of implementing the Tallinn Agenda and in three working groups.

The Economic and Social Council has tasked the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) with conducting a ten-year review of the progress made in the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes.* As part of this review, the Economic and Social Council requested the Commission to collect inputs from all stakeholders. The objective of this consultation is to provide opportunity to all stakeholders to share any experiences and insights believed to be of value for the ten-year review.

The discussion will center around the following questions: 

• To what extent has a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society developed in the 10 years since the WSIS?

• How far do you consider the implementation of WSIS outcomes to have been achieved?

• What are the challenges to the implementation of WSIS outcomes and to the emergence of a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society?

• What should be the priorities for stakeholders seeking to achieve WSIS outcomes and progress towards the Information Society in the post-2015 development agenda?

* More information of the CSTD's ten-year review of the implementation of WSIS outcomes is available at:
http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/WSIS-10yearReview.aspx

UNESCO takes the Forum to share the initial findings and seek inputs through an inclusive multi-stakeholder consultation process on its ongoing Comprehensive Study of Internet-related issues as mandated by its 37th General Conference Resolution 52 (2013). The discussion focuses in the four fields of the Study (i) Access to information and knowledge, (ii) Freedom of expression, (iii) Privacy, and (iv) Ethical dimensions of the information society and also explores possible options for future actions as related to global Internet governance. 

Governments, private sector, civil society, academia, international organizations and the technical community are welcome to join this Open Forum and provide their inputs to the Concept Paper of the Study which UNESCO will present at the Forum and its guiding framework of “Internet Universality”, as well as UNESCO’s and other partners work on development of  Internet Governance Glossary, Ethics book, etc.

To stimulate the debate, the discussion will be structured in the five key questions of the study on (i) Access to information and knowledge, (ii) Freedom of expression, (iii) Privacy, and (iv) Ethical dimensions of the information society and (v) possible options for future actions texts. All speakers are invited to briefly comment and provide inputs to each question, and participants are also allowed to intervene during each discussion. 

All these documents are available at: www.unesco.org/new/internetstudy

All feedbacks on the study could be addressed to Internetstudy@unesco.org.

Agenda 

Chaired by Mr Getachew Engida, Deputy Director General of UNESCO

Presentation on the Internet Study,  by Mr Guy Berger (Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO) and Mr Indrajit Banajee (Director for Knowledge Society, UNESCO)

ICANN holds an Open Forum at the IGF meeting every year to update participants on the progress that ICANN has made in its various processes since the last IGF. This year’s Open Forum is an opportunity for ICANN to engage in discussions with participants and exchange views with them on a number of developments that are underway such as: 
• ICANN five-year strategic plan (2016-2020);
• ICANN Strategy Panels;
• Implementation of Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) recommendations;
• New gTLD program; and
• Regional strategies and ongoing globalization efforts.
This is an interactive session with ICANN executives and representatives of its various constituencies engaging in an open dialogue with IGF participants on any ICANN related issues that might interest the audience. 
Anyone with interest in what ICANN does, from all stakeholders of governments, private sector, civil society, technical and academic community. 

Among the panelists will be ICANN President and CEO, ICANN Board Directors, and representatives from the broader ICANN community, including from ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees.

The Korean government has actively engaged in various activities to enhance internet environment as an ICT power house. 
We foster a multi-stakeholder discussion to develop national internet policy and to participate in the global dialogue including establishing 'Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA)' in 2012. Another important ongoing effort to enhance internet environment is to promote IPv6 deployment. In this open forum, we want to review the ways IPv6 have sailed and try to find the reason why there are gaps among countries in IPv6 adoption rate. And we will discuss solutions how to promote IPv6 deployment. Korea has been pushing away with various capacity building activities to support less developed countries. Among others, for instance, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning operates ICT training program called K-LinK for government officials from other countries. 
In addition, Korea keeps to engage various international fora and dialogue including participating in NETmundial as part of the High-level Multistakeholder Committee. And we are committed to contributing to the international internet governance discussion as the chair of the upcoming ITU Plenipotentiary Conference to be held in Busan in October. 
Through this open Forum, we would like to share our experiences and take a broad variety of ideas and recommendations for the wary forward.

Description of the Open Forum

 

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides a multi-stakeholder policy forum to maximise the benefits of information and communication technologies and the Internet as drivers of innovation, productivity, growth, sustainable development and social well-being. 
The focus of this year’s forum will be on the many economic layers and dimensions composing the open Internet in a holistic manner. The OECD will engage with policy experts, economists, the technical community and civil society to discuss the different possible approaches to assessing the economics of the open Internet. This session will be an opportunity to update the IGF on OECD’s ongoing work in this area and to discuss the OECD Ministerial on the Digital Economy to be held in Mexico City in 2016. 
* The OECD approach to the Internet economy is guided by the Internet Policy Making Principles (IPPs) adopted in 2011. (link)

 

The ITU - UNICEF Open forum will officially release the updated version of the Guidelines for Industry on Child Online Protection. The Guidelines provide advice on how the ICT industry can work to help ensure children’s safety when using the Internet or any of the associated technologies or devices that can connect to it. The Guidelines also provide guidance to companies on identifying ways in which they can advance children’s rights and facilitate responsible digital citizenship, learning, and civic participation. Originally launched by ITU in 2009 as four sets of guidelines for children, parents, guardians and educators, industry, and policy makers, the new version for industry provides guidance on protecting children’s rights online for those companies that develop, provide or make use of information and communication technologies (ICT). The panel discussion will discuss implementation plans and follow up activities to roll out the new guidelines.

Speakers
UNICEF
ECPAT
MICROSOFT
FACEBOOK
GSMA
DISNEY
EBU

Moderator:
ITU

Many actors and stakeholders are keen to understand the socioeconomic development effects of the Internet and how it can effectively be used as an engine for growth and development. Various initiatives are working on capturing how the Internet is supporting education and health services, enabling entrepreneurship, and facilitating citizens’ access to information. These initiatives are using different methods and mechanisms to capture and document these effects. There are however very few opportunities for these stakeholders to come together to share experiences, challenges in data collection and dissemination and speak about the strategies they use to effectively leverage the collected data to inform policy making or to support practice. 
This panel will bring together actors involved in developing tools and methods to measure the effects of the Internet. this panel will be a space to discuss effective measurements, particular gaps, areas of collaboration.