The reports from the UK IGF workshops at the recent Nominet Annual Internet Policy Forum have been added to the Resources section of the UK IGF website. … [Read more...] about UK IGF workshop reports
IGF Open Consultations and MAG meeting
The next IGF Open Consultations and MAG meeting will be held from 14-16 February 2012 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The IGF have issued a call for contributions. Stakeholders are invited to submit comments and inputs in writing to the IGF Secretariat ([email protected]) by 27 … [Read more...] about IGF Open Consultations and MAG meeting
UK IGF videos from P&I
Videos from this year's Parliament & Internet (P&I) conference are now available on Youtube: Mark Carvell speaking during the UK IGF workshop slot: http://youtu.be/jgAQK0UP_g4 Eric Joyce MP reporting back on the workshop: http://youtu.be/84ps7M7x96k Ed Vaizey speech: … [Read more...] about UK IGF videos from P&I
Deeper and wider: dialogue at the Internet Governance Forum
The challenge faced by the Internet Governance Forum is a big one: to convene open multi-stakeholder dialogue on extremely diverse Internet issues in order to help shape global Internet policy and practice. Sometimes it can feel like an event of fragmented workshops, repeating year-on-year without … [Read more...] about Deeper and wider: dialogue at the Internet Governance Forum
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Louise Bennett
My main take away impressions of the 6th IGF were: That the European view, as expressed by the Council of Europe via EuroDIG, that puts human rights and net neutrality, as absolutes, at the top of the agenda, without due consideration of the proportionality between security and privacy was not a … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Louise Bennett
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Mark Carvell
The final official figures are not yet in but the level of stakeholder participation in the Nairobi IGF from the world over is expected to break all records: over 2000 in person and a further 1000 connecting via remote hubs in all geographical regions. Overwhelming testimony to the value of … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Mark Carvell
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Vicki Nash
Sitting watching Egyptian activist Wael Khalil debate with UK Minister Ed Vaizey at one of Nominet’s IGF workshops I suddenly realised how far we’ve come since the early WSIS meetings in 2003 when it seemed like an extraordinary idea that Internet policy could be discussed at the international level … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Vicki Nash
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by David Souter
The sixth IGF, and the sixth that I’ve attended. How does it compare? I thought it followed the positive trend of the last four meetings. Participants from different stakeholder groups are now very comfortable with one another and with the meeting’s tone. Debates each year seem … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by David Souter