Avenue de la Paix 7BIS
1202 Genève
Switzerland
Joint organizers of this meeting are the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Best Bits, the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC), the Just Net Coalition (JNC), and ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). The meeting is hosted by courtesy of Diplo Foundation and the Geneva Internet Project.
The overall theme for this meeting is Private Regulation of the Internet. The detailed session agenda (which is subject to change) may be found under the “Latest agenda” tab.
- To raise the level of shared understanding about related groups, initiatives and issues and their political contexts.
- To broaden and diversify participation in the initiatives that participants are undertaking individually or in smaller networks in the areas of Internet governance and Internet and human rights.
- To amplify the voice of global civil society at upcoming multilateral Internet governance and Internet rights meetings.
- To strengthen involvement from civil society from the Global South in particular in global Internet governance and Internet rights debates and to dissolve North-South divides.
- To produce tangible shared civil society outputs addressing pressing current issues that can be used in advocacy at important upcoming Internet governance and Internet rights events.
- To develop an inclusive and sustainable civil society network for Internet governance and Internet rights issues.
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Welcome and introductions
Private regulation of the Internet
- Internet infrastructure providers’ role in content censorship
- Digital violence (beyond the protection of assets)
- Developing Guidelines of private regulation
- Mega Internet companies as private regulators of the Internet
- IGP paper on DNS private ordering and NCSG statement on ICANN
Regional issues
- Internet Shutdown and Implications for Africa
- Disappearance of the multistakeholder model: threats like the case of CGIbr
- Multi-stakeholder construction of national IGF in Latin America
- Building Regional Education programs to let know the people about Internet Rights and comparisons with other countries
- A few words on Middle East Internet Governance Landscape
Trade and the Internet
- Update on trade and the Internet
- The future of NAFTA, TTIP, RCEP
- Economic nationalism, civil society and Internet governance
- Internet openness, data ownership, and data flows
Privacy and economic value of data
- Privacy and Our data online
- Cross-border access to electronic evidence: a new protocol to the Cybercrime Convention
Flash/policy slam sessions
NCUC/NCSG presentation
Civil society strategy session
- Civil Society Strategy at the IGF
- Global civil society strategy: identifying shared goals
- Best Bits steering committee briefing
Attending in person
- Smitha Krishna Prasad, Centre for Communication Governance , India
- Sanya Smith, Third World Network , Switzerland
- Eseohe Ojo, Media Rights Agenda , Nigeria
- Leena Romppainen, Electronic Frontier Finland , Finland
- Nicolas Sera-Leyva, SMEX , Lebanon
- Robert O Riordan , Switzerland
- Daniel Kigonya, i freedom Uganda Network , Uganda
- Tapani Tarvainen, Electronic Frontier Finland , Finland
- Adam Peake, ICANN , Netherlands
- Michiko Hayashi, Independent , Switzerland
- Richard Hill, Association for Preper Internet Governance , Switzerland
- Patricia Vargas, ISP Yale Law School/Syracuse University , Peru
- Heather Leson, IFRC , Switerland
- PAUL WILSON, APNIC , Australia
- vale hvale, Associationfor Progressive Communication , bosnia herzegovina
- Lia Hdez, Ipandetec , Panama
- Fabricio Solagba, Ufrgs , Brazil
- Guilherme Alves, Youth Observatory , Brazil
- Peter Bloom, Rhizomatica , Mexico
- Steve Song, Independent , Canada
- Kathleen Diga, APC , Canada
- Jac sm Kee, APC , Malaysia
- avri doria, APC , USA
- Mohamad Najem, SMEX , Lebanon
- Jessica Dheere, SMEX , Lebanon
- Frances Lindquist, The Film Hope Foundation , United States
- Sivasubramanian Muthusamy, Internet Society India Chennai , India
- AMANDA ESPIÑEIRA , UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA , Brasil
- Cláudio Lucena, UEPB, Brazil/FCT, Católica Lisbon, Portugal , Brazil
- Kimberly Anastácio, Coding Rights , Brazil
- Su Sonia Herring, Youth IGF Turkey / SEEDIG , Turkey
- Ellie Glino, Access Now , PHL
- Luis Martinez, ISOC , Mexico
- Renata Aquino Ribeiro, E. I. Research , Brazil
- Tatiana Tropina, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law , Germany
- Jyoti Panday, Electronic Frontier Foundation , India
- Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, GCSC , Germany
- Raitme Citterio, Isoc capther Venezuela , Venezuela
- khouloud Dawahi , NCUC , Tunisie
- Bruna Martins dos Santos , NCUC , Brazil
- Heather Leson, IFRC , Switzerland
- Lenandlar Singh, University of Guyana , Guyana
- Farzaneh Badiei, Internet Governance Project , USA
- Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong, House of Internet , CHAD
- Milton Mueller, Dr. , United States
- Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, ARTICLE 19 , East African Community
- Veridiana Alimonti, Intervozes , Brazil
- Glenn McKnight, FBSC , Canada
- Luisa Isaza, FLIP , Colombia
- Sara Fratti, IPANDETEC , Guatemala
- Nelson Kaunda, Mago corporate , République démocratique du congo
- Raoul Plommer, Electronic Frontier Finland , Finland
- Carlos Afonso, Nupef , Brazil
- Martin Borgioli, Hiperderecho , Perú
- matthew shears, gpd , uk
- Stéphane Couture, York University (also individual APC member) , Canada
- Daniel O\\\'Maley, CIMA , USA
- J. Carlos Lara, Derechos Digitales
- Agustina Del Campo, CELE , Argentina
- David Cake, Mr , Australia
- Amrita Choudhury, CCAOI , India
- Krishna Kumar Rajamannar, ISOC Chennai , India
- Louise Marie Hurel, London School of Economics , UK
- Kevon Swift, LACNIC , Trinidad and Tobago
- Sheetal Kumar, Global Partners Digital , United Kingdom
- Clement Perarnaud, UPF
- Jürg Inniger , Switzerland
- Élisson Diones Cazumbá Cerqueira Pinto, Youth Observatory , Brazil
- Arvin Kamberi, DiploFoundation , Serbia
- Richard Wingfield, Global Partners Digital , United Kingdom
- Bill Drake, University of Zurich , Switzerland
- Estelle Masse, Access Now , France
- Peter Micek, Access Now , USA
- Barbara Rosen Jacobson, DiploFoundation , Switzerland
- Collin Kurre, ARTICLE 19 , UK
- Amelia Andersdotter, ARTICLE 19 , UK
- Sean Flynn, American University , United States
- Brett Solomon, Access Now , Australia
- Jeanette Hofmann, WZB/HIIG , Germany
- Gabdib GAB-HINGONN, ICANN/ALS AFRALO , USA
- Roxana Radu, DiploFoundation , Switzerland
- Marlia Maciel, DiploFoundation , Brazil
- Arsene Tungali, Internet Governance Caucus , Congo
- Chinmayi Arun , India
- Judith Hellerstein, ISOC Block Chain Sig , USA
- Jeremy Malcolm, Electronic Frontier Foundation , United States
Attending remotely
- Gangadhar Panday, BABUL FILMS SOCIETY NGO , India
- Serge Fundi, ASNTIC ECOSOC , DRCONGO
- Noha Fathy, DiploFoundation , Egypt
- Luã Fergus Oliveira da Cruz, Youth Observatory , Brazil
- Tonei Glavinic, Dangerous Speech Project , United States
- Anivar A Aravind, Indic Project , India
- Lokesh Gujjarappa, Independent Consultant , India
- GNANAJEYARAMAN RAJARAM, SBM College of Enginering and Technology , India
Background papers
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- Presentation slides for "Private regulation of the Internet"
- The grand myth of cross-border data flows in trade deals
- Why should data flow freely?
- Notes on E-signatures and Trade
- E-commerce - The development implications of future proofing global trade rules for GAFA
- The Dangers of the E-Commerce Agenda in Trade Negotiations
- A Call for Openness and Transparency in Rulemaking for the Internet
- Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises and e-commerce
Reports
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- None
Outputs
To be confirmed.