Universal acceptance – is the Internet reaching the people it needs to? – WS 06 2018

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6 June 2018 | 11:00-12:30 | MASTER ROOM | remote participation | video streaming
Consolidated programme 2018 overview

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Session teaser

There are limitations to the character strings that will be accepted by some software. Is this limitation an obstacle to the universality of the Internet?

Keywords

  • Universal Acceptance
  • IDN
  • Script
  • Language
  • Inclusion
  • Search engines
  • EAI
  • gTLD
  • ccTLD

Session description

A significantly large number of people cannot use the Internet conveniently and effectively because of barriers associated with characters, writing systems, language. The goal of this session is to explore what the barriers are and how we can reduce them.

Format

Workshop format. A small panel of 3 to 5 people, representative of the different points of view, will introduce briefly relevant aspects, problems or experiences. Then we open the floor for questions from the audience to the panelists as well as contributions on other ideas. Depending on time, room will be provided for final remarks by each panelist.

Further reading

Some material referenced in the email discussion:

People

Please provide name and institution for all people you list here.

Focal Point

  • Roberto Gaetano, Public Interest Registry (PIR)

Organising Team (Org Team)

List them here as they sign up. The Org Team is a group of people shaping the session. Org Teams are open and every interested individual can become a member by subscribing to the mailing list. Team members are listed by alphabetical order of the ASCII transliteration of their first name.

  • André Schappo, Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG)
  • हरीश चौधरी (Harish Chowdhary), National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
  • John Klensin, Internet Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board
  • მზია გოგილაშვილი (Mzia Gogilashvili), Georgian National Communications Commission
  • Наталья Филина (Natalia Filina), EURALO Individual Users Association
  • სოფო კიზირია (Sophie Kiziria), Caucasus Online LLC

Key Participants

Key Participants are experts willing to provide their knowledge during a session – not necessarily on stage. Key Participants should contribute to the session planning process and keep statements short and punchy during the session. They will be selected and assigned by the Org Team, ensuring a stakeholder balanced dialogue also considering gender and geographical balance.

  • Душан Стојичевић (Dušan Stojičević), Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS)
  • Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board
  • Patrik Fältström, Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)

Moderator

  • Prof. რამაზ ქვათაძე (Ramaz Kvatadze), Executive Director, Georgian Research and educational Networking Association (GRENA)

Prof. Ramaz Kvatadze graduated from the Moscow State University. In 1982 he obtained Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics at the Moscow State University and in 1996 Doctor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics at the Tbilisi State University. He was working at the High Energy Physics Institute of Tbilisi State University at different positions starting from Research Scientist to Deputy Director responsible for research. R. Kvatadze conducted his research in high energy physics at several world leading scientific centers: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia; Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lyon, France. Since 1999 R. Kvatadze is Executive Director of the Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association GRENA. From 2012 he is Professor of the University of Georgia. R. Kvatadze participated in more than 50 research and development projects of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, European Commission, NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, International Science & Technology Center, etc. and is co-author of 116 publications.

Remote Moderator

The Remote Moderator is in charge of facilitating participation via digital channels such as WebEx and social medial (Twitter, facebook). Remote Moderators monitor and moderate the social media channels and the participants via WebEX and forward questions to the session moderator. Please contact the EuroDIG secretariat if you need help to find a Remote Moderator.

Reporter

Reporters will be assigned by the EuroDIG secretariat in cooperation with the Geneva Internet Platform. The Reporter takes notes during the session and formulates 3 (max. 5) bullet points at the end of each session that:

  • are summarised on a slide and presented to the audience at the end of each session
  • relate to the particular session and to European Internet governance policy
  • are forward looking and propose goals and activities that can be initiated after EuroDIG (recommendations)
  • are in (rough) consensus with the audience

Current discussion, conference calls, schedules and minutes

The debate has been done entirely by email, using the WS6 mailing list. The team agreed on a title and scope that was matching the different points of view. The relevant discussion was whether we should limit the discussion to IDN or extend the scope to other Universal Acceptance issues. It has been agreed to take a wider approach to provide contributions also on items that are less often discussed. The final list includes the following:

  • gTLD IDN
  • ccTLD IDN
  • UA issues with ASCII TLD
  • Search engines
  • EAI - Email Address Internationalisation
  • Are Domain Names the main issue?

Messages

A short summary of the session will be provided by the Reporter.

Find an independent report of the session from the Geneva Internet Platform Digital Watch Observatory at https://dig.watch/resources/universal-acceptance-%E2%80%93-internet-reaching-people-it-needs

Video record

Will be provided here after the event.

Transcript

Will be provided here after the event.

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