Digital society at stake – Europe and the future of the Internet – PL 01 2014
Session title: Digital society at stake – Europe and the future of the Internet.
Session subject: Search for common principles of and approaches to a sound Internet Governance agenda for Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. Also see current discussion
Session description: Building on a number of recent sets of principles, including, inter alia, the NetMundial final documents, the panelists will:
• Articulate their personal stances on the issue of a European Internet Governance agenda and how it will affect the Internet’s development;
• Discuss whether the said agenda could be jointly developed through common efforts and what it is going to take for all the parties to engage in meaningful cooperation to bridge the existing and potential chasms;
• Explore the multistakeholder-based approach to fostering the Internet’s advancement and roles of individual stakeholders in the process, as well as in the Internet Governance ecosystem;
• Attempt to identify commonalities and explain how to overcome differences with regard to the above
• Take questions from the audience, including remote participants.
The session will end with a wrap-up by the focal points.
People:
- Focal point: Leonid Todorov, CCTLD.RU
- Live moderator:
- Thomas Schneider, Deputy Head of International Relations Service,
Federation Office of Communication of Switzerland,
- Leonid Todorov, CCTLD.RU
- Rapporteur: tbd
- Remote participation moderator: tbd
- Digital facilitator: Silvio
- Panelists/speakers: (suggested list of panelist/speakers)
- Rikke Frank Joergensen, Danish Institute of Human Rights
- Cristina Monti, Council of Europe
- Axel Pawlik, Managing Director, RIPE NCC;
- Lorenzo Pupillo, Executive Director for Public & Regulatory Affairs,
Telecom Italia;
- Jörg Schweiger, CEO, DENIC;
- Robert Shlegel, member of the State Duma (parliament), Russia
Format of this working group at EuroDIG: Plenary. tbd
Protocol. Discussions: See current discussion
Further reading:
Live stream / remote participation: Link Click here to participate remotely
Final report from working group: PDF (approx. 2 weeks after event)
Mailing List: tbc
Preparatory meetings:
- date (venue)
- link (online)
Pictures from working group: Link
Session tags: Internet Governance; Europe and Russia IG Policies; the Other Europe; Consensus-Building; Multistakehoderism; Internet Principles and Roadmap
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