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The Seventh Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9 November 2012. The proposed main theme for the meeting is: ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’.
May Open Consultations and MAG Meeting
The next Open Consultations and MAG meeting will be held on 15-17 May at the ILO Headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland as part of the WSIS Forum 2012.
The meeting schedule is as follows:
Open Consultations: 15 May Room II 11:15 - 13:00hrs and 15:00 - 18:00hrs.
MAG Meeting 16 May Governing Body Room 9:00- 12:45hrs , Afternoon session 14:00 - 18:00hrs to be held in breakout rooms: III, IV, V, VI, IX, XI.
MAG Meeting 17 May Governing Body Room 9:00 - 12:45hrs, Afternoon session 14:00 - 18:00hrs.
Registration for these meetings is the same as the registration for the WSIS Forum.
The full WSIS Forum programme is available at: http://groups.itu.int/wsis-forum2012/Agenda/DraftAgenda.aspx
[UPDATED] The draft agenda of the meetings are available.
The draft of the programme paper which is a rolling document detailing the programme and schedule of the 2012 IGF annual meeting is available.
[NEW] Remote Participation
Webcast, real time transcription and remote participation will be provided for the May Open Consultations and MAG Meeting.
The links to the webcast will be available on the WSIS Forum 2012 webcast page. (Webcast is provided in REAL media Format)
The remote participation platform will be available on the WSIS Forum 2012 remote participation page.
The remote participation platform used will be Adobe Connect; Technical requirements and a quick guide to the platform are available.
Real time transcription will also be available at the following links:
Open Consultations : 15 May Morning Session - Afternoon Session
MAG meeting: 16 May Morning Session
MAG meeting: 17 May Morning Session - Afternoon Session
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Transcripts
Open consultations 15 May - morning session
Open consultations 15 May - afternoon session
[UPDATED] Workshop proposals
The deadline for the submission of workshop proposals has passed. The list of the submitted workshops is available here.
Dynamic Coalitions
Dynamic Coalitions who have been active in the past year can also request a room to meet, using this form. The deadline for submission is 6 May 2012.
Call for Open Forum proposals
All major organisations dealing with Internet Governance related issues are invited to submit proposals for Open Forum, using this form. The deadline for submission is 30 June 2012.
Resource Persons
The list of resource persons for the IGF 2012 meeting is now available. It includes their areas of expertise and interest. Resource persons are volunteers who can be called upon to comment by moderators of the main sessions or asked to participate in workshop panels.
Workshop organizers are reminded that they are meant to provide diversity in terms of perspectives, geography and gender. They are therefore encouraged to draw on this list to provide the requested diversity. The resource persons can be contacted through the IGF Secretariat by sending an email to igf[at].unog.ch
MAG Renewal
A press release has been issued about the renewal of the MAG. A list of the members of the renewed MAG is available.
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