The following text is excerpted from an ongoing discussion on the IGF Advisory Group mailing list. The only changes made relate to an effort to anonymize the comments in respect of the Chatham House rule. The discussion took place between 17 -30 June, 2008. (Writer A) Many thanks to you and the secretariat team for putting together the list of potential workshops that relate to the main session workshop themes. Given the opportunities that the main session workshops present for potential organizers, it is important that a range of organizers should be given these opportunities. In addition, the main session workshops should be organized with as balanced a group as possible, and further balancing will have to be done when selecting the panelists to ensure that a range of viewpoints and experience are part of the discussion. Attached please find a suggested set of workshop proposals that could merge to help with the main session workshops. The proposals that are in red in your document, plus some notes adding proposals that were not in the document you circulated, are the suggested ones for merger. (ATTACHMENT) IGF Hyderabad MAIN SESSIONS WORKSHOPS 1. REACHING THE NEXT BILLION 2. Access [supporting organizers would be APC [merge two of their workshops], CSDMS, DEF, PICISOC] (a) 1 Digital World Forum on Accessible and Inclusive ICT ENSTA Theme: Low Cost Sustainable access. Discuss the products and possible roadmaps to bridge the digital divide 4 Can the mobile revolution bridge the internet access divide in Africa? Perspectives from Africa and India on 'connecting the next billion'. APC Theme: Not provided: This workshop will explore the potential of mobile telephony in addressing the Internet access gap as well as the limitations. 5 Exploring IXPs: Can they really impact on connectivity and costs of Internet Connectivity? ICT Strategies, mCADE llc Theme: Not provided: The workshop will address the suitability of different models of IXPs to the different environments and challenges faced by countries and regions. 9 Leveraging alternative technology solutions, a possible answer to connecting the next million? CSDMS Theme: Not provided: The workshop will address a few alternative technology solutions already being implemented in various developing and developed nations across the world. 10 Low Cost Sustainability Access Digital Empowerment Foundation Theme: Low Cost Sustainable Access: The workshop will focus on low cost sustainability access 11 Promoting pro-poor access to ICTs APC Theme: Not Supplied: This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn about and discuss some of the emerging and promising options for increasing pro-poor access to ICTs. 12 Universalization of the Internet - How to reach the next billion PICISOC Theme: Not provided: The workshop will investigate examples of successful models and draw conclusions on the reasons for their success and when and where to apply them. (b) Multilingualism [supporting organizers would be: ICANN, Cyberlaws.net, Chinese Domain name users alliance, ITU, ISOC , and add 'Access to local culture and language workshop proposed by National Internet Development Agency] 8 Internationalized Domain Names: Myths and Opportunities ICANN Theme: Not provided: This workshop will review IDNs and how they relate to more traditional domain names as well as explore how the relationships and the characteristics of the domain name system itself create new possibilities for broader Internet accessibility. The workshop will further discuss the effect the proposed standard changes have on additional scripts and mnemonics and on applicability of possible existing registrations. 15 An Asian Prospective on Internationalization Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance Theme: Not provided. The workshop will be a forum to discuss the language and culture diversity in Internet governance, particularly on Internet users' multilingual participation in ICANN activities, multilingual DNS (IDNs), multilingual services and multilingual policy-making. 20 Legal Challenges Before Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) CYBERLAWS.NET Theme: Not provided. The proposed workshop aims to bring forward the various legal issues and challenges that are facing the subject of internationalised domain names or IDNs across the world. 21 Multilingualization and Internazionalization of Internet ITU Theme: Not provided. The workshop will aim at fostering the multistakeholder principle of international cooperation in the process towards multilingualization and internazlionalization of Internet. 22 Steps toward an Internet that is multilingual, yet remains global ISOC Theme: Multicultural/multilingual Internet, beyond DNS. The Workshop will discuss the issues involved in the new multicultural reality, the additional work needed, if any, to enable and facilitate the continued spread of the Internet into populations with different languages? 69 Opening to diversity and competition the DNS system ENSTA Theme: Critical Internet Resources and Multilingualisation. 3. PROMOTING CYBERSECURITY AND TRUST (a). Are we losing the battle against cybercrime? [Add Council of Europe's proposal re Expression and image online and/or one of the cybercrime workshop proposals below, ADD ANSI's proposal re Building Confidence and security in ICTs in African countries] 38 An Interpol for the Internet? CSDMS Theme: Not Provided. This workshop deals with the issue of Cyber Security with special focus on the emerging policies on cybercrime from various developed and developing nations and the necessity or otherwise of a single instrument and enforcement mechanism for cybercrime. 41 Cyber Security: building a framework for Cyber Security: beyond awareness to practical approaches ICT Strategies, mCADE llc Theme: Not provided. The workshop will focus on current and evolving challenges in cyber security implications of cyber security threats and risks, current research and information documenting the scope of the challenges, initiatives and activities underway to address national, regional, and international level initiatives in cyber security and what is needed to address future challenges and keep cyber space. 45 Cybersecurity: An overview of the issue space and the outlook for remediation Global Internet Policy Initiative Theme: Not provided. This workshop will provide taxonomy of cybersecurity issues, examine the risk profile associated with them, and discuss and evaluate policies for various sectors that will ameliorate threats to the security of the Internet. 47 Dimensions of Internet Security French Ministry of Foreign Affairs IMPORTANT NOTE: This proposal is only a suggestion for a main workshop theme, not a formal proposal for organizing it. It will be submitted to participants at the May IGF consultations to evaluate the level of interest. 48 Global Culture for Cybersecurity China Association for Science and Technology Theme: Global Culture for Cybersecurity. The proposed workshop will focus on how to build and spread trust through the Internet, and how to construct a trust framework on the Internet; how to build ethical principles concerning self-consciously resisting the use of Internet to spread junk mails, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, illegal or harmful information, interfere or attack information systems, steal confidential data and violate privacy. The workshop will also keep close watch on the similar issues such as the Guidance of Internet security suggested by the ITU. (b). Fostering Security Privacy and Openness [ADD Electronic Privacy Information Center's proposal on 101. The Future of Online Privacy: Online advertising and behavioural targeting] 17 Four Sisters for Developing Countries- Information Security, Spam, Electronic Governance and Data Protection CYBERLAWS.NET Theme: Not provided. The proposed workshop aims to bring forward the various legal issues and challenges that are facing developing countries in four connected areas, being Information Security, Spam, Electronic Governance and Data Protection. 44 Cybercrime laws and policies - the role of parliaments Council of Europe Theme: Not Provided. The aim of the workshop is to encourage parliaments to take on this responsibility while keeping in mind to balance the rights of users and the role of the private sector on the one hand, and security concerns on the other. 51 Policy Aspects of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) TU Delft Theme: Not provided. The first part of the workshop will provide a conceptual grounding for policymakers deliberating responses to privacy threats and summarise recent advances in PET research. In the second part of the workshop, a diverse panel of stakeholders will discuss policy options for encouraging adoption of PETs, appropriate for various privacy contexts, in an open dialogue with workshop participants. 52 Protection of personal data and cybercrime - ensuring security and privacy on the Internet Council of Europe Theme. Not Provided. The aim of the workshop is, on the one hand, to make stakeholders developing cybercrime legislation familiar with relevant privacy and data protection issues and on the other hand, to highlight how cybercrime legislation can help protect and enforce privacy. 54 Security through obscurity or through openness? ENSTA Theme: Global Cooperation for Internet Security and stability. 58 The protection of personal data and privacy in the information society: towards an international instrument with a global reach? UNESCO Theme: No theme provided. This workshop will consider key personal data protection and privacy issues facing users in the information society, with reference to the strengths and weaknesses of existing legal regulations 50 Online Child Protection, Freedom of Expression and Privacy - companions or competitors? CHIS Theme: Not provided. The workshop will explore how stakeholders view and manage the tensions and potential difficulties around, on the one hand, the need to protect children from undesirable or illegal content and contacts in the online space while maintaining, on the other, ready access to the richness of the internet's panoply of resources and channels of communication 55 Self-regulation - where and how is it working? CHIS Theme: Not Provided. The workshop will explore the concept of Self-regulation which is portrayed optimal method for modern societies to grapple with the many challenges presented by the fast-moving, ever- changing world of the internet and its related digital technologies. 4. MANAGING CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES (a). Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 63 From IPv4 to IPv6: Challenges and Opportunities Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University Theme: Not provided. the workshop, would highlight how the concerned parties in charge of the migration from IPv4 to IPv6 are addressing challenges, and what sort of measures have been already taken, or under discussion and going to be implemented, for both IPv4 address exhaustion and preparing for the IPv6 address transition. It will also discuss the role of the various actors. 65 Internet Number Resource Management in the IPv4 to IPv6 transition context. AfriNIC Theme: Not Provided. The workshop will try to address each aspect of the responsibilities of migration from IPv4 to IPv6 and set the path toward a more cooperative and efficient campaign to work through the grey period and raise the awareness of all the stakeholders of the Internet service and application provision chain. 66 IPv6: Towards a Next Generation Internet ITU Theme: Not Provided. The workshop will address technical and standardization issues that will enable the most fruitful usage of IPv6, promotion, capacity building and technical assistance - helping countries in the deployment process and parallel running of IPv4 and IPv6. 61 Bottom-Up Policymaking in the Regional Internet Registries to address IPv4 depletion and IPv6 transition Packet Clearing House Theme: Not Provided. The workshop will address the two issues of depletion of IPV4 and introduction of IPv6 through an introduction of IGF participants to the bottom-up public policy development process as enacted by the Internet community, and summarize each of the specific policy proposals being debated currently. (b) Arrangement for Internet Governance – Global, National/Regional [ADD ISOC's proposal 88. Internet Exchange Points - Benefits and Best Practices, and 82. The role of Internet Exchange Points in creating Internet capacity and bringing autonomy to developing nations 64 Internet Governance and ccTLDs GLOCOM Theme(s): Critical Internet Resources; Diversity; Development; Capacity Building. The workshop will provide statistical analysis of web pages residing in each country domain to evaluate the relationship between the occurrence of inappropriate and malicious use and the 'domain of residence'. The workshop will also provide a comparative study of the operation and management of country domains. 67 Legal Aspects of Governance of Critical Internet Resources Functions World Bank Theme: Not provided. The workshop will address the various functional attributes relating to the robustness and security of Critical Internet Resources and will assess how different legal and institutional governance models could be mapped to those CIR functions. 68 Network Management: Examining the Issues Technology Policy Institute Theme: Not Provided. This workshop will evaluate the range of views on network management practices, and will provide a factual presentation of the economic, legal, and engineering aspects of the issue based on evidence from different countries. 71 Regional IP Address Registries: The New Epicenter of Global Internet Governance? Internet Governance Project Theme: Not provided. This workshop will explore issues regarding the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), its governance and policy processes, providing a balanced and diverse array of opinions from technical experts, public interest advocates, industry and governments. The goal of the workshop is to heighten awareness of the changing role of RIRs and to promote better understanding of the challenges they will be facing. 72 The Future of ICANN: After the JPA, What? Internet Governance Project Theme: Not provided. This workshop explores future models for governance of critical internet resources. (Markus Kummer) Please find attached a link to the OECD Web site and the Ministerial Declaration adopted yesterday at the Seoul meeting. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/28/40839436.pdf You will note that the Declaration includes a reference to the IGF: Quote:Reinforcing co-operative relationships and mutually beneficial collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation, the Council of Europe as well as the Internet technical community, the private sector and civil society within fora such as the Internet Governance Forum. Unquote This is of course a great honour to be recognized at that level! The IGF was also mentioned in speeches both in the Opening and Closing sessions (by European Commissioner Viviane Reding and Anriette Esterhuysen respectively. In terms of process, there was a strong accent on multistakeholder cooperation (also reflected in the Declaration itself) and the OECD SG called for a stronger insitutional anchoring of multistakeholder cooperation in the work of the OECD. While the OECD grouped the substance under the three headings 'Convergence, Creativity and Confidence' ('the three Cs'), the underlying themes were not that different from those dealt with in the IGF. There was also a strong accent on access and on assisting developing countries in gaining access to the Internet. It was striking to see that many speakers, also in the business meeting that preceded the Ministerial, emphasized the importance of a 'greener Internet'. The Declaration states in this regard: Quote:We will also work to use the tools of the Internet Economy to address global challenges, such as climate change. Unquote. This came across much stronger in the meeting itself. As this issue without any doubt is gaining momentum (also in the work of the ITU), I wonder whether we will not miss an opportunity if we do not pay due attention to climate change/sustainable development at the Hyderabad meeting. (Writer B) It is indeed good news to see the IGF, for me the stage-4 instantiation of multistakeholder collaboration in Internet Governance (having been preceded by the constructs of the Internet standardization and operation organizations, ICANN, and the WGIG) recognized. It is success in structured multi-stakeholder dialog that gets recognized, and with it the abilities of this Group and its leadership. And the recognition at this level signals a need to continue forward in a responsible way. I agree with your view that we probably should not miss the "green" opportunity for Hyderabad. I do not think that we should just go for it because it's there, or fashionable, but looking beyond the surface. It is not only reducing the environmental impact of local and long-range travel through telecommunications and the Internet, not only imposing tighter environmental and energy norms on computers and network gear, that will take us forward. Let me urge you all to read the contributions of Bill StArnaud, of the well-known Canadian organization CANARIE, who especially in the latest months has been providing very original ideas for incentives that will speed up the adoption of environmentally-friendly measures in IT, networking, and their applications. And also to consider inviting him as a prominent participant in the meeting of the Forum. (Writer C) I also noted OECD Secretary General Gurria's comments during his closing remarks where he recommended a process be initiated to formalise the participation of civil society and the technical community in the work of the OECD. Of course this is just a recommendation, a long way to go before such formal recognition is achieved, however I think the IGF has shown that it's essential to invite participation and contributions from all stakeholders. I also agree with you about the importance ICT and the environment. It was a strong theme throughout the meeting, and clearly going to continue with similar prominence in future international meetings around the Internet and ICTs. I'd like to see us devote perhaps half of the "Internet of tomorrow" session to climate change, sustainable development and Internet governance. My only amendment to your comment is to add "Internet governance", I think our discussions must approach the issue from the lens of Internet governance, or at least decided if such a lens exists, it's what the IGF could uniquely add to the collective discussion on the theme going on the many other forums. Perhaps we could invite a few panelists (3?) to join a mini-panel that could explore climate change, sustainable development and Internet governance (ask for a background paper so the audience can be prepared). A kind of framing session. (Writer D) Thanks for the update on the OECD declaration, and congratulations on the mention. Like others, I support the inclusion of "greening the Internet" into the Hyderabad discussions. Over the past year or so, I have heard Sun Microsystems speaking on this subject, and they might be worth approaching. It is always difficult talking about saving the planet when we've all jumped just got off long haul flights to attend the meeting. A practical contribution to this discussion would be to get remote participation really happening this year. For example, I heard an IBM exec saying that they do their remote meetings through Second Life, rather than travelling! (Writer C) During a closing discussion about the future technological development of ICTs (OECD, Seoul), David Hendon made some interesting comments about virtual worlds suggesting that immersive environments would replace the web browser as our interface to the net, information, interaction etc. A problem using them now is the basic system requirements are quite high, Second Life recommends cable or DSL connection, XP or Vista, 1.5 GHz (XP), 2-GHz (Vista) or better etc. It works on lower spec computers, but they are not recommended . And streaming broadband is required. I fly a lot, but don't drive, never had a license. Cars are where we should start (he says a little selfishly!) (Writer E) Thanks a lot for the update. It is a very good development, and I am glad to see the emphasis on Climate Change issues. Surely ITU would be happy to provide inputs and contributing to the discussion. As matter of fact there are two possible ways I would like to share with the other colleagues: · We have proposed and established a Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate change - http://www.intgovforum.org/dynamic_coalitions.php?listy=15 . We can make use of this structure to raise awareness and build joint efforts on several different issues, according also to the inputs of the MAG and any other interested stakeholder. · As you know Canada made available funds to strengthen the participation from developing countries. Thinking loudly, and throwing the initial idea on the table, the participation does not have to be necessarily physical, but also remote (according to what Writer D was mentioning). We could think of using part of this fund to financially support related initiatives to achieve a double result, providing concrete example on: strengthening (remote) participation from developing countries and contributing (even if very little) to reduce emissions. We may of course discuss with Canada, but I wanted to have the views of the other colleagues and in case coordinate with you and Heather (Canada contact point). Of course, most of the funds will be used for speakers, panelists, etc (Writer F) Nice idea, but of course those behind corporate firewalls will not be able to participate using SecondLife, even if they have the software installed and are registered SecondLife users (such as myself). (Writer G) Would it make sense to have a special link on "related documents" on the IGF website? In this section we could collect all references to the IGF in official documents adopted by other organisations and institutions. There are ICANN resolutions, ITU and UNESCO jas mentioined it. The UNCSTD resolution would be one exmple, the OECD another one. And more will come. This would show the linkage and acceptance fo the IGF by the broader international community and strengthen its profile. (Writer B) Writer I was a good friend in the WGIG and he made significant contributions both to the civility and the content in the dialog there, but I'm a bit surprised that he be quoted when he emphasizes online collaboration, as I remember well that he was the one who explained to us that a radical difference between the different stakeholder groups is that government officials don't read email during the weekend. And for many reasons it has been explained that they do not participate in email or online discussions. I am all for online collaboration and participation in the IGF but think, following your email, that we must concentrate on better-proven tools which are less demanding on the remote participants' resources. Well-managed chat-rooms, emails to which people do pay attention and respond, a high-quality webcast that does not only rely on streams going out of one server but instead is adequately mirrorred worldwide, and connection to video and audio conference networks have to be where the attention is. There does accrue a high responsibility on the host country and even well-endowed networks have not been used, by deliberate decision, as recently as Rio. The organizers - we and the host country - have to be committed to a two-way communication and willing to hear what people who are not in the room will say. One must also consider the time-zone differences. In the experience of many of us providing distance education, this is a tough obstacle to beat; an asynchronous communication mode needs more days to achieve the same objectives than a synchronous one. Maybe the sessions in Hyederabad on the future of the IGF can deviate their attention from the politics of long-term, irreconcilable models, and give some thought to hav¿ow to have pre-meeting online deliberations organized in such a way that they are effective, for 2009? (Writer H) Writer C, We ought to be careful not to follow options that can exclude others from participating in IGF activities. A demand for DSL grade connectivity surely will exclude many from developing countries, certainly Africa will be severly affected. BTW, people who dont read email are not likely to use second life etc., I think. (Writer B) Writer H, I agree. Neither my desktop nor laptop is powerful enough to run Second Life! I think remote access should take a graduated approach. Make sure there's voice broadcast from the sessions with the opportunity to respond/contribute by email. And then layer on that. Video and interactive tools like Marratech (Avri's had good success with), chat rooms, and anything people wish to try. But building on a basic platform most can use. I've nothing against Second Life being used, I hope it is, so long as we first make sure there are resources to make the essential platforms work. (Writer D) Dear All I seem to have caused some confusion!. Second life is a bandwidth chomper, and I was not making a serious suggestion that it be used for Hyderabad. Rather, I was highlighting the importance of enabling meaningful remote participation, particularly in the context of discussions about the environmental impact of ICTs and the Internet. (Markus Kummer) Dear colleagues, Let me add a few words on second life. We discussed with a few colleagues whether to experiment with Second Life or not. It was Sam who pointed out that the need for bandwidth would exclude too many participants and would create a new divide. I would therefore be even more cautious and advice against its use. As Adam and Nii point out, we have to take into account the needs of those with low quality access and cater for those, also with our video casts. Best regards Markus (Writer B) Markus, most important, as said in an earlier email, is to instill the will to attend to offsite participants. This has practical consequences: for example, session moderators must give time - and preference - for participations coming from the online communications established for the meeting; speakers must double-check they are being heard well at a distance all the time; and a setup for asynchronous interaction, properly manned by warm human bodies, has to be established.