Workshop on Global Internet Governance

Thursday, 18 May 2005

Graduate Institute for International Studies (HEI)

132, rue de Lausanne, Geneva

Abi-Saab Room, 1^st floor

Session I, 11am-1pm, 2pm-3pm

Constructing a global scholarly research network on Internet governance

This is a small working session for some of the scholars that are planning to launch a Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet). We will consider such issues as the potential composition, focus, organizational form, and governance of the network, as well as outreach efforts to scholars in the developing world and the network’s relationship to the Internet Governance Forum process. The session is intended to generate recommendations for further consideration at a forthcoming conference in Dresden and online by the network’s emerging start-up group.

Participants:

*William Drake, HEI

*Wolfgang Kleinwachter, University of Aarhus

*Don MacLean, Consultant

*John Mathiason, Syracuse University
*Avri Doria, Luleå University of Technology

*Eva Tanner, Diplo Foundation

Session II, 3pm-6pm

The future of Internet governance: Developing countries and the Internet Governance Forum

In this session, participants in the morning discussion will be joined by a few key players in the global dialogue from the various stakeholder sectors. The purpose is to engage in some informal, intensive, and off-the-record brainstorming about the future of Internet governance. Particular emphasis will be devoted to the roles and interests of developing countries, and to the organization and potential contributions of the Internet Governance Forum.

Additional Participants:

*Markus Kummer, Internet Governance Forum
*Robert Shaw, International Telecommunication Union

*Jose Marcos Viana, Government of Brazil
*Amr Aljowaily, Government of Egypt

*Jovan Kurbalija, Diplo Foundation

Organizer:

Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance

Program for the Study of International Organization(s)