IBSA Seminar on Global Internet Governance
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Prasad Krishna
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Sep 13, 2011 09:53 AM
The seminar will take place at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 1-2, 2011.
Day 1: September, 1
08.30 - 09.00: Arrival and Accreditation of Participants
09.00 - 10.00: Opening Session
- Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal - President of FGV
- Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Undersecretary-General of Environment, Energy, Science and Technology, MRE, Brazil
- Ambassador Gilberto Fonseca Guimaraes de Moura, Director of the Department of Inter-regional Mechanisms, MRE, Brazil
- Representative of the Government of India - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) or Department of Information Technology (DIT)
- Mr. Moseamo Sebola - Director of Bilateral Relations - Department of Communications (DoC)
- Prof. Hartmut Glaser - Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)
- Viviana Munoz - South Centre
10.00 - 10.15: Coffee Break
10.15 - 11.15: Session 1: A Diagnosis of the Main Challenges for Developing Countries on the Global Internet Governance Regime (10 Minutes to Each Speaker)
Moderation: Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho, MRE, Brazil
- Government of India
- DIRCO South Africa
- Secretary Romulo Neves, Head of the Division for the Information Society, MRE
- Parminder Jeet Singh - IT for Change, India
- Carlos Afonso - NUPEF, Brazil
- Mark Weinberg - Alternative Information Development Centre, South Africa
11.15 - 12.30: Discussion
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 1530: Session 2: A Development Agenda for IG: Infrastructure and Critical Internet Resources (10 Minutes to Each Speaker)
Goal: reach a more round understanding about: a) which topics are priority for developing countries; b) what are the policy issues related to them; and c) what could be a future strategy for action.
Moderation: CGI.br
- Government of India
- DIRCO South Africa
- Jeferson Nacif, National Agency of Telecommunications - ANATEL
- Pranesh Prakash, Centre for Internet and Society, India
- Shaun Pather, Faculty Informatics & Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Joao Brant, Intervozes, Brazil
- Carlos Affonso - CTS/FGV, Brazil
- Demi Getschko - CGI.br, Brazil
15.30 - 16.15: Discussion
16.15 - 16.30: Coffee Break
16.30 - 17.30: Session 3: Global Online Trade and Services from Developing Countries' Perspective (10 Minutes to Each Speaker)
Moderation: Civil Society Representative (Brazil, India or South Africa)
- Government of India
- DIRCO South Africa
- Antenor Correa, MCTI - Brasil
- Artur Coimbra - Ministry of Communications
- Pranesh Prakash, Centre for Internet and Society, India
- Mark Wienberg, Alternative Information Development, South Africa
17.30 - 18.30: Discussion
18.30 - 20.00: Free Meetings
Day 2: September 2
09.00 - 10.30: Session 4: A Development Agenda for IG: The New Global Information and Communications Systems - Its Rights and Principles (10 Minutes to Each Speaker)
Moderation: CTS/FGV Representative
- DIRCO
- Government of India
- Viviana Munoz - South Centre
- Anriette Estherhuysen, APC
- Graciela Selaimen - Nupef
- Joana Varon (CTS/FGV) - (Approach: Intellectual Property and Access to Knowledge)
- Pranesh Prakash, Centre for Internet and Society, India
10.30 - 11.20: Discussion
11.30 - 12.30: Session 5: Institutional Arrangements for Internet Governance and Participation from Developing Countries (10 Minutes to Each Speaker)
Moderation: Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho, MRE, Brazil
- Government of India
- DIRCO South Africa
- Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change, India
- Marilia Maciel, CTS/FGV, Brazil
- Anriette Estherrhuysen, APC, South Africa
- Secretary Romulo Neves, Head of the Division for the Information Society, MRE, Brazil
12.30 - 13.20: Discussion
13.20 - 14.30: Lunch
14.30 - 16.00: Taking Stocks and the Way Forward
16.00 - 18.00: Governmental Representatives Meeting - Separated
