IGP Scientific Committee members were prominent in all phases of this year’s Internet Governance Forum meeting in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt. The IGP brought expertise in political science, economics, sociology and other disciples to bear on discussions ranging from cyber security and critical Internet resources to institutional governance.
“It could be the end of multistakeholderism”
The gem above, heard over lunch at IGF Egypt, illustrates the apparently tenuous ground upon which some feel the IGF now stands. But to understand why there was so much concern one needs to sort out the issues at play.
First, there is the issue of who will conduct the formal review of the IGF. The review will be the basis for any decision to continue the forum under the aegis of the UN and in what format (including any outputs). Second, there is the issue of where financial support for the forum will come from going forward. That these issues are being tussled over within the UN bureaucracy importantly illustrates the soft power that the IGF has accumulated within Internet governance.
ICANN, Inc.: Accountability and participation in the governance of critical Internet resources
IGP releases today a new paper assessing the relationship between public participation and accountability in ICANN. It explains how ICANN has responded to accountability concerns by creating new opportunities for public comment, review, and participation. Is public participation an adequate means of making this global Internet governance organization accountable to...
Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #96 – IGF Workshop: Code of good practice on participation, access to information and transparency in Internet governance
IGP's Brenden Kuerbis will convene a break out group of civil society participants from the Noncommercial Users Constituency during the Code of Good Practice workshop. The workshop, hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications, along with the UNECE and Council of Europe, will be held at the Internet Governance Forum at Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt on Wednesday 18 November from 9:00-10:30 (local time, 7:00-9:30 UTC) in Room 3 (Suez Canal).
Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #316 – Implementing the WSIS Principles: A Development Agenda for Internet Governance
IGP's Derrick Cogburn will join other experts in the workshop Implementing the WSIS Principles: A Development Agenda for Internet Governance at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. The workshop will be held on Day 3 of the IGF, Tuesday 17 November, from 9:30-12:30 (local time, 7:30-9:30 UTC) in Room 3 (Suez Canal). Remote participation is available.
“Crypto-nationalism” and competition in secure DNS
The public forum at the recent ICANN-Seoul meeting included an exchange between IGP's Milton Mueller and ICANN Board member Steve Crocker concerning cryptographic algorithms used in DNSSEC and the requirement in ICANN's new gTLD application to deploy DNSSEC. Both raised points which bear repeating and further elaboration of the underlying competition issues that comes with signing the root.
Upcoming Event: IGF Main Session: Managing Critical Internet Resources
IGP's Jeanette Hofmann will co-moderate an open discussion examining the internationalization of critical Internet resources management including the transition to IPv6, the IANA contract and role of governments and the importance of new TLDs and IDNs to development at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on Monday November 16 from 10:00-13:00 (local time, 8:00-11:00 UTC), remote participation options will be available.
Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #114 – Need-based and market-based Internet resource allocation
IGP's Milton Mueller and other expert panelists will debate competing resource allocation mechanisms that could be used to address scarcity in the IP address space at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. The workshop will be held Tuesday, November 17 from 11:30-13:00 (local time, 9:30-11:00 UTC) in Room 7 (Luxor), remote participation options will be available.
Upcoming Event: Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET): 4th Annual Symposium
The 4th Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) Annual Symposium will be held in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, on November 14th, 2009 – one day before the IGF official opening at Maritim Sharm El Sheikh International Congress Centre (SHICC). The program includes presentations by IGP members Michel van Eeten, Jeanette Hofmann, Derrick Cogburn, Milton Mueller, and Hans Klein, as well as other recognized experts in the field. The symposium is free to attend but you must register.
Upcoming Event: IGF Workshop #160 – Securing Cyberspace: Strategy for the Future
IGP's Michel van Eeten, along with numerous other practitioners and experts, will participate in a workshop, Securing Cyberspace: Strategy for the Future, at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on Tuesday November 17, from 14:30-17:30 (local time, 12:30-15:30 UTC) in Room 4 (Nile Valley), you can listen to the audio feed (ch 5).
