Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2011

27 Sep 2011 - 1 Oct 2011

Nairobi, Kenya

Session reports

11:00 - 12:30 Are we meeting the challenges of bringing content and access to the world?
11:00 - 12:30 Free flow of information and social networks: A role for democracy and social participation
11:00 - 12:30 Media in mutation: What is the future of the news and media industry in a world of social networking?
11:00 - 12:30 Strengthening ccTLDs in East Africa: Interrogating the research findings
11:30 - 13:00 Human rights come first: A constitutional moment for internet governance
13:00 - 14:30 Access and diversity of broadband internet access
13:00 - 14:30 Dynamic coalition on internet rights and principles: Internet futures and the climate crisis
13:00 - 14:30 Economic aspects of local content creation and local internet infrastructure
13:00 - 14:30 Emerging issues in the ccTLD ecosystem: The next decade challenges
13:00 - 14:30 Protecting the most vulnerable users in society: The roles of different actors in helping the new user survive in an online world
13:00 - 14:30 Strengthening the protection of cross-border internet personal data
13:00 - 14:30 Women and internet governance
11:00 - 12:30 Cybersecurity: Safeguarding the global internet and emerging issues, opportunities for developing countries
11:00 - 12:30 Development of Arabic content facing the future internet
11:00 - 12:30 Enhanced intra-stakeholder diversity and intra-stakeholder balance in multi-stakeholder internet governance
11:00 - 12:30 Implementing good practices in accessibility for an inclusive society, mainstreaming the disability perspective for an inclusive society
11:00 - 12:30 Innovator roundtable: An inter-generational dialogue with internet entrepreneurs
11:00 - 12:30 An intergenerational dialogue with internet entrepreneurs
11:00 - 12:30 Internet for democratic participation of vulnerable people in public life: Best practices exchange
11:00 - 12:30 Putting your trust in the clouds: Why trust matters to the open internet
11:00 - 12:30 Securing the future of youths through ICTs / The challenges to access from a youth and global perspective
11:00 - 12:30 Transforming higher education through broadband: Maximising the opportunities
13:00 - 14:30 Blocking content: Issues, principles, and paths forward
13:00 - 14:30 Digital citizenship: A charter of children's and young people's rights in the online world
13:00 - 14:30 Do policymakers understand the role of libraries in mobilising the internet as a catalyst for development, innovation, and freedom?
13:00 - 14:30 Enhancing understanding: Facilitating internet governance through openness and transparency
13:00 - 14:30 Freedom of expression on the net: Current threats to the internet’s architecture that undermine citizens’ rights and the free flow of information
13:00 - 14:30 Open Forum: Council of Europe's internet governance strategy 2012-2015
13:00 - 14:30 Proprietary influences in free and open source software: Lessons to open and universal internet standards
14:30 - 16:30 Dynamic coalition on accessibility (4th meeting)
16:30 - 18:00 Are schools protecting their staff?
16:30 - 18:00 The business of human rights: Corporate responsibility and ICTs
16:30 - 18:00 Core internet values
16:30 - 18:00 Cybercrime strategies
16:30 - 18:00 FOSS as an instrument for accessible development: The impact of regulation: open source and enterprise
16:30 - 18:00 Global principles for the stability and resilience of the internet
16:30 - 18:00 The I* organisations and their contribution to development
16:30 - 18:00 Internationalised domain names (IDNs): Implementations, experiences, and challenges
16:30 - 18:00 Privacy and security in an open / realtime / linked data world
18:30 - 20:00 Can digital citizenship scale into the emerging and developing countries effectively? Should it?
18:30 - 20:00 Framework for international cooperation on child online protection
18:30 - 20:00 Freedom of expression
18:30 - 20:00 Mobile internet, its regulation, and its connection with internet governance / mobile internet: enhancing the new age of the internet
18:30 - 20:00 Policy issues affecting ccTLDs in Africa
18:30 - 20:00 A practical and pragmatic look at making cloud successful in developing world
11:00 - 12:30 E-participation principles
11:00 - 12:30 Feeder workshop: Global trends to watch: The erosion of privacy and anonymity and the need of transparency of government access requests
11:00 - 12:30 Gender and internet governance
11:00 - 12:30 The governance dimension of the internet of things
11:00 - 12:30 Guideline of open knowledge environment (OKE) in the developing countries
11:00 - 12:30 M-government for effective and inclusive public services
11:00 - 12:30 Mobile and cloud services for development
11:00 - 12:30 Reflection on the Indian proposal towards an IGF 2.0
11:00 - 12:30 Understanding IPv6 deployment and transition
13:00 - 14:30 Commonwealth IGF: The cybercrime initiative
13:00 - 14:30 Copyright under a magnifying glass: Thought-provoking ideas
13:00 - 14:30 Exporting the internet: Human rights and technology: Charter of human rights and principles for the internet
13:00 - 14:30 Human rights: A unifying approach for development, freedom, access, and diversity?
13:00 - 14:30 ICANN hear the latest on new gTLDs, IDNs, and DNSSEC
13:00 - 14:30 The role of internet exchange points in creating internet capacity and bringing autonomy to developing nations
16:30 - 18:00 Challenging myths about young people and the internet practical participation
16:30 - 18:00 The future of the internet and its impact on the world: A scenarios summit
16:30 - 18:00 How can internet governance impact disaster preparedness and response and help save lives?
16:30 - 18:00 IDNs and new gTLDs: Why local languages are the answer to a truly global internet
16:30 - 18:00 Institutional choice in global internet governance
16:30 - 18:00 Interconnecting Africa: Opportunities and obstacles along the way
16:30 - 18:00 Use of digital technologies for civic engagement and political change: Lessons learned
18:30 - 20:00 Good Practice Forum: Building trust environment for e-commerce challenges and innovation
18:30 - 20:00 How can we reach the media have-nots of the developed and developing worlds?
18:30 - 20:00 The Internet compact: The essentials for the internet of the future
18:30 - 20:00 Open spectrum for development in the context of the digital migration
18:30 - 20:00 A possible framework for global net neutrality
18:30 - 20:00 Putting users first: How can privacy be protected in today’s complex mobile ecosystem?
11:00 - 12:30 Addressing some unintended consequences of participation in the digital environment
11:00 - 12:30 EuroDIG: Resume and looking ahead
11:00 - 12:30 Global internet related public policies: Is there an institutional gap?
11:00 - 12:30 Global principles for an open internet
11:00 - 12:30 Open data: Challenges and solutions / public sector information online: Towards a global policy framework
11:00 - 12:30 On the outside, looking in: Real-world solutions to effective participation in ICANN, IGF, and ITU
11:00 - 12:30 Parliamentarian challenge: A round table between parliamentarians and other stakeholders
13:00 - 14:30 Challenges and best practices for internet regulation in Africa and Latin America
13:00 - 14:30 Discussion on formulating Africa IGF
13:00 - 14:30 Green ICTs and innovation
13:00 - 14:30 Young people and their safeguards in an increasingly connected world
16:30 - 18:00 Connectivity and access in Sub-Saharan Africa: Status, challenges, and opportunities
16:30 - 18:00 Consensus building on internet's universality, integrity, and openness
16:30 - 18:00 Mitigating domain name system cyberattacks
16:30 - 18:00 The role of policymakers and regulators in better governance of internet
16:30 - 18:00 SWOT analysis of the impact of mobile internet on internet governance in Africa
16:30 - 18:00 UNESCO

The sixth Internet Governance Forum  (IGF) was held in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the event was ‘Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation’.

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