[A2k] IGF Rio: Draft program and meeting schedule now available - 23 May Open Consultation

[Robin Gross]

A new draft program and meeting schedule for the Rio IGF meeting are now
available on the IGF website.  See the details below and please provide
feedback on the draft documents to the IGF.  And remember to register
for the Open Consultation on 23 May at the UN in Geneva and make your
written contribution by 17 May.

Thank you,
Robin

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*Preparing for the Second Meeting of the IGF *

[NEW] A draft programme outline
<http://www.intgovforum.org/Rio_Meeting/DraftProgramme.30.04.2007.rtf>
and meeting schedule
<http://www.intgovforum.org/Draft_Rio_Schedual.html> for the Rio de
Janeiro Meeting are available for comment.

The documents aim to provide an input into the open round of
consultations on 23 May 2007 to discuss programme and agenda for the
second meeting of the IGF in Rio de Janeiro.  The programme outline will
be revised in light of comments received. Comments submitted to the IGF
Secretariat ( igf@unog.ch <mailto:igf@unog.ch>) or posted in our online
discussion section <http://intgovforum.org/forum/index.php?board=13.0>
by 17 May 2007 will be reflected in a revised version.

Open Consultations

The second round of consultations will be part of a cluster of WSIS
related events <http://www.itu.int/wsis/follow-up/index.html> which will
take place in Geneva from 15-25 May, 2007. All entities involved agreed
to pool resources to smooth the logistics and the ITU offered to take
care of registration. All stakeholders interested in attending are
invited to register online
<http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form>
now.

The meeting will be held at the ITU Tower, Room C. There will be
interpretation into all six UN languages and real-time transcription.

*Contributions:* Stakeholders are invited to send in contributions, as
an input into these consultations to : igf@unog.ch <mailto:igf@unog.ch>
or post their comments in our online discussion section
<http://intgovforum.org/forum/index.php?board=13.0>. Contributions and
discussion posts received by 14 May, 2007 will be reflected in a
synthesis paper summarizing the input received. The paper will be made
available on this Web site prior to the consultations.