[Ecommerce] Tunis Parallel Event: WGIG Book Release, Wed. 16th

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A parallel event to be held during the World Summit on the Information Soci=
ety at Tunis

Presented by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility ( www.cpsr.or=
g), in cooperation with

the Secretariat of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (www.wgig.or=
g )

Reforming Internet Governance:

Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance---

Book Release Event

Wednesday. November 16, 11:00-13:00, Hammamet room, the Kram Exhibition Cen=
tre

At the December 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Gene=
va, governments adopted a Plan of Action that, inter alia, called on the Se=
cretary-General of the United Nations to set up a Working Group on Internet=
 Governance (WGIG). The WGIG=92s mandate was to analyze the governance of I=
nternet and make proposals for action, as appropriate; develop a working de=
finition of Internet governance; identify the public policy issues involved=
; and advance a common understanding of the respective roles and responsibi=
lities of the various stakeholders. In November 2004, Secretary-General Kof=
i Annan appointed forty individuals from government, the private sector, an=
d civil society to the WGIG. After seven months of work, the WGIG=92s Repor=
t and a longer Background Report were released in July 2005. The two report=
s surveyed the landscape of public and private sector Internet governance m=
echanisms; advanced recommendations for improved governance in a range of k=
ey issue-areas; offered alternative models for the future oversight of the =
Internet=92s core resources and logical infrastructure; and proposed the es=
tablishment of a global, multistakeholder forum to facilitate continuing, i=
nclusive dialogue on Internet governance. The reports elicited much debate =
around the world and served as key inputs in the second phase of the WSIS p=
rocess, which culminates with the November 2005 Summit in Tunis. The issues=
 they addressed will remain of central importance in the post-WSIS global d=
ebate on Internet governance.

With the continuing debate in mind, after the release of the two reports, a=
 group of former participants in the WGIG process decided to collaborate on=
 the production of a book on the WGIG experience  and Internet governance i=
ssues.  Edited by William J. Drake, the book includes contributions by the =
WGIG=92s Chairperson and Executive Secretary, twenty one members of the WGI=
G, and four members of its Secretariat.  Writing in their personal capaciti=
es, the authors offer reflections on the value of the multistakeholder coop=
eration in the WGIG and beyond, and on some of the key substantive issues a=
nd institutional reform proposals currently under consideration by the inte=
rnational community.  The volume is being published in the United Nations I=
nformation and Communications Technologies Task Force=92s book series and w=
ill be released at this parallel event in Tunis.  The book will subsequentl=
y be available on the WGIG and UNICT Task Force websites, which are www.wgi=
g.org and www.unicttaskforce.org, respectively.  The book=92s Introduction =
and Conclusion are now online at http://www.wgig.org/book-Launch.html

Overview of the Event

Opening Remarks:

Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat supporting the Work=
ing Group on Internet Governance

Moderator:

Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations=
 for the World Summit on the Information Society, and former Chairperson of=
 the Working Group on Internet Governance

Panel Participants :

Peng Hwa Ang, Director of the Singapore Internet Research Centre and Dean o=
f the School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological Univer=
sity, on, =93Self Regulation After WGIG=94

Vittorio Bertola, Chairman of ICANN's At Large Advisory Committee, on, =93O=
versight and Multiple Root Server Systems=94

Avri Doria, independent researcher, on, =93WSIS, WGIG, Technology and Techn=
ologists=94

William J. Drake, President, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibili=
ty, on, =93Why the WGIG Process Mattered=94

Baher Esmat, Telecom  Planning  Manager  at  Egypt's  Ministry of Communica=
tions and Information Technology, and Juan Fern=E1ndez,  Senior Advisor in =
the Ministry of Informatics and Communication of Cuba and Coordinator of th=
e Cuban Commission for Electronic Commerce, on, =93International Internet C=
onnections Costs=94

Willy Jensen, Director General of the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications=
 Authority, on, =93Striking the Appropriate Balance Between all Stakeholder=
s=94

Wolfgang Kleinw=E4chter, professor of international communication policy an=
d regulation, University of Aarhus, Denmark, on, =93DeMystification of the =
Internet Root: Do we Need Governmental Oversight? =94

Alejandro Pisanty, Head of Academic Computing Services for the National Aut=
onomous University of Mexico, and Vice-Chair of the Board of ICANN, on, =93=
Internet Names and Numbers in WGIG and WSIS: Perils and Pitfalls=94

Others possible, TBC

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Reforming Internet Governance:

Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance

Table of Contents of the Book

Preface

Nitin Desai

Introduction

Markus Kummer

The Dynamics of Multistakeholder Collaboration: WGIG and Beyond

A Brief History of WGIG

Donald Maclean

A Reflection from the WGIG Frontline

Frank March

The WGIG Process: Lessons Learned and Thoughts for the Future

Tarek Cheniti

Internet Governance: Striking the Appropriate Balance Between all Stakehold=
ers

Willy Jensen

WSIS, WGIG, Technology and Technologists

Avri Doria

The Current Landscape of Internet Governance: Selected Issues

Internet Names and Numbers in WGIG and WSIS: Perils and Pitfalls

Alejandro Pisanty

Multilingualism and the Domain Name System

Kangsik Cheon

International Internet Connections Costs

Baher Esmat & Juan Fernandez

Intellectual Property, e-Commerce, Competition Policy and Internet Governan=
ce

C. Trevor Clarke

Internet Governance and International Law

Jovan Kurbalija

Internet Governance: Strengths and Weaknesses from a Business Perspective

Ayesha Hassan

Self Regulation After WGIG

Peng Hwa Ang

The Development Dimension

Driving the Public Policy Debate: Internet Governance and Development

Howard Williams

Encouraging Internet Public Policy Development and Capacity Building in Dev=
eloping Countries: Lessons from the FLOSS Community

Chengetai Masango

The Case for National Internet Governance Mechanisms

Waudo Siganga

Challenges for Africa

Olivier Nana Nz=E9pa

Challenges for the Caribbean

Jacqueline Morris

Options for Institutional Change

The Need for International Internet Governance Oversight

Abdullah a. Aldarrab

Internationalized Oversight of Internet Resource Management

QIHENG HU

A Scenario for a New Internet Governance

Carlos Afonso

DeMystification of the Internet Root: Do we Need Governmental Oversight?

Wolfgang Kleinw=E4chter

Oversight and Multiple Root Server Systems

Vittorio Bertola

Proposal for the Establishment of an Internet Governance Forum

Charles Sha=92ban

Conclusion

Why the WGIG Process Mattered

William J. Drake

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William J. Drake  wdrake@ictsd.ch
President, Computer Professionals for
   Social Responsibility www.cpsr.org
Senior Associate, International Centre for Trade
   and Sustainable Development www.ictsd.org
   Geneva, Switzerland
http://mitpress.mit.edu/IRGP-series
http://www.cpsr.org/board/drake

Morality is the best of all devices for leading

mankind by the nose.---Nietzsche
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