[Mmwg] Workshops in Athens

[Vittorio Bertola]

Jeanette Hofmann ha scritto:
> One of the more or less obvious selection criteria for workshops is the 
> multi stakeholder approach. Multi stakeholder in this context can or 
> should be understood as diversity. The forum's specific feature will be 
> the combination of people, opinions and interests coming together to 
> discuss issues. So, it would be good if you and others think about 
> proposals that take into consideration aspects such as practical 
> relevance of the topic, diversity of views and, if possible, potential 
> outcomes.

Would it be acceptable to see this workshop as the start of an online 
working group (another point that needs to be addressed by the MAG)?

There is no way that you can reasonably address an issue such as trusted 
computing - let alone generate outcomes - in one or two hours. So my 
idea would be to bring all stakeholders around a table, have a 
discussion (agree, no presentations) and then agree to start a process 
to work about outcomes.

Also, about diversity etc: I would have expected the IGF to provide it, 
i.e. someone says "let's discuss this", the workshop is put on the 
agenda, and then all participants to the IGF from the different 
stakeholder groups join the discussion if they wish. The opposite - 
i.e., asking proponents to identify all different stakeholder groups and 
ensure their participation before proposing the workshop - is much more 
difficult, especially for less influential and organized stakeholders 
like us; it would remove most of the added value of the IGF.
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