[Privsec] 16-17 Feb: Consultations on Internet Governance Forum, Geneva

[Robert Guerra]

Ralf:

Following-up from the summit and the ICANN meeting in Vancouver this  
past December, I would suggest that  the Data Protection  
Commissioners press that the IGF take up the issues of Data Privacy  
and consumer protection - as a minimum.

A written submission from the Berlin group might be a good thing to  
try to organize. Of course the challenge will be to react quickly  
enough to make it happen.

On a related note, this year's  Computers, Freedom & Privacy  
Conference,  CFP2006 will take place May 2-5, 2006 in Washington, DC.  
Is there an interest to organize a WSIS  session there ? let me know,  
as i'm on the program committee again this year ...


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 11-Jan-06, at 9:23 AM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> is anybody of this group able to go there? I will try to get the  
> Data Protection Commissioners interested in this at an early stage,  
> but don't know yet if I can make itmyself. My WSIS funding ended 11  
> days ago...
>
> Also, should we write a contribution that specifically focuses on  
> privacy aspects of Internet Governance and how to structure the IGF  
> best to include them? Volunteers? (The business sector has already  
> submitted its position in December, see <http://www.intgovforum.org/ 
> contributions.htm>.)
>
> More on the Internet Governance Forum and the meeting in Geneva is  
> available at http://www.intgovforum.org.
>
> Best, Ralf
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> >To: wgig-discuss at wgig.org
> >From: MKUMMER at unog.ch
> >Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:16:09 +0100
> >Subject: [wgig-discuss] Consultations on the convening of the  
> Internet
> >         Governance Forum
> >
> >
> >Dear colleagues,
> >
> >As you will recall, the Secretary-General was asked by the World  
> Summit on
> >the Information Society (WSIS), held in Tunis last November, to  
> convene in
> >an open and inclusive process an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) for
> >multi-stakeholder policy dialogue.  I have been asked to organize
> >consultations on the convening of the IGF. They will take place in  
> Geneva
> >on 16 and 17 February 2006 and will be chaired by Nitin Desai in his
> >capacity as the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for WSIS.
> >
> >The meeting will take place in Room XVIII of the Palais des Nations.
> >Interpretation in all UN languages will be provided. The schedule  
> on both
> >days is as follows: 10 -13 and 15 - 18 hours.
> >
> >We have created a website to support this consultative process. More
> >details on the consultations, including a draft agenda, are  
> available on
> >this website, which is still under construction: http:// 
> www.IntGovForum.org
> >.
> >
> >Again, we encourage all stakeholders to submit written  
> contributions as an
> >input into the consultations. Contributions will be posted on the  
> same
> >website
> >
> >We are aware that this meeting is called at unusually short notice  
> and
> >apologize for it. We had originally planned to hold the  
> consultations in
> >late February, but learned that all hotels were already fully  
> booked in the
> >entire Geneva area at that time, because of the Geneva Motor Show  
> which
> >opens on 2 March. The dates finally chosen were the only available
> >alternative on this side of the April holidays.
> >
> >I hope to see many of you again on the occasion of these  
> consultations.
> >
> >Best regards
> >
> >Markus
> >
> >
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