[Privsec] what shall we do in in Athens?

[Ralf Bendrath]

See a mail from Robin below. Thanks for this quick follow-up and for 
encouraging everybody to submit a paper!

I just had an exchange with Garth Graham, who originally had the idea of 
submitting the theme of "user-centric digital identity", on which we based 
our submission on "Strengthening the Trust Framework through 
People-Centred Digital Privacy and Identity".

I still think it could provide a good inroad into the security session, 
especially as we could get some of the industry people on board. Robin has 
added some more ideas for the security session:

"- Civil liberties concerns from government surveillance programs
- Privacy rights and consumer trust of Internet
- Role of free and open source software in promoting information security
- Impact on freedom of expression from spam and content filtering
- Publication of WHOIS database on Internet and privacy and consumer trust"

Garth and I were not sure, though, if we should try to get it into the 
security session or directly go for an attractive workshop.

What do people here think? Who would be willing to work on a group proposal?
(You don't even have to go to Athens, as they really seem to try making 
remote participation real, see 
http://www.intgovforum.org/athens_outline.htm at the end).

--> I suggest we take two weeks for discussion before we start drafting a 
proposal. The deadline is in mid-July, s we still have some time.

Best, Ralf

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Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] News from IGF mtg in Geneva: CALL 4 PAPERS
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 03:20:43 -0700
From: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
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Friends,

Some news from the IGF Advisory Group meeting in Geneva:

The 30 Oct. - 2 Nov. 2006 inaugural meeting of Internet Governance Forum
(IGF) in Athens will have a lot of opportunities for discussions on a
wide variety of Internet governance topics.  This is my call for
participation from civil society for contributions to help shape this
meeting in a positive way.

The four main themes for the Athens meeting are:
* 1.  OPENNESS*
    - Free flow of information, ideas, and access to knowledge
*
2.  SECURITY*
    - Building trust online
    - Protecting users from spam, phishing, viruses
    - Maintain security while protecting privacy

* 3.  DIVERSITY*
  -  Multilingualism including IDN and promoting local content
  -  Respecting geographical diversity

* 4.  ACCESS*
  - Internet connectivity, policies and costs

The agenda and schedule is shaping-up as follows:
    http://www.intgovforum.org/table.htm

A call for papers has been issued on these 4 main themes and I'd like to
encourage people to make submissions.  *THE PLENARY SESSIONS AND
WORKSHOPS AT THE ATHENS MEETING WILL BE BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THESE
SUBMISSIONS. *  So, please, contribute to this process and help to shape
this meeting in a positive way by submitting papers to the IGF.   The
deadline is 15 July 2006 for your submission to influence how the event
is programmed.

Here are the details:
  http://www.intgovforum.org/athens_outline.htm

Additionally, there are two over-arching themes that should be taken in
consideration in each issue that the IGF discusses: (i) development /
capacity building, and (ii) civil liberties / human rights.

I would suggest contributions on some possible (in no way exhaustive)
sub-issues within these 4 main themes of openness, security, diversity,
and access:

1.  OPENNESS:
- Freedom of expression rights
- Free flow of information
- Access to knowledge
- Impact of intellectual property rights to free expression and free
flow of info
- Promotion of accessible public domain
- Government censorship on Internet
- Corporate censorship on Internet
- Impact of technological protection measures and anti-circumvention
laws on free flow of information
- Impact of software patents on freedom of expression


2.  SECURITY - building trust online, protecting users from spam,
phishing,
viruses, maintain security while protecting privacy:
- Civil liberties concerns from government surveillance programs
- Privacy rights and consumer trust of Internet
- Role of free and open source software in promoting information security
- Impact on freedom of expression from spam and content filtering
- Publication of WHOIS database on Internet and privacy and consumer trust


3.  DIVERSITY -  multilinguism through IDN, local content, and
geographical diversity:
- Ability of ICANN to meet needs of international Internet community
- Role of Creative Commons licenses to promote local content
- Ability of non-proprietary development and licensing schemes to meet
local needs


4.  ACCESS - Internet connectivity, policies and costs:
- Open standards
- Interoperability of technology
- Role of free and open source software to provide access

I hope you will consider making a contribution to this dialogue.  Please
let me know if you have any questions.

Be sure to check out the IGF website for many more details:
http://www.intgovforum.org/index.htm

Thank you,
Robin

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