Second Internet Governance Forum Italy (IGF Italy)
The event follows the European Parliament resolution of 17 January 2008 on the second Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which stresses the importance of engaging national and regional interests in the IGF process in order to form local IGFs.
Following last year's event in Cagliari, Sardinia, the Forum will focus on the Future of the Internet and stand in continuity with the strategies of the ICT Department, CNR.
The aim is to establish a permanent process that aims to involve all the Italian stakeholders in a permanent dialogue and analysis of the themes of Internet governance locally, and also to convene the representatives of the Italian Internet community to discuss and define a common position on the issues (access, openness, diversity, security, critical resources, emerging issues etc) to be dealt at the next international 'Internet Governance Forum (IGF)' which is will be hosted by the Egyptian Government, in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2009.
At the three days event the working sessions will focus on the following topics:
- Security and freedom of expression: how to keep the balance?
- Social networks: what is public, what is private?
- Copyright: between protection and dissemination of knowledge.
- Identity Networking: anonymity or recognition?
- Internet Rights and principles: between globalization and new
violations
- Exchange of experiences and best practices in:
- Network management: towards what future?
- Internet and future technologies.
- Internet and new forms of enterprise.
- Internet, politics and public administration.
- Internet, art and culture.
All institutions, organisations and experts on the themes of Internet Governance are invited to participate.
The programme of the event can be downloaded from here.
The expected number of participants is around 200. Registration to the event can be performed online.
Event email: segreteria@igf-italia.it
