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  • 28 / 09
    2011

    AUT-Hub to the Nairobi Internet Governance Forum 2011

    The Internet as a Catalyst for Change: Access, Development, Freedoms and Innovation

    As part of a world-wide network, the AUT-Hub will enable those interested living in Austria to remotely engage in the 6th Internet Governance Forum meeting, being held in Nairobi Kenya from 27-30 September 2011. Participants will have the opportunity to poise remote questions to the panellists in Nairobi via video conferencing. The overall motto of the workshops this year is: “The Internet as a Catalyst for Change: Access, Development, Freedoms and Innovation.”

    The AUT-Hub will support this international civil society engagement with a remote workshop on the following two subjects:

    08:00-09:30 Cybersecurity: Safeguarding the Global Internet and Emerging Issues/Opportunities for Developing Countries

    Invited panellists:
    •    Dr. Burt Kaliski, VeriSign
    •    Mrs. Ayşe Gül MİRZAOĞLU, Turkey
    •    Ms. Susan Morgan, Global Network Initiative
    •    Mr. Jimson Olufuye, Information Technology Association of Nigeria
    •    Mr. Christopher Painter, U.S. Department of State
    •    Mr. Ashok Radhakissoon, AfriNIC

    10:00-11:30 Freedom of Expression on the Net: Current Threats to the Internet's Architecture that Undermine Citizens' Right and the Free Flow of Information

    Invited panellists:
    •    Jan Malinowski, Council of Europe
    •    Laura DeNardis, Yale Law School
    •    Desiree Miloshevic, AFILIAS
    •    Pedro Less, Google Latin America
    •    Kurt Opsahl, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

    Refreshments and snacks will be provided.

    28. September 2011
    08:00-11:30 am
    oiip
    Berggasse 7, 1090 Vienna

    Program

    We encourage early registration, as those who register will also be given the opportunity to pose questions to the panels in advance, and would receive ana advanced materials (documents, paters) before the workshop.

    In cooperation with the University of Graz (Institute of International Law and International Relations) and support of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)

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