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Alison Gillwald, director of Research ICT Africa!, and Helani Galpaya, director of Strategic Development for LIRNEasia, are attending the 2008 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) this week in Hydrabad, India.

Gillwald is a panelist for the first main session on Access: Reaching the Next Billion(s).
Click here for the transcript of the Access session.

Galapaya will participate as a panelist for the workshop session, Digital convergence beyond technology: socio-economic benefits, SMEs & public policy – 9:30-11:00 am, Day 3 (5 December), in Room 1.

Click here for the full IGF programme.

Click here for the IGF workshop schedule.

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Alison Gillwald, director of Research ICT Africa!, and Helani Galpaya, director of Strategic Development for LIRNEasia, are attending the 3rd Internet Governance Forum (IGF) this week in Hydrabad, India.

Gillwald is a panelist for the first main session on Access: Reaching the Next Billion(s).
Click here for the transcript of the Access session.

Galapaya will participate as a panelist for the workshop session, Digital convergence beyond technology: socio-economic benefits, SMEs & public policy – 9:30-11:00 am, Day 3 (5 December), in Room 1.

Click here for the full IGF programme.

Click here for the IGF workshop schedule.

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According to the outcomes of the Regional IGF Preparatory Meeting that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay on 20 August, an online platform has been convened to debate and identify relevant issues and priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean that need to be included in the discussions and agenda of the Third Internet Governance Forum (IGF) that will meet at Hyderabad, India, in December 2008.

The online discussions, taking place during 8-11 September, will be structured around four subjects: ‘How to reach the next billion users?‘, ‘Promoting Cybersecurity and Trust‘, ‘Critical Internet Resources‘, and ‘Emerging Issues‘. Each topic will be developed during one-day online discussions.

Click here to access the registration form for the four lists and for further information.

Click here to access panellist presentations and the webcast files of the Montevideo meeting.

Click here for the reflections and conclusions of the meeting organised and presented by Alicia Richero and Valeria Betancourt.

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The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has posted a series of position papers and commentaries on equitable access to ICT infrastructure. The papers in this series formed part of a wider programme on equitable access including a workshop organised by APC; a joint APC-LIRNE-IDRC session for the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio; and an online dialogue hosted by LIRNE and APC.

Click here to go to the APC Equitable Access resources page.

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The 3rd GigaNet Annual Symposium will be held in Hyderabad, India, on 2 December 2008, one day prior to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The GigaNet Annual Symposium is an opportunity to showcase some of the best current research on internet governance from around the world and provides a venue for scholars to discuss and debate these crucial issues. The GigaNet Program Committee encourages all scholars in the field to submit proposals on their current Internet Governance related research.

Deadline for submissions is 15 July 2008.

Click here to go to the GigaNet website.
Click here for the Symposium webpage.
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