Second IGF Meeting
Rio de Janeiro, 12-15 November 20071
(2 November 2007)
Chairman: |
Sérgio Machado Rezende, Minister of Science and Technology |
12 November, 1500-1700 |
Critical Internet Resources |
Session Chairman: |
Ronaldo Sardenberg, President, ANATEL |
Moderator: |
Ulysse Gosset, France 24 (tbc) |
Panellists: |
Carlos Afonso, Planning Director, RITS, Rio de Janeiro |
Alain P. Aina, Founder Member, Africa Network Operators Group, Togo |
Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google |
Lesley Cowley, CEO, Nominet (.uk) |
Raul Echeberria, CEO, LACNIC |
Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt [remote participation] |
Milton Mueller, Professor and Director of the Telecommunications Network Management Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse N.Y. |
Discussants: |
Boubacar Barry, West Africa Region Coordinator, ACSIS, Guinea |
Juan Fernández González, MIC, Cuba |
Robert E. Kahn, Chairman, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, USA |
Rt Hon Alun Michael, Member, United Kingdom Parliament |
E. C. A. Ndukwe, Communication Commission, Nigeria |
Lynn St. Amour, president/CEO, Internet Society |
13 November, 1100-1300 |
Access |
Session Chairman: |
Helio Costa, Minister of Communications |
Moderator: |
Richard Sambrook, Director, Global News Division, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Vice President, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
Panellists: |
Sylvia Cadena, wilac.net, Colombia |
Valerie D’Costa, The World Bank |
Mouhammet Diop, CEO, Next.sn, Senegal |
Roque Gagliano, Chair, Latin American IXPs and Interconnection Forum; ANTEL Uruguay |
Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change, Bangalore |
Mike Jensen, Independent consultant, Johannesburg |
Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President, International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Verizon, Washington D.C. |
Discussants: |
Rajesh Bansal, Nokia Siemens Networks, Gurgaon, India |
Hökmark Gunnar, Member, European Parliament |
Radhika Lal, United Nations Development Program, New York City |
Sam Paltridge, OECD |
Maui Sanford, Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association President |
Johan Wibergh, President of Market Unit Brazil, Ericsson |
13 November, 1600-1800 |
Diversity |
Session Chairman: |
Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture |
Moderator: |
Tbd |
Panellists: |
David Appasamy, Chief Communication Officer, Sify Ltd., Chennai, India |
Monthian Buntan, Executive Director, Thailand Association of the Blind, Bangkok |
David Dzumba, Nokia, USA |
Tatiana Ershova, General Director, IIS, Russia |
John Klensin, independent consultant, IETF Liaison to ICANN Board |
Adama Samassékou, Président de l'Académie Africaine des Langues, fondateur du réseau MAAYA, Koulouba, Mali |
Ben Petrazzini, Head, Institute for Connectivity in the Americas, Montevideo |
Daniel Pimienta, Director, Funredes, Santo Domingo |
Discussants: |
Maria Badia, Member, European Parliament |
Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor, Paris III, France |
Pierre Ouédraogo, Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, Burkina Faso |
Caio Tulio Vieira Costa, President, iG, Brazil |
14 November, 1100-1300 |
Openness |
Session Chairman: |
Ronaldo Lemos, Law professor, Center of Technology and Society (FGV-CTS), Rio de Janeiro |
Moderator: |
Fabiana Scaranzi, Rede Globo Television |
Panellists: |
Nick Dearden, Campaigns Manager, Amnesty International UK |
Carlos Gregorio, Expert in Privacy Rights, Montevideo |
Amb. David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications Policy, Department of State, Washington D.C. |
Masanobu Katoh, Corporate Vice President,FUJITSU LIMITED; Chairman, Sub-Committee on International Affairs, Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) |
Mark Kelly, International human rights lawyer, Human Rights Consultants (HRC), Dublin |
Catherine Trautmann, Member, European Parliament |
Discussants: |
Peng Hwa Ang, Associate Professor and Chair - SCI, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Sally Burch, ALAI, Ecuador |
Pierre Dandjinou, CT Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Program, Benin |
Michael Geist, Law Professor, University of Ottawa |
Miklós Haraszti, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Paris |
Claudio Lins de Vasconcelos, Legal Manager of Fundação Roberto Marinho, Rio de Janeiro |
Benoît Müller, Director, Software Policy, Business Software Alliance |
Nnenna Nwakanma, Independent Consultant, Abidjan |
14 November, 1600-1800 |
Security |
Session Chairman: |
tbd |
Moderator: |
Yoshinori Imai, The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
Panellists: |
Ralf Bendrath, Research Fellow, University of Bremen |
Lamia Chaffai, Director, Agence Tunisienne d’Internet, Tunisia |
Huang Chengqing, Secretary-General, Internet Society of China, Beijing |
Patrik Faltström, Consultant, Cisco Systems, Sweden |
Marco Gercke, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Cologne |
Cristine Hoepers, Leader, Brazilian CERT |
[Zahid Jamil, Senior Partner, Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-Law] |
Discussants: |
Izumi Aizu, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for InfoSocinomics (IIS), Kumon Center, Tama University |
Anne Carblanc, Principal Administrator, Information Computer and Communications Policy Division, OECD, Paris |
Georg Greve, President, Free Software Foundation Europe, Zurich |
Malcolm Harbour, Member, European Parliament |
Aloysio Maggesi, CID IT Embratel, Brazil |
Katitza Rodriguez Pereda, International Policy Fellow, Electronic Privacy Information Center |
Robert Shaw, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU |
15 November, 1030-1300 |
Taking stock and the way forward |
Session Chairmen: |
Nitin Desai, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Internet Governance |
Hadil da Rocha Vianna, Minister, Director for Scientific and Technological Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Panellist: |
tbd |
Discussant: |
tbd |
15 November, 1400-1600 |
Emerging Issues |
Session Chairman: |
Augusto Gadelha Vieira, Coordinator, CGI.br – Brazilian Internet Steering Committee |
Moderator: |
Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World |
Panellists: |
Robert E. Kahn, Chairman, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, Reston, VA |
Andrew Keen, Author of The Cult of the Amateur, London |
Robert Pepper, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Cisco Systems, Washington D.C. |
Nii Quaynor, Chairman, Network Computer Systems, Accra |
Discussants: |
Fred Baker, Cisco Fellow, Cisco Systems, former IETF Chair |
Vittorio Bertola, Independent Consultant, Italy |
Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google |
Demi Getschko, Director, NIC.br, Sao Paulo |
1 Names in bold: confirmed participation/remote participation