IGF 2014 sub theme that this workshop fall under
Enhancing Digital Trust
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Description
The transnational Internet is instrumental in helping people exercise their universal human rights, irrespective of where they are located. However, there is a growing tension between the cross-border nature of the Internet and the territorial conception of national sovereignty. Concerns are legitimately rising about a “fragmentation” of cyberspace along national jurisdictions.
The session will address the following issues: - What is actually meant by “fragmentation of cyberspace”? - Do we really observe trends towards fragmentation? - Is this voluntary or an unintended consequence of unrelated decisions? - What would be the long-term impacts on the ecology of cyberspace?
If we collectively believe that cyberspace fragmentation would be detrimental to the benefits the Internet has brought to mankind, new collaborative multi-stakeholder frameworks are needed to diffuse tensions and enable the coexistence of different laws and norms in shared online spaces.
Launched in 2012, the Internet & Jurisdiction Project is a multi-stakeholder effort to develop a due process framework to deal with transborder tensions around online content.
The roundtable discussion is intended to frame the broader debate and solicit feedback. It will also update IGF participants about the progress of the global multi-stakeholder dialogue process facilitated by the Internet & Jurisdiction Project and engage them in the way forward.
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Name(s) and stakeholder and organizational affiliation(s) of institutional co-organizer(s)
Bertrand de La Chapelle Civil Society Internet & Jurisdiction Project
Paul Fehlinger Civil Society Internet & Jurisdiction Project
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Has the proposer, or any of the co-organizers, organized an IGF workshop before?
yes
The link to the workshop report
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2013/scripts/wks2013/report_view.php?xpsltipq_je=81
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Type of session
Roundtable
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Duration of proposed session
90 Minutes
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Subject matter #tags that describe the workshop
#jurisdiction #fragmentation #cooperation #framework #DueProcess
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Names and affiliations (stakeholder group, organization) of speakers the proposer is planning to invite
Name: Benedicto Fonesca Filho, Stakeholder group: State Organization: Ministry of External Relations, Brazil Contacted: Yes Confirmed: YES
Name: Vint Cerf Stakeholder group: Private sector Organization: Google Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
Name: Ankhi Das Stakeholder group: Private sector Organization: Facebook India Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
Name: Joana Varon Ferraz Stakeholder group: Civil Society Organization: Independent Researcher, Brazil Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
Name: Norbert Riedel Stakeholder group: Government Organization: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
Name: Kathy Brown Stakeholder group: Technical community Organization: Internet Society Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
Name: Elvana Thaci Stakeholder group: Intergovernmental Organization Organization: Council of Europe Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
Name: Guy Berger Stakeholder group: Intergovernmental Organization Organization: UNESCO Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
Name: Michael Niebel Stakeholder group: Intergovernmental Organization Organization: European Commission Contacted: Yes Confirmed: Yes
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Name of Moderator(s)
Bertrand de La Chapelle, Internet & Jurisdiction Project
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Name of Remote Moderator(s)
Paul Fehlinger, Internet & Jurisdiction Project
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Description of how the proposer plan to facilitate discussion amongst speakers, audience members and remote participants
All speakers will sit around a large round table so that part of the audience can sit at the same table to better interact during the workshop. After a brief introduction, the session will take the form of a moderated discussion between the panelists and the audience. Special attention will be devoted to enable a vivid remote debate that feeds directly into the discussion onsite.
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Description of the proposer's plans for remote participation
We will encourage all 70+ entities that participate actively in the Internet & Jurisdiction Project’s global multi-stakeholder dialogue process who can not be at the IGF to join the discussion remotely.
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Background paper
background paper
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