IGF-USA 2012 AFTERNOON PLENARY DISCUSSION: DEFINING THE FUTURE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE – MEETING EVOLVING CHALLENGES
26/07/12 23:02 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 – This  major session of the opening plenary of IGF-USA discussed the current state of play with various proposals ranging from the WCIT, the UN Commission on Science and Technology and Enha....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 AFTERNOON PLENARY: REMARKS FROM LARRY STRICKLING
26/07/12 23:01 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 – Larry Strickling, assistant secretary for communications and information and administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the US Department of Commerc....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 AFTERNOON PLENARY: SUMMARIES OF THE DAY’S SESSIONS
26/07/12 22:59 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 – The moderators and organizers of the day’s workshops, best practices and case studies sessions presented reports rounding up the key details of the day’s discussions. Details o....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 WORKSHOP: CYBER SECURITY – CHANNELING THE MOMENTUM AT HOME AND ABROAD
26/07/12 22:45 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 – The US House of Representatives has passed four cybersecurity bills, and the US Senate has indicated an intent to consider cybersecurity legislation in the current session. The US Departme....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 YOUTH FORUM: YOUTH IN AN ONLINE WORLD – VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES OF YOUTH AS USERS
26/07/12 22:40 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 – People under the age of 30 constitute the largest population of Internet users in the US and worldwide. This generation, many of whom grew up with mobile networks and the Internet, is the ....[more]

IGF-USA 2012: CRITICAL INTERNET RESOURCES (CIRS) – EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNET’S TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS
26/07/12 22:23 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - Since the initiation of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Critical Internet Resources (CIR) and the evolution of the Internet’s technical foundations have been a central focus of ongoin....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 CASE VIGNETTES: TURNING PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE – OR NOT: INTERNET GOVERNANCE/ICANN; CONSUMER PRIVACY; CYBER SECURITY; DIALOGUES ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED
26/07/12 22:11 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 – This workshop was aimed at examining the role principles are playing in framing debates, achieving consensus and influencing change – or not. Proposals for Internet principles are popping ....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 WORKSHOP: NEXT CHALLENGE – HOW TO HANDLE BIG DATA IN THE CLOUD
26/07/12 20:20 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - The dramatic reduction in the cost of computing and storage made possible by cloud computing services, the spread of easy-to-use, open-source analytic tools, and the growing availability of mass....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 SCENARIO STORY: TWO POSSIBLE FUTURES FOR COPYRIGHT – ANARCHY OR TOTALITARIANISM
26/07/12 20:07 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - The laws of copyright were introduced before the Internet, before file-sharing and before the advances in digital tools now used to create sampling, mash-ups and remixes. One example of the comp....[more]

IGF-USA 2012 BEST PRACTICE FORUM: ICTS FOR DISASTER RESPONSE – HOW THE INTERNET IS TRANSFORMING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
26/07/12 19:58 from Internet Governance Forum/USA
Brief session description: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - Recent man-made and natural disasters around the globe have highlighted the importance of ICTs for connecting public safety officials, coordinating response operations and keeping citizens infor....[more]

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