Internet Governance: New Political and Regulatory Frameworks for Global Network Communication
June 16-18, 2006 - Hotel Rathener Hof ,Saxonian Switzerland , Kurort Rathen , Germany
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Arrival
19.00 – 20.00:
Opening:
On the Road to Athens : From WGIG to the Internet Governance Forum:
Introduction by former WGIG-Members:
Peng Hwa Ang, Singapore Internet Research Centre, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore and
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Department of Media and Information Studies, University of Aarhus , Denmark
20.30: BBQ
Friday, June 16, 2006
9.30 - 11.00
Plenary I:
Political Core Issues for Academic Research
Bill Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute
Mary C. Rundle, Berkman Center at Harvard Law School , Cambridge
Seiiti Arata, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Adam Peake, GLOCOM Tokio
Hong Xue, Hongkong University
11.00 – 11.30:
Coffee
11.30 – 13.00
Plenary II:
Practical Challenges for Internet Governance Research
Key Note Speech:
Stefan Welzel, DENIC, Frankfurt
Short Statements from practical Stakeholder Groups
Axel Plathe, UNESCO, Paris (TBC)
Matthew Shears, ISOC, Geneva (TBC)
Michael Leibrand, German Ministry for Economics and Technology, Berlin
Annette Muehlberg, Chair, ICANN At Large Advisory Committee
Philipp Grabensee, Afilias Ltd.
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
Luncheon Speech:
Sabine Dolderer, Manager of DENIC (TBC)
14.00 – 16.00
Parallel Workshops
Workshop I: Governance Issues
Inclusive Internet Governance: Enhancing Multistakeholder Participation Through Geographically Distributed Policy Collaboratories
Derrick Cogburn, Syracuse University , Syracuse
Legitimacy in Internet Governance: Assessing the Past, Designing the Future
Hans Klein, School of Public Policy , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta
Exploring Inequalities in Internet Access between East and West European Countries
Daniela Dimitrova, Greenlee School of Journalism & Communication, Iowa State University , Ames
Of Vital national Interest: Understanding the Origins of US Internet Policy
John Laprise, Northwestern University, Chicago
Workshop II: Policy & Legal Issues
Individual v. World, 999 U.S. 999 (2050)
Navendu Tripathi, Media Management, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Internet Governance: New Political and Regulatory Frameworks for Global Network Communication
Bruno Ravaz, Président de l'Université du Sud Toulon Var, Toulon
Digital literacy for technology-related citizenship empowerment: A dialogic model
A group of Researchers and University professors from both the University of Barcelona and the University of Lleida in Spain
“Digital Divide to Digital Dividends?”: A look into ICT vis-à-vis development in a Third World context
Catherine P. Reyes-Angus, Internal Communications Officer, Asian Development Bank
Workshop III: Development Issues
The Preconditions Of Access To Knowledge Society In Developing Countries (with the emphasis on Iran )
Seyed Reza Naghibulsadat, Allameh Tabatabaee University , Teheran , Iran
Smaller Worlds: Online Social Networks and the Retrieval of Social Capital in the Philippines
Emerson S. Bañez, University of the Philippines , College of Mass Communication, Manila
Digital divide in the global net: Exploring Turkish students' perceived efficacy, trust and participation in the Internet
Selcan Kaynak, Bosphorus University . Istanbul
Governance through the government's Websites: A case of Cyber governance in Korea
Sung-Ho Park , Department of Communications, Honam University , Seoul
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee
16.30 – 18.30
Plenary III:
Theoretical Approaches to the Analysis of Internet Governance
Jeanette Hofman, Wissenschafrtszentrum Berlin
John Mathiason, University of Syracuse
Hans Klein, Georgia Institute for Technology, Atlanta
Milton Mueller, University of Syracuse , Syracuse
19.00
Buses will leave for evening reception at “Festung Königstein”
Saturday, June, 17, 2006
9.30 – 11.00
Plenary IV:
ICANN, IANA, DOC vs. WSIS, WGIG, IGF? Accountability of Internet Core Ressource Management
Introduction:
Milton Mueller, University of Syracuse , Syracuse
Moderation:
Wolfgang Kleinwächter
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee
11.30 -13.00:
Plenary V:
Enhanced Communication on Internet Governance: Towards the Building of a “Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANet)
Introduction:
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus
Jovan Kurbilja, Diplo Foundation, La Valetta
Ralf Bendrath, University of Bremen
Guest Speaker:
Markus Kummer, Secretary Internet Governance Forum, Geneva
13.00 – 14.30
Lunch
Luncheon Speech
Geoges Papavou, Head of the Greek Organisation Committee of the Internet Governance Forum 2006 (TBC)
15.00 – 19.00:
(depend from weather conditions)
Option A: Walk to the “Rauenstein” with Coffee Picknick and “open air discussion” on the future of GIGANet)
Option B: In-House Discussion on the Future of GIGANet with coffee break
19.00
Individual Transfer to Rathen Center for dinner & beer (make your individual choice)
Buses will go back to the Hotel from Rathen Station at
22.00, 22.20, 22.40, 23.00, 23.20
Sunday, June 18, 2006
10.30: Departure by Boat to Dresden
13.00: Arrival Dresden Terrassenufer