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UN ICT Task Force Global Forum on Internet Governance
25-26 March 2004, UN Headquarters, New York
Provisional Session Structure (as of 24 March 2004 AM)
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| Wednesday, 24 March |
| 18.00 - 19.00 |
Welcoming Cocktail Reception |
| 19.00 - 20.30 |
Technology Seminar
A nuts and bolts overview of how the Internet works (to help the participants through discussions over the next two days).
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Vinton Cerf
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| Thursday, 25 March |
| 08.30 - 09.00 |
Registration |
| 09.00 - 09.30 |
Opening Session
Opening remarks by the Chairman of the Task Force
Welcome statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Opening remarks by the President of ECOSOC
Statement by Dr. V. Cerf
The Chairman introduces the structure/format/time management rules of the Global Forum
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| 09.30 - 10.30 |
Session I: Setting the Stage: Issues and Institutions
- Brief reports on the relevant outcomes of prior events on Internet Governance:
- Overview and differentiation of governance arenas, institutional forms, etc., by Dr. W. Drake
Chair: J.-A. Ocampo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Moderator: N. Desai, Special Advisor on WSIS to the United Nations Secretary-General - tbc
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| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Networking Break |
| 11.00 - 12.00 |
Session II: Stakeholders Baseline: Accumulated Concerns, Perspectives, and Exploring How We Can Co-operate
The Session is designed to facilitate an open interactive discussion among key stakeholders (governments of developed and developing countries, the private sector, civil society)
Chair: Mr. B. Tuohy, Ireland
Moderator: Mr. R. Castillo, Bolivia
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| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Session III: Guiding Principles: A Checklist for Internet Governance
Interactive discussion on baseline principles that should guide evaluation of governance mechanisms, including:
- Linkage to development issues
- Openness and freedom of the Internet
- Efficiency / Market-enabling rules
- Organizational optimization
- Inclusive participation
- Transparency and accountability
- Costs and financing
- Other?
Chair: Mr. T. Abu-Ghazaleh, Vice-Chairman of the UN ICT Task Force
Moderator: Mr S. Ramakrishnan, India - tbc
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| 13.15 - 14.30 |
Working Lunch (buffet)
Remarks by Tunisia
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| 14.45 - 16.00 |
Break-out Sessions
The goals of the break-out sessions are to identify areas of agreement and ways to bridge non-agreement in different areas of Internet governance, as well as identify areas that merit further discussion and their relationships. All groups will be invited also to address any issues that the participants may feel are not adequately covered at the present. Particular attention will be paid by all groups to the development dimension of all issues to be addressed.
Thematic similarities between Groups 1-2 and 3-4 are intended to facilitate as participatory and interactive character of discussion as possible.
Break-out Groups:
Group 1: Internet Infrastructure
Areas of Focus: underlying facilities and interconnection, domain names and IP addresses, technical standards, root server and zone file operations, network security
Chair: Ms. L. Daigle, Internet Architecture Board
Moderator: Dr. G. Marcelle, AISWG
Rapporteur: Mr. V. Markovski, ISOC Bulgaria
Group 2: Internet Infrastructure
Areas of Focus: underlying facilities and interconnection, domain names and IP addresses, technical standards, root server and zone file operations, network security
Chair: Dr. N. Quaynor, Private sector, Ghana
Moderator: Dr. W. Drake, Switzerland
Rapporteur: Ms. R. Abdul Rahim, GKP
Group 3: Transactions and Content
Areas of Focus: e-commerce, e-signatures, e-contracting, trade in digital goods and services, consumer protection, intellectual property, speech, alternative dispute resolution, privacy and "information security".
Chair: Mr. K. Saeed, Pakistan
Moderator: Mr. A. Miller, WITSA
Rapporteur: Mr. P. Danjinou, UNDP
Group 4: Transactions and Content
Areas of Focus: e-commerce, e-signatures, e-contracting, trade in digital goods and services, consumer protection, intellectual property, speech, alternative dispute resolution, privacy and "information security".
Chair: Ms. M. Mauras, United Nations
Moderator: Mr. D. MacLean, Canada
Rapporteur: Ms. K. Banks, APC
Group 5: Under-addressed Issues that could Require Collective Governance
Areas of Focus: Internet interconnection and backbone deployment, spam, network security, costs and financing, competition policy and restrictive business practices, consumer protection, cultural and linguistic diversity, taxation, jurisdiction and choice of law, universal access, Internet/ICT and development
Chair: Ms A. Esterhuysen, APC
Moderator: Mr. T. Takahashi, Brazil
Rapporteur: Prof. M. Geist, Canada
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| 16.00 - 16.30 |
Networking Break |
| 16.30 - 18.00 |
Continuation of Break-out Sessions |
| 18.15 |
Reception Sponsored by Siemens |
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| Friday, 26 March |
| 09.00 - 12.00 |
The Way Ahead
Statement by Mr M. Furrer, Switzerland
Statement by Dr. F. Beji, Tunisia
Reports on the outcome of the break-out sessions (delivered by Moderators of the break-out groups).
Discussion will focus on:
- Defining areas of common understanding
- Agreement on a set of issues participants think would merit more intensively focused deliberations at subsequent meetings, in particular meetings of the ICT Task Force
Statement by Dr. R. Kahn
Chair: J.-M. Figueres Olsen, Chairman of the Task Force
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| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Closing Session
- Statement by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Closing statement by the Chairman of the UN ICT Task Force
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