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