Fourth GigaNet Annual Symposium

Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt

14 November 2009

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a scholarly community which aims: (i) to promote the development of Internet Governance as a recognized interdisciplinary field of study and (ii) to facilitate the informed dialogue on policy and issues in a multistakeholder approach.

In order to fulfills its goals, since 2006, it has been organizing a collective premier research event, the GigaNet Annual Symposium at the Internet Governance Forum meetings, which is an opportunity to showcase some of the best current research on Internet Governance from around the world and provides a venue for scholars to discuss and debate these crucial issues.

Prior successful symposia in Greece (2006), Brazil (2007) and India (2008) lead us to the Fourth GigaNet Symposium to be held in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, on November 14th, 2009- one day before the IGF official opening, at Maritim Sharm El Sheikh International Congress Centre (SHICC) – Room Nile Valley.  Also, we will again offer Remote Participation options for the Symposium.  Links to the recordings of the remote participation are below.

  

Symposium Program

KEYNOTE SPEECH:

Ronald J. Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski, “Beyond Denial: Introducing the Next Generation of Internet Controls”

 

8:00- 9:00 CREDENTIALS (All times are local to Sharm-el-Sheik. To identify the time in your location, see TimeandDatecom).

 Recording of Remote Participation for Morning Sessions

9:00 – 9:15 – Opening Session

9:15 – 10:00 PANEL 1 – What is Internet Governance?

Conceptualizing Internet Governance
William J. Drake, Centre for International Governance, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies 

Why the Field of Internet Governance is not About Internet Governance

Michel van Eeten, Delft University of Technology

MODERATOR: Hans Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

10:00 – 11:00 – KEYNOTE SPEECH

Beyond Denial: Introducing the Next Generation of Internet Controls

Ronald J. Deibert, Professor and Director, The Citizen Lab, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Canada.

Rafal Rohozinski, CEO at Psiphon Inc., Principal and CEO at The SecDev Group, Ottawa, Canada.

 

11:00 – 11:30 MORNING COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSIONS

 

11:30 – 12:30 PANEL 2 – CYBERSECURITY

More than a feeling – conceptualizing Internet security governance

Andreas Schmidt, Delft University of Technology  

Who Provides National Cyber Security?v 

Y.J. Park, Delft University of Technology

Do the Internet Security Alerts Have an Impact on Lowering ccTLD Security Level?

Jay Rajasekera, from International University of Japan and Suvashis Das, from Nagaoka University of Technology.

MODERATOR: John Laprise, Northwestern University in Qatar

 

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH

 Recording of Remote Participation for Afternoon Sessions

 

14:00 – 15:30 PANEL 3 – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INTERNET BILL OF RIGHTS

The Internet Bill of Rights Project: A Way to Reconcile Natural Freedoms and Needs for Regulation?

Francesca Musiani, Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, MINES ParisTech

The ethical dimensions of internet governance: the utility of the human rights framework.

Lisa Horner, GLOBAL PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATES, LONDON

Max Senges, Stanford University, Palo Alto

Governmental Filtering of Websites: the Dutch Case

W.Ph. Stol, NHL-University of Applied Sciences Leeuwarden and Open University of the Netherlands,Chair Police Studies;

H.K.W. Kaspersen, Free University Amsterdam, Computer Law Institute;

  1. Kerstens,NHL-University of Applied Sciences Leeuwarden

E.R. Leukfeldt, NHL-University of Applied Sciences Leeuwarden  

A.R. Lodder, Free University Amsterdam, Computer Law Institute; 

Assessing Internet Controls in a Comparative Perspective: The development of Freedom House’s pilot index of global internet and digital media freedom

Karin Deutsch Karkelar andSarah G. Cook, both from Freedom House

Social Media and Global Internet Governance: innovations and limitations

Robert Bodle, College of Mount St. Joseph, USA. (awarded 2009 IGP fellowship)

MODERATOR: Meryem Marzouki, LIP6/PolyTIC – CNRS

 

15:30 – 16:30 PANEL 4 – MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM AND NEW APPROACHES

Evaluating Internet Governance innovation: the Internet Governance Forum and the construction of collaboration

Nanette S. Levinson, International Communication Program, School of International Service, American University,

Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University and American University

Down on the mapping road. – Progresses and challenges of mapping Internet governance within theGlobal Media and Communication Governance landscape.

Elena Pavan, DSRS Unversity of Trento, Italy

Claudia Padovani, DSSP University of Padova, Italy

Defining the elephant: Discourse analysis of the Internet Governance – Debate at the World Telecommunication Policy Forum 2009

Dmitry Epstein, Communication, Cornell University, USA 

MODERATOR: Prof. Olga Cavalli, University of Buenos Aires

 

16:30 – 17:00 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSIONS

 

17:00 – 18:30 PANEL 5 – EMERGING ISSUES AND CLOSING SESSION

Before the sky falls down: a ‘constitutional dialogue’ over the depletion of Internet addresses

Jeanette Hofmann, London School of Economics and Political Science,

Extension of Traditional “Internet Governance” to the Internet of Things

Prof. Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich

Internet Governance and Social Development: Is this the Forgotten Key? The Impact on Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean

Marsha Guthrie, DiploFoundation
MODERATOR: Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus

 

 

 

POSTERS

Thoughts on the future of ICTs, human social behaviour and global governance.

Andrew Gordon, GlobalVote

The Law & Economics of cyber-security and privacy

Sergio Alves Júnior, University of Brasília – Department of Economics – Brazil

Internet Governance Typology: A Conceptual Framework for Practical Policy Analysis

Hans Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology

Internet Governance: a complex approach

Antonella Giulia Pizzaleo, Institute of Informatics and Telematics of CNR (National Center for Research) and Nexa Center for Internet and Society, Politecnico of Turin

From cyberpiracy to cyberattacks: Political science and the challenge of cyberwarfare

Jean-Loup Samaan, French Ministry of Defense

Regulating Internet Cafes in Mainland China: The Issues of Special Administrative Measures

Jing Xu, School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University

Stunting Economic Development south of the Mediterranean: The impact of internet censorship on e-business and e-commerce

Ben Wagner, Public Administration: International and Development Administration, Universiteit Leiden.

Nothing new under the sun: Jose Ortega y Gasset and the governance of the internet.

Deirdre Williams, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, Castries St Lucia

 

 

 

 

2009 Program Committee members

Milton Mueller, Syracuse University, USA – (GigaNet Chair)

Raquel Gatto, PUC/SP, Brazil – (Program Committee Chair)

Lamees El Baghdady, Modern Sciences and Arts University, Egypt – (Symposium Coordinator)

Konstantinos Komaitis, University of Strathclyde, UK – (Membership Chair)

Nanette Levinson, American University, USA

Olga Cavalli, ITBA, Argentina

Becky Lentz, McGill University, Canada

Carolina Aguerre, Universidad San Andres, Argentina

Ana Abreu, University of São Carlos – UFSCAR, Brazil