28 NOVEMBER (Banquet Hall A, United Nations Conference Centre & Online) ADDIS ABABA LOCAL TIMES (UTC +3) INDICATED BELOW 10h WELCOME REMARKS / INTRODUCTION 10h10 THE CONTESTED GOVERNANCE OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Chair: Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa and Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town Discussant: Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus … Continue reading 2022 Annual Symposium Programme (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – hybrid)
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Webinar: Infrastructural Distortion and Possession
14 December 2022 at 8pm CEST, online, website here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fz4_6OmZUM Global internet infrastructure is increasingly becoming part of geopolitical conflicts. However, politics have always been an inherent part of communication infrastructures. One could even argue that that the internet infrastructure has been a field of reconfiguration of global power for decades, we just failed to … Continue reading Webinar: Infrastructural Distortion and Possession
2022 Annual Symposium Call for Papers (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – hybrid)
GigaNet – the Global Internet Governance Academic Network – is now accepting extended abstracts for papers to be presented at its annual symposium. As of now, GigaNet 2022 is planned to be held alongside the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which is held in a hybrid format in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 28 November … Continue reading 2022 Annual Symposium Call for Papers (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – hybrid)
Webinar: To sanction or not to sanction the Internet access: A SancNet debate
Friday, April 1st at 4 PM CEST, online, register here Until now, sanctions on the Internet infrastructure have not been explicitly used, perceived by some as an unacceptable barrier to communication. However, recently, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the Ukrainian government explicitly asked for such sanctions. In response to that, Internet governance organizations rejected this notion, … Continue reading Webinar: To sanction or not to sanction the Internet access: A SancNet debate
2021 Annual Symposium programme (Katowice, Poland, virtual)
GigaNet Symposium at IGF – 6 December 2021 Join the debate on our live tweeting-> #GigaNet2021 Program (all times indicated below are in CET) Register to get your Zoom link for Symposium HERE! 14.00-14.05 Introduction and Welcome Dmitry Epstein, GigaNet ChairRoxana Radu, Program Chair 2021 14.05-15.35 Parallel Sessions 1 PANEL 1A: PLATFORM REGULATION Chair: … Continue reading 2021 Annual Symposium programme (Katowice, Poland, virtual)