[WSIS CS-Plenary] conference call this Friday, October 8 at 1400 GMT

Wed Oct 6 14:35:42 BST 2004

Thanks

This is interesting

I am happy to join

Kindly update me on the programme ansd structure

I am in London, UK


Ezendu Ariwa


> Frannie, if possible I will join.
>
> I have a lecture from 9.00 - 12.00 CEST, GMT is Greenwich time, right?
>
> Best
>
> wolfgang
>
>
> On tirsdag, okt 5, 2004, at 22:12 Europe/Copenhagen, Frannie Wellings
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all - If anyone is interested in discussing the recent UN WGIG
>> consultation/civil society nominations to the WGIG and/or discussing
>> the financing caucus development and meeting in Berlin, these items
>> will be part of the agenda I've organized for a civil society
>> conference call this Friday, October 8th. Milton and Ralf have both
>> kindly agreed to give an update on these items to those who haven't
>> been involved, but I hope more of you will join the call for a
>> discussion.  The information is below...  Send me an e-mail to let me
>> know if you can join.  Best to all, Frannie
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------------
>>
>> PUBLIC VOICE TELECONFERENCE THIS FRIDAY
>>
>> - Date & Time: Friday, October 8th, 2004 at 10am EDT, 1400 GMT  (call
>> duration: one hour)
>> - Call in Number from North America: 1-888-268-1204   OR   from
>> outside North America:  1-512-225-3050
>> - Access code: 65889#
>> - Agenda as Currently Proposed:
>>
>> * Internet Governance - Milton Mueller
>> * WIPO meeting/Geneva Declaration update - Jamie Love and Robin Gross
>> * UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity - Sasha Costanza-Chock
>> * Recent activity regarding the CoE Convention on Cybercrime  - Frannie
>> * WSIS Financing Activities - Intergovernmental Bureau meeting - Ralf
>> Bendrath
>> * INDUCE Act Update (US) - Mike Godwin
>>
>>
>> My organization is trying to bring together NGOs working on or
>> interested in these issues. Please reply to let me know that you'll be
>> joining the call.  And feel free to send any other issues you'd like
>> to add to the agenda for discussion.
>>
>> Anyone from civil society involved in or interested in these issues is
>> invited to participate.  Meetings take place monthly (the following
>> meeting will be held on November 12th).
>>
>> Public Voice Meeting Page:
>> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/pvwsismeetings/
>>
>>
>> p.s. - If anyone uses some form of VoIP for cheap international
>> calling, Skype, etc., please let me know so I can suggest it to >
>> others.
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Please also note the following upcoming events:
>>
>> October:
>>
>> CPSR CONFERENCE:  "MAKING THE GRADE? A REPORT CARD ON US POLICY AND
>> THE INFORMATION SOCIETY"
>> October 16, 2004
>> Georgetown University, Washington, DC
>>
>> Experts from academia, civil society organizations, and the private
>> sector will analyze the Bush Administration's performance on a variety
>> of ICT issues and each give a "grade" on the merits and later, a big
>> picture overview of and cumulative final grade on current US policy.
>> The conference will conclude with an open discussion on how to advance
>> a public interest agenda that is suited to the current technological
>> and policy environment, and on the roles that CPSR and other
>> progressive advocacy organizations can play in such an effort.
>>
>> CPSR Event:
>> 	http://cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg04/
>>
>>
>>
>> November:
>>
>> UN ICT TASK FORCE SEVENTH MEETING
>> November 18-20, 2004
>> Berlin, Germany
>>
>> The UN ICT Task Force meeting will be held on the 19th and 20th and
>> will feature a Global Forum on "Enabling Environment for Digital
>> Development".  Civil Society organizations are organizing a meeting on
>> the 18th to discuss developments in financing. News on on this meeting
>> will be available soon on  http://www.worldsummit2005.org.
>>
>>
>>
>> UN ICT Task Force:
>> 	http://www.unicttaskforce.org/seventhmeeting
>>
>>
>>
>> December:
>>
>> "AFRICA ELECTRONIC PRIVACY AND PUBLIC VOICE SYMPOSIUM"
>> December 6, 2004
>> Cape Town, South Africa
>>
>> The purpose of this Symposium is to bring together African NGOs,
>> technical experts and policy makers to discuss Privacy, the World
>> Summit on the Information Society and the policy development of
>> Information and Communication Technologies. It is an opportunity for
>> the public voice to be heard on issues such as safeguarding electronic
>> privacy and protecting online speech, as well as African perspectives
>> on Internet governance and the World Summit on the Information
>> Society. The Symposium will be held in Cape Town, South Africa at the
>> Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island, on December 6, 2004 in
>> conjunction with the ICANN meeting. The event will be split into three
>> sessions. Participants are encouraged to submit papers on African
>> perspectives on global Internet Governance, African Internet
>> Governance, or data protection or free expression online in Africa;
>> papers will be posted on the web site before the symposium. Please
>> send any inquiries, program suggestions, African NGO contacts, or
>> papers to <thepublicvoice [at] epic.org>.
>>
>> Cape Town Event:
>> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/capetown04/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> FOR EVENT UPDATES, SEE:
>> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events
>>
>> FOR A CALENDAR OF GLOBAL ICT POLICY RELATED EVENTS, SEE:
>> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/2004_csonetwork.html
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> ~~~
>>
>> Frannie Wellings
>> Policy Fellow, Electronic Privacy Information Center   ~
>> http://www.epic.org
>> Director, The Public Voice    ~   http://www.thepublicvoice.org
>>
>> 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
>> Washington, D.C.  20009
>> USA
>>
>> wellings at epic.org
>>
>> +1 202 483 1140 x 107 (telephone)
>> +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
>>
>> ~~~
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