[WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation - GigaNet Workshop on Global Internet Governance - Paris, 23 Juin 2008

[Meryem Marzouki]

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Meryem Marzouki
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Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in  
Construction
A GigaNet workshop, organized in cooperation with GDR TICS and DEL  
Networks
Paris, France - 23 June 2008 - 08:30-13:30
University Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle – Institut du Monde Anglophone

Invitation to participate

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) will hold  
its first workshop on "Global Internet Governance: An  
Interdisciplinary Field in Construction", in Paris, France, on Monday  
23 June 2003, 08:30-13:30. French co-organizers and sponsors are: GDR- 
CNRS TICS, DEL-CNRS network, Sciences Po, U. Paris 3 Sorbonne  
Nouvelle, U. Pierre et Marie Curie, and LIP6 Laboratory.

The purpose of the workshop, the first of its sort, is to allow  
scholars involved in Internet Governance-related research to describe  
their ongoing research projects to other scholars in the field, in  
order to share ideas, forge possible collaborations, and identify  
emerging research themes in the field. Scholars from various academic  
disciplines and all regions of the world are expected to contribute  
to this reflexive exercise, with the long-term objective of  
collectively building this interdisciplinary research field.

Rather than featuring academic paper presentations, the workshop aims  
at providing a survey of current academic activities in the field of  
global Internet governance. The workshop is mainly organized around 3  
roundtables, fostering lively and fruitful discussions. Panelists  
selected among the authors of submitted contributions will discuss  
global Internet governance research activities dealing with: models,  
players and democratic principles; regulation policies and regulatory  
issues; and regional perspectives and sociocultural issues.

Attendance at the workshop is free and open to all interested  
parties, but registration is required.

Workshop agenda and detailed program, registration form, contribution  
abstracts, as well as other practical information, are available at  
the workshop website:  http://tinyurl.com/2nww9t.

Contact:
Meryem Marzouki, Workshop Chair
LIP6-UPMC-CNRS, France (Meryem.Marzouki at lip6.fr)
Workshop website: http://tinyurl.com/2nww9t