Listers For those interested, there will be remote participation but this requires prior registration. Rgds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grace Githaiga Twitter: @ggithaiga Skype: gracegithaiga Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga ...the most important office in a democracy is the citizen. So, you see, that’s what our democracy demands. It needs you!----Barrack Obama. ________________________________ From: InternetPublicViews, ITU <internetpublicviews@itu.int> Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 7:32 AM To: InternetPublicViews, ITU Cc: Sareidaki, Despoina Subject: Physical Open Consultation meeting on "Public Policy considerations for OTTs”_ Monday, 18 September 2017 Dear Sir/Madam, We would like to thank you for your participation in the Online Open Consultation of the ITU Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet)<http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx> on the topic of “Public Policy considerations for OTTs”. The submitted responses are publicly available on the ITU Website<http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2017.aspx> and will form part of the Group’s growing repository of best practices on Internet-related public policy matters. As a next step, you are warmly invited to participate in the second phase of this Open Consultation. As you may know, a physical open consultation meeting will be held on Monday, 18 September 2017, from 9.30 to 17.30 (CET) at the ITU HQs in Geneva, Switzerland (Remote participation will also be available). The discussions of the physical meeting will be based on the inputs received during the online consultation, which will be presented in a consolidated document<https://www.itu.int/md/S17-OPCWGINT5-C/en>. As a contributor to the online consultation, you will have the opportunity to present your submitted views to the Group and have a fruitful discussion with the other participants, including Members of the CWG-Internet. If you are interested in participating, here are the next steps: A. Registration It is important for all participants (on site or remote) to register online in advance. For the registration instructions please visit the ITU Website<http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/open-consultations.aspx>. Registration information (with remote participation option) For ITU Member participants please click here<http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/groups-registration.aspx> For non-Member participants please click here<https://www.itu.int/net4/CRM/xreg/web/registration.aspx?Event=C-00003368> * Select meeting title: "Open consultation of the CWG-Internet" B. Remote participation For those not in the position to participate on site, remote participation (via Adobe Connect) is also available upon request: While completing the online registration form, simply select the “I will participate remotely” field and you will be contacted with the relevant technical details prior to the meeting. C. Meeting agenda and documents The draft agenda<https://www.itu.int/md/S17-OPCWGINT5-C/en> of the meeting is currently online. For further information and updates on the meeting details, agenda and documents, you are advised to regularly consult the ITU Website: http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/open-consultations.aspx I remain available to provide any additional information and clarifications. Kind regards, Ms. Despoina SAREIDAKI ICT Policy Analyst International Telecommunication Union Tel : +41 22 730 6818