WITSA Global ICT Public Policy Summit
Dear Colleagues, WITSA ([1]www.witsa.org) will be hosting the 2009 Global ICT Public Policy Summit ([2]www.gpps.bm) in Bermuda in early Novemebr. This international summit focuses on global policies affecting the ICT industry and is attended by over 500 senior executives, government officials and policy makers. Taking place once every two years and commencing in 1999, the summit is hosted in a different country each time, with the leading ICT association of that country organizing the event. In November 2009, GPPS will be coming to Bermuda with the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s Business Technology Division as the organizer in partnership with the Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce. The theme of the meting is "Business Technology: An Enabler in Your Economy" The 2009 Global Public Policy Summit focuses on global policies affecting the ICT industry and will be attended by over 500 senior executives, government officials and policy makers. The event will take place at the Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda on November 1-3, 2009. The event program will feature several thought provoking sessions, including: - Can Enlightened ICT Policy Enable Your Economy and an Economic Recovery? - Do Policies that Promote Technology Infrastructures that Are Resilient and Secure, and that Protect the Privacy of Personal Data Conflict with Policies that Encourage Economic Expansion? - Will Proposed Internet Governance Policies on the Stability, Security and Private Sector Leadership of the Internet Dampen Economic Recovery and Expansion? - Do Environmental Policies Hamper Growth and Can Enlightened ICT Policies and Involvement Bridge the Gap? - Is There Evidence that Institutions Can Play a Positive Role In Promoting ICT and Expanding Economies or Are They Simply Relics of the Past? - Are There Potential Business Technology Developments on the Horizon That Will Enhance Business Growth? In addition, there will be a [3]Pre-Summit Workshop entitled “Incubators as a Catalyst to Developing a Strong ICT Sector “ on October 30 and 31. Visit [4]www.gpps2009.bm for more information and Registration – Now! If you are in Kenya and you would like the CSK, which is a member of WITSA, to send an official invitation letter to your organization please do not hesitate to contact me. The total investment to atten dthhis meeting including return airfare, accomodation in the 5-star hotel and conference registration is about US$3000. Kind Regards, Waudo References 1. http://www.witsa.org/ 2. http://www.gpps.bm/ 3. http://www.gpps2009.bm/Schedule.aspx 4. http://www.gpps2009.bm/
Waudo, On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:10 PM, waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com>wrote: <snip>
- Will Proposed Internet Governance Policies on the Stability, Security and Private Sector Leadership of the Internet Dampen Economic Recovery and Expansion?
Isn't this sort of a (mis)leading question, given that the privatisation of Internet is what has led to it's unparalleled success? What proposed policies are we talking about? IDNs? new gTLDs? Both promise tremendous economic growth (will they deliver is another question), but they certainly won't "dampen" any recovery. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
Dr McTim - this is the information - indeed in the form of a qusetion - that I received from the organizers and we are looking fwd to questions like your very good one to fire the discussions! BTW WITSA is very much for a private-sector led Internet (see [1]www.witsa.org). Cheers, Waudo On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:20 +0300, "McTim" <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote: Waudo, On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:10 PM, waudo siganga <[2]emailsignet@mailcan.com> wrote: <snip> - Will Proposed Internet Governance Policies on the Stability, Security and Private Sector Leadership of the Internet Dampen Economic Recovery and Expansion? Isn't this sort of a (mis)leading question, given that the privatisation of Internet is what has led to it's unparalleled success? What proposed policies are we talking about? IDNs? new gTLDs? Both promise tremendous economic growth (will they deliver is another question), but they certainly won't "dampen" any recovery. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel References 1. http://www.witsa.org).and/ 2. mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com
Dear Colleagues, For those following IG there will be an opportunity to participate online in the IGF Open Consultations to be held in Genva on Wednesday and Thursday. Geneva time is currently 1 hour behind Nairobi. The meetings start at 10 am to 6 pm Geneva time and will be Webcast (video and audio) in the realmedia format which requires the realplayer. Online participants will be able to email, phone or skype in their interventions. I will send the necessary links when I get them. The purpose of the Geneva Open Consultations is to prepare the ground for the Sharm-El-Sheikh 4th IGF meeting Novemebr 15-18. As the name suggests, the meeting is open to everyone in the spirit of the IGF and WSIS. The agenda and other input documents for the meeting are available at [1]www.intgovforum.org Kind Regards, Waudo References 1. http://www.intgovforum.org/
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