Schedule
IGF 2014 sub theme that this workshop fall under Internet as an Engine for Growth & Development |
Description Ten years ago, at WSIS, there were great hopes that the Internet could bring great social and economic opportunities for all. These hopes have however not been realized in the past decade. |
Name(s) and stakeholder and organizational affiliation(s) of institutional co-organizer(s) Just Net Coalition, civil society. |
Has the proposer, or any of the co-organizers, organized an IGF workshop before? yes The link to the workshop report http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no34-standards-sustainable-digital-culture#report |
Type of session Panel |
Duration of proposed session 90 minutes |
Subject matter #tags that describe the workshop #social #economic #justice #standards #development |
Names and affiliations (stakeholder group, organization) of speakers the proposer is planning to invite Ms. Anita Gurumurthy (Civil Society), IT for Change, India. |
Name of Moderator(s) Prabir Purkayastha |
Name of Remote Moderator(s) Manasa Priya Vasudevan |
Description of how the proposer plan to facilitate discussion amongst speakers, audience members and remote participants The panelists are initially called upon to briefly introduce different aspects of this topic area. This is followed by an interactive discussion involving not only the panelists but also interventions from the floor and from remote participants. The choice of the “focus topic” will be based on the interests of the people who participate during the workshop with interventions from the floor and remote interventions. |
Description of the proposer's plans for remote participation In addition to the standard IGF remote participation process, the opportunity of remote participation via twitter will be provided. |
Background paper |