Hello<br><br>I have proposed these workshops for the IGF at Egypt. May I invite IGF participants from chapters and all of ISOC to co-'own' these themes and collaborate to give further shape to these proposals? <br>
<br>Help is especially required in identifying spekers / participants, sometimes with opposing, contrary views for these topics, especially for the topic<span class="cf_text"> "Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns</span>
"which would require forceful champions of Security and Privacy seated on either side of the table to forcefully state their opposing views in order to find common grounds. My initial ideas are to extend an invitation to the author of the Future of Internet to lead the workshop on "Internet's Core Values", to invite the academic community from ISOC, Giganet and elsewhere to take part in "<span class="cf_text">Internet in Education and Curriculum Development and Sharing: Alexandria Everywhere", to bring in progressive parents to examine how and the Internet should be Trusted as a medium for education for children on the workshop "</span><span class="cf_text">Children Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary aspects for Online Safety</span>" <br>
<br>The topics need to be fine-tune, so some help is requested in setting up publically accessible wiki pages. Speakers could be from ISOC and more from outside as the workshops.<br><br>Thank you<br>Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>
<a href="http://isocmadras.blogspot.com">http://isocmadras.blogspot.com</a><br><br><br>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Title: </b>Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns</span>
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<span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>Concise Description:</b><br>Privacy
and Security concerns are often seen as conflicting concerns as each
side often tends to be overwhelmed by its own concerns. On a deeper
level, even the most activist privacy proponents would desire a Secure
Internet relatively free of electronic dangers. At the same time, those
who apparently appear to disregard privacy concerns would acknowledge
the need for privacy to the necessary degree. This round table is
proposed to bring together the strong and moderate proponents of
Security and Privacy and encourage a free and unrestrained debate to
look for convergence in some areas between the two divided sides. <br>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</b><br>Openness</span></div></div>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Have you organized an IGF workshop before?</b> No</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>If so, please provide the link to the report:</b><br> No link to this report</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Would you be the Workshop organizer?</b> Yes</span>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</b><br>To
approach some of the Internet pioneers known for their commitment to
Internet values. To extend invitations to those from Law and Order,
Banking, Online Commerce and Civil Society Security advocates on the
one side and to extend invitations to Privacy Groups, Privacy Lawyers
and Foundations as also to organizations committed to preserving the
values of privacy and freedom. This workshop would define the concerns
of each side and identify points on which there could be agreement
between the apparently conflicting interests.</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:</b>ISOC India Chennai</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Contact Person:</b> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</span></div></div>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Title: </b>Children Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary aspects for Online Safety</span>
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<span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>Concise Description:</b><br>Internet
is a permeative medium that offers invaluable resources and tools for
learning so it becomes important for schools and parents to enable
Internet access for Children. Time spent by children online can be very
productive and Children can learn in easy and innovative ways, for
example, by using tools available for collaborative learning. But this
requires an essential orientation for Children for guided exposure to
the valuable resources available so as to get them to to focus on the
productive resources. <br>
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As Internet is becoming a part of every day life, especially for our
Children, it becomes important for Children to be aware that there are
good and bad 'places' and good and bad people just as there are good
and bad locations in our physical neighborhood and good and bad people
in real life. <br>
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Most children, in their first phase of Internet exposure tend to become
curious and exploratory on undesirable content and get drawn to Adult
content and unsafe places such as chat rooms online. In the absence of
a proper orientation and guidance there is also a danger of children
coming into contact with the wrong kind of people.<br>
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Children seem to be active participants in popular Social Networking
sites, chat-rooms, virtual places, online games etc. Children tend to
be exploratory and adventurous and need a orientation on how to
safeguard themselves and on aspects such as what information can be
shared at such sites with co-participants who are often unidentifiable
strangers with misleading identities.<br>
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While such wrong corers are a part of the Internet, there is ample
goodness in the Internet for Children to learn from. With the idea of
orienting children towards productive use of the Internet and guide
them on Online Safety aspects, ISOC India Chennai proposes to organize
this workshop.<br>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</b><br>Security</span></div></div>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Have you organized an IGF workshop before?</b> No</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>If so, please provide the link to the report:</b><br> No link to this report</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Would you be the Workshop organizer?</b> Yes</span>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</b><br>Participants
with expertise in Online Safety aspects, parents, teachers. We will
approach Parry Aftab, leading advocate of child safety aspects to be a
co-participant.</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:</b>ISOC India Chennai</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Contact Person:</b> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy or Chandramohan</span></div></div>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Title: </b> Internet in Education and Curriculum Development and Sharing: Alexandria Everywhere</span>
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<span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>Concise Description:</b><br>Even
with an estimated 1.4 billion users connected, Internet is still a
phenomenon in its nascent phase of evolution. Internet has fostered
innovation and has caused all round progress to happen in an
accelerated pace, but the thinking that Internet makes it possible to
globally coordinate concrete developmental programs for an enhanced
level of economic progress is yet to set in. <br>
<br>Education is one of the areas where Internet can cause tremendous
change. Collaborative, participatory learning Models are evolving and
classrooms around the world are experimentally connected. <br>
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A concrete, globally adaptable, CO-ORDINATED program could bridge the
gap between quality of education between a classroom in a well funded
school in a developed country and one in an inadequately funded school
in a developing or under-developed country. This workshop (panel and
public participation) would examine models by which resources could be
shared across Internet and create a rough, actionable framework for
educational institutions to connect by commercial and non-commercial
models and examine ways of making it possible to expand the reach of
well developed curriculum (in terms of content, teaching methods and
technology) reach remote corners on a co-ordinated, global scale.<br>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</b><br>Development</span></div></div>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Have you organized an IGF workshop before?</b> No</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>If so, please provide the link to the report:</b><br> No link to this report</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Would you be the Workshop organizer?</b> Yes</span>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</b><br>How
this workshop will be organized: We would approach an eminent
educational institution / academic center to be the co-organizers. The
lead participants of this workshop are to have the diversity of
academia from developed and developing countries, policy planners,
e-curriculum experts, students from developed and developing countries
and futuristic thinkers. The choosen topic would also further IGF's
efforts to improve the diversity of participation by attracting
participation / involving the student community from around the world,
in the preparatory phase, during IGF and in follow up collaboration.</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:</b>ISOC India Chennai</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Contact Person:</b> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</span></div></div>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Title: </b>Workshop on Fundamentals: Internet's Core Values.</span>
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<span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>Concise Description:</b><br>What
is Internet? What makes it what it is? What are Internet's
Characteristics? What are the core values? Open architecture? Free
medium? a medium that fosters Innovation free of intermediaries and
controls? a single unified Network of Networks? a non-discriminatory
medium? a medium open for access by anyone from anywhere? a neutral
medium? What are the core values? And what is happening to the core
values in the process of its evolution? What needs to be preserved and
what changes are inevitable? How could changes and improvements be
brought about without compromising on the core values? How would the
different positions between stakeholders be reconciled to commit to the
Internet's core values?</span>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</b><br>Development</span></div></div>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Have you organized an IGF workshop before?</b> No</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>If so, please provide the link to the report:</b><br> No link to this report</span>
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<span class="cf_text"><b>Would you be the Workshop organizer?</b> Yes</span>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text" style="line-height: 180%;"><b>If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</b><br>We
propose to invite one or two organizations / academic institutions
committed to Internet's core values to co-organize this workshop. Some
of the early pioneers of Internet who have contributed to the
Internet's architectural principles are to be invited to define
Internet's core values, followed by a participative discussion on
current positive and adverse trends and how to ensure further progress
without compromising on Internet's core values.</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:</b>ISOC India Chennai</span></div></div>
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<div><div align="justify"><span class="cf_text"><b>Contact Person:</b> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</span></div></div>
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