[Chapter-delegates] Chapters invited to collaborate with Chennai on IGF workshop proposals

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello

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?

Help is especially required in identifying spekers / participants, sometimes
with opposing, contrary views for these topics, especially for the
topic"Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns"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 "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 "Children Online: The promises of the Internet and
the necessary aspects for Online Safety"

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.

Thank you
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
http://isocmadras.blogspot.com


 *Title: *Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns

 *Concise Description:*
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.

*Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does
your workshop fall under?*
Openness

 *Have you organized an IGF workshop before?* No
*If so, please provide the link to the report:*
No link to this report

 *Would you be the Workshop organizer?* Yes
 *If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think
should organize it?*
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.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

*Contact Person:* Sivasubramanian Muthusamy


http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=144

 *Title: *Children Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary
aspects for Online Safety

 *Concise Description:*
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.

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.


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.

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.

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.

*Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does
your workshop fall under?*
Security

 *Have you organized an IGF workshop before?* No
*If so, please provide the link to the report:*
No link to this report

 *Would you be the Workshop organizer?* Yes
 *If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think
should organize it?*
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.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

*Contact Person:* Sivasubramanian Muthusamy or Chandramohan

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=198

 *Title: * Internet in Education and Curriculum Development and Sharing:
Alexandria Everywhere

 *Concise Description:*
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.

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.

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.

*Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does
your workshop fall under?*
Development

 *Have you organized an IGF workshop before?* No
*If so, please provide the link to the report:*
No link to this report

 *Would you be the Workshop organizer?* Yes
 *If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think
should organize it?*
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.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

*Contact Person:* Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=136

 *Title: *Workshop on Fundamentals: Internet's Core Values.

 *Concise Description:*
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?

*Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does
your workshop fall under?*
Development

 *Have you organized an IGF workshop before?* No
*If so, please provide the link to the report:*
No link to this report

 *Would you be the Workshop organizer?* Yes
 *If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think
should organize it?*
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.

*The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:*ISOC India Chennai

*Contact Person:* Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=156
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