[Chapter-delegates] REMOTE PARTICIPATION: Uganda IGF today – Strengthening Uganda’s Critical Internet Resources

[Joly MacFie]

This is well underway, but there are still a couple of hours to go. There
is video in the webex. Audio is not wonderful but understandable. Congrats
to ISOC Uganda on their 7th IGF!


[image: ISOC Uganda]Today* Wednesday 3 December 2014* the *Internet
Society's Uganda Chapter <http://internetsociety.ug/>* along with *CIPESA
<http://www.cipesa.org/> *will host the *2014 Uganda Internet Governance
Forum
<http://www.internetsociety.org/events/uigf-uganda-internet-governance-forum-2014>*
(UIGF
2014) with the theme - *Strengthening Uganda’s Critical Internet Resources*.
The forum, founded in 2006, brings together a wide variety of stakeholders
including representatives from UCC, NITA-U, Ministry of ICT, I-Network,
LUG, Members of Parliament, Uganda Police, Internet Service Providers,
Academia, Civil Society Organizations and Internet users to discuss issues
related to Internet governance issues in Uganda. This year's forum follows
a consultative process that involved soliciting comments from the Uganda
internet community on key areas for IG discussion in Uganda. Discussions
were run on the Internet Society Uganda Chapter and the I-Network mailing
lists. Key areas to be addressed include:- Status of implementation of the
Universal Service Fund; Internet cost/bundling; Updates on IPv6
implementation road map; Whether Uganda complies with regional legislative
and regulatory frameworks; Cyber security including violence against women
online; Data protection and privacy in the new era of internet of things;
Child Online Protection; .ug ccTLD management; Status on the operations of
the Uganda Internet Exchange Point, among others. Remote participation is
available via webex.








*What: http://www.internetsociety.org/events/uigf-uganda-internet-governance-forum-2014
<http://www.internetsociety.org/events/uigf-uganda-internet-governance-forum-2014>Where:
Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala, UgandaWhen: Wednesday December 3 2014
8:00am-2:00pm EAT | 05:00-11:00 UTC | 00:00-6:00
ESTProgram: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uigf-2014-strengthening-ugandas-critical-internet-resources-tickets-14629987687
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uigf-2014-strengthening-ugandas-critical-internet-resources-tickets-14629987687>Webex:
https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/j.php?MTID=me2a12060a76c2d996406eb45d6964779
<https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/j.php?MTID=me2a12060a76c2d996406eb45d6964779>
Meeting:928
659 899 Pass:UGIGFUSA Phone bridge: 1-650-479-3208 <1-650-479-3208> (USA)
Meeting: 928 659 899Global
call-in: https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=310451912&tollFree=0
<https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=310451912&tollFree=0>
Meeting:
928 659 899Twitter: #UIGF14
<https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23UIGF14&src=typd>*

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