Agenda

LACIGF 2014 Orientation and Guidance Sessions – Day 1, 16 July, 8:30 a 10:00 am

Brief description of the sessions: Orientation and Guidance Sessions have been designed both for those who are attending a LACIGF meeting for the first time, as well as for those who are already involved in the process and would like to expand their view of Internet Governance. These sessions will bring together experts, sponsored participants, decision makers, and professionals, and their participation will contribute to the involvement of the various stakeholders in Internet Governance issues.  The sessions will be interactive, educational and inclusive, while also creative and fun. To increase their effectiveness, they will be held in an open yet guided format.

Day 1 (16 July): 8.30 - 10.00 am

Venue: Hotel Intercontinental, San Salvador (El Salvador)

Format: Panel + Round table debate

Participants: Newcomers to LACIGF and experts involved in LACIGF

Focus: How to participate in LACIGF; processes, stakeholders; debates, results

Duration: 90 minutes

Moderator: Fátima Cambronero – AGEIA DENSI Argentina

 

I. Introduction to LACIGF: Regional Internet Governance processes and stakeholders

Format: Panel 

Questions to be addressed during this session:

What is LACIGF? (A space for debate or decision making) How was LACIGF born?

Which stakeholders participate in the process?

How to become involved in the process

How to contribute during LACIGF meeting discussions

How to participate remotely

Is this the first time you are participating at a LACIGF meeting?

What are your expectations coming to LACIGF? 

The multistakeholder model and the roles of each stakeholder

The perspective of each stakeholder

Panelists:

Duration: 20 minutes

Q&A: 10 minutes

II. How to articulate national and regional Internet Governance spaces such as LACIGF within the global IGF

Panelist: Gilberto Lara – Conexión El Salvador

Duration: 10 minutes

Q&A: 10 minutes

III. Mechanisms and programs for creating regional capabilities

Panelists:

Duration: 20 minutes

Q&A: 10 minutes

IV. On-going commitment to LACIGF: Remote participation, mailing lists, monitoring Internet Governance issues at regional level

Panelists: Ernesto Majó – LACNIC.

Duration: 10 minutes

Closing Ceremony

Day 1: 16 July (10:00 – 11:00)

LACIGF Opening Ceremony (Day 1 - 10:00 – 11:00)

Local authorities, local organizer and a member of the Program Committee

10 minutes per speaker.

Members of the local government: Erlinda Handal - El Salvador's Vice Minister for Science and Technology

Member of the Program Committee: Fátima Cambronero - AGEIA DENSI Argentina. Brief description of the event agenda: topics, dynamics, methodology.

Local host representative: Gilberto Lara - Conexión el Salvador. Brief description of the event's organization from the local host's point of view; their participation in the process.

Member of the Secretariat: Ernesto Majó (LACNIC). Brief description of the LACIGF Secretariat's role.

Session #1: The Internet Governance ecosystem in 2014. Where are we coming from and where are we going? (Day 1 - 11:30 – 13:30)

Format: Panel.

Panelists: Rodrigo de la Parra (ICANN); Andrés Piazza (LACNIC), Laura Tresca (Art. 19) , Pedro Ivo da Silva (Itamaraty); Victor Martínez (Mexican Communications Secretariat); Ariel Graizer (CABASE)

Moderator: Alejandra Erramuspe (AGESIC, Uruguay)

Remote participation moderator: Albert Daniels (ICANN)

Rapporteur: Carolina Aguerre + TBD

The goal of the panel is to describe the global context to help guide Internet Governance discussions at the LACIGF event. Major milestones that have already been reached and those that are yet to come will be briefly described, with an emphasis on the dilemmas and issues that have arisen within the current context.

The panel will describe the various milestones that have been reached since LACIGF 2013, among them: the Montevideo Statement on the Future of the Internet; 1Net.org; IGF Bali and the session during which surveillance was discussed; the NTIA announcement regarding the IANA functions; NetMundial; the formalization of the IGF by naming a permanent Chair, and a balance of what this scenario will bring to the table this year: the future of the IGF, a balance of WSIS +10, the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC), the CSTD report and the ITU Plenipot to be held in October, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Internet Civil Framework, among others.

An issue particularly relevant for this session is the process for transitioning oversight of the IANA functions currently performed by the United States NTIA to a global multistakeholder model. Parallel to this discussion, there are ongoing processes aimed at promoting ICANN accountability mechanisms.

The idea is that each panelist will comment on the milestones and events within their areas of expertise, thus making the panel as informative and straightforward as possible and providing a clear idea of the issues, stakeholders and institutions involved in these recent Internet Governance milestones.

A first (suggested) approximation to the division of topics among the various panelists could be as follows:

Each panelist will have 5-7 minutes to present these milestones (according to their areas of ​​expertise), after which the moderator will kick off the Q&A session among the panelists themselves, as their presentations will likely spark dialogue between them, and then move on to participants' questions and comments.

Some questions/aspects for the moderator and panelists to consider:

Persons responsible for the session: Carolina Aguerre, Rodrigo de la Parra

Session #2: Internet access: Challenges and opportunities for development (Day 1 - 15:00 – 16:30)

Format: Panel

The purpose of this panel is to promote a discussion on the challenges the region faces in trying to close the Digital Divide in terms of Internet access, considering two basic aspects:

a) Infrastructure and public policies.

b) Public access (IT skills, digital literacy, access and local content production).

Debate format: An introduction by the moderator, followed by a presentation by each panelist (10 minutes to present updated data and information, preferably using PowerPoint slides to illustrate and support the presentations), and an open debate.

Panelists:

Moderator: Carlos Afonso

Remote participation moderator: Deirdre Williams

Resource persons: Jorge Torres (Comtelca), Damián Fossi (Conatel Venezuela, Nic.ve)

Rapporteur: Andrés Sastre

Time: 90 minutes

Introduction by the moderator: 5 minutes

Panelists: 50 minutes (10 minutes per panelist)

Open debate: 35 minutes

Person responsible for the session: Andrés Sastre

Session #3: Net neutrality (Day 1 - 17 – 18:30)

The goal of this panel is to discuss the status of net neutrality in Latin America. This is an extremely relevant and relatively urgent issue – after the Net Mundial meeting, net neutrality was one of the issues to receive the most criticism from various sectors. Indeed, the meeting's outcome document noted that, while productive and important discussions had taken place, there were still disagreements over whether to include net neutrality among the document's principles. The recommendation was to continue discussing the topic at forums such as the IGF.

This panel seeks to continue that discussion, prompted by certain questions which, we hope, will trigger the debate.

Is it true that there is widespread disagreement as suggested by the final NetMundial outcome document?

If so, what are the main points of disagreement? What are each side's interests, positions and arguments?

At a global level, do we see opposite or contradictory trends in terms of regulation or can common patterns be detected? What about in Latin America?

How do we rate net neutrality experiences in Latin America?

What lessons have we learned from those who chose the path of net neutrality? What lessons can the countries that are currently taking steps in that direction learn about these experiences?

How relevant to this discussion are the pronouncements of international human rights organizations who have spoken out in favor of online neutrality?

How do we believe discussions on this issue will move forward at the next IGF?

In addition, below s a series of questions on specific controversies relating to net neutrality:

Format:

One hour and a half has been assigned for the presentation. Participation dynamics will be as follows:

Panelists:

Moderator: Francisco Vera (francisco@derechosdigitales.org)

Remote participation moderator: María Cristina Capelo – Google

Person responsible for the session: Francisco Vera

Day 2: July 17 - 9.00 – 11:00

Session #4: The NETmundial process, its results and our region's participation in the identification of aspects aimed at preparing a regional Internet Governance agenda based on NETmundial - 

Introductory panel: Valeria Betancourt and Fátima Cambronero – 15 minutes

Brief introduction to the topic: NetMundial background, meeting summons and agenda, aspects discussed during NetMundial. Valeria Betancourt.

Presentation on the key aspects of the NetMundial outcome document. Fátima Cambronero.

Explanation of the methodology to be followed for Session #6. Valeria Betancourt.

Working groups: 1 hour and 45 minutes

This session will take the form of group discussions. Participants will be divided into three groups. The goal is for the groups to identify NetMundial contributions and how they relate to our regional context. The results obtained from this meeting will serve as input for Sessions #7 and #9.

Each group will analyze and discuss three main aspects of NetMundial from a regional perspective:

1) Internet Governance principles.

2) Internet Governance roadmap.

3) Aspects of the process and meeting methodology (event structure, workflow, process used to create groups, drafting the document, etc.) that could be adopted and/or improved to help develop a regional agenda.

Session #6 will be divided into three working groups, each of which will have two Dialogue Facilitators and one Rapporteur.

Group 1:

Dialogue Facilitators: Olga Cavalli and Francisco Vera (sponsored participant).

Rapporteur: Gloria Patricia Meneses (sponsored participant).

Group 2:

Dialogue Facilitators: Rodrigo de la Parra and Valeria Betancourt.

Rapporteur: Luis Fernando García Muñoz (sponsored participant).

Group 3:

Dialogue Facilitators: Fátima Cambronero and Andrés Piazza.

Rapporteur: Sofía Zerbino.

Aspects to be worked on by each group:

1) Internet Governance principles:

2) Internet Governance roadmap:

3) Aspects of the NetMundial process and methodology that could be adopted and/or improved to contribute to the development of a regional agenda

Resources:

NetMundial outcome document: http://netmundial.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NETmundial-Multistakeholder-Document.pdf (Ask Conexión El Salvador to print 30 copies).

Person responsible for the session: Fátima Cambronero.

Session #5: Development of a working plan and discussion of the topics to be included in the regional Internet Governance agenda - Day 2 - 11:30 – 13.30

Format: Panel: Six dialogue facilitators of the previous session (Session #4) plus the rapporteurs for each group. One of the six dialogue facilitators may take on the role of panel moderator.

Remote participation moderator: Alexandra Dans – ICANN

Two rapporteurs (taking notes for preparing the final document): Raquel Gatto, Beatriz Rodriguez.

Continuing with the structure of Session #4, together with their moderators and rapporteurs, the three groups will share their work with the assembly. The purpose of this session is to share these discussions so that they can be included in a document that will be presented during the event's closing session.

Session #6: Openness on the Internet and open data - Day 2 - 15:00 – 16:30

Description: The goal of this session is to discuss open data within the Latin American and Caribbean context. On the one hand, the idea is to share national initiatives regarding open data processes at government level and discuss their challenges and successes. On the other, we hope to debate the current status of regional cooperation mechanisms and the eventual need to strengthen such mechanisms.

Format: Panel.

Panelists:

Moderator: Pedro Ivo Silva (Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Remote participation moderator: Rodrigo Saucedo - ICANN

Rapporteur: Laura Tresca (Article 19 – Brazil)

Panel format:

Round table with the moderator and three panelists (60 minutes):

Possible questions

Person responsible for the session: Pedro Ivo Silva

Session #7: Internet and Human Rights - Day 2 - 17:00 – 18:30 - With Frank La Rue

Format: Panel.

Panelists/Discussion facilitators: Francisco Vera, Dafne Sabanes Plou (TBC), María Cristina Capelo (Google - Confirmed)

Moderator: Olga Cavalli.

Remote participation moderator: Daniel Fink - ICANN

Rapporteur: 1

This session will not strictly follow the panel format but will instead attempt to achieve a more open discussion triggered by dialogue facilitators. Its purpose is to analyze and discuss how human rights have been incorporated into Internet Governance spaces at regional level, how our region has received the provisions aimed at recognizing that online human rights must have the same level of protection as offline human rights, and other related issues. This panel will also discuss the current situation in the different countries that make up our region in terms of their respect for freedom of expression and how several regional organizations have been monitoring this freedom.

The session will focus on specific rights and issues, including:

Opening remarks by session moderator, Olga Cavalli

17:00 - 17:30 (30 minutes)

Keynote Speaker

Frank La Rue

UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

17:30 Panelists' presentations

Approximately 10 minutes per panelist

- Daphne Plou - APC

- Claudio Ruiz - Derechos Digitales

18:00 Debate between the audience, panelists y moderator

Topics proposed for discussion:

Topics intended to trigger debate with the audience:

Person responsible for the session: Olga Cavalli

- 2nd Meeting of the eLAC2015 Internet Governance Working Group - Day 3 - 9:00 – 11:00

Format:

Persons responsible for the session: Olga and Pedro.

(Organized to cover the open time slot)

Session #8: National Internet Governance multistakeholder forums and dialogue space initiatives - Friday 18 July - 11:30 – 13:30

Format: Panel (see proposal below)

Panelists: 4

Moderator: Analu Lenis, with the support of Adrian Mazon (SUTEL - Costa Rica) for the Q&A session

Email: adrian.mazon@sutel.go.cr

Remote participation moderator: Amalia Toledo

Email: adhara222@gmail.com

Resource Person and Rapporteur: Jaddy Fernandez - Peru

Email: jfernandez1112@gmail.com

The goal of this panel is to share and discuss the various national Internet Governance initiatives that are being implemented in different countries. Recent experiences worth highlighting are those of Costa Rica, Colombia, and Argentina, as well as the Mexican Dialogue and the Brazilian forum. It is important for the panel to present diversity both in terms of the formats they use as well as the agendas and issues they intend to address/solve, while highlighting the accomplishments expected and/or achieved thanks to triggering national dialogues.

Members of the Program Committee responsible for the session: Ana Lucía Lenis (EcomLAC), with the support of Rodrigo de la Parra (ICANN).

Colombia

Speaker: Eduardo Santoyo

During their last meeting, the local Colombian group appointed a committee to prepare a presentation on the Colombian experience for LACIGF San Salvador. This committee will meet on 10 July 2014.

Mexico

Speaker: Manuel Haces A.

Argentina

Speaker: Eugenia Migliori, Argentine Commission on Internet Policies - CAPI (Olga provided the contact)

Email: emigliori@secom.gov.ar

Brazil

Speaker: Carlos Afonso - Internet Steering Committee

Panel structure

(Duration: 2 hours)

11:30 - 11:45 (15 minutes) - Moderator's introduction.

Here you will find an interesting piece on this topic that may provide some general references. It is also important to highlight that the Argentine, Brazilian, Colombian, and Mexican experiences are not the only ones to be implemented and also present some of the Costa Rican initiatives.

11:45 - 12:00 (15 minutes) - Presentation by Argentina

12:00 - 12:15 (15 minutes) - Presentation by Brazil

12:15 - 12:30 (15 minutes) - Presentation by Colombia

12:30 - 12:45 (15 minutes) - Presentation by Mexico

12:45 - 13:30 (45 minutes) - Round table with the moderator and 4 panelists.

Proposed questions to be discussed by the round table:

a) Considering the experience of creating a local Internet Governance forum/space/organization while respecting each country's autonomy, could you suggest some basic principles or guidelines for creating such initiatives?

b) Do you have any tips or recommendations for countries that are working on consolidating a local forum?

c)What should be the role of local Internet Governance forums/spaces/organizations in preparation for regional and global forums? What could be done to encourage engagement with regional and global processes?

d) Why or how do you believe it is important to adopt the multistakeholder model for debating and analyzing Internet issues in general (proposed legislation/regulations, research, education, etc.)?

e) What are the main issues on the group's agenda and what is your vision regarding the correlation with proposed local legislation/regulations? (How to help identify/propose solutions to local problems, capacity building activities, involvement of new actors representing different sectors and how to improve communication among them).

Session #9: Identifying the next steps regarding the regional Internet Governance agenda and agreements

Based on the previous sessions, Session #9 focuses on identifying steps and actions needed to embark on a process of consultations, interactions and the production of inputs geared towards formulating proposed principles and an Internet Governance roadmap for the region.

Presentation of a proposed agenda so as to conclude with some sort of agreement on the next steps to be taken.

Persons responsible for the session: Valeria Betancourt, Fátima Cambronero, and Carolina Aguerre

Rapporteur: Ana Lucía Lenis

Remote participation moderator: Sofía Zerbino - LACTLD

Closing Session: Recap of agreements and next steps for the regional agenda - Day 3 - 17:00 – 18:30

Panelists, Moderators, Dialogue Facilitators, and Rapporteurs

(An introductory session will be held on Tuesday, 15 July at 8:00 pm. Analu is coordinating a room with the organizers).

Rodrigo de la Parra - rodrigo.delaparra@icann.org

Andrés Piazza – andres@lacnic.net

Valeria Betancourt - valeriab@apc.org

Laura Tresca - laura@article19.org

Pedro Ivo da Silva - pedro.ivo@itamaraty.gov.br

Victor Martínez ( a conf.)  - vmartine@sct.gob.mx

Alejandra Erramuspe  - alejandra.erramuspe@agesic.gub.uy

Pablo Bello - pablo.bello@ahciet.net

Camila Urbina Escobar -camila.urbina@makaia.org

Inés Martínez ines.martinez@ift.org.mx

Ernesto Majo  - ernesto@lacnic.net

Jorge Torres jtorres@comtelca.int

Damián Fossi dam1an@openmailbox.org

Sebastián Bellagamba - bellagamba@isoc.org

Alexander Riobó -  alexander.riobo@telefonica.com

Denis González -  denis.gonzalez@subtel.cl

Maricarmen Sequera - marsebu@gmail.com

Francisco Vera - francisco@derechosdigitales.org

Claudio Ruiz - claudio@derechosdigitales.org

Fatima Cambronero -  fatimacambronero@gmail.com

Olga Cavalli - olgacavalli@gmail.com

Gloria Patricia Meneses - gpmeneses@gmail.com

Luis Fernando García Muñoz - luisgar12@gmail.com

Sofía Zerbino - szerbino@lactld.org

Caroline Burle - cburle@nic.br

Iris Palma - irispalma11@gmail.com

Pilar Saenz - mapisaro@gmail.com

Dafne Sabanes Plou (a conf.) - daphne.plou@gmail.com

Ana Lucía Lenis  - analenis@google.com

Adrian Mazon  - adrian.mazon@sutel.go.cr

Amalia Toledo - adhara222@gmail.com

Jaddy Fernandez -  jfernandez1112@gmail.com

Manuel Haces Aviña - mhaces@nic.mx

Eugenia Migliori  -  emigliori@secom.gov.ar

Carlos A. Afonso –  ca@cafonso.ca

Eduardo Santoyo - eduardo@cointernet.com.co

Ariel Graizer - agraizer@gmail.com

Maria Cristina Capelo - mccapelo@google.com

 

 

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