The IGF-USA 2014 will be held at George Washington University, in Washington, DC on July 16th, 2014
As you know, this has been and will continue to be a very important time for policy discussions on Internet governance. United States stakeholders need a fora both to discuss and present future policy ideas. The IGF-USA has been and should continue to be that forum. To ensure that the IGF-USA c0ntinues, The DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) has stepped in and offered to serve as the organizational home for the IGF-USA. The ISOC-DC Chapter has convened multistakeholder Administrative and Steering Committees to oversee the planning and execution of the IGF-USA 2014. ISOC-DC also seeks to establish a long term institutional framework for future IGF-USA events.
Thanks to the hard work of all involved, the IGF-USA 2014 is developing well after a very short amount of lead time. The lineup of topics is as follows, check back shortly for more details!
- Increasing the Accountability of ICANN
- Net Neutrality Around the World
- Innovation and the Online World
- Strengthening the IGF
- Big Data, The Internet of Things, Security, Privacy, and Trust
- The Evolution of the Internet Governance Ecosystem
- Human Rights in the Internet Governance Debate
Keynotes by prominent luminaries will be announced shortly as well.
Where to find the IGF-USA online
http://www.igf-usa.us/ The next open Steering Committee Meeting will be announced here. You can also find the IGF-USA on Facebook and Twitter.
The Administrative Committee currently includes:
- Marilyn Cade – Chief Catalyst, IGF-USA
- David Vyorst – ISOC-DC
- John More – ISOC-DC
- Michael Nelson – Microsoft
- Eileen Donahoe – Human Rights Watch
- Cheryl Miller – Verizon
- Manu Bhardwaj – US Department of State
- Christopher Hemmerlein – NTIA
- Nazli Chourci – MIT
- Dmitri Epstein – Cornell
- Carolina Rossini – Public Knowledge
- Susan Aaronson – George Washington University
- Kyle Renner – George Washington University
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