I agree with Carlos Afonso here. The lack of balance in a session can detract seriously from an otherwise excellent panel (I speak from experience). It makes sense for all of us to try to make sure this panel represents both sides evenly, to take advantage of the expertise and experience already represented.
I echo Carlos' question: who will be there that can assist, if the organizers agree?
Gracias... gp
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On 3/1/2011 8:04 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:Dear people, I have expressed my concern to the organizers regarding one of the panels of the NCUC event "NCUC@ICANN: Internet Governance & the Global Public Interest Policy Conference" (The Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Friday, Mar 11 2011 8:30 AM ): http://www.amiando.com/ncucaticann.html The panel in question is the following: --------------------------- [ 10:45 - 12:00 ] Developing Countries and Global Internet Governance To what extent has ICANN addressed the unique concerns and promoted the participation of developing country stakeholders? How do developing country governments' experiences with and attitudes toward ICANN affect the larger geopolitics of Internet governance, such as their continuing pressure in the United Nations for a new intergovernmental body that would have "oversight" of ICANN? What do these dynamics mean for the global public interest, and for the priorities of noncommercial users? William Drake, University of Zurich, and NCUC GNSO Councilor (session chair) Avri Doria, Luleå University of Technology, and NCSG Chair Rafik Dammak, University of Tokyo, and NCSG GNSO Councilor Markus Kummer, Internet Society and former Executive Coordinator of the UN's Internet Governance Forum --------------------------- The full program can be retrieved here: http://www.amiando.com/ncucaticann.html?page=488184 My concern is that it is unbalanced regarding the expressions of the "developing countries". If you share this concern, could you help suggesting more names from the South which could be added (if the organizers agree, of course), and who will certainly be in San Fran by March 11th? I understand it should be a person who is closely following/participating in the international IG debate from civil society's perspective. Just in case, I am out of question as I am not following the issues/events/processes as closely as I should. Some very good people (I can think of Alice from Kenya) will not arrive on time. Not sure about Alex Gakuru's schedule though -- just to give a few examples of names. It may help to take a look at the current list of registered participants: https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40L%26V0%20%20%0A Or maybe I am way out of my "jurisdiction" here... :) []s fraternos --c.a.