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Organizing Entity - Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter Name of the Event: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Roundtable - The Broadband (Access) Dilemma Expected number of participants - 20-30 Format - Brief Discussant Case Studies…

Day 4 – 25 October 15:30 – 17:30 – Main Hall - Closing Ceremony   The traditional closing ceremony will wrap up the 8th IGF and will allow representatives from each stakeholder group to make final statements about their impressions of the…

Day 4 – 25 October 11:00-12:30 + 14:30-16:00 - Open Microphone Session – Main Hall Lead Facilitators: Chris Disspain, CEO, auDA and Susan Chalmers, Policy Lead, InternetNZTo wrap up the IGF an open microphone session will be held to provide an…

Day 4 – 25 October 9:30 – 10:45: Main Session: Taking Stock / Emerging Issues – Internet Surveillance In the last few months there have been pubic confirmations of the existence of Internet surveillance programs in different countries.…

Day 3 – 24 October 14:30 – 17:30 (3 Hours)-Focus Session (Openness) - Human rights, freedom of expression and free flow of information on the Internet This session will offer a multistakeholder overview of the current status of human rights,…

  Main Hall - 9:30-12:30 (3 Hours) - Focus Session (Access/Diversity): Internet as an engine for growth and sustainable development   The World Summit for the Information Society (“WSIS”) is 10 years old in 2015. The UN General Assembly…

Day 2 – 23 October 14:30 – 17:30 (3 Hours) - Focus Session (Security): Legal and other Frameworks: Spam, Hacking and Cyber-crime This session will aim to produce clear takeaways on legal and other frameworks for addressing the complicated and…

Day 2 – 23 October 10:45-12:30 (90 Minutes) - Focus Session: Principles of Multistakeholder Cooperation Since the World Summit on the Information Society process began in Geneva more than 10 years ago, the ‘multistakeholder’ model has served…

Day 2 – 23 October 9:30 – 10:45 (90 Minutes) - Focus Session: Internet Governance Principles The aim of the plenary is: a.    to give on overview about key projects on Internet Governance Principles which has been developed and…

Every morning, as part of the capacity building track, an orientation session will serve to help map the overall IGF and other diplomatic/political processes, main actors and ecosystem, various topics, and help newcomers to understand how they can…

Day 1 – 22 October 14:30-17:30 – Main Hall – Opening Ceremony The traditional opening ceremony will be held in the main hall in the afternoon of the first day. Speakers representing all stakeholder groups will give brief remarks to the…

Day 1 – 22 October Main Session- 9:30-12:30 - Building Bridges-The Role of Governments in Multistakeholder Cooperation – Main Hall While WSIS confirmed that the existing multistakeholder arrangements for Internet governance worked well, there…

Hubs are local meetings that take place in parallel with the IGF. People can watch the webcast together and send questions (via text or video) that will be answered by panelists in IGF. In addition, hub organizers can hold debates to discuss the…

Hubs are local meetings that take place in parallel with the IGF. People can watch the webcast together and send questions (via text, audio or video) that will be answered by panelists in IGF. In addition, hub organizers can hold debates to discuss…

Online training courses are available to anyone with Internet  access and are provided free of charge. Please login or register to view and access the courses available listed below:    …