That's government, society, private sector, the academic and technical community, and intergovernmental organizations like UNESCO, etcetera.Īlso the IGF, the nature of the meetings, because most UN meetings, somebody stands up on a podium, speaks, then the next person does it, you know. And we encourage everybody with an interest in Internet governance to attend.Īnd after the declaration, which Wolfgang is going to go into later, we have five main stakeholder groups. And one of the unique aspects of the IGF is that it is a multistakeholder. So as you all are aware, the IGF is a UN meeting, but it's not a United Nations meeting in the classical sense because UN meetings are basically intergovernmental. So first, I'm going to start by explaining a little bit about the technical aspects of this meeting and the nature of this meeting and then we'll go on to explain in greater detail the themes and then finishing last, what the history of the IGF. Have any of you attended the regional IGF's at least? Regional IGF's, anybody? All right. My first question before I start is, how many of you, is this the first IGF for you, for how many?īut you are basically aware of what the IGF is, if I'm correct, right.

This section is just an introduction to the IGF. I am the programming technology manager of the Internet Governance Forum, the Secretariat. It is posted as an aid to understanding the proceedings at the session, but should not be treated as an authoritative record.

Although it is largely accurate, in some cases it may be incomplete or inaccurate due to inaudible passages or transcription errors. Note: The following is the output of the real-time captioning taken during Fifth Meeting of the IGF, in Vilnius.

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