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From: Satish Jha <sjha at vsnl.com>
Date: Feb 8, 2008 9:52 PM
Subject: [india-gii] Summer School on Internet Governance
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I am a member of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development
steering body. One of our colleagues is organizing the following program and
I thought of sharing with you the details just in case it may be of interest
to you. I am not sure if teh prigram is widely publicised on other fora..

ThanksCall for Application : 2nd Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG)

Meissen, July 25 - August, 31, 2007

                       <http://www.unesco.org/en>
       <http://www.norid.no/>       <http://www.eurid.eu/>        <
http://www.dotasia.org/>

The Internet, with more than 1.2 billion users worldwide, is the most
important infrastructure of the information age. The Internet influences
policies, economics and cultures on the global as well as on the local
level. Internet related issues like security and stability, freedom of
expression, privacy, eCommerce, new market opportunities, protection of
intellectual property, fight against cybercrime, development, digital divide
and others getting higher and higher priorities on the national and
international political agenda. To reach the UN Millenium Development Goals
(MDG) until 2015 the Internet is a crucial tool. For some experts Internet
Governance will become as important as it is climate change today.

Do you want to understand, how and by whom the Internet is governed and what
the issues are which have made Internet Governance as one of the new global
conflicts of the diplomacy of the 21st century? Do you want to know what the
political, economic, social and legal implications of Internet Governance
are and what is behind ICANN, RIRs, ccTLDs, gTLDs, iDNs, IPv6, IGF, WGIG and
WSIS ? Do want to get more detailed information on how technical Internet
Standards, Protocols and Codes, how the Domain Name System and the IP
Address Space or the Domain Name market is evolving? Than you should apply
for the "2008 Summer School on Internet Governance" (SSIG).

The 2008 Summer School offers a unique multidisciplinary high level 50 hours
academic programme both for graduate students and young academics as well as
for junior professionals from private sector, government and civil society.
The programme is a well balanced mixture of theoretical lectures with world
leading academics as well as practical presentations from well known experts
working directly in the technical community, the market or in policy. It
offers also opportunities for interactive communication with faculty members
and among the fellows themselves by the daily evening programme of students
 presentations.

Members of the 2008 Faculty include, inter alia

Prof. Olga Cavalli, University of Buenos Aires

Bertrand de la Chapelle, Envoy of the Information Society, French Foreign
Ministry

Avria Doria, Lulea Technology University, Chair of ICANNs GNSO Council

Dr. William Drake, Graduate Institute for International and Development
Studies, Geneva

Philipp Grabensee, Chairman of the Board of Afilias Ltd., Dublin

Ayesha Hassan, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris

Markus Kummer, Executive Secretary of the Internet Governance Forum, (TBC)

Prof. Milton Mueller, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University,
N.Y.

Michael Niebel, European Commission, Member of ICANNs GAC, Brussels

Prof. Jonathan Zittrain, Oxford Internet Institute (TBC)

The Faculty is chaired by Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus

The 2008 Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG) takes place in the St.
Afra Monastery of the "Evangelische Akademie Meissen" in Germany, a historic
place, where the father of the German enlightenment, Gotthold Ephraim
Lessing, went to school. Meissen is a 1000 years old small city, famous for
its "Meissen China", its very dry white wine and its old fortress, gothic
churches and historic wine cellars from July 25 - July 31, 2008. It is a 30
minutes train ride from Dresden Airport, which connected by six daily
shuttles to Munich and Frankfurt.

The Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG) is organized by the
University of Aarhus and the Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., a recognized "At
Large Structure" (ALS) under ICANN Bylaws. It is sponsored by five TLD
Registries, among them as Golden Sponsor DENIC (.de), as Silver Sponsor
UNINETT (.no) and SIDN (.nl) and as Bronze Sponsor EURID (.eu) and DotAsia
(.asia). Additionally UNESCO, Diplo Foundation, GIGANET, ENOM, Afilias,
Dotberlin and others have partnered with the Summer School.

The fee of 1.000.00 EUR (plus 19% VAT) includes, next to the full lecture
programme

*       six nights accommodation in single guest rooms of the academy,
*       breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and snacks & wine at the daily
night sessions,
*       one evening reception in the Meissen Procellanmanufactory,
*       a gala dinner in the historic wine-restaurant "Vinzenz Richter",
*       sightseeing events,
*       free WiFi access and
*       all teaching material.

There is a special fee for students of 500.00 EUR (plus 19% VAT). There is
also an opportunity to apply for support from the fellowship programme which
is still under development.  Students will get a certificate at the end of
the Summer School.

Detailed information, including the Draft Programme and the electronic
"Application Form" as well as comments from 2007 Summer School Fellows can
be found under www.euro-ssig.eu <http://www.euro-ssig.eu/>

If you are interested in the Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG),
please send Applications until May 31, 2008 by using the electronic form on
the website or contacting directly Sandra Hoferichter (info at hoferichter.eu),
the Secretary of the Summer School or Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter (
wolfgang at imv.au.dk), chair of the 2008 Faculty.

Members of the 2008 Programme Committee

Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus (Chair); Dr. William J.
Drake, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies Geneva;
Prof. Milton Mueller, Syracuse University; Avria Doria, Lulea Technology
University; Bart Vastenburg, SIDN; Giovanni Seppia, EURID; Sabine Dolderer,
DENIC; Philipp Grabensee, Afilias; Axel Plathe, UNESCO

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