[afnog] Invitation to ICANN At-Large (Individual Internet User
Community) Workshop
Sunday Folayan
sfolayan at skannet.com.ng
Tue Jan 25 00:51:56 EAT 2005
[Apologies for cross-posting, please give this the widest circulation
possible ... SF]
21 January 2005
ICANN At-Large Africa Region Coordination Office
P.O Box AN-19782
Accra-North
Invitation to ICANN At-Large (Individual Internet User Community) Workshop
Dear Sir/Madam:
You, and members of your organization, are cordially invited to participate
in the ICANN At-Large (Internet User Community) Workshop, which is being
held in Accra, Ghana on 1st February 2005 in conjunction with the Africa
Regional Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS).
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) At-Large
Advisory Committee has organized this outreach workshop to promote
effective participation of Africa’s individual Internet user groups and
civil society organizations in the governing of the Internet. The workshop
will feature international and regional experts, and audience discussions,
addressing a range of issues critical to the African user community,
including:
· Technical and infrastructure advances that affect how individuals
in Africa use the Internet;
· How resources are allocated to ensure the Internet’s stability and
security;
· How ICANN, which is responsible for coordinating the global
Internet’s systems of domain names and numeric addresses, carries out its
functions;
· How Internet users and other stakeholders worldwide are involved
in ICANN;
· How Africa’s Internet user groups and civil society organizations
can get involved in ICANN and in many other global ICT/Internet decision
making fora; and
· Other issues that participants may consider crucial to Internet
adoption and penetration in Africa.
The Workshop will be held at the Accra International Conference Center,
Conference Room 1 (CR1), on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, from 2:00 pm – 6:00
pm. Venue information is available online at
<<http://www.wsisaccra2005.gov.gh/>www.wsisaccra2005.gov.gh/>. Admission
is free and no prior registration is required. The Workshop programme is
attached.
To learn more about ICANN and its activities, including the work of the
At-Large (individual Internet user community), visit us online at
<<http://www.alac.icann.org>www.alac.icann.org>. More information on
At-Large activities of the African region can be found at
<<http://www.afralo.org>www.afralo.org>. We also will have information and
individuals available to answer your questions at the ICANN/At-Large booth
at the WSIS Conference Exhibition, 31 January – 4 February at the Accra
International Conference Center. Please email questions to
<mailto:committee at alac.icann.org><committee at alac.icann.org>.
We look forward to seeing you and to your active participation in the
deliberations of the Workshop.
Best regards
Pierre Dandjinou, Clement Dzidonu, and Sunday Folayan
African Region Members of the ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee
______________________________________
ICANN At-Large (Individual Internet User Community) Workshop
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Tuesday, 1st February 2005
Accra International Conference Center, Conference Room 1 (CR1)
Programme
Session 1: The Internet: Technology and the Resources
Chairman: Professor Francis Allotey, Former Chairman, Ghana Atomic Energy
Commission, Director General, Institute of Mathematical Science and Senior
Research Fellow of INIIT
2.00 – 2.05 pm: Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2.05 – 2.20 pm:
Topic: The Internet as a Global Communications Delivery Platform: The Basics
Speaker: Mouhamet Diop, Member, ICANN Board
2.20 – 2.50 pm:
Topic: The Fundamentals of the Domain Name System (DNS): Allocating and
Managing the Resources of the Internet – The Numbers and the Names
Speakers:
Axel Pawlik, RIPE: The Role of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) –
The Numbers (The IP Addresses)
William Tevie, Board Member of GhNIC: The Role of the National Information
Centers (NICs) – The Names (The Domain Names)
2.50 – 3.05 pm:
Topic: A Briefing on ICANN- What it Does and its Role in the Internet Space
Speaker: Kierran Baker, General Manager, Communications and Public
Participation, ICANN
3.05 – 3.20 pm: Discussion
3.20 – 3.45 pm: Break
Session 2: Facilitating Effective Participation in the Governing of the
Internet: Defining and Enhancing the Role of the At-Large – The Internet
User Community
Chairman: Professor Samuel Agyepong, Vice Chancellor, Methodist University
of Ghana and Former Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Coast and Board
Member Africa Virtual University
3.45 – 3.50 pm: Chairman’s Opening Remarks
3.50 – 4.05:
Topic: Governing the Internet: Making the Case and Setting the Scene
Speaker: Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, Former ICANN Board Member, Chairman of the
GhNIC Board and Direct, Enterprise Africa
4.05: - 4.20 pm:
Topic: Enhancing Africa’s Participation in the Global ICT/Internet Policy
and Decision Making Fora and the Wider Internet Governance Space and Process
Speaker: Professor Clement Dzidonu, Vice Chairman, ALAC – The At-Large
Advisory Committee of ICANN, President, Global Village University (GVU)
4.20 – 4.35 pm:
Topic: ICANN At Large-Promoting Effective Participation in the ICANN
Process: Tracing the History and Explaining the Proposed Internet User
Community Participatory Structure
Speaker: Pierre Dandjinou, Member, ALAC and Chairman AfriNIC Board of Trustees
4.35 - 4.50 pm:
Topic: Becoming an At-Large Structure (ALS): The Process and the Modalities
Speaker: Sunday Folayan: Member, ALAC; Member, AfriNIC Board
4.50 – 5.20 pm:
Topic: Promoting Effective Participation -The Way the Internet User
Community Sees It; Contributions from Internet User Community Organizations
and Prospective At-Large Structures on How to Promote Effective Public
Participation in the ICANN Process and Other National, Regional and Global
Internet Governance Organizations and Institutions
Speakers:
Leopold Armah, Africa Youth Initiative (AYI)
Albert Opoku Fokuo, Valley View University Computer Science Association
Emmanuel Laryea, Association of Computer Instructor (ACI)
Representative from an Accredited African At-Large Structure
5.20 – 5.50: Open Microphone Contributions and Discussion
5.50 – 6.00: Chairman’s Summary and Closing Remarks
6.00: End of Workshop
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Sunday A Folayan
General Data Engineering Services [SKANNET]
18b Oshin Road, Kongi Bodija
PO Box 29460 Secretariat PO
Ibadan - Nigeria
Phone: +234 - 2- 8105156
Fax: +234 - 2 - 8105156 x 122
Email: sfolayan at skannet.com.ng
.....In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
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