[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







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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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