Session
Subtheme
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
Mr. Charles Noir, Vice-president, Community Investment, Policy & Advocacy, CIRA, Technical Community, WEOG Ms. Sabrina Wilkinson, Internet Governance Manager, CIRA, Technical Community, WEOG Mr. Israel Rosas, Director, Partnerships and Internet Development, Internet Society (ISOC), Technical Community, GRULAC / WEOG
Mr. Charles Noir, Vice-president, Community Investment, Policy & Advocacy, CIRA, Technical Community, WEOG Ms. Sabrina Wilkinson, Internet Governance Manager, CIRA, Technical Community, WEOG Mr. Israel Rosas, Director, Partnerships and Internet Development, Internet Society (ISOC), Technical Community, GRULAC / WEOG
Organization's Website
Speakers
Mr. Byron Holland, President & CEO, CIRA, Technical Community, WEOG
Mr. Andrew Lewela, CEO, Kenya Network Information Center (KeNIC), Technical Community, African Group
Ms. Rocío de la Fuente, General Manager, LACTLD, Technical Community, GRULAC
Ms. Joyce Chen, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Onsite Moderator
Israel Rosas, Director, Partnerships and Internet Development, ISOC, Technical Community, GRULAC / WEOG
Online Moderator
Sabrina Wilkinson, Internet Governance Manager, CIRA, Technical Community, WEOG
Rapporteur
Charles Noir, Vice-president, Community Investment, Policy & Advocacy, CIRA, Technical Community, WEOG
SDGs
9.1
9.a
9.c
10.2
10.3
16.10
16.5
16.7
16.8
16.a
17.8
17.9
Targets: These SDGs reflect the importance of making digital technologies more accessible, inclusive, and accountable. An open, free, global, secure, resilient and interoperable Internet is essential for achieving these SDGs, and underpins the achievement of all SDGs more broadly. As part of the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, the Internet’s technical community has a critical role to play in shaping its future and supporting its use in achieving the SDGs. This is, of course, a pivotal year for the future of Internet governance. As we look toward this year’s WSIS+20 Review, the long-standing but fragile consensus that the Internet ought to be governed by open and inclusive multistakeholder principles is now increasingly contested. Our report, which acknowledges that the multistakeholder model is not without its flaws, presents strategic proposals based on feedback from the technical community, recent research, and reflections on developments in the Internet space, technology, global governance and geopolitics. We hope it contributes toward the vital work of ensuring an inclusive and accountable multistakeholder model for Internet governance for decades to come.
9.a
9.c
10.2
10.3
16.10
16.5
16.7
16.8
16.a
17.8
17.9
Targets: These SDGs reflect the importance of making digital technologies more accessible, inclusive, and accountable. An open, free, global, secure, resilient and interoperable Internet is essential for achieving these SDGs, and underpins the achievement of all SDGs more broadly. As part of the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, the Internet’s technical community has a critical role to play in shaping its future and supporting its use in achieving the SDGs. This is, of course, a pivotal year for the future of Internet governance. As we look toward this year’s WSIS+20 Review, the long-standing but fragile consensus that the Internet ought to be governed by open and inclusive multistakeholder principles is now increasingly contested. Our report, which acknowledges that the multistakeholder model is not without its flaws, presents strategic proposals based on feedback from the technical community, recent research, and reflections on developments in the Internet space, technology, global governance and geopolitics. We hope it contributes toward the vital work of ensuring an inclusive and accountable multistakeholder model for Internet governance for decades to come.
Format
Theater
This 60-minute session would involve a 10-minute presentation on the key research findings, followed by a 35-minute panel discussion and closing with 15 minutes of moderated questions from both in-person and virtual audience members. Throughout this session, as noted below, the online moderator will regularly monitor and engage with online participants to ensure equitable participation between in-person and virtual participants. We will have at least three speakers (including the in-person moderator) on-site.
This 60-minute session would involve a 10-minute presentation on the key research findings, followed by a 35-minute panel discussion and closing with 15 minutes of moderated questions from both in-person and virtual audience members. Throughout this session, as noted below, the online moderator will regularly monitor and engage with online participants to ensure equitable participation between in-person and virtual participants. We will have at least three speakers (including the in-person moderator) on-site.
Duration (minutes)
60
Description
This is a launch event, hosted by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), for CIRA’s new report, entitled "Strengthening and Improving Multistakeholder Internet Governance: How The Technical Community Can Help".
Based on questionnaire responses from 50 members of the technical community, and perspectives shared during a Technical Community Summit held on the sidelines of ICANN82, the report outlines broad “essential elements” of the multistakeholder approach, identifies key challenges currently facing the community, and offers a set of proposals for addressing these challenges. Drawing on feedback from Summit attendees, the report also sets out how its final proposals can and should be implemented. While the report doesn't represent the views of the entirety of the technical community, we believe it contributes meaningfully to the global dialogue.
In a panel format, this session will bring together a range of stakeholders from the technical community to share their views on where and how this research can and should be leveraged in operators’ day-to-day work and in the WSIS+20 Review and related dialogues. The moderators and speakers will also engage with audience members from across the multistakeholder community to share knowledge and build connections within and between stakeholder groups.
This session is primarily linked to the Building Digital Cooperation sub-theme, with particular relevance to Sustainable Multistakeholder Governance. The report’s content engages directly with all of the topics listed under this sub-theme, including “integrating principles of good Internet and digital governance to strengthen the multistakeholder approach and foster inclusive digital governance” and “promoting capacity building and knowledge sharing to better shape the future of the digital ecosystem . . .”.
As we look ahead to the WSIS+20 Review, our hope is that this report, and associated panel, drives the potential for members of the technical community, together, to advocate, defend and strengthen multistakeholder Internet governance.
This is a hybrid and interactive event, structured to maximize participation from all attendees, regardless of whether they are attending on-site or online. Following a short introduction, we plan for a 10-minute overview of the report, focused on the challenges which it identifies as currently facing the multistakeholder model, as well as its proposals for addressing these challenges. This overview will be followed by a 35-minute moderated panel discussion, between a diverse range of technical community members. The panel will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A session, with questions alternating between online and in-person participants to ensure equitable participation. Visual aids (e.g., slides, polls) will be used throughout the session to engage both in-person and online audience members.
This is a hybrid and interactive event, structured to maximize participation from all attendees, regardless of whether they are attending on-site or online. Following a short introduction, we plan for a 10-minute overview of the report, focused on the challenges which it identifies as currently facing the multistakeholder model, as well as its proposals for addressing these challenges. This overview will be followed by a 35-minute moderated panel discussion, between a diverse range of technical community members. The panel will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A session, with questions alternating between online and in-person participants to ensure equitable participation. Visual aids (e.g., slides, polls) will be used throughout the session to engage both in-person and online audience members.