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IGF 2010: Day 3 and Day 4

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  • Matthew Bornfreund
September 30, 2010
Panelists at the IG4D session

This post concludes New America’s coverage of the 2010 IGF in Vilnius, Lithuania. Two weeks ago, we explained the non-traditional, multi-stakeholder composition of the IGF and expressed hope that its vision of Internet governance would continue to reflect its structure. Last week, in highlighting some of the discussions from the first two days, we noted that most participants - while not breaking new ground - reaffirmed the need for IGF to maintain its open, multi-stakeholder approach. Now we turn to the second half of the 2010 IGF.

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IGF 2010: Day 1 and Day 2

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  • Matthew Bornfreund
September 20, 2010
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As previously noted, the 2010 IGF Meeting recently completed in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The IGF schedule for Day 1 (Sept. 14), though including several morning workshops, was dominated by the Opening Ceremony during the afternoon main session. The fan favorite of the Ceremony was Vytautas Grubliauskas playing trumpet and singing What a Wonderful World. As a Lithuanian Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Internet Governance for Development main session (Day 3, afternoon), Mr. Grubliauskas personified the transnational nature of the Internet.

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IGF 2010: Internet Governance by the Many

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  • Matthew Bornfreund
September 16, 2010
Photo Credit: Daan Roosegaarde

With the 2010 IGF Meetingcurrently underway in Vilnius, Lithuania (Sept. 14-17), it seems appropriate to describe briefly the Internet Governance Forum, and why it matters.

The IGF site itself explains its origins in the IGF Mandate calling on the UN Secretary-General to convene “a meeting of the new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue.” This description belies the true nature of the IGF, for as soon as most people hear about a UN-created body, their minds usually conjure images of stately delegates endlessly debating minutiae, agreeing on little. To be sure, such debates are not unheard of at IGF meetings (see blog post on whether round-table type discussions should be allowed), and stately delegates are part of the IGF. However, the forum has two interesting features.

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