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GIGA International Conference Series - 1
The Institute of Global Internet Governance and Advocacy (GIGA) at NALSAR University will hold the first International Conference in association with Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEIT) of Government of India on the theme "Revisiting Internet Governance - Lessons Learnt and Road Ahead" at NALSAR University of Law, Justice City Campus, Shameerpet on April 5 & 6 of 2012.
Lex Witness, India's first magazine on legal and corporate affairs is the media partner for the conference, Sunil Abraham will be speaking in this conference,
The first International Conference on Internet Governance of GIGA aims to:
- To map the emergence of Internet Governance globally in the last two decades and to analyse its high points and low points in terms of its development, dynamism, diversity, divide and deficit.
- To map the multiple definitions of Internet Governance and its rapid evolutionary trajectory of consolidating convergence and confronting challenges of divergence.
- To critically evaluate the creative disruption of processes of accountability, empowerment and governance processes.
- To levitate the legislative landscape for connecting the real life citizens and virtual life netizens.
- To reshape the emergent issues of privacy vs. social responsibility, freedom of expression vs.social & cultural harmony, self conduct vs. legislative intervention, adolescence vs. adult behavior.
- To reconcile the sovereign principles with Universal principles.
Conference Schedule
Day 1, April 5, 2012
| S.No. | Time | Inaugural | |
| 9.00-10.15 | Welcome Address by | Prof. V. C. Vivekanandan Director, GIGA | |
| Address by | Prof. Faizan Mustafa Vice Chancellor, NALSAR | ||
| Address by | Mr. N. Ravi Shanker Additional Secretary, DOT, Govt. of India | ||
| Address by | Dr. Ajay Kumar Jt. Secretary DEIT, Govt. of India | ||
| Key Note Address by | Mr. J. Satyanarayana Secretary, DEIT Govt. of India (to be confirmed) | ||
| Vote of Thanks by | Prof. M. Sridhar Faculty, GIGA | ||
| 10.15-10.45 | Coffee Confluence | ||
| Theme | Chair / Speaker | ||
| 1. | Internet-Comparative Perspective Opening Remarks from the Chair | Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan Chairman-Board of Governors, IIM Calcutta & CEO-Rediff.com | |
| A. Internet as key to development-an African perspective | Mr. Jean Jacques SUBRENAT ALAC Member, ICANN | ||
| B. Adding a Billion-Challenges in Asia Pacific world | Dr. Katim Seringe Touray Former Board Member, ICANN | ||
| C. Indian policy response to Internet Governance | Prof. Hong Xue Director- IIPL- Beijing | ||
| Netizen speak | Dr. Govind Sr.Director, DEIT, CEO-NIXI | ||
| Closing remarks of the Chair | |||
| Theme | Chair / Speaker | ||
| 2. | Internet Governance & Technology Opening Remarks from the Chair | Mr. Sanjay Jaju Secretary (IT) AP Govt. (to be confirmed) | |
| Key Note Address gTLDs- Managing the genie out of the bottle-Techno-Legal issues | Mr. N. Ravi Shanker Additional Secretary, DOT | ||
| A. The business of gTLDS-Roses & Thorns | Prof.V.C.Vivekanandan Director, GIGA | ||
| B. IDN Challenges – Unity in Diversity- Indian Response | Mr. Akshat Joshi GIST, CDAC-Pune | ||
| Closing remarks of the Chair | |||
| Lunch | |||
| Theme | Chair / Speaker | ||
| 3. | Internet Governance & Society Opening Remarks from the Chair | Prof. Ranbir Singh Vice Chancellor, NLU, Delhi | |
| Key Note Address Balancing the Privacy-Transparency Conundrum in Internet Governance | Mr. Carlton A. Samuels ALAC Member, ICANN | ||
| A. Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva- Trinity as the State | Mr.U.Ramamohan SP, Cyber Crimes, A.P. | ||
| B. Digital Natives Vs. Digital Naivety | Mr. Sunil Abraham Executive Director, CIS | ||
| C. A development agenda for global Internet governance | Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh Executive Director, IT for Change | ||
| Netizen Speak | |||
| Closing remarks of the Chair | |||
| Coffee Confluence | |||
| Theme | Chair / Panelist | ||
| 4. | Panel Panorama - Internet Governance - Crossroads or crossing the Road Opening Remarks from the Chair | ||
| Panelists - 15 minutes each | Prof. Amita Dhanda Professor of Law, NALSAR Dr. Anindya Sircar AVP & Head IP , Infosys Prof. Srividhya Ragavan Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law Prof. S. Matilal RGSOIPL-IIT, Kharagpur | ||
| Netizen Speak | |||
| Closing Remarks of the Chair |
Day 2, April 6, 2012
| 1. | 9.00-9.05 | Internet Governance & Law Opening Remarks from the Chair | Prof. R. Venkata Rao Vice Chancellor NLSIU, Bangalore |
| 9.05-9.25 | Key Note Address Whose Privacy is it Anyway? | Prof. Graham Greenleaf Co-Director, Aust LII | |
| 9.25-9.40 | A. Netizen vs. Citizen-the Sumo Game | Prof.Izumi AIZU TAMA University,Japan | |
| 9.40-9.55 | B. Number or Name- Shift in Domain Names | Dr. V. K. Unni Associate Prof., IIM,Calcutta | |
| 9.55-10.10 | C. Dial M for Internet Governance | Mr. Pavan Duggal Advocate, Supreme Court of India | |
| 10.10-10.25 | D. Chartering rights in Unchartered waters | Mr.Na.Vijaya Shankar Cyber Law Consultant | |
| 10.25-10.35 | Netizen Speak | ||
| 10.35-10.45 | Closing Remarks of the Chair | ||
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee Confluence | ||
| Theme | Chair / Speaker | ||
| 2. | 11.15-11.20 | Internet Governance & Media Opening Remarks from the Chair | Prof.V.Vijaya Kumar Vice Chancellor, TNDALU-Chennai |
| 11.20-11.40 | Keynote Address Social Media- a New Wine in a New Bottle | Prof. Ang Peng Hwa NTU, Singapore | |
| 11.40-11.55 | A. The Republic of Facebook –The Bill of Frights | Prof.V.C.Vivekanandan Director, GIGA | |
| 11.55-12.10 | B. Objecting the Objectionable-the chronicles of criminology | Dr.K.V.K.Santhy Co-investigator, GIGA | |
| 12.10-12.25 | C. Street Talk vs. Social Talk-Loud Decibels | Prof. M. Sridhar Co-investigator, GIGA | |
| 12.25-12.35 | Netizen Speak | ||
| 12.35-12.45 | Closing remarks from the Chair | ||
| 12.45 -2.00 | Lunch | ||
| Theme | |||
| 3. | 2.00-2.05 | Wrap Up – Internet dreams & delusions – Setting the agenda for the new decade Opening remarks from the Chair | Prof. S. Sivakumar Director In-charge, Indian Law Institute |
| 2.05 – 3.20 | Panelists -15 minutes each | Mr.G.R.Raghavender Registrar of Copyrights Copyright office Ms. Ankhi Das Head of Public Policy, Facebook India Ms. Tulika Pandey Addl.Director- DEIT Mr.R.Muralidharan Advocate- Bangalore Mr. Raman Jit Singh Chima Policy Analyst , Google India Pvt Ltd | |
| 3.20 –3.30 | Netizen Speak | ||
| 3.30 – 3.40 | Closing remarks of the Chair | ||
| 3.40 – 4.00 | Summing Up - The Hyderabad Declaration | Prof.V.C.Vivekanandan Director, GIGA | |
| 4.00 | Coffee Musings & Farewell |