South School on Internet Governance

Founded:	2009
Website:	gobernanzainternet.com.ar
Twitter:	@adriancarballo
Key People
Olga Cavalli, Latin America Regional Director Adrian Carballo, Latin America Institutional Relations Director

The South School on Internet Governance (SSIG) trains new leaders in all aspects related to Internet Governance, from a global perspective and with focus on the Latin America and Caribbean Region. The program trains university and postgraduate students from the region and from the rest of the world to understand the complexity related with Internet Governance and its importance in the future of the Internet.

Every year a fixed number of students are selected for SSIG, after having gone through a heavy selection process. The cost to students and the expenditures of SSIG are borne by sponsorships from sponsors such as Verisign, Nominet Trust, Afilias, ICANN, Microsoft, Cisco, etc.

Vision

• Motivate the new regional leaders of opinion to actively participate in IG meetings and activities, where the future of the Internet is shaped;
• Make them the future leaders of IG in their countries and regions;
• Motivate young students of the Latin America and Caribbean region to get involved in the Internet Governance processes;
• Motivate young students from developing countries to visit, study and understand the LAC Region in relation to the Internet Governance issues;
• Increase the number of representatives of the Latin America and Caribbean region in international Internet Governance debate spaces.

Topics covered during SSIG

• By whom the Internet is governed
• Political, economic, social and legal implications of Internet Governance
• The role of ICANN, RIRs, ccTLDs, gTLDs, IDNs
• IPv4 - IPv6 transition
• Legal aspects of security and privacy on the Internet
• Freedom of expression, privacy, e-commerce, gender and new market opportunities
• New digital economy
• Protection of intellectual property
• Fight against cybercrime
• Digital divide and its implication on the Internet's future and evolution

Faculty

The Faculty is chaired by Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus and by Prof. Olga Cavalli from Universidad de Buenos Aires and ITBA.

The Faculty also includes:

• Raul Echeberria, LACNIC;
• Philipp Grabensee, Afilias;
• Bernardette Lewis, CTU;
• Carlos Afonso, RITS Brasil;
• Hartmut Glaser, CGI Brasil, LACNIC;
• Bertrand de la Chapelle, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France;
• Avri Doria, Lulea University;
• Pablo Hinojosa, ICANN;
• William Drake, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva;
• Adrian Carballo, MERCOSUR Advisor;
• Sebastian Bellagamba, ISOC Regional Bureau;
• Markus Kummer, Secretary IGF;
• Valeria Betancourt, APC;
• Vanda Scartezzini, ALAC ICANN;
• Demi Getschko, NIC .br;
• Desiree Miloshevic, Oxford University;
• Nacho Amadoz, .cat;
• Nicolau Reinhard, FEA/USP;
• Alexandre Barbosa, Cetic.br;
• Jorge Navarro, UNCTAD;
• Wagner Diniz, W3C Brazil;
• Everton Lucero, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brazil.

Completed and Announced so far

• SSIG 2009 (March,2009) Buenos Aires, Argentina
• SSIG 2010 (21 to 26 March) Sao Paolo, Brazil
• SSIG 2011 (4 to 8 April,2010) Mexico
• SSIG 2012 (19 to 23 March, 2012) Bogotá, Colombia
• 22 to 26th, 2012) Panamá City, Panamá