InSIG 2016
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Hyderabad |
The first edition of the India SIG was convened in Oct-Nov 2016 at IIIT Hyderabad, immediately prior to the ICANN 57 meeting held at the same city. The event had 44 participants from 9 countries and 22 speakers from 12 countries.The inSIG 2016 was organised by ISOC TRV and ISOC Delhi. It was supported by National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), Government of India; ICANN, IIIT Hyderabad, APNIC and APSIG
The venue was Saranga Hall of International Institute of Information Technology (IIITH), Hyderabad.[1]
Participants edit
| Indian Participants | International Participants |
|---|---|
| Adarsh B U | Nooria Ahmadi (Afghanistan) |
| Anurag Vijay Agrawal | Babu Ram Aryal (Nepal) |
| Dr. Manish Arora | Mohammad Abdul Awal (Bangladesh) |
| Arul R. | Kilnam Chon (South Korea) |
| Dr Venkatesh Choppella | Mubashir Hassan (Pakistan) |
| Shibendu Debbarma | Haoran Huang (China) |
| Harsh Ghildiyal | Ihtisham Khalid (Pakistan) |
| Lokesh Gujjarappa | Ahmad Waleed Khaliqi (Afghanistan) |
| Shahul Hameed | Maheeshwara Kirindigoda (Sri Lanka) |
| Parthiv Hejmadi | Conglun Liu (China) |
| Abhishek Jain | Limei Liu (China) |
| Anand Krishnan | Renata Aquino Ribeiro (Brazil) |
| Dr Kotaro Kataoka | Raphael Silveiras (Brazil) |
| Arshad Mohammed | Mohibullah Utmankhil (Afghanistan) |
| Prof. Poolla R.K. Murti | Zhai Wen (China) |
| Niharika Nandan | |
| Japleen Pasricha | |
| Sabarinath Pillai | |
| Dr Ravi Pillutla | |
| Dr K S Rajan | |
| Gnanajeyaraman Rajaram | |
| Dr Shatrunjay Rawat | |
| Syed Nazir Razik | |
| Dr Vijay Sekhar | |
| Senthilkumar K B | |
| Swati Shinde | |
| Manmeet Pal Singh | |
| Dr.S.Umamaheswari | |
| Sibtain Zaheer |
Program Schedule[2] edit
Day 1: Monday, 31 Oct 2016 edit
| Time | Code | Topic/Activity | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:15 | M0 | Welcome and Participant Introductions | |
| 10:00 | M1 | IG in India: History and context | Dr Govind, Ex-CEO, NIXI & ISOC Delhi |
| 10:45 | Tea break | ||
| 11:00 | M2 | IG: History, Context and Principles | Milton Mueller, NCUC |
| 12:00 | M3 | The IG Ecosystem and Entities | Alan Greenberg, ALAC |
| 13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 | M4 | Panel: IG in Asia-Pacific: Regional Variations | Kilnam Chon (APSIG), Kelvin Wong (ICANN-APAC), Mahesh Uppal (ComFirst) |
| 15:00 | M5 | inSIG Keynote: The State of IG Today | Ram Mohan, ICANN Board |
| 16:00 | Tea Break | ||
| 16:15 | M6 | Internet Governance and Diplomacy | Nick Thorne, Former UK Ambassador to the UN in Geneva |
| 17:15 | Close of Day |
Day 2: Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016 edit
| Time | Code | Topic/Activity | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | T1 | IG Perspectives: The Public Interest | Alan Greenberg, ALAC | |
| 10:00 | T2 | IG Perspectives: Social, Political and Cultural | Milton Mueller, NCUC | |
| 11:00 | Tea break | |||
| 11:15 | T3 | IG Perspectives: Governmental | Rahul Gosain, Government of India | |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |||
| 13:15 | T4 | IG Perspectives: Tech and Engineering | Srinivas Chendi, APNIC | |
| 14:15 | T5 | Panel: The IANA Transition: Testimony to Multistakeholderism in Action | Chair: Izumi Okutani (CRISP/JPNIC), Milton Mueller (NCUC), Dr Govind (ISOC-DEL) | |
| 15:15 | Tea break | |||
| 15:30 | T6 | Panel: ICANN Accountability Post Transition: Workstream 2 | Chair: Asha Hemrajani (ICANN Board), Sébastien Bachollet (At-Large), Izumi Okutani (JPNIC), Vinay Kesari (CCWG), Becky Burr (Neustar) | |
| 16:30 | T7 | Evolution of the Multistakeholder Model: Past, Present and Future | Rinalia Abdul Rahim, ICANN Board | |
| 18:30 | inSIG Dinner | Paradise, Gachibowli [3] |
Day 3: Wednesday, 2 Nov 2016 edit
| Time | Code | Topic/Activity | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | W1 | Participating in IG organizations and processes | Olivier Crepin Leblond, At-Large |
| 10:00 | W2 | IG Issues: Human Rights, Culture, Democracy, and Developing Countries | Parminder Jeet Singh, IT4Change |
| 11:00 | Tea break | ||
| 11:15 | W4 | Participating in IG organizations and processes (Part 2) | Sandra Hoferichter, EuroDIG |
| 12:15 | W3 | IG Perspectives: Legal | Vinay Kesari, CCWG |
| 13:15 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 | W5 | IG Issues: Zero Rating, Net Neutrality, Intermediary Liability | Sunil Abraham, CIS |
| 15:00 | Tea break | ||
| 15:15 | W6 | Panel: Challenges for the Post-Transition Ecosystem: Accountability, Governance & Diversity; | Chair: John Laprise (IG Strategist), Sandra Hoferichter (EuroDIG), Prashant Sugathan (SFLC), Kilnam Chon (APSIG), Nick Thorne (Former UK Ambassador to UN) |
| 16:30 | W7 | Distribution of certificates & Closing |
Closing Ceremony edit
One the final day of inSIG 2016, all the participants were given certificates for participating in inSIG 2016. All the volunteers from IIITH, who helped in organising the program were also given certificates and gifts.
Video Recording edit
The complete video recording of inSIG 2016 is live and public. Link
Documentation & Archiving edit
All the videos filmed and course material used in inSIG 2016 was documented and will be provided online for everyone to access.