{"id":12764,"date":"2008-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2008\/10\/16\/en-uk-igf-2008-overview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T15:00:00","slug":"en-uk-igf-2008-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2008\/10\/16\/en-uk-igf-2008-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"UK IGF 2008 \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. In 2008 the UK IGF \u2014 recorded as the world's first national IGF \u2014 got under way in London, run as a collaborative partnership between Nominet (the .uk registry), government, parliamentarians, industry and civil society.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Through meetings from a March industry scoping session to the Parliament & the Internet Conference on 16 October, it finalised the UK's messages for the Hyderabad IGF in December, with security first and access and confidence next among its priorities.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The national-IGF model spread worldwide from here, making 2008 the origin story for every country-level IGF that followed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on UK IGF 2008<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nUK IGF 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\nMultiple meetings across 2008: an industry scoping meeting (11 March), a UK IGF meeting (11 July) and the Parliament & the Internet Conference (16 October)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nLondon (Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, and other venues)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nA collaborative partnership between Nominet, the UK Department for Business (BERR) and key parliamentarians<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nFinalised the UK's messages for the Hyderabad IGF (December 2008) and sent a delegation including four MPs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Note<\/td>\nFounding year of the UK IGF, recorded in the UN IGF's NRI records as the world's first national IGF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. The World's First National IGF \u2014 From a Promise in Rio to Reality<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Establishment and structure of the UK IGF (through 2008)<\/p>\n

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    "At Rio in 2007, I made a commitment to the international community that the UK would demonstrate that the IGF approach works by establishing the UK IGF to support the international process"
    \n\u2014 Rt Hon Alun Michael MP<\/strong> [1][3][5]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n