{"id":12797,"date":"2009-10-18T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2009\/10\/18\/en-usa-igf-2009-overview\/"},"modified":"2009-10-18T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T10:00:00","slug":"en-usa-igf-2009-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2009\/10\/18\/en-usa-igf-2009-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-USA 2009 \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. On 2 October 2009 the first-ever IGF-USA convened at the CSIS think tank in Washington, D.C., bringing government, business, civil society and academia together across seven workshops on the Internet's future.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Markus Kummer of the UN IGF Secretariat and NTIA administrator Lawrence Strickling headlined; speakers welcomed the ICANN-U.S. 'Affirmation of Commitments' signed two days earlier and endorsed extending the global IGF's mandate.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The meeting became one of the templates for national IGFs worldwide \u2014 a founding record of how a country builds a multistakeholder forum of its own.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF-USA 2009<\/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>\nIGF-USA 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nFirst (inaugural) IGF-USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n2 October 2009 (one-day event)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nCSIS Conference Center, 1800 K Street NW, Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Workshops<\/td>\n7 (Seven workshops listed on the official programme)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nIGF-USA multistakeholder steering committee (chief catalyst Marilyn Cade; members from NTIA, Elon University, VeriSign, EPIC, USCIB and others)<\/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. America's First National IGF \u2014 an 'Enthusiastic Endorsement' of Dialogue<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session (Markus Kummer and Lawrence Strickling)<\/p>\n

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    "It's an impressive gathering. This has turned into an enthusiastic endorsement of the IGF as a platform for dialogue"
    \n\u2014 Markus Kummer (Executive Coordinator, UN IGF Secretariat)<\/strong> [2][1][5]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "The hope and expectation is that today's event will be first of many U.S. IGFs that will shape priorities in the Internet governance arena"
    \n\u2014 Lawrence Strickling (Assistant Secretary of Commerce; NTIA Administrator)<\/strong> [2][1][5]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n