{"id":12800,"date":"2010-10-18T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2010\/10\/18\/en-usa-igf-2010-overview\/"},"modified":"2010-10-18T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T13:00:00","slug":"en-usa-igf-2010-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2010\/10\/18\/en-usa-igf-2010-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-USA 2010 \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. The second IGF-USA met at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., on 21 July 2010, combining workshops on cybersecurity, cloud computing and child safety with a scenario exercise sketching three futures for 2020.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The backdrop was the UN's review of the IGF's mandate: Ambassador Verveer said he was 'very optimistic' the UN would extend it, while the UN's Markus Kummer hailed the spread of national IGFs \u2014 no global coordination without national coordination.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Its 'Internet Islands' scenario anticipated today's splinternet debate, making this an early record of fears about a fragmenting Internet.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF-USA 2010<\/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 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nSecond annual IGF-USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n21 July 2010 (one-day event)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nGeorgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nIGF-USA multistakeholder steering committee, hosted by Georgetown University Law Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nScenario-exercise outcomes fed into the 5th global IGF in Vilnius, Lithuania (September 2010)<\/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. Renewing the IGF's Mandate \u2014 Would the UN Say Yes?<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening plenary and closing session<\/p>\n

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    "I am very optimistic the UN is going to extend the IGF and hopefully without any changes"
    \n\u2014 Ambassador Philip Verveer (U.S. State Department)<\/strong> [2][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "The question is will it be a simple 'yes,' or will it be a 'yes' but with certain conditions attached"
    \n\u2014 Markus Kummer (Executive Coordinator, UN IGF Secretariat)<\/strong> [2][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n