{"id":12804,"date":"2012-10-02T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/10\/02\/en-usa-igf-2012-overview\/"},"modified":"2012-10-02T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T12:00:00","slug":"en-usa-igf-2012-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/10\/02\/en-usa-igf-2012-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-USA 2012 \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 fourth IGF-USA met at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., on 26 July 2012, with December's WCIT conference in Dubai looming over every session \u2014 'governments or governance?' was the question of the day.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Ambassadors Philip Verveer and Terry Kramer set out the U.S. strategy against expanding intergovernmental regulation, while NTIA's Larry Strickling argued that government restraint \u2014 acting as facilitator \u2014 was the key to the multistakeholder model's success.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The fault lines drawn here \u2014 state control versus multistakeholder governance \u2014 prefigured the defining Internet-governance battle of the decade.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF-USA 2012<\/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 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nFourth annual IGF-USA (Elon University's coverage explicitly calls it 'the fourth annual conference'; the series began in 2009)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n26 July 2012 (one-day event)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nGeorgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nIGF-USA multistakeholder steering committee (chief catalyst Marilyn Cade)<\/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. On the Eve of WCIT-12 \u2014 'Governments or Governance?'<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening keynote by Ambassador Philip Verveer and WCIT Ambassador Terry Kramer<\/p>\n

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    "The multistakeholder model is the only effective one that will work"
    \n\u2014 Terry Kramer (U.S. Ambassador to WCIT)<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "When it comes time for us to advocate directly (for Internet freedom), it will be very important that we come from a position of knowledge and fact, not just ideology"
    \n\u2014 Terry Kramer (U.S. Ambassador to WCIT)<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "Our principal goal for WCIT involves maintaining this enabling environment, with complete confidence that if we are successful the benefits of information and communications technology will continue to increase and to expand to billions of additional people"
    \n\u2014 Ambassador Philip Verveer (U.S. State Department)<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n