{"id":12806,"date":"2014-07-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/07\/24\/en-usa-igf-2014-overview\/"},"modified":"2014-07-24T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T20:00:00","slug":"en-usa-igf-2014-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/07\/24\/en-usa-igf-2014-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-USA 2014 \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 fifth IGF-USA convened at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on 16 July 2014 \u2014 a relaunch year after the 2013 hiatus, with a new organisational structure in place.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The headline issue was the U.S. government's March 2014 decision to transition its stewardship of the IANA functions: NTIA's Larry Strickling laid out the conditions, while net neutrality and ICANN accountability filled the other main panels.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The record captures America's 'giving away the Internet?' controversy at its peak; the transition was completed in 2016, shaping today's ICANN.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF-USA 2014<\/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 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nFifth IGF-USA (no 2013 event was held due to fundraising disruptions and the U.S. government shutdown; 2014 marked the relaunch)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n16 July 2014 (one-day event)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nThe George Washington University, Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nIGF-USA steering committee, with the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter (ISOC-DC) as organisational home; 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. The IANA Stewardship Transition \u2014 'Not Giving Away the Internet'<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening plenary remarks by NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling<\/p>\n

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    "In effect, the last remaining legal vestige of American control of the network will vanish next year"
    \n\u2014 Paul Rosenzweig (Heritage Foundation, quoted in PRX The World's pre-event coverage)<\/strong> [3][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n