{"id":13010,"date":"2012-09-01T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/09\/01\/en-kenya-igf-2012-overview\/"},"modified":"2012-09-01T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T12:00:00","slug":"en-kenya-igf-2012-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/09\/01\/en-kenya-igf-2012-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2012 (5th Kenya IGF) \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 5th Kenya IGF ran all day on 6 July 2012 at Nairobi's Jacaranda Hotel, webcast worldwide on the Internet Society chapters channel, covering WCIT and the ITRs, intermediary liability, e-government and ICANN matters.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. With the WCIT in Dubai looming that December, the global fight over whether ITU treaty rules would reach into the internet was argued in Kenyan terms; the preceding online debate opened with the ITRs as its first topic.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. At the close, founder Alice Munyua announced the handover of the Kenya IGF, after five years under KICTANet, to the Internet Society Kenya Chapter \u2014 a model case for the sustainability of national IGFs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Kenya Internet Governance Forum 2012 (5th Kenya IGF)<\/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>\nKenya Internet Governance Forum 2012 (5th Kenya IGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n6 July 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nJacaranda Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nKICTANet and KENIC (organising team: Alice Munyua, Grace Githaiga, Grace Bomu, Barrack Otieno)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nAt the forum KICTANet formally handed over the convening of the Kenya IGF to the Internet Society Kenya Chapter (ISOC-KE), marking a generational transition after five founding years<\/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. WCIT and the ITRs \u2014 the Opening Battle over the Internet's Future<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Forum session on WCIT & ITRs and online debate Day 1: International Telecommunications Regulations (from 14 June)<\/p>\n