{"id":8483,"date":"2008-12-03T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2008\/12\/03\/en-igf-2008-hyderabad-overview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-03T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T03:30:00","slug":"en-igf-2008-hyderabad-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2008\/12\/03\/en-igf-2008-hyderabad-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Global IGF 2008 Hyderabad \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 third IGF met at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India, on 3\u20136 December 2008: 1,280 participants from 94 countries under the theme "Internet for All."<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Connecting the "next billion" users, the multilingual internet, and the future of ICANN's Joint Project Agreement with the US dominated \u2014 and China hinted it might walk out, protesting that core resource questions were being dodged.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Opening with a minute of silence a week after the Mumbai terror attacks, the meeting asked how billions outside the English-speaking world would get online \u2014 a question that framed internationalised domain names and the coming mobile-internet era.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Global IGF 2008 in Hyderabad<\/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
    Edition<\/td>\nThird annual IGF meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n3\u20136 December 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nHyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nInternet for All<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n1,280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Countries<\/td>\n94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Main sessions<\/td>\nReaching the Next Billion, Promoting Cyber-security and Trust, Managing Critical Internet Resources, Emerging Issues \u2014 the Internet of Tomorrow, Taking Stock and the Way Forward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nGovernment of India and the United Nations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nChairman's Summary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Context<\/td>\nHeld days after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks; the meeting opened with a minute of silence, and registrations fell to 1,273 from the 1,500 originally expected<\/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. Meeting in the Shadow of the Mumbai Attacks \u2014 An IGF That Opened with Silence<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening Ceremony (3 December)<\/p>\n