[NCUC-DISCUSS] Interesting workshops at IGF

[Mueller, Milton L]

This workshop was organized by two NCUC/NCSG members and has another member as a speaker, and may be of interest to others here if they are attending or remotely monitoring the Berlin IGF:

TECH NATIONALISM, 5G, CYBERSECURITY AND TRADE
Tuesday, November 26 * 11:30 - 13:00

IGF Sched listing: https://igf2019.sched.com/event/SU0s/ws-41-tech-nationalism-5g-cybersecurity-and-trade

This session will discuss the competition over 5G and other "strategic" ICTs that are alleged to be critical to national power. The workshop is structured as a debate, but the speakers are not polarized and will be able to appreciate the claims of either position. The debate will explore how the securitization of software and equipment affects Internet governance and the digital economy. The panel will include perspectives from the USA, Europe, India, Australia and China.

The panel will debate and discuss the following questions:
- What is tech nationalism and how widespread is it in the developed and developing world?
- What cybersecurity threats, if any, are posed by the national origin of 5G infrastructure suppliers?
- Many observers have detected a subcategory of tech nationalism called "data nationalism" that views data as a 'national resource' to be protected by the state. What are the arguments for and against this approach?
- How much of the concern about foreign equipment, software and data use is motivated by economic protectionism rather than cybersecurity?
- Is it possible to reconcile national cybersecurity with globalized markets for software, services and equipment?
- Is tech nationalism compatible with multistakeholder governance of the Internet?

Speakers:
 - Milton Mueller, Director of the Internet Governance Project at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (co-moderator)
- William Drake,  International Fellow and Lecturer in the Media Change & Innovation Division of the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich (co-moderator)
- Jyoti Panday , Researcher, India Telecom Center of Excellence, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Jan-Peter Kleinhans, Project Director IT Security in the Internet of Things, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
- Tobias Feakin, Ambassador for Cyber Affairs of the Australian Government
 - Huawei Corporation representative (invited)

Dr. Milton L Mueller
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Public Policy
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