[NCUC-DISCUSS] Interesting workshops at IGF

[Wisdom Donkor]

Dear Milton L,
Thanks you very much for the email, i will be attending this years IGF in
Berlin. I will be glad to be part of the NCUC session.

Meanwhile, i am also organising a pre-event on day 0. The topic is more
related to NCUC session, i will be glad if NCUC members can attend in order
to announce the NCUC session
which is more of a workshop. The session can be access through the
following links:
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019-pre-event-53-electricity-community-networks-and-digital-inclusion-the-case-of-the
https://igf2019.sched.com/event/8e144537f2691f91bcbb82915ac93d1a?iframe=yes&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no#

Kind regards,


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On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 8:58 PM Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:

> 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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