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InSIG 2016

Event
Start Oct. 31, 2016
Region Asia Pacific
Country
    City Hyderabad
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    The first edition of the India SIG was convened in Oct-Nov 2016 at IIIT Hyderabad, immediately prior to the ICANN 57 meeting held at the same city. The event had 44 participants from 9 countries and 22 speakers from 12 countries.The inSIG 2016 was organised by ISOC TRV and ISOC Delhi. It was supported by National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), Government of India; ICANN, IIIT Hyderabad, APNIC and APSIG

    The venue was Saranga Hall of International Institute of Information Technology (IIITH), Hyderabad.[1]

    Participants

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    Indian Participants International Participants
    Adarsh B U Nooria Ahmadi (Afghanistan)
    Anurag Vijay Agrawal Babu Ram Aryal (Nepal)
    Dr. Manish Arora Mohammad Abdul Awal (Bangladesh)
    Arul R. Kilnam Chon (South Korea)
    Dr Venkatesh Choppella Mubashir Hassan (Pakistan)
    Shibendu Debbarma Haoran Huang (China)
    Harsh Ghildiyal Ihtisham Khalid (Pakistan)
    Lokesh Gujjarappa Ahmad Waleed Khaliqi (Afghanistan)
    Shahul Hameed Maheeshwara Kirindigoda (Sri Lanka)
    Parthiv Hejmadi Conglun Liu (China)
    Abhishek Jain Limei Liu (China)
    Anand Krishnan Renata Aquino Ribeiro (Brazil)
    Dr Kotaro Kataoka Raphael Silveiras (Brazil)
    Arshad Mohammed Mohibullah Utmankhil (Afghanistan)
    Prof. Poolla R.K. Murti Zhai Wen (China)
    Niharika Nandan
    Japleen Pasricha
    Sabarinath Pillai
    Dr Ravi Pillutla
    Dr K S Rajan
    Gnanajeyaraman Rajaram
    Dr Shatrunjay Rawat
    Syed Nazir Razik
    Dr Vijay Sekhar
    Senthilkumar K B
    Swati Shinde
    Manmeet Pal Singh
    Dr.S.Umamaheswari
    Sibtain Zaheer

    Program Schedule[2]

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    Day 1: Monday, 31 Oct 2016

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    Time Code Topic/Activity Speakers
    09:00 Registration
    09:15 M0 Welcome and Participant Introductions
    10:00 M1 IG in India: History and context Dr Govind, Ex-CEO, NIXI & ISOC Delhi
    10:45 Tea break
    11:00 M2 IG: History, Context and Principles Milton Mueller, NCUC
    12:00 M3 The IG Ecosystem and Entities Alan Greenberg, ALAC
    13:00 Lunch break
    14:00 M4 Panel: IG in Asia-Pacific: Regional Variations Kilnam Chon (APSIG), Kelvin Wong (ICANN-APAC), Mahesh Uppal (ComFirst)
    15:00 M5 inSIG Keynote: The State of IG Today Ram Mohan, ICANN Board
    16:00 Tea Break
    16:15 M6 Internet Governance and Diplomacy Nick Thorne, Former UK Ambassador to the UN in Geneva
    17:15 Close of Day

    Day 2: Tuesday, 1 Nov 2016

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    Time Code Topic/Activity Speakers
    09:00 T1 IG Perspectives: The Public Interest Alan Greenberg, ALAC
    10:00 T2 IG Perspectives: Social, Political and Cultural Milton Mueller, NCUC
    11:00 Tea break
    11:15 T3 IG Perspectives: Governmental Rahul Gosain, Government of India
    12:15 Lunch
    13:15 T4 IG Perspectives: Tech and Engineering Srinivas Chendi, APNIC
    14:15 T5 Panel: The IANA Transition: Testimony to Multistakeholderism in Action Chair: Izumi Okutani (CRISP/JPNIC), Milton Mueller (NCUC), Dr Govind (ISOC-DEL)
    15:15 Tea break
    15:30 T6 Panel: ICANN Accountability Post Transition: Workstream 2 Chair: Asha Hemrajani (ICANN Board), Sébastien Bachollet (At-Large), Izumi Okutani (JPNIC), Vinay Kesari (CCWG), Becky Burr (Neustar)
    16:30 T7 Evolution of the Multistakeholder Model: Past, Present and Future Rinalia Abdul Rahim, ICANN Board
    18:30 inSIG Dinner Paradise, Gachibowli [3]

    Day 3: Wednesday, 2 Nov 2016

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    Time Code Topic/Activity Speakers
    9:00 W1 Participating in IG organizations and processes Olivier Crepin Leblond, At-Large
    10:00 W2 IG Issues: Human Rights, Culture, Democracy, and Developing Countries Parminder Jeet Singh, IT4Change
    11:00 Tea break
    11:15 W4 Participating in IG organizations and processes (Part 2) Sandra Hoferichter, EuroDIG
    12:15 W3 IG Perspectives: Legal Vinay Kesari, CCWG
    13:15 Lunch
    14:00 W5 IG Issues: Zero Rating, Net Neutrality, Intermediary Liability Sunil Abraham, CIS
    15:00 Tea break
    15:15 W6 Panel: Challenges for the Post-Transition Ecosystem: Accountability, Governance & Diversity; Chair: John Laprise (IG Strategist), Sandra Hoferichter (EuroDIG), Prashant Sugathan (SFLC), Kilnam Chon (APSIG), Nick Thorne (Former UK Ambassador to UN)
    16:30 W7 Distribution of certificates & Closing

    Closing Ceremony

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    One the final day of inSIG 2016, all the participants were given certificates for participating in inSIG 2016. All the volunteers from IIITH, who helped in organising the program were also given certificates and gifts.

    Video Recording

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    The complete video recording of inSIG 2016 is live and public. Link

    The photographs of the inSIG 2016 Link (Photo Courtesy to : Glenn McKnight)

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    References

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