Second International Workshop on Global Internet Governance

Second International Workshop on
Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction
Organized by GigaNet, in cooperation with ECREA IIC, CD and CLP Sections
Brussels, Belgium, 11 May 2009
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Etterbeek, Building D,
Promotiezaal D.2.01

Participation is free of charge but registration is needed.
Registration form and other practical details at:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse

09:00-09:30 - Opening Session
- Welcoming Remarks by Workshop Co-Chair
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Presentation of the Workshop Organizers
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
International and Intercultural Communication (IIC) section
Communication and Democracy (CD) section
Communication, Law and Policy (CLP) section
- Contributions and Program Overview by Workshop Co-Chair Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France

09:30-10:45 - Panel 1 - Power Dynamics in IG: Transformation or Consolidation?
This panel will discuss research activities dealing with global Internet governance actors and their power relationships. It will examine to which extent new power dynamics are actually emerging.
Chair: Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Panelists:
- Multi-Stakeholderism and Intra-Civil Society Networking: The case
of the WSIS IG-working group mailing list
Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Negotiation and the Global Information Economy: Implications for
Internet Governance
JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
- The governance of web standards. Economic struggles in the XML case
François-Xavier Dudouet, Université Paris 9 Dauphine, France
Benjamin Nguyen, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France
Antoine Vion, Université de la Méditerranée, France
- Proceduralization, Agencification, and Privatization: Internet Governance’s Three Pillars and their Normative Consequences
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie,France
- Wars in Cyberspace : the recasting of military power in the digital age
Jean-Loup Samaan, French Ministry of Defense, France

10:45-11:15 - Coffee Break

11:15-12:30 - Panel 2 - Critical Internet
Resources and the Never- Ending ICANN Case This panel will focus on the global governance of critical Internet resources and will bring fresh views on ICANN role in this field.
Chair: JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
Panelists:
- Work in progress in Internet governance: a proposed study on
ICANN’s opening for new gTLDs
Laura Abba, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
Stefano Trumpy, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
- The Governance of Internet Country Code Top Level Domains in Europe
George Christou, University of Warwick, UK
Seamus Simpson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Administration and marketing of the ccTLD and its policy implications on Internet governance
Keisuke Kamimura, Center for Global Communications, International
University of Japan, Japan
- Internet Governance and Critical Resources
Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Neo-Liberal Globalization and Internet Governance
Hangwoo Lee, Chungbuk National University, South Korea

13:45-15:00 - Panel 3 - Regulation of Technologies and TechnologicalRegulation
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities related to regulation. Presentations will address ICT regulation means as well as using ICTs as a mean of regulation.
Chair: Katharine Sarikakis, University of Leeds, UK
Panelists:
- Consumers, Disclosure, and Internet Governance
Adam Candeub, Michigan University (MI), USA
- The CRID, an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on ICT regulation
Yves Poullet, University of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium>- Technology-Aware Policy Analysis: Case Studies of Deep Packet Inspection and Network Management
Ralf Bendrath, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- An assumption analysis of the Creative Content Online Public
Consultation by the European Commission
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Keeping Free Speech, Privacy and Property Real in Virtual Worlds: a Reasonable Duty for the Owners/Creators ?
Pierre-François Docquir, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Actively vs. Passive Volunteered Personal Information
Mark Lizar, London South Bank University & Identity Trust CIC, UK

15:00-15:30 - Coffee Break

15:30-17:00 - Panel 4 - What’s in a field? IG Research Methodologies and Boundaries
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities in terms of methodologies and approaches. It also aims at defining the contours of the field.
Chair: Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Panelists:
- Mapping Internet Governance: theoretical framework, research methodologies and possible implementation strategies (With a little help from my friends…)
Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy
Elena Pavan, University of Trento, Italy
- Modes of Governance in Digitally Networked Environments: Perspectives from an Interdisciplinary Workshop
Malte Ziewitz, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK
- Internet Governance - Under Construction: Doing Multidisciplinary
and Multisited Research in 'Real Life' and Online
Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- Internet Regulation; Governance without the state, an exercise in global cooperation
Rafid A Y Fatani, University of Exeter, UK
- The social imaginary of new media practices: issues for discussion
Pantelis Vatikiotis, Panteion University of Social and Political
Sciences, Greece
- An Assessment of the Contribution of the Lebanese Universities in Internet Governance
Antoine Melki, University of Balamand, Lebanon
- Public Opinion Formation in Convergence Culture
Jakob Svensson, Karlstad University, Sweden

17:00-17:30 - Closing Session
- Synthesis of Discussions, Conclusion and Way Forward
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium