Summer School on Internet Governance, Germany, July 25 - August, 31, 2008
The Internet, with more than 1.2 billion users worldwide, is the most important infrastructure of the information age. The Internet influences policies, economics, and cultures on the global as well as on the local level. Internet related issues like security and stability, freedom of expression, privacy, eCommerce, new market opportunities, protection of intellectual property, fight against cybercrime, development, digital divide and others, getting higher and higher priorities on the national and international political agenda. To reach the UN Millenium Development Goals (MDG) until 2015 the Internet is a crucial tool. For some experts Internet Governance will become as important as climate change is today.
Do you want to understand how and by whom the Internet is governed and what the issues are which have made Internet Governance one of the new global conflicts of diplomacy of the 21st century? Do you want to know what the political, economic, social, and legal implications of Internet Governance are and what is behind ICANN, RIRs, ccTLDs, gTLDs, iDNs, IPv6, IGF, WGIG, and WSIS ? Do want to get more detailed information on how technical Internet Standards, Protocols and Codes, how the Domain Name System and the IP Address Space or the Domain Name market is evolving? Then you should apply for the "2008 Summer School on Internet Governance" (SSIG).
The 2008 Summer School offers a unique multidisciplinary high level 50 hour academic programme both for graduate students and young academics as well as for junior professionals from the private sector, government, and civil society. The programme is a well balanced mixture of theoretical lectures with world leading academics as well as practical presentations from well known experts working directly in the technical community, the market, or in policy. It also offers opportunities for interactive communication with faculty members and among the fellows themselves through the daily evening programme of students' presentations.
Members of the 2008 Faculty include, inter alia
Prof. Olga Cavalli, University of Buenos Aires
Bertrand de la Chapelle, Envoy of the Information Society, French Foreign Ministry
Avria Doria, Lulea Technology University, Chair of ICANNs GNSO Council
Dr. William Drake, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva
Philipp Grabensee, Chairman of the Board of Afilias Ltd., Dublin
Ayesha Hassan, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
Markus Kummer, Executive Secretary of the Internet Governance Forum, (TBC)
Prof. Milton Mueller, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, N.Y.
Michael Niebel, European Commission, Member of ICANNs GAC, Brussels
Prof. Jonathan Zittrain, Oxford Internet Institute (TBC)
The Faculty is chaired by Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus
The 2008 Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG) takes place in the St. Afra Monastery of the "Evangelische Akademie Meissen" in Germany, a historic place, where the father of the German enlightenment, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, went to school. Meissen is a 1000 year old small city, famous for its "Meissen China", its very dry white wine, and its old fortress, gothic churches, and historic wine cellars. It is a 30 minute train ride from Dresden Airport, which is connected by six daily shuttles to Munich and Frankfurt.
The Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG) is organized by the University of Aarhus and the Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., a recognized "At Large Structure" (ALS) under ICANN Bylaws. It is sponsored by five TLD Registries, among them as Golden Sponsor DENIC (.de), as Silver Sponsor UNINETT (.no) and SIDN (.nl) and as Bronze Sponsor EURID (.eu) and DotAsia (.asia). Additionally UNESCO, Diplo Foundation, GIGANET, ENOM, Afilias, Dotberlin, and others have partnered with the Summer School.
The fee of 1,000.00 EUR (plus 19% VAT) includes, next to the full lecture programme
* six nights accommodation in single guest rooms of the academy
* breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and snacks & wine at the daily night sessions
* one evening reception in the Meissen Porcelain Factory
* a gala dinner in the historic wine-restaurant "Vinzenz Richter"
* sightseeing events
* free WiFi access
* all teaching materials
There is a special fee for students of 500.00 EUR (plus 19% VAT). There is also an opportunity to apply for support from the fellowship programme which is still under development. Students will get a certificate at the end of the Summer School.
Detailed information, including the Draft Programme and the electronic "Application Form" as well as comments from 2007 Summer School Fellows can be found under
www.euro-ssig.eu
If you are interested in the Summer School on Internet Governance (SSIG), please send Applications by May 31, 2008, using the electronic form on the website or contacting directly Sandra Hoferichter (
info@hoferichter.eu), the Secretary of the Summer School or Prof.
Wolfgang Kleinwächter (
wolfgang@imv.au.dk), chair of the 2008 Faculty.
Members of the 2008 Programme Committee
Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus (Chair); Dr. William J.
Drake, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies Geneva; Prof. Milton Mueller, Syracuse University; Avria Doria, Lulea Technology University; Bart Vastenburg, SIDN; Giovanni Seppia, EURID; Sabine Dolderer, DENIC; Philipp Grabensee, Afilias; Axel Plathe, UNESCO
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