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From: "Atkinson, Robert" <rca53@columbia.edu> Subject: [Cybertelecom-l] CITI Announces E-Conference on Internet Governance November 12 Date: November 7, 2013 3:15:09 PM PST To: "cybertelecom-l@googlegroups.com" <cybertelecom-l@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: cybertelecom-l@googlegroups.com

Colleagues,

On November 12th at 12:00pm EST CITI will host an e-conference on Internet Governance titled: “Is There A Third Way For The Internet: Neither The US Nor The UN But Independence?” The conference asks the question "Are there models of internet governance that establish internet independence from the US without the UN or other governments expanding their influence or control? What are their advantages and disadvantages?” Speakers include: Eli Noam, Director, CITI John Curran, President and CEO, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) Alejandro Pisanty, Director of Computing Academic Services, National Autonomous University of Mexico, ICANN Board Member Harold Feld, Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge Fred Goldstein, Interisle Consulting Group, Senior Member of the IEEE Milton Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University Raul Katz, Director of Business Strategy Research, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information And others. The event will run for 2 hours via the Webex platform. Instructions to connect are below my signature block, including instructions to troubleshoot connection issues.

Bob Atkinson

--------------------------- Robert C. Atkinson Director of Policy Research Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) Columbia Business School

rca53@columbia.edu

mobile: 908-447-4201 office: 212-854-4222

------------------------------------------------------- Meeting information ------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Is there a third way for the Internet Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) Meeting Number: 731 150 813 Meeting Password: (This meeting does not require a password.)

------------------------------------------------------- To start or join the online meeting ------------------------------------------------------- Go to https://citicolumbia.webex.com/citicolumbia/j.php?ED=266817567&UID=504362092...

------------------------------------------------------- Audio conference information ------------------------------------------------------- Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-479-3207

Access code:731 150 813

------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://citicolumbia.webex.com/citicolumbia/mc 2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support". To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: https://citicolumbia.webex.com/citicolumbia/j.php?ED=266817567&UID=504362092...

To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files, go to https://citicolumbia.webex.com/citicolumbia/systemdiagnosis.php.

http://www.webex.com

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