Imagining the Internet

Internet Governance Forum - USA
Washington, D.C., October 2, 2009

The Internet Governance Forum - USA is a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the Internet. It provides a local forum in the U.S. to engage civil society, government, technologists and research scientists, industry and academia, helping to create partnerships and coalitions that move dialogues forward and demonstrate best practices. The first IGF-USA took place Oct. 2, 2009, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street NW, Washington, D.C. The one-day event focused on the changing Internet and the way forward for the international Internet Governance Forum, an initiative that is facilitated by the United Nations.

Imagining the Internet sent a documentary journalism team to cover the event, providing assistance in the live streaming of video for people to participate from remote locations, recording documentary video that was edited into informative 2-to-12-minute clips, and doing live blogging on WordPress and live microblogging on Twitter. Follow these links to access the coverage:

The opening of the IGF-USA event, featuring Larry Strickling and Markus Kummer - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/opening_session_kummer_cade_strickling.xhtml

The opening plenary keynote by Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/internet_evolution_plenary.xhtml

Respondents to Lee Rainie's talk share their wisdom, among them, Andrew McLaughlin, Phil Bond, Lee McKnight, Randy Gyllenhaal and Marc Rotenberg - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/responses_internet_evolution_plenary.xhtml

GenNext's Online Future: Young people speak out on issues in this workshop - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/young_people_discuss_internet_future.xhtml

Freedom of Expression in a Web 2.0 World: Tools limited where controls are in place - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/freedom_of_expression_in_web2.0_world.xhtml

Critical Internet Resources: Evolution of the Internet's Technical Foundations - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/evolution_of_critical_internet_resources.xhtml

Access Perspectives from the United States - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/internet_access_perspectives_2009.xhtml

e-Crimes, Fraud and Abuse in the Domain Name System - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/ecrime_and_malicious_conduct_in_the_DNS.xhtml

Privacy and Security Implications of Web 2.0 - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/online_privacy_and_security.xhtml

Cybersecurity: A National Priority in a Global Context - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/cybersecurity_in_a_global_context_2009.xhtml

The Final Plenary: Assessing the IGF and the Way Forward - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/IGF_USA_closing_plenary_2009.xhtml

News from Capitol Hill on the AoC and ICANN - http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_usa/affirmation_of_commitments_ICANN.xhtml

Additional coverage, prepared at the event:

- The WordPress blog includes comprehensive details from every session, written by Colin Donohue, Morgan Little and Janna Anderson, documentary journalists of the Imagining the Internet Center: http://igfusa.wordpress.com

- The real-time Twitter tweets reported by Imagining the Internet documentary journalists are here: http://www.twitter.com/ImagineInternet

- The main site used by the organizers of the 2009 IGF-USA is http://www.igf-usa.us/