his 13-minute documentary film offers an
introductory look at major issues tied to the
diffusion of the internet. It is built from
interviews conducted in 2006 with international
internet stakeholders from 18 different
nations at the world's first Internet Governance
Forum in Athens, Greece. This content is shared under
a restricted
Creative Commons Noncommercial license allowing no
derivative works. The Athens IGF was the first
of five annual global events sponsored by the UN to
focus on discussion of the overarching issues tied to
the future of information and communications
technologies. More than 1,200 participants shared
information, experiences and best practices.
 | Markus
Kummer-
Executive coordinator of the Internet Governance
Forum Secretariat. This Swiss diplomat also led
the secretariat of the United Nations Working
Group on Internet Governance, appointed to plan
the first Internet Governance Forum, and he
chaired the group that developed the text on
internet governance for the World Summit on the
Information Society's "Declaration of
Principles."
|  | Robin
Gross - Executive Director of IP
Justice, an international civil liberties
organization promoting access to knowledge; one
of 47 people from around the world appointed to
form the first UN IGF Advisory Group, and a
leader of dynamic coalitions formed to address
specific internet governance issues that came
together at the first IGF meeting in Athens
in 2006. Based in San Francisco, USA. |  | Milton
Mueller-
Director, Master of Science in Telecommunications
and Network Management program, Syracuse
University; co-founder of the Global Internet
Governance Academic Network. Based in Syracuse,
New York, USA.
|  | SusyStruble -
Director of IT Standardization and
Government Policy for Sun Microsystems; goal is
promotion of social and economic progress through
interoperable IT systems. Based in San
Francisco, USA.
|  | Claudio
Menezes-
Senior Programme Specialist, Information Society
Division, United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization; works on internet
issues including multilingualism and ICT and
persons with disabilities. Based in Paris,
France.
|  | 'GbengaSesan - Vice
Chairman of the African Technical Advisory
Committee; Program Manager for Lagos Digital
Village; was selected to be Nigeria's first
Information Technology Youth Ambassador. Based in
Lagos, Nigeria.
|  | SteveBallinger -
Press Officer, Amnesty International, a
non-governmental organization that campaigns for
internationally recognized human rights; he
coordinates the organization's media work in
China, Iran, Colombia and Europe. Based in
London, United Kingdom.
|  | K Atique - e -
Rabbani-
Managing Director, The Computers Ltd; Former
Secretary General of Bangladesh Association of
Software and Information Services; expert on
Native Language Internet Address. Based in Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
|  | Anas
Tawileh-
Co-founder of the Syria Chapter of the Internet
Society and initiator of the Arab Commons
Initiative; involved in free and open-source
software projects and advocacy. Based in Syria
and Cardiff, Wales.
|  | MaryWong -
Professor of Law, Franklin Pierce Law Center;
intellectual property and information technology
policy specialist; advocate and solicitor
qualified for the Supreme Court of Singapore;
member of Singapore's e-Commerce Consultative
Committee. Based in Concord, New Hampshire,
USA.
|  | Nityesh
Bhatt - Associate Professor, Ph.D.
in e-governance, Pacific Institute of Management.
In addition to his teaching, he has a research
consultancy and he conducts training in
technology policy for corporations. Based in
Udaipur, India.
|  | MarshaGuthrie -
Information Technology Management Services,
Caribbean Development Bank. Leader, Internet
Governance Capacity-Building Program,
DiploFoundation. Based in St. James,
Barbados.
|  | Romina
Bocache-
Researcher on Internet Governance Policy;
associated with the DiploFoundation. Studies
internet governance and policy for development.
Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
|  | VeronicaCretu -
President of CMB Training Centre in the Republic of
Moldova; Leader with the Internet Governance
Capacity Building Program, DiploFoundation. Based
in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
|  | ArturoDi Corinto -
Cognitive psychologist and new-media expert at
the University of Rome; founder of the Avvisi Al
Naviganti BBS and Cittadigitali; journalist;
active in advocacy for free software and the
investigation of issues tied to software patents.
Based in Rome, Italy.
|  | HananeBoujemi -
Researcher on Internet Governance Policy;
associated with the DiploFoundation. Involved in
bridging the digital divide and studying the
impact of information and communications
technologies on development. Based in
Morocco.
|  | Vinton
Cerf -
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for
Google; chairman of the board for ICANN; and
co-designer of the internet's enabling TCP/IP
protocols and the basic architecture of the
internet; founding president of the Internet
Society. While he travels the world regularly in
support of internet projects, his home base
is in Herndon, Virginia, USA. |
This video is offered for
use under a
Creative CommonsNoncommercial
License allowing no derivative works. Executive
producers, Erin Barnett and Janna Quitney Anderson;
chief engineer, Bryan Baker; videographers, Barnett and
Baker; editor, Barnett. |
