The 2nd Russian Internet
Governance Forum (RIGF-2011) is to take place on 12 May
2011 at Expocentr Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow. RIGF-2011 is
co-sponsored by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU and
the RF Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass Media. The
Russian Internet Governance Forum will be held for the
second time. In
2010, RIGF became the groundbreaking event of this kind
not only for Russia but Eastern Europe too, and the Forum’s
association with the global IGF played an important role.
The IGF regularly provides a platform for leading
representatives of the Internet community, governments and
business community to interact. Russia’s first IGF, with
its 500-plus participants of whom more than 100 ones were
from overseas, was up to the world community’s expectations
and the nation’s profile in the global Internet. RIGF-2011
will deal with fundamentals of Internet governance in
Europe and the CIS countries, and prospects of the
Internet’s development.
Key issues for discussion will be:
- Internet as a vehicle of innovation
- Internet governance in the CIS countries
- Internet governance: the European perspective
- Scenarios of the future development of Internet
The audience will be formed by representatives the RF
Government, the national business community, the expert
community, as well as prominent foreign experts. For
example, a special keynote address will be given by David
Farber, the patriarch of the Internet professor at the
School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
RIGF-2011 will also be attended by Peter Dengate Thrush,
Chairman of the Board of ICANN; Markus Kummer, ISOC Vise
President of Public Policy; Jovan Kurbalija, Director of
Diplo Foundation, author of “Internet Governance”; Bertrand
de la Chapelle, Program Director of the International
Diplomatic Academy , member of the Board of ICANN; Dona
Scola, Deputy Minister of Information Technology and
Communications of the Republic of Moldova; Mikhail
Yakushev, Co-Chairman of the Working Group of the Council
of Europe on Cross-Border Internet; Andrey Kolesnikov,
Director of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU, among
others.
To check out detailed information on RIGF-2011, please
browse the Forum’s website rigf.ru