RIO DE JANEIRO - With more than 1, 7000 representatives from government, the private sector, civil society, as well as the academic and technical communities, the second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 12-15, 2007.
Participants held interactive discussions on a wide range of issues related to Internet governance. Among the topics that have been discussed: freedom of expression, cybercrime, security, privacy, open standards, cost of access, multilingualism and diversity, measures against child pornography and protecting children from exploitation.
With an overall theme of “Internet Governance for Development,” the Forum’s agenda consisted of five main sessions structured along the following themes:
• Critical Internet Resources - Infrastructure and the management of critical resources such as domain name system and Internet protocol addresses.
• Access - Internet connectivity: policy and cost.
• Diversity - Promoting multilingualism and local content.
• Openness - Freedom of expression; free flow of information; empowerment and access to knowledge.
• Security - Creating trust and confidence through collaboration.
The Forum's third meeting will take place in New Delhi in December 2008.