SIF14: Parallel session 2.2 -- Inclusive internet governance
Channel: Utrikesdepartementet
Date: 2014-05-28

Discussions about the future of internet governance are running higher than ever. The debate is being carried out in open and closed forums, between government-only and multistakeholder settings, and intensified as aspects of surveillance entered the stage. This is all happening at the same time as the fundamental contractual relationships for the internet are being reformed.

In April, at the initiative of the Brazilian President, the world met at the global multistakeholder meeting NetMundial in Sao Paulo, to discuss fundamental principles of internet governance and the roadmap for the future governance structure of the internet. What did the meeting result in and what basic tenets did NetMundial offer for the future? This panel brings together some of the main actors behind the NetMundial meeting to discuss its impact and the way ahead for global, inclusive, multistakeholder internet governance.