Following the Consultations on the Internet Govenance Forum (IGF) in Geneva

The United Nations premises in Geneva currently host the preliminary consultations on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which came out of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

 Right now the discussions mostly focus on the question of defining this new forum, and find out what it should be concerned with, and in which way. If you wish to follow these discussions, there is a live stream run with 100% Free Software available at
 http://streaming.polito.it/IGF-live

 The meeting will soon be adjourned for lunch and informal discussions and then resume in the afternoon today and all day tomorrow.
 

About Georg Greve

Georg Greve is a technologist and entrepreneur. Background as a software developer and physicist. Head of product development and Chairman at Vereign AG. Founding president of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Previously president and CEO at Kolab Systems AG, a Swiss Open Source ISV. In 2009 Georg was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the Federal Republic of Germany for his contributions to Open Source and Open Standards.
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