<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The 2015 IGF gets seriously underway today. Remote participation is via webex and one has to register by the session at <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf2015-cast">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf2015-cast</a> - as far as today goes all eyes are on the ISOC WSIS+10 Session at 13:00 (11:00 EST | 16:00 UTC) in Workshop 2. Before attending the session one can bone up by reading <span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,124,195);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.2em">ISOC Comments on WSIS+10 Zero Draft. </span>After one can hop over to the Main Meeting Room for the High Level Meeting which will also be webcast at <a href="https://youtu.be/qYbrmKYaRXs">https://youtu.be/qYbrmKYaRXs</a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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The 2015 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will take place on 10-13 November 2015 in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil and in a series of remote hubs located around the world.
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<h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em">Quick Links</h3>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/igf2015/isoc-schedule" target="_blank">Schedule of sessions involving Internet Society participants</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.internetsociety.org/igf2015/remote-participation" target="_blank">Remote participation information</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/igf2015/resources" target="_blank">Resources and documents for IGF 2015 participants</a>
</li><li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/policybriefs" target="_blank">Internet Society Policy Briefs covering many of the IGF 2015 themes</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/2015Ambassadors" target="_blank">Biographies of Internet Society IGF 2015 Ambassadors</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/tags/igf2015" target="_blank">Internet Society blog posts related to IGF 2015</a></li>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://intgovforum.org/cms/" target="_blank">Internet Governance Forum (IGF) main website</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.igf2015.br/" target="_blank">IGF 2015 host website (about the meeting)</a></li>
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<h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em">Featured Blog Posts</h3>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><em><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/11/my-way-igf-2015" target="_blank">On My Way To IGF 2015</a></em>, by Internet Society President & CEO Kathy Brown</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/11/igf-2015-tackling-key-challenges-everyone-table" target="_blank"><em>IGF 2015: Tackling key challenges with everyone at the table</em></a>, by Constance Bommelaer</li>
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<h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em">Overview</h3>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">Focused on the theme of "<strong>Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development</strong>", the 2015 IGF focuses on eight primary themes:</p>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Cybersecurity and trust</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The Internet economy</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Inclusiveness and diversity</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Openness</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Enhancing multistakeholder cooperation</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The Internet and human rights</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Critical Internet resources</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Emerging issues</li>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">The Internet Society has strongly supported <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/igf" target="_blank">the IGF</a> from its launch after the original <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/wsis" target="_blank">World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)</a>.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">In 2015 Internet Society staff and chapter leaders will be active in João Pessoa - ISOC chapters are also providing <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation/list-of-remote-hubs" target="_blank">some of the remote hubs</a>.</p>
<h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em">2015 IGF Ambassadors</h3>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">The Internet Society will once again be sponsoring a set of "Ambassadors" to the IGF. Please <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/2015Ambassadors" target="_blank">read their biographies</a>.</p>
<h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em">More Information</h3>
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