Dear colleagues, The 11th Internet Governance Forum <http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/> will be held next week, from 6-9 December, in Guadalajara, Mexico. This email serves to inform you of three events specifically related to the Middle East and North Africa, of which iGmena <https://igmena.org/> or our partners will be participating as well. Note that all times below are in the local time in Guadalajara (CST) with UTC+2 written next to it.
*Event 1 - Mapping digital rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A new visual tool for comparative analysis* *When: *Day 0 (5 December) - 09:00-10:00 CST* (17:00-18:00 UTC+2)* *Where: *Workshop Room 3, PALCCO Centre, Guadalajara, Mexico *Link: *http://sched.co/8hsA This session will introduce a new tool hosted by the Internet Legislation Atlas <http://www.internetlegislationatlas.org/> (ILA), a project by Hivos and ARTICLE 19. Speakers: - Hanane Boujemi (Hivos, iGmena director) - Noha Fathy (iGmena, ILA project coordinator) - Niels ten Oever (ARTICLE 19, head of digital) - Walid Al-Saqaf (ILA board member) *Event 2 - Challenges of Internet Governance in MENA region (lightning session)* *When: *Day 3 (8 December) - 14:15-14:35 CST *(22:15-22:35 UTC+2)* *Where:* Lightning session area, PALCCO Centre, Guadalajara, Mexico *Link: *http://sched.co/90xq Layal Bahnam *(Maharat Foundation)* will give a 20 minute talk about the region through the lens of Maharat Foundation's work *Event 3 - WS 165: Fostering Digital Capacities for Decent Life in the MENA region* *When: *Day 3 (8 December) - 15:00-16:30 CST *(23:00-00:30 UTC+2)* *Where:* Workshop Room 2, PALCCO Centre, Guadalajara, Mexico *Link: *http://sched.co/8hu7 *Speakers:* - Walid Al-Saqaf (Moderator) - Nadira Al-Araj - Hisham Aboulyazed - Hanane Boujemi - Cherkaoui Leghris - Nibal Idlebi - Fatma Oumrane - Mohit Saraswat - Hafedh Yahmadi Event 4 - WS 262: VoIP Crackdown: Implications for government, telecom, & civil society *When: *Day 4 (9 December) - 11:00-12:30 CST *(19:00-20:30 UTC+2)* *Where:* Workshop Room 8, PALCCO Centre, Guadalajara, Mexico *Link: *http://sched.co/8hvA *Speakers:* - Houda Belkassem - Wafa Ben Hassine (AccessNow) - Al Walid Chennoufi - Amin Jobran (ASL19) - Keith McManamen (Psiphon) *A note about remote participation* If you cannot attend the IGF in person, make sure you register to participate remotely at: http://www.intgovforum. org/multilingual/content/igf-2016-online-participation You can also participate in a remote hub <http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2016-remote-hubs>. Best, -Michael __________________ Michael J. Oghia iGmena <http://igmena.org/> communications manager 2016 ISOC IGF returning ambassador Independent #netgov consultant & editor Belgrade, Serbia Skype: mikeoghia Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia> *|* LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia>
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