Human Rights, Accountability and Internet Governance:

A Panel Discussion

 

 

 

 

12:30 PM- 2:00PM- November 17, 2014

The George Washington University 

Elliott School of International Affairs 

The Commons on the 6th Floor 

 

Change is coming to Internet governance. But change is scary. It involves compromises, and may yield a less accountable approach. Moreover, the US Government wants any changes to protect human rights, Internet openness and stability, and the multistakeholder model.  This free luncheon seminar considers how recent proposed changes in Internet governance will affect human rights online and how Internet governance institutions and processes might be made more accountable to netizens.

 

 

Moderator:

• Susan Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs, Institute of International Economic Policy (IIEP), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

 

 

Participants:

 

• Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (invited)

• Ellen Blackler, Disney Corporation (invited)

• Deborah Brown, Association for Progressive Communications (invited)

• Robert Guerra, Open Network Initiative and the Internet Engineering Task Force

• Andrea Glorioso, European Commission Delegation to the United States

 

This seminar has been organized by IIEP and the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) with funding from ICANN and an anonymous donor.  It is also the second of a series of events in this University Seminar arranged by Professors William Youmans (School of Media & Public Affairs); Arturo Carrillo and Dawn Nunziato (Law School); Lance Hoffman (Cyber Security Policy & Research Institute, School of Engineering and Applied Science); and Susan Aaronson (Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs). The Seminar is supported by the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs.  To learn more contact Prof. Susan Aaronson at saaronso@gwu.edu.