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Internet Society's Workshop in Kigali:
Open Internet and Network Confidence

Kigali, Rwanda, 4 June 2010

This workshop is an initiative of the Internet Society to bring to the attention of the African Technical community important and timely discussions on the agenda of the Internet technical and policy communities. It will take place in Kigali, on June 4 2010 from 1:30 to 5:30 PM. The venue of the workshop is Serena Hotel on Boulevard de la Revolution. The workshop is open for all. All interested are kindly requested to register here.

The workshop will discuss two topics: Open Inter-networking (sometimes referred as net-neutrality) and Network confidence that are hot issues in the discussions of the Internet technical and policy experts around the world. Five experts of the two areas have been invited to present on these issues.

The session on Open Inter-Networking will first discuss the key principle that has made the success and growth of Internet to date. It will also discuss the key enablers for an Open Internet and provide overview of policy activities in this area before providing some policy recommendations. The session will also tackle the “growing pains” of bandwidth on the Internet. It will discuss the hot issue of bandwidth management that sometimes goes against the interest of the end users.

The session on Network Confidence will provide an overview of trust in networked environments can be achieved through systemic confidence. As "confidence" results from trust developed through positive interactions experienced over time, it explores the Trust Ecosystem and how it can collectively support open, trust-enabling solutions, and encourage stakeholder involvement. The session will also discuss how the Trust Infrastructure can be built which is vital to enabling confidence in the system. It will also analyze how this can be accomplished through the development of open, trust-enabling standards such as those required for device access, security, and application support. Finally, the session will discuss what networked identity means and the mechanisms available for users to manage their online interactions. Included in the discussion will be how concepts such as distributed identity, attribute access, and delegated authorities interact to ensure users can be confident their personal data is used appropriately.

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