Call for Topics- 2021 Kenya Internet Governance Forum Kenya\’s premier Internet Policy event

The theme for this year\’s global IGF is Internet United – The Internet
connecting all its users into one community, – our shared dreams, ideas,
needs and actions are what shapes the Internet of the future!

During the COVID-19 crisis, the Internet has organised our lives to an
extent that we could have never foreseen. This has only confirmed how
precious and valuable the Internet.

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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva

On Mon, 31 May 2021 at 09:25, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings Listers,
>
>
> The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that
> brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and Internet
> policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, Kenya Internet
> Governance Forum is a knowledge-sharing platform that informs and inspires
> policy actors in both the public and private sectors.
>
>
> The national forum also feeds into the regional and global IGFs through a
> chain of reporting and representation to the regional and global IGFs to
> ensure a bottom up Internet policy development process and a strong link
> between global internet policies and the national one.
>
>
> This year, we will have a hybrid (Virtual and Physical) meeting on the
> 24th to 26th August in Nairobi.
>
> On behalf of the local Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), we\’d be
> interested to hear your views on the issues and topics that you think ought
> to be discussed during this year\’s Kenya IGF.
>
> To enable us track them, kindly share them in this Google Form
> <docs.google.com/forms/d/1S9wVq-SAUtAcW6PppEQvUmVaXm5O7y9Ly38fzKytLWE/edit>
> which is in the format below:
>
> a) Proposed topic(s):
>
> b) Why the topic is important or relevant:
>
> c) Proposed speakers (if any):
>
>
> Kindly share your feedback by 4th June 2021.
>
> The MultiStakeholder Advisory Group will then compile your input and
> prepare the topics for the pre-IGF online discussion scheduled for early
> August and the final IGF Programme. The Multistakeholder Advisory Group
> will also get in touch with the proposed speakers.
>
> Herewith please find the Kenya IGF 2020
> <www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/kenya-igf-report-2020/> for your
> review.
>
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> —
>
> *Barrack Otieno*
>
> *Trustee and Chairman of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group Kenya
> Internet Governance Forum*
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