This roundtable will discuss the human and political dimensions of the future of the Internet economy. 60 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948, human rights standards such as human and social development, fundamental freedoms, democracy, equitable participation and non-discrimination, and the rule of law, remain the universal measures for progress and development. This panel will explore how these issues are at stake in the Internet economy.

Chair: Meryem Marzouki, President of European Digital Rights, Senior Researcher, LIP6/PolyTIC-CNRS Laboratory (France)

• YK Chang, Korean Progressive Network (Korea) (pdf)
• David A. Gross, Ambassador, US Department of State (USA)
• Michael Gurstein, Executive Director, Center for Community Informatics Research Training Development (Canada)  (pdf)
• Parminder Jeet Singh, Director Research, IT for Change (India)  (pdf)
• Laura Neuman, Assistant Director for the Americas Program, The Carter Center (USA) (pdf)

How best ensuring full social benefit from convergence and innovation brought by the development of the Internet economy? This question will be at the center of this roundtable discussion. It will examine how the need for full interoperability through open standards may best be satisfied. It will explore the network neutrality concept and applications. It will also discuss the issue of software licensing models.

Chair: Sherwin Siy, Staff Attorney and Director of the Global Knowledge Initiative, Public Knowledge (USA)

• Eric Brousseau, Professor of Economics, University of Paris X (France) (pdf)
• Adam Peake, Center for Global Communications, University of Japan (UK/Japan) (pdf)
• Keith Besgrove, Chief General Manager, Information Economy Division, DCITA Chair, OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy - WPISP (Australia) (pdf)
• Eung-Hwi Chun, PeaceNet (South Korea) (pdf)
• William Drake, Director of the Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Switzerland) (pdf)
• Fouad Bajwa, Gerry Morgan Foundation (Canada/Pakistán)

This roundtable will discuss the how the Internet reshapes business organization, employment relations and work through global knowledge sharing, creation and utilization. Moreover, it will discuss policies required to address the challenges brought about by global production networks and the transformation of work and promoting decent work, equity, social justice and sustainable development.

Chair: Dr. Werner Kamppeter, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Korea Cooperation Office, (Korea)

• Between global market capitalism and virtual solidarity: Trade unions in the Internet Economy.
  

• The Internet, global production networks, workers insecurity and workers rights – the Korean experience

• From vision to reality – how to make an inclusive information society a reality for all (.pdf)

• Making a global goal a national reality - Policies, strategies and practices for decent work and sustainable development  

This roundtable will discuss the promotion of access to knowledge and the preservation of the public domain. It will identify the necessary conditions for the development of the Internet economy to respect and achieve these needs. Impacts of these issues on fundamental freedoms and cultural diversity will also be explored.

Chair: James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International (USA)

• Gwen Hinze, International Policy Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation (USA)
• Carolina Rossini, Coordinator of IP and ICTs Program, DiploFoundation (Brazil)
• Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant, Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO
• Jisuk Woo, Assistant Professor, Seoul National University (Korea).
• Urs Gasser, Berkman Faculty Fellow and an Associate Professor of Law at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)

In addressing consumer and privacy protection, and the need to build consumer confidence, this roundtable will address the most direct stakes of the development of the Internet economy. Fair commercial practices, network security and the prevention of frauds, privacy and data protection, will be at the heart of the discussions. Considering the emergence of social networks and other web 2.0 software, panelists will also explore the need for identity management and reputation preservation.

Chair: Philippa Lawson, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (Canada)

• Michael Niebel, Head Of Unit Directorate General for the Information Society and the Media (European Commission) 
• Masao Horibe, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University (Japan)
• Jerry Kang, Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law (USA/Korea)
• Kim Eun-gui, Cyber University, School of Law, Consumer Korea (South Korea)
• Nigel Waters, Australia Privacy Foundation & Consumers Federation of Australia

This session will focus on pulling together the main themes and will seek to prioritize the key current and emerging social, economic, regulatory and political issues of the Civil Society Participation towards the Ministerial.

Chair: Katitza Rodríguez Pereda, Public Voice Coordinator (Perú)

• Willemien Bax, Deputy Director General BEUC, The European Consumers´ Organisation, Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (Belgium)