<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Listers,<br><br></div>The Kenya Internet Governance Forum will be held tomorrow 26 June 2013 at the Strathmore Business School. <br>The draft program can be found on <a href="http://www.kenyaigf.or.ke/index.php/about-kigf/kigf-programme">http://www.kenyaigf.or.ke/index.php/about-kigf/kigf-programme</a>. Registration closes at 4.00 pm. We have limited spaces left, the event will be streamed live on the Internet for those who will not be able to make it on site.<br>
</div>We will have an interesting program that will explore the role of the Internet and ICTs in the devolved government system, Smart Cities what does the future hold by IBM, enhanced cooperation by Grace Githaiga of Kenya ICT Action Network, and Management of dot Ke space, opportunities and challenges.<br>
</div>In the afternoon there will be an interesting presentation based on a research by Lucy Purdon from the Institute of Human Rights and Business based in the UK on Social Media and hate speech, during the session panelists will include Richard Allan Director Policy
EMEA, Facebook, Stephanie Muchai from Article 19 and Stephen Chege head of Public Policy at Safaricom, the legal framework session will be moderated by Beryl Aidi of the Kenya Human Rights Commission. we also expect Dr. Mutuma Ruteere UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism to join our discussions. For the first time, we will also have a public forum modeled around the Internet cooperation for assigned names and numbers public forum that will be centered around public participation in Internet Governance and ICT development in Kenya. We encourage interested persons to register on the Kenya Internet Governance website.<br>
<br></div>Best Regards<br><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="288"><colgroup><col width="288"></colgroup><tbody><tr height="21">
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