<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Constance Bommelaer" <<a href="mailto:bommelaer@isoc.org">bommelaer@isoc.org</a>><br>Date: Jan 29, 2015 11:01 AM<br>Subject: [Internet Policy] ISOC and Civil Society WSIS Information sharing session, 2 March, Paris<br>To: "Internet Policy External" <<a href="mailto:InternetPolicy@elists.isoc.org">InternetPolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>><br><br type="attribution">
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">On Monday, <strong>March 2, in Paris</strong>, the Internet Society, in collaboration with a group of Civil Society organization - Global Partners Digital (GPD), Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Center
for Democracy and Technology (CDT), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Internet Democracy Project, and KICTANet - will be facilitating a
</span><strong style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">session focused on the WSIS+10 Overall Review</span></strong><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">. Note that this session will be part of a larger Civil Society event.
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">The purpose of the session will be to raise awareness of the WSIS Review process and to facilitate strategy development and coordination among the various stakeholder groups. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
will also be participating. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">The event will be held on the margins of UNESCO's
</span><a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/netconference2015" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt">CONNECTing the Dots</span></a><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> conference (3-4 March, Paris). Throughout the year and as we get closer
to the WSIS Review, ISOC will continue to organize similar informal sessions where the community can exchange ideas on Internet governance topics..
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">To give us an idea of interest for this event among the ISOC community, please
</span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">let us know if you would be interested in attending</span></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> by
<strong>RSVP-ing to </strong></span><a href="mailto:oluouch@isoc.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt"><strong>oluouch@isoc.org</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">A draft agenda, background material and relevant logistical details will be circulated closer to the date.
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Best regards,</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Constance Bommelaer</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships</span></span></p>
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