<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Barrack,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is indeed very impressive. It stamps the role of KeSIG as a solid capacity building platform on IG. Well done Vallarie, keep shining.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Keith</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 7:26 AM Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Listers,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This might be of interest. Good to see one of the Kenya School of Internet Governance Alumni on the closing panel representing the Youth globaly. Well done Valerie.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">IGF 2020</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:igf2020participants@intgovforum.org" target="_blank">igf2020participants@intgovforum.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020, 4:07 am<br>Subject: [IGF2020] Register now for the IGF Closing Session<br>To: <a href="mailto:igf2020participants@intgovforum.org" target="_blank">igf2020participants@intgovforum.org</a> <<a href="mailto:igf2020participants@intgovforum.org" target="_blank">igf2020participants@intgovforum.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Register now for the IGF Closing Session</span></b> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for your participation at the vIGF2020! As we head into the final day of the event, this is a kind reminder to register and join us for the official </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-high-level-closing-session" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US">Closing
Session</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US">, featuring… </span> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A Closing Keynote address by the United Nations Secretary-General<b> </b></span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/antonio-guterres/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US">Mr.
António Guterres</span></b></a> <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Two high-level roundtable discussions moderated by </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/mr-jonathan-charles/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US">Mr. Jonathan Charles</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US">,
former BBC anchor of Hard Talk, now Director of Communication at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), featuring contributions by:</span> <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/h-e-mr-marek-zagorski/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">H.E. Mr. Marek Zagórski</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of
the Prime Minister, Poland </span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/h-e-ms-maria-del-pilar-garrido-gonzalo/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">H.E. Ms. Maria Del Pilar Garrido</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Minister of National
Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica</span> <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/h-e-dr-ahmedin-mohammed/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">H.E. Dr. Ahmedin Ahmed</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, State Minister of Innovation and Technology,
Ethiopia</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/h-e-mr-maxim-parshi/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">H.E. Mr. Maxim Parshin</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications
and Mass Media, Russian Federation</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/h-e-mr-toomas-hendrik-%e2%80%8e/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Former President of Estonia</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/h-e-mr-ryota-takeda/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">H.E. Mr. Ryota Takeda</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications,
Japan </span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/mr-krzysztof-szubert/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">Mr. Krzysztof Szubert</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">, Chairperson of Plenipotentiary for IGF 2021,
Poland </span> <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/ms-vera-songwe/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Ms. Vera Songwe</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of
the Economic Commission for Africa</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/special-adviser-on-the-preparations-for-the-commemoration-of-the-united-nations-75th-anniversary-%e2%80%8e-united-nations-secretariat/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Mr.
Fabrizio Hochschild</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Preparations for 75th UN Anniversary</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/vint-cerf/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Mr. Vint Cerf</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/goran-marby/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Mr. Goran Marby</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),
CEO and President</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/anriette-esterhuysen/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG)
Chair</span> <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/ms-vallarie-bio/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Ms. Vallarie Yiega</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Youth Representative, Kenya</span> <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/mr-mats-granryd/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Mr. Mats Granryd</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, Director General of GSM Association</span> <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Closing remarks<b> </b>by </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/speaker/liu-zhenmin/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US">Mr. Liu Zhenmin</span></b></a><b><u><span lang="EN-US">,</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US"> Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs</span> <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Livestream via </span><a href="http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/igf-closing-session/6127841122001" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US">UN WebTV</span></b></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/igf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><br>
</a><span lang="EN-US">Visit the IGF Trello board </span><a href="https://trello.com/b/IGi07GUq/internet-governance-forum-2020" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US">here</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">See the Internet Governance Forum schedule </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/igf-2020-schedule" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US">here</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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