KENYA SCHOOL OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE
3 – 5 July 2017
Venue: Laico Regency Hotel

Day 1 – 3rd July 2017
Course Content Facilitator
0800 – 0830 Registration Elizabeth Orembo, KICTANet
0830 – 0900 Opening and Welcome Remarks Grace Githaiga,KICTANet

Ebele Okobi/Fadzai madzingara, Facebook

0900 – 0930 Setting Ground Rules

Introduction of participants- Let participants give their views on what they perceive the Internet as now and in the future. What do they use the Internet for? Fears about the Internet?

 

 

Barrack Otieno, AfTLD

0930 – 1000 Historical background to the development of the Internet (Discuss key developments in the creation and evolution of the Internet) Waudo  Siganga, Computer Society of Kenya
1000 – 1100 Introduction to Internet Governance, definition, classification etc. John Walubengo, MMU
1100 – 1130 Tea Break
1130 – 1230 Human Rights and the Internet Henry Maina,  Article 19
1230 – 1300 Plenary: Include questions that may have arisen from earlier sessions.
1300 – 1400 Lunch Break
1400 – 1500 Fundamental key principles and characteristics that underpin the Internet Mwende Njiraini, Communications Authority of Kenya.
1500 – 1530 Basket exercise: Participants to think of issues in Kenya and classify them into areas/baskets then make presentations on the issues Judy Okite, FOSSFA
1530 – 1600 Exercise continues and Plenary session
1600 – 1630 Tea Break and End of Day 1
Day 2 – 4th July 2017
0830 – 0900 Recap of Day 1
0900 – 1000 Main Internet stakeholders and their respective roles Mwendwa Kivuva, AFRINIC
1000 – 1030 Practical session: Participants map issues identified in earlier exercise and identify stakeholders who can help resolve the issues  

Mwendwa Kivuva – AFRINIC

1030 – 1100 Tea Break
 

 

1100 – 1145

 

Role of service providers in evolution of Internet Governance

 

 

Steve Chege, Safaricom

1145 – 1245 Characteristics of Internet model of development Kevin Chege, Internet Society

 

1245 – 1300 Plenary Session: Include questions that may have come up in earlier mapping exercises directly to present stakeholders
1300 – 1400 Lunch Break
1400 – 1530 Perspectives on key policy and regulatory issues and processes, engaging in public participation Daniel Obam, NCS, Ministry of ICT.

Mercy Wanjau. Communications Authority

Gichinga/Weru of KEPSA

1530 – 1600 Milestones in Kenya’s journey in Internet governance, what decisions did Kenya take? What informed the decisions? What were the challenges? Alice Munyua, Africa Union Commission
1600 -1630 Plenary: Include questions that may have arisen from earlier sessions.
1630 – 1700 Tea Break
Day 3 – 5th July 2017
Recap of Day 2 Barrack Otieno
0900 – 1000 Legal issues, including privacy and intellectual property rights. Rosemary Koech- Kimwatu, Legal Hackers

Victor Kapiyo, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

1000 – 1100 Internet Shutdowns Grace Bomu –KICTANet
1100 – 1130 Tea Break
1130 – 1230 How to participate in Internet Governance: Highlight of some opportunities (IGF, WSIS, ICANN, DIPLO, KICTANet)

Cybersecurity: What are the issues?

Liz Orembo, KICTANet

Bob Ochieng, ICANN

Judy Okite, FOSSFA

 

William Makatiani

1230 -1300 Plenary: Include questions that may have arisen from earlier sessions.
1300 – 1400 Lunch Break
1400 – 1500 Internet Economy Ali Hussein, Partner Ali Hussein Associates

Abdalla Omari, KENIC

1500 – 1600 Africa Internet Perspectives Gbenga Sesan, Paradigm Initiative
1600 – 1630 Evaluation Liz Orembo, KICTANet
1630 – 1700 Closing Ceremony KICTANet

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