DIGITAL CITIZEN SUMMIT 2016
The Digital Citizen Summit aims to provide a platform to facilitate dialogue and share learning and experiences about individual internet rights. It aspires to develop strategic partnerships through long term collaborations between citizens and other stakeholders such as the government, civil society organisations, private sector, and academia.
OBJECTIVES
1. Facilitate collaborative approach towards advocating for internet rights.
2. Build strategic and long-term multi-stakeholder partnerships.
3. Establish working groups to develop strategies and action plans.
4. Formulate action-oriented recommendations to lobby with policy makers and experts.
Venue:
The Royal Orchid
1, Golf Avenue,
Adjoining KGA Golf Course, Hal Airport Road,
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008
PROGRAMME
Moderator: Osama Manzar, Founder-Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
- Usha Ramanathan, Legal Researcher
- Rajnesh Singh, Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau, Internet Society (ISOC)
- Asif Saleh, Senior Director & Head of Innovation, BRAC, Bangladesh
- Helani Galpaya, CEO, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka
- Aakar Patel, Executive Director, Amnesty International India
- Anja Kovacs, Internet Democracy Project
Moderator: Nikhil Pahwa, Co-Founder, Save the Internet
- Anita Gurumurthy, Founding Member & Executive Director, IT for Change
- Dipendra Manocha, President, Daisy Forum, India
- Osama Manzar, Founder-Director, DEF
- Shadrach, Asia Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
Moderator: Rajnesh Singh, Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau, Internet Society (ISOC)
- Jimmy Schulz, ICANN ALAC Member, Deputy Chairman ISOC Germany
- Prasanth Sugathan, Lawyer and Counsel, SFLC
- Saikat Datta, Lead Researcher – Cyber security
- Arthit Suriyawangkol, Thai Netizen Network
- Anja Kovacs, Internet Democracy Project
- Deepak Maheshwari, Government Affairs, India & ASEAN Region, Symantec
Moderator: Ruben Dieckhoff, The Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, (FNF)
- Deepali Liberhan, South Asia Public Policy Manager, Facebook
- Nikhil Pahwa, Save the Internet
- Helani Galpaya, CEO, LIRNEasia
- Parul Sharma, Research Analyst, Center for Communication Governance
Moderator: Gayatri Khandhadai, Project Coordinator – IMPACT, Association for Progressive Communications
- Asif Saleh, Senior Director & Head of Innovation, BRAC, Bangladesh
- Jamyang Tashi, Managing Partner of QED Consulting Group, Bhutan
- George Abraham, CEO, SCORE Foundation, India
- Amelia Andrews, Director of Communication, CREA
- Rajen Varada, Co-Founder and Director, Technology for the People
- Mansoor Ahmed, Founder and Director, Winged World
Moderator: Madan Mohan Rao, Director Research, YourStory
- Nikhil Pahwa, Save the Internet
- Parul Sharma, Center for Communication Governance
- Helani Galpaya, LIRNEasia
- Deepali Liberhan, South Asia Public Policy Manager, Facebook
- Bishakha Datta, Point of View
Moderator: Gayatri Khandhadai, Project Coordinator – IMPACT, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
- Usha Ramanathan, Legal Researcher*
- Nayantara Ranganathan, Internet Democracy Project
- Rachita, Campaigner, Jhatkaa
Moderator: Japleen Pasricha, Feminism in India
- Nikhil Pahwa, Save the Internet
- Rajnesh Singh, Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau, Internet Society (ISOC)
- Ruben Dieckhoff, The Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, (FNF)
- Osama Manzar, Founder-Director, DEF
- Japleen Pasricha, Feminism in India
- Gayatri Khandhadai, Project Coordinator – IMPACT, Association for Progressive Communications
By: Dr. Ronald Meinardus, Regional Director South Asia, The Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit