<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is just kicking off. Very high quality stream thanks to the IA Consult team!</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> posted: "Today Thursday, 18 August 2016 the 2016 Ghana Internet Governance Forum (IGF) takes place at the the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in IT in Accra. This year's event has the the theme Building a StrongMulti-Stakeholder Model for a Sustainable Development" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;background-color:#fff;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0 auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://ghanaigf.org/"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ghanaigf2016_170x255.png" alt="Ghana IGF" border="0"></a>Today <strong>Thursday, 18 August 2016</strong> the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://ghanaigf.org/">2016 Ghana Internet Governance Forum</a> </strong>(IGF) takes place at the the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in IT in Accra. This year's event has the the theme <strong>Building a StrongMulti-Stakeholder Model for a Sustainable Development of the Internet in Ghana</strong>. The Forum will discuss key issues on Internet governance in Ghana, such as cyber security, affordable access, critical internet infrastructure, data protection and openness, child safety and many other topical issues. Ghana’s position on key issues from the Ghana IGF will be articulated at the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.igf2016.mx/">Global IGF</a></strong> which will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico from 6-9 December 2016. The GhanaIGF has two tracks both of which will be webcast live via YouTube, and remote participation will be available via Webex. Ghana is in the WAT time zone, same as UTC, 4 hours ahead of NYC.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://ghanaigf.org/">2016 Ghana Internet Governance Forum</a><br> Where: Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in IT, Accra<br> When: Thursday, 18 August 2016 9am-5pm WAT/UTC<br> Agenda: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://ghanaigf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/GHANA-INTERNET-GOVERNANCE-FORUM-2016-PROGRAM-SCHEDULE.pdf">http://ghanaigf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/GHANA-INTERNET-GOVERNANCE-FORUM-2016-PROGRAM-SCHEDULE.pdf</a><br> Webcast Room 1: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/CFQrtgaD5js">https://youtu.be/CFQrtgaD5js</a><br> Webex Room 1: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9594cac8c821fb75417b8b9d931e6496">https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9594cac8c821fb75417b8b9d931e6496</a><br> Webcast Room 2: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/xTbqPMPDPCY">https://youtu.be/xTbqPMPDPCY</a><br> Twitter: #ghanaigf <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GhanaIGF">https://twitter.com/hashtag/GhanaIGF</a></strong></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#666;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;width:auto;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:0em;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-left:0"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;background-color:#2585b2;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0;white-space:nowrap" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8621#respond">Comment</a></td><td> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8621#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;background-color:#efefef;text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #ddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top:1px solid #f3f3f3;color:#888;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px 0px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8621">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8621</a><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 100%; background-image: ; background-color: #43a4d0; height: 3px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=8621&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0"></div></div><div> </div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gc-number-7" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div></div></div>
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