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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">IGF 2017 Remote Hubs</span></b></span><br>
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<p><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">"If you are not able to attend the Twelfth
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meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, you can follow it remotely! Remote participation, and specifically the hubs structure, has been successful in previous IGFs. This time again you can follow the discussions from home or office; watch the webcast of the event;
follow real-time closed captioning ; and participate live. Or you can also expand the discussions and organize an IGF hub in your city!</span></i></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Remote participants/hubs will be able to interact with the meeting by sending text questions and/or video/audio interventions using the remote participation platform. These questions
will be forwarded to the panel moderator when s/he opens the floor for questions from the audience......."</span></i></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A room or auditorium. It can be held in a university classroom or any other convenient place.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A computer with a broadband Internet connection and a projector equipment, to enable the hub participants to watch the video.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A hub moderator, who will plan the dynamics of the local discussions as well as transmit the hub participants’ questions or comments to the IGF through the remote participation
channels.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A general call in lists, forums etc, to invite the interested local community.</span></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Read the full document here:</span><br>
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<p><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-remote-hubs" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk980107" previewremoved="true">https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-remote-hubs</a><br>
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