IGF2014 Payments and Identity Workshop approved

Hi all,

Good news, the proposal we put forward for a workshop on payments and
identity has been approved for IGF 2014 in Instanbul. This workshop is
important to engage the government, regulatory, and public policy folks
wrt. Web payments and identity.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Status of Workshop Proposal for 2014 Internet Governance Forum
Meeting in Istanbul
Date:  Tue, 27 May 2014 10:25:05 +0200
From:  Nicolas DAGOSTINO <XXXXXXXX@unog.ch>
To:  msporny@digitalbazaar.com
CC:  XXXXXXXXXX@intgovforum.org

Dear Mr. Manu Sporny,

Thank you for submitting workshop proposal, *The
Payment-Privacy-Policing Paradox in Web Payments Systems*, to be
considered for the 9^th Annual IGF Meeting to be held in Istanbul.

The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) has reviewed all submitted
workshop proposals. Following this review, we are pleased to inform you
that your workshop proposal *N° 69*, *The Payment-Privacy-Policing
Paradox in Web Payments Systems*was accepted for the IGF2014 meeting.

Editing of proposals will be re-enabled shortly and we kindly ask you to
further update the proposal with the following information by 20 June 2014:

1. a complete list of the panellists, indicating their status as
“confirmed”;
2. an agenda of the workshop;
3. a remote moderator to the workshop.

Furthermore, please find below a summary of the comments provided by the
MAG to help you further refine and update your proposal.

*o For a better exploration of the theme, it would be good to increase
government representation on the panel.
o Significant emphasis on confirming speakers from W3C, Bloomberg,
Mozilla and Worldbank.
o Might try to involve an expert on Bitcoin.
o Policy questions should be framed more clearly.
*

Please note that failure to provide the aforementioned information by
the indicated deadline of 20 June 2014, may result in a reallocation of
your workshop slot.


We thank you for your continued engagement in the IGF process and we
look forward to working together to make the 9^th annual IGF meeting a
resounding success.


Best regards,

United Nations
Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Dépendance La Pelouse
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland

Received on Thursday, 29 May 2014 17:16:07 UTC