Dear all, If you plan to attend, don't forget to register for GigaNet's next symposium, taking place on 5 November in Baku: http://www.amiando.com/giganet2012 Please find below the final program: *7th Annual Symposium* 5 November 2012 Pre-conference to the UN Internet Governance Forum Baku Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, Baku, Azerbaijan http://www.amiando.com/giganet2012 *Program * 9:00 -- 10:00 - The UN, the ITU and Internet governance Contested Boundaries: The International Telecommunication Regulations and Internet Governance. William Drake -- University of Zurich New Issue Domains in the UN Ambit: Negotiating Meanings for Security in Cyberspace. Roxane Radu -- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Regionalism and the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum. Dhanaraj Thakur -- University of the West Indies 10.00 -- 11:15 -- The role of private actors in Internet governance A Quantitative Study of the Factors Driving DPI Deployment by Network Operators Worldwide. Hadi Asghari and Michel Van Eeten -- Delft University of Technology; Milton Mueller -- Syracuse University; Shirin Tabatabaie -- Delft University of Technology From Neutral Thirds to Private Law Enforcers. Nicole van der Meulen and Arno Lodder -- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Internet Policies and Corporate Social Responsibility. Rolf H. Weber -- University of Zurich 11.15 -- 11.45 Coffee break 11:45 -- 13:00 -- Governance of critical Internet resources Dimensioning the Elephant: An Empirical Analysis of the IPv4 Transfer Market. Milton Mueller and Brenden Kuerbis, Syracuse University Laying the Path: Technical Approaches to Legal and Policy Issues in Internet Design. Sandra Braman -- University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Impact of the New gTLD Program: Domain Name Regulation Revolution in China. Hongbin Zhu -- China Internet Network Information Centre 13.00 -- 14.30: Lunch 14.30 -- 15.45: The Internet, civic engagement and state repression Media Disruption and Revolutionary Unrest: Evidence from Mubarak's Quasi-Experiment. Navid Hassanpour -- Yale University The Effects of the Internet on Civic Engagement Under Authoritarianism. The Case of Azerbaijan. Katy Pearce and Sarah Kendzior -- University of Washington; Deen Freelon -- American University Digital Citizenship in the South Caucasus: A Comparative Analysis between Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Wayne Buente -- University of Hawaii; Lala Hajibayova -- Indiana University 15.45 -- 16.15: Coffee 16.15 -- 17.30: Cyber security, privacy and copyright Cookies versus Clams. Tracking Technologies and their Implications for Online Privacy. Andreas Kuehn -- Syracuse University The Evolution of Formal and Informal Institutions related to Cyber-Security: A Comparison of China and India. Nir Kshetri -- University of North Carolina Discourse Networks on Access Blocking in France and Germany and the European Union. Yana Breindl -- Georg-August Universität Göttingen 18.00 -- 19.30: Closing reception Registration and contact The symposium is free of charge. Please visit our conference website for registration and additional information: http://www.amiando.com/giganet2012 -- Francesca Musiani 2012-13 Yahoo! Fellow in Residence Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University 1316 36th Street NW Washington, DC 20057-1025 Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University Research engineer and PhD Candidate, Center for the Sociology of Innovation, MINES ParisTech Section Head and Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR (http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn) Outreach officer, GigaNet (http://giga-net.org) http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/Perso/Musiani