The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be organized its third meeting from 3-6 December 2008 in Hyderabad， India.  

Internet Society of China (ISC) led a delegation to the IGF and organized the "Internet Accessibility for People with Disabilities" workshop on 3rd Dec， introducing the accessibility of connection for disabled people and vulnerable groups in China and experience of promoting information accessibility. Standing Vice President of ISC， Mr.GAO Xinmin as the speaker and the workshop was chaired by Abdul Waheed-Khan， Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of UNESCO.

Co-sponsors of "Internet Accessibility for People with Disabilities" :

• Internet Society of China (ISC)，
• United Nations Educational， Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• China Communications Standards Association (CCSA)

Meanwhile， ISC will co-organize workshop of "Global Culture for Cybersecurity" with CAST Consultative Committee on UN Information Technology (CCIT) on 6th Dec.
 
2008 IGF invites speakers including representatives of the government， private sector， civil societies， academia， Internet communities and international organisations. The proposed theme of the conference is‘Internet for All’.

The conference will be open to all World Summit on the information society (WSIS) accredited entities， as well as other institutions and persons with proven expertise and experience in matters related to Internet governance. With over 2000 participants from more than 100 countries expected to attend， IGF will facilitate dialogue between various stakeholders on four main sessions - Reaching the Next Billion， Promoting Cyber-security and Trust， Managing Critical Internet Resources， and Emerging Issues.

IGF will host panel discussions and workshops on several Internet-related issues， such as Internet accessibility for people with disabilities， freedom of expression in cyberspace， online privacy， effective digital education， public participation in Internet governance， global measures to fight cyber-crime， environmental sustainability of the Internet etc.

Best practice forums will concentrate on child online protection; international cooperation against cyber-crime; Internet governance capacity building; delivering public service and innovation; equal access and equal opportunity; and self regulatory approaches to data security and privacy.

Several initiatives emerged from the Forum’s two previous meetings in the form of "Dynamic Coalitions" – partnerships dealing with specific issues. In Hyderabad， Dynamic Coalition meetings will cover accessibility and disability， child online safety， access to knowledge， linguistic diversity， freedom of expression and the media， privacy and an "Internet Bill of Rights".

An interesting aspect of this meeting in Hyderabad is Remote Participation Project， whereby various Remote Hubs across the world will also be able to participate in the meeting in Hyderabad， by using software called DimDim， partially developed in Hyderabad. NIXI has sponsored this project.

The forum will hold its 2009 session in Egypt.

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Standing Vice President of ISC， Mr.GAO Xinmin as the speaker in the workshop

ISC Delegation

Mr. Abdul Waheed-Khan (the 4th from left side)

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