The Seventh Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9 November 2012.

The agenda of the IGF 2012 meeting in Baku

The proposed theme of the meeting: ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’.

The open consultation and MAG meeting in February accepted that the key sub themes proposed would follow the structure of previous years. Thus the following key themes will provide the basic architecture of the detailed programme plan at the IGF in Baku:

·        IG4D / Internet governance for development  (IG4D)

·        Emerging issues

·        Managing critical Internet resources

·        Security, openness and privacy

·        Access and diversity 

·        Taking stock and the way forward 

The main sessions have been organized by thematic working groups made up of MAG members. Each session is slightly different as a result of this in regards to the amount of sub-themes the sessions will address, the number of questions that will be asked, and the specific roles of the moderators and panelists. Each session will also have selected ‘feeder’ workshops. Conclusions and discussions of these workshops will, if time permits, be woven into the broader debates of the main sessions.