The Chair of the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) will issue a major statement on the future of digital privacy and security on Wednesday, April 15, at 9:30 a.m. CEST in The Hague.
Mr. Carl Bildt, chair of the GCIG and former prime minister of Sweden, will present the statement on behalf of the GCIG. The commission is meeting April 14 and 15 in The Hague, prior to the opening of the Global Conference on CyberSpace 2015.
- Event: “Global Commission on Internet Governance Press Conference: Digital Privacy and Security,” presented by GCIG Chair Carl Bildt
- Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
- Time: 9:30-10:30 a.m. CEST
- Location: Binnenhof Room, Hampshire Hotel – Babylon Den Haag, Bezuidenhoutseweg 53, 2594 AC Den Haag, Netherlands
- Registration: Media must register for the GCIG press conference in advance by contacting CIGI Communications Specialist Kevin Dias, [email protected]
- Live Global Webcast: Live streaming of the press conference will be available at www.ourinternet.org/live on April 15, at 9:30 a.m. CEST in The Hague.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Kevin Dias, Communications Specialist, CIGI
Tel: +1.519.497.9112, Email: [email protected]
Tammy Bender, Communications Manager, CIGI
Tel: +1.519.885.2444, ext. 7356, Email: [email protected]
The Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) is a two-year initiative launched by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Chatham House. With twenty-nine commissioners and thirty-six research advisers, the GCIG will produce a comprehensive stand on the future of multi-stakeholder Internet governance. Follow the commission on Twitter @OurInternetGCIG. For more information, please visit www.ourinternet.org.
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI’s interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit www.cigionline.org.
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is based in London. Chatham House’s mission is to be a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure world for all. The institute: engages governments, the private sector, civil society and its members in open debates and confidential discussions about significant developments in international affairs; produces independent and rigorous analysis of critical global, regional and country-specific challenges and opportunities; and offers new ideas to decision-makers and -shapers on how these could best be tackled from the near- to the long-term. For more information, please visit www.chathamhouse.org.
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