OTTAWA, CANADA - The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Canada 2020 will host “Canada and the Global Digital Future,” a dinner, award ceremony and panel discussion, in Ottawa, Canada.
This event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at Chateau Laurier. Media must register in advance by contacting CIGI Communications Specialist Kevin Dias, kdias@cigionline.org. A live global webcast will be available at www.cigionline.org/webcast.
“Canada and the Global Digital Future,” taking place on the occasion of the meeting of the Global Commission on Internet Governance in Ottawa, will feature a panel discussion with commission Chair Carl Bildt, Commissioners Melissa Hathaway, Sir David Omand, and Latha Reddy, as well as Evan Solomon, host of the CBC’s Power & Politics, as the moderator.
The event will also feature the Hon. John Baird, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs presenting a special award to the Commission’s chair and former prime minister and foreign affairs minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt.
The Global Commission on Internet Governance is a two-year initiative launched in January 2014 by CIGI and Chatham House, and will produce a comprehensive stand on the future of multi-stakeholder Internet governance. It is holding its only meeting in Canada, from November 24-25.
Event: “Canada and the Global Digital Future,” hosted by CIGI and Canada 2020
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa, Ontario
By Blaise Judja-Sato (info@koreaittimes.com)
