The Second Ukrainian Internet Governance Forum will be held in Kyiv.

The event will take place on September 2-3, 2011. ForumIGF-UAwill be held in Ukraine for the second time and will be a continuation of the international Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

Such forums are held in various countries around the world. The goal of the event is to discuss the most important issues in the development of the information society, consolidate the efforts of government, business, the internet community, and professional and academic elites to accelerate the implementation of information technology advances, and create conditions for the comprehensive development of the internet space.

The following topics will be discussed at the Forum:

• The Internet as a basis for the development of the information society;

• mechanisms of partnership between the state, business and the public;

• prospects for the development of the Ukrainian address space;

• Internet safety and balance of openness;

• European experience and Ukrainian practice in the field of e-commerce;

• improving IT education as a means of eliminating the digital divide;

• conditions for the development of domestic Internet content;

• protecting freedom of speech and privacy on the Internet;

• operator and provider in the context of the right to freedom of information;

• Internet of the future.

The forum will be attended by heads of enterprises in the communications, information technology, and telecommunications industries, representatives of Ukrainian government agencies, relevant international organizations, and public figures—more than 150 people.

The event will take place at 11 Leontovycha Street, Kyiv, Kyiv College of Communications. It begins on September 2 at 9:00 AM. The preliminary program is available on the Forum's website, as well as online pre-registration for the Forum.