Invitation letter from Ina Gudele, Special Assignments Minister for Electronic Government Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and Paul Twomey, President/CEO of ICANN

Objectives: To make all the stakeholders better aware and informed about the Internet governance process, Internet solutions and future development trends that will be discussed at the first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens from 30th October until 2nd November 2006. This seminar will cover relevant aspects of World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) follow up, the role of ICANN and other stakeholders, the challenges that the Internet is currently facing.

Target group: all the Internet Community stakeholders involved, including governmental and public administration institutions, technical community,representatives of EU institutions, regulatory authorities, ccTLD operators, businesses and representatives of NGOs.

Furher Information on the seminar can be found on http://www.eps.gov.lv/ or www.icann.org.

Venue: Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel , Kugu Str. 24, Riga, Latvia.

Attendance: There is no seminar fee, but participants will have to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. The number of participants is limited. For logistical and organisational reasons we would appreciate it if you could register before the September 27th by an on-line registration form available http://www.eps.gov.lv/ or by sending out attached registration form by fax +371 7114727.

We kindly ask you to register as soon as possible. You will receive a confirmation about the registration by e-mail.

Please, ensure that hotel reservations are made in good timing. The Secretariat of Special Assignments Minister for Electronic Government Affairs of the Republic of Latvia has secured a number of rooms in the hotel where the seminar will be held - Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel. Please, complete the Hotel Reservation form attached or available online via http://www.eps.gov.lv/. However after the September 19th, reservation will be subject to availability.

Venue of the Seminar: Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel, Kugu Str. 24, Riga, LV-1048, Latvia.

We will be pleased to see you also at the reception hosted by the seminar organisers in the very ‘heart’ of the City of Riga – restaurant „OTTO SCHWARZ" Hotel de Rome, Kalku Str. 28, on 3 October at 19:00 pm – 22:00 pm.

Yours sincerely,

Ina Gudele
Special Assignments Minister
for Electronic Government Affairs
of the Republic of Latvia

Paul Twomey
President/CEO of ICANN

General information

Seminar Programme

Useful information about Latvia

Organisers:

 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 Secretariat of Special Assignments Minister for Electronic Government Affairs of Latvia

Forum co-organisers and partners:

 Finland’s EU Presidency

Lattelecom (Latvia)

 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of Latvia

Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

 Public Utilities Commission

 Latvia Internet Association