II IGF Rio 2007
There were 84 events happening in parallel to the main sessions, organized under the 5 main themes: (i) critical Internet resources; (ii) access; (iii) diversity; (iv) openness and (v) security. There were 36 workshops, 23 best practices forums, 11 dynamic coalitions meetings, 8 open forums and 6 events covering other issues (like the Giganet Symposium)
The host webpage keeps video and audio records from main sessions and some parallel events such as workshops, best practices and open forums, as well as the tool for translation into Arabic.
Regarding the participation by region, around 35% of the attendees came from the Latin America and Caribbean of which 29% were from the host country (Brazil).
There are also some interesting statistics such as:
| Region | Participation |
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35% |
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20% |
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13% |
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13% |
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10% |
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7% |
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2% |
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