Martin Boyle  

Biography - Martin heads DTI's international telecommunications and information industry team and leads on Internet governance issues.

In DTI he has worked (among other things) as secretary to the IT, Electronics and Communications Foresight Panel, and as national coordinator for the G8 Global Information Society Pilot Projects. He has been seconded to the British Embassy in Paris, and to the European Commission.

Abstract - "WSIS, a proxy for government control of the Internet?  Or an opportunity for cooperation?  A view from DTI on Internet governance after WSIS."

Since the meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society [WSIS], the DTI has been looking at the mechanisms for how world governments should have a say in the running of the Internet. Martin Boyle, who participated in the new Internet Governance Forum last autumn in Athens, will speak about the DTI's work. The more liberal that access to the Internet is, the more risks there are for users. On the other hand, controls to avoid cybercrime can lead some governments around the world to repress people's access to information.