Tuesday brings a series of keynotes beginning with Richard Boly, Director of the Office of eDiplomacy in the US State Department talking about how a governmental organization with a history of risk aversion and bureaucracy is moving from a need-to-know culture to a need-to-share one.
Imagine if the ITU, a classic example of a sluggish international bureaucracy with antiquated diplomatic rituals, or indeed any other inter-governmental organisation, had been put in charge of the nascent global network two decades ago.