Youth Forum Continued Attracting broadband users for Web 2.0 applications also depends on the cost of retail broadband services. This in turn is usually linked to the cost of international connectivity. Do you know how Internet users in your country connect to the international Internet backbone? Can all Internet Service Providers have their own international gateway or is the gateway controlled by only one player? This session will also look at how international gateway policies impact the cost of Internet service and what role Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) can play to reduce the cost of Internet access. Questions • How are social-networking applications changing the way we communicate and the way we work? • Are we prepared for the responsibility of communicating online? How much information about our personal lives should we share with the global online community? • Why do you think governments may limit access to the international gateway? • Many new sub-marine cable networks serving developing countries have been announced or are being deployed. How will this development impact developing countries’ connectivity goals? • How can operators be encouraged to work together to create an IXP? Workshop Leader: *Mr Michael Best, Assistant Professor, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States) Experts: *Mr Tad Deriso, General Manager, Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC) (United States) Mr Samuel H. Morgan, ITU Youth Forum Alumnus, ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 (Jamaica) * Confirmed 109