Bangalore: On the eve of the
e-G8 summit, initiated by the President of the
French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy and the Heads of State and Government of the group of eight-Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. have decided to place the Internet and the digital ecosystem on the agenda of next month's G8 Summit.
With an aim to provide G8 political leaders with fresh ideas, the e-G8 forum, for the first time, will be held in Paris on May 24 and 25, immediately preceding the G8 Heads of State and Government Summit in Deauville on May 26 and 27.
The summit would focus on Internet regulation, its economic impact, fostering innovation, and protecting intellectual property rights online.
The speciality of this event is that the French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host technology titans at the summit to debate how governments can encourage innovation on the Internet. This will include the presence of the founders and bosses of major Internet firms including Facebook, Google and Amazon.
Nicholas Sarkozy, on his official Facebook page said, "I am delighted that numerous leaders of the Internet world have responded to France's invitation to come and discuss the Internet at the e-G8 forum on May 24 and 25."
He also mentioned that the social networking site's founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Amazon's Chief Executive Jeff Bezos would be attending the summit. Other renowed personalities to make their presence will be the CEOs of media giant News Corp., entertainment group Vivendi, and auction website eBay.
Sarkozy would inaugurate the gathering which will include the discussion about protecting intellectual property, which is considered to be a sensitive issue and has notably set Google at odds with publishers in France.
This summit would also prove to be a great help to U.S. and Europe as they are adopting divergent regulations on hot-button tech issues such as privacy online, net neutrality, and antitrust protections.
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