In December 2008. the OECD participated in the third Internet Governance Forum which took place in Hyderabad, India. This included organizing an Open Forum on the Outcomes of the Seoul Ministerial Chaired by Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, United States. Panelists for this event included Peter Voss, Head of Division, International Policy for Information & Communication Technologies, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany; Tom Walker, Director Europe and International, BERR, United Kingdom; Gulshan Rai, Director at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India; Joseph H. Alhadeff, Vice President for Global Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer, Oracle Corporation , Chair of BIAC's Information, Computer and Communication (ICCP) Committee, Vice Chair of ICC's Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms; Katitza Rodríguez Pereda, Public Voice Coordinator; Bill Graham, Strategic Global Engagement, Office of the President, Internet Society (ISOC) and Marcus Courtney, Head of Department, UNI Telecom Global Union.
The OECD also organized a best practice on "Enhanced Internet-enabled access and use of public sector information“ and a workshop on “Digital Content Strategies and Policies”. Staff members also made presentations in events organized by World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA); NASSCOM; the ITU; Packet Clearing House; the Internet Society; the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI); Global Information Infrastructure Commission and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). The Chairman's Summary of the 2008 event is available on the IGF website.
