IGF 2020 WS #299 Building Digital Security for Journalists This session organized by Reporters Without Borders aims to identify, explain, and discuss the main digital security issues, which journalists are facing in different regions of the world.

IGF 2020 WS #357 New profiles of marketing aimed at children in the Internet Internet changed the landscape of marketing in general and, when considering children as its target, is particularly tricky. Children’s ability to recognize marketing arguments and other of its aspects justify a certain degree of control on marketing practices, which in Internet becomes much more difficult. The discussion will focus on the contextualisation of this problem and in tools and proposals to reach the protection needed together with maintaining the open nature of Internet.

IGF 2020 WS #353 Hacking-Back: A Dialogue with Industry This session will feature industry speakers from the Cybersecurity Tech Accord shedding light on what they believe should and should not be considered “Hacking-back” under a principle of the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace prohibiting such activity. The session will start a conversation and solicit input from civil society and public sector officials in order to drive greater consensus on an important topic.

IGF 2020 WS #266 Sustainable #netgov By Design: Environment & Human Rights The objective is to map out concrete steps to ensure how the principle of environmental sustainability as fundamental to the SDGS and, in turn, their basis in human rights law and norms, can be fully integrated into the design, manufacturing, implementation, and procurement of Internet-dependent technologies; from raw materials, to data storage and energy consumption, to disposal at the end of hardware lifecycles.

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IGF 2020 WS #326 The promises and perils of satellite internet Almost half the world remains offline, and many more suffer expensive data plans and low-bandwidth, mobile-only connectivity. Now, satellite internet providers claim to have the answer, with private equity funding, media attention, and government licenses for speculative, disruptive business plans. Will these low earth orbit (LEO) constellations herald a new solution to connect the world? How will their sector impact human rights, and how might they avoid causing harm? Diverse experts weigh in.

IGF 2020 WS #267 Universal Acceptance of Domain Names and Email Addresses Billions of users could be accessing internet in their own local languages. Universal Acceptance (UA) is key for such a seamless access, making available internationalised domain names and email-addresses that support local scripts. Currently, the technology deployed online supporting these is limited. This session aims to address the challenges UA is facing, how to bridge the gap between demand and supply and to provide concrete solutions to enable a truly inclusive internet.

IGF 2020 WS #259 Building Inclusive Digital Economies in Emerging Markets This participatory workshop will explore how diverse actors are reimagining and rebuilding their local communities and how the global community can help ensure inclusive, digitally enabled economic growth in the post-COVID-19 era, with an emphasis on expanding digital inclusion across emerging markets. The session will also highlight how the IGF community can help address policy barriers that impede a resilient and inclusive digital economy.

IGF 2020 WS #92 Setting Children's Rights in the Internet Governance Agenda The roundtable "Setting Children's Rights in the Internet Governance Agenda: balancing risks and opportunities" will share recent knowledge on young people’s online practices around the world and design strategies to address children’s rights in the digital age. Although one third of all Internet users globally are under 18 (Unicef, 2019), most regulatory instruments for promoting human rights and data protection do not present specific recommendations aimed at this age group.

IGF 2020 WS #330 The Future of Work from Home: Internet Governance Post Covid This panel will discuss the evolution of the concept of work in the digital economy, how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated trends towards teleworking arrangements, and the discrete ways in which internet governance will need to evolve to keep pace with new workplace norms. The panel will also assess potential solutions to the equity, privacy, and security concerns that these developments entail.

IGF 2020 WS #290 Unlocking the Internet: Stakeholder Perspectives of Interoperability This round table event will bring a diverse group of civil society organisations, SMEs, as well as consumer organisations’ representatives to discuss how increased interoperability could be a future-proof way to solve some of the most intractable issues of the Internet platform market.

IGF 2020 WS #100 Best environmental practices across the Internet value-chain The session aims to analyze concrete illustrations of best practices developed in order to increase the environmental efficiency of each block of the internet value-chain (networks, data centers, devices, services, etc.). We will deal with such best practices from the viewpoint of both energy consumption and life cycles.

IGF 2020 WS #231 Youth&Sustainability: Creating change through collaboration In this workshop, activists and experts of environmental advocacy and Internet governance will deliberate on how digital sustainability can be mainstreamed in Internet governance discoursed, and where the movements for climate justice, and for the inclusive, open, and accessible Internet intersect.

IGF 2020 WS #202 Digital Discrimination during the COVID 19 Pandemic International experts and advocates with disabilities, have come together to discuss how COVID 19 has affected persons with disabilities and how pandemic has changed the narrative around planning for services and support. This session will bring into a spotlight what it means to enable Persons with Disabilities in meaningful participation, where they shall be equal partners in designing, implementation and delivering solutions which will provide access.

IGF 2020 WS #116 Pandemics & Access to Medicines: A 2020 Assessment Our workshop will bring experts who have been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic; leadership from the World Health Organization Center for Governance, Transparency, and Accountability in the Pharmaceutical sector; innovators in cross-border jurisdiction, and stalwarts in Internet governance to speak to key aspects of the pandemic and its direct impact on access to medicines and vaccines, all in the context of Internet Governance.