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IGF 2018 NRIs Main Session Proposed Topics
| NRI | Topic 1 | Topic 2 | Topic 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean IGF | Data Protection | Exploitation of Social Media for shaping opinions (some call this “weaponisation” of social media) | Blockchain technology and business/governmental applications |
| Albania IGF | Cybersecurity - Regional and international cooperation | Broadband as a tool for economic and social development | Implementation of GDPR: Issues and challenges in EU and SEE countries |
| Africa | Internet and Society: Awareness to Freedom | Digital Right in Nigeria, strengthening social media for a strong network for a better virtual community. | Social Media practices a general overview of resources, constraints and results for a safer virtual community. |
| Ecuador IGF | Cybersecurity and users engagement | Fake news and other digital plagues | Networking NRIs |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo IGF | GDPR in IG context | Involvement of startups in digital economy | How to strengthen NRIs in national level |
| Namibia IGF | Cybersecurity, privacy and transparency | Greater, more visible support for NRIs in dealings with governments | Re-imagining and re-emphasizing the notion and principles of multi-stakeholderism in IG |
| Nigeria Internet Governance Forum | 1. Internet Safety without compromising Openness (considering minors and the illiterate) | 3. The Internet Knowledge beyond human imagination for sustainable Development | 1. Data Access, Technologies & Regulation: Developing A National Strategy |
| IGF Sri Lanka | Secure Internet ( Free,Open and Inclusive Internet, Safer Internet, Privacy, User Data and Cyber Security) | Internet Developments and Future (Virtual Currencies, Block Chain, IOT) | Internet Economy and Developing Countries (Against Minority who controls Majority) |
| Croatian IGF | Where is the boundary between censorship and deletion of inappropriate content? | Ethical dilemmas in the application of emerging technologies (Blockchain, AI) | Information security - protecting personal data |
| NLIGF (Dutch IGF) | Public Private Parnterships in Cyber Security | Responsible AI | Partnering in Trust |
| FGI Benin | IoT | Management of the National IGF | Security of information in cloud |
| IGF Panama | Internet Governance as Universitary Studies | Communitary Networks | Legal Framework: Data Protection, Privacy and Digital Security |
| Diálogo de Gobernanza de Internet - IGF Costa Rica | Infrastructure, IPv6 and IOT | Net Neutrality and its impact on the dynamics of Internet access | Gender Digital Gap |
| ISOC Dominican Republic | Data literacy and Data protection in the Big Data era | Public policies to adopt ICT’s in Developing Countries and to strengthen the national and regional digital ecosystem | collaborative governance processes to solve problems and develop norms |
| IGF Italia | 1. Internet jurisdiction: there should be a minimum set of principles shared and complied by everyone for the management and evo | 2. Network Ethics: interests and rights protection including intellectual property | 3. Child online protection and Cyberbullying: defining a global bill of rights to safeguard child protection |
| SEEDIG | Cybersecurity | Data protection in the digital economy | Data-drive technologies: challenges and opportunities |
| ArmIGF (Armenia IGF) | Privacy and Social Media | IDN and Universal Acceptance | Universal understanding of IG terminology |
| IGF Spain | Ethics in Artificial Intelligence | Digital Citizenship | - |
| Colombia IGF - Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet | Advances in the model of multiple stakeholders in Internet Governance spaces at the local level. | Cryptocurrencies, blockchain and smart contracts. | ICT and Democracy and participation in politics |
| IGF-USA | Jurisdiction | Future of Work | Smart Cities |
| African Internet Governance Forum | Access and Infrastructure, taking into account diversity and equality | Security including privacy and personal data protection | Implementing the SDGs in relation to poverty eradication |
| Youth IGF Turkey | Access to information online | Cybersecurity (focus on users) | Rights of the disabled online |
| Pakistan | Fake News and Digital Rights Management for Content Protection | Data Centric Security and Intellectual Property of Online Content | CyberSecrity |
| APrIGF | Access and Empowerment | Online Privacy and Protection | Cybersecurity |
| Italy IGF | Internet jurisdiction | Network Ethics | Child online protection and Cyberbullying |
| IGF Argentina | Privacy and data protection governance | Cybersecurity | Enhancing Internet access and digital skills |
| Iniciativa Portuguesa da Fórum de Governação da Internet | One size doesn't fit all: How to better attract diferent stakeholders to ensure a multistakeholder discussion at NRI's level? | The impact of emerging technologies: is it the similar in developing and developed countries? | ... |
| Youth LACIGF | Technological Advancement and Future of Work | Building networks to increase society's engagement in Internet Governance issues | Online Privacy and Protection / Cybersecurity |
| German IGF | Overarching theme: Partaking in the digital world | TBC | TBC |
| Indonesia | Developing People’s Priority Digital Economy via MSMEs and Startups Community w/ Equity of Infrastructure & Level Playing Field | Increasing the Potential and Resilience of Online Generation w/ Digital Literacy Policy and Its Challenges in the Big Data Era | Democratizing Internet as a Safe, Accessible & Equal Tool to Access and Produce Knowledge w/ Attention to the Vulnerable People |
| Indonesia | Developing People’s Priority Digital Economy via MSMEs and Startups Community /w Equity of Infrastructure & Level Playing Field | Increasing the Potential and Resilience of Online Generation w/ Digital Literacy Policy and Its Challenges in the Big Data Era | Democratizing Internet as a Safe, Accessible & Equal Tool to Access and Produce Knowledge w/ Attention to the Vulnerable People |
| Finland IGF | National IGF's as a means to enhance multi-stakeholder cooperation on national level: experiences, best practices, possible | Preventing cybercrime | Hybrid influencing online |
| China IGF* | Construction the Digital Economy with a shared future | Strengthen the NRIs networking | Emerging technologies (blockchain, IoT, AI etc.) and the impact on internet governance |
| Namibia | Who am I online (a topic to help us understand our digital profile) | Information Privacy (my rights to my online data) | Universal Access - why existing policy and regulation have failed to connect the next billion |
| France IGF | Online information and media education (disinformation, fake news, and online practices) | Digital inclusion and digital divide | Secure and open internet : from data governance to security (IoT and devices) and transparency |
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