IGF 2020 (all sessions)

GCSC Commissioners will present the findings and developments of the GCSC Report "Advancing Cyberstability" and engage with government actors to reflect back at the main outcomes and ongoing work of the UN OEWG and GGE, the UNSG High Level Panel, the Paris Call and similar initiatives working on cyber norms. It will explore ways in which to advance a concerted multistakeholder approach that advances the development, implementation and adherence to norms.

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The session will bring together experts from across the world to discuss how increased interoperability could be a way to solve some of the most intractable issues of the internet platform market. While content regulation has drawbacks in terms of fundamental rights and competition cases are both arduous and uncertain, policy aimed at interoperability for certain market-dominant platforms through Open Standards arguably holds the most potential to open up the platform market to competition.

The session will describe how the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical technology that end users rely on every day to work well, and will define the term DNS Abuse, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers will describe the global efforts to expose and mitigate this abuse and the extortion and fraud campaigns exploiting the pandemic. They will explain how these technical operations are relevant for the on-going digital policy and governance initiatives.

Humanity deserves and asks for better governance. The Global Citizens’ Dialogue on the future of Internet (https://www.wetheinternet.org) aims at addressing core questions of the future of Internet with ordinary citizens and stakeholders around the world.

Threats to the DNS system highlight the need to protect the core Internet functionalities. In 2017, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) issued its flagship norm to protect the public core of the Internet, which is now part of EU law, adopted by the Paris Call, and included in the pre-draft of the UN OEWG report. This session will give an overview of recent developments and explore ways in which to advance a concerted multistakeholder approach to advance this norm.

Speakers: * Baroness Beeban Kidron * Prof. Sonia Livingstone, OBE * Dr Amanda Third * Jutta Croll * Tarique Kenny * Prof. Olga Khazova & Amal Aldoseri, members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, co-chairs of the Working Group

World premiere of the report "Skills4tomorrow". It contains data summarizing research on the activities of governments and public institutions of selected European countries in the field of shaping the competences of the future in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation will be followed by discussion with experts.

The Internet Society's 'Collaborative Leadership Exchange (CLX)’ will bring together experts and newcomers in an 'unconference' style to dialogue on how we can altogether grow and strengthen the Internet. Register to the session: https://internetsociety.wufoo.com/forms/igf2020isoc-collaborative-leadership-exchange/

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that the future of the global economy will be determined by its digitisation and a new approach to society's digital skills. Thanks to the accelerated digitisation process, business will be able to get back on its feet and give impetus to the recovering economy. Together with invited experts, we want to discuss the possibilities of speeding up the digitisation process and the desired directions of regulation, so that they favour innovation.

During the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus the majority of artists had to resign form public performances and transfer their artistic activity to the Internet. What are the the consequences?

In this session, the African Internet Rights Alliance (AIRA) will share insights into its work over the past three years and discuss our interventions, with an interactive conversation exploring the need for transnational collaboration, partnerships and coalition-building to protect and expand digital rights across Africa.

The Covid-19 pandemic has completely changed our work routines and has touched the lives of many. SICs have reacted by providing timely resources to keep the online space as safe as possible. Helplines across the network have seen a drastic increase in calls related to online abuse. We will explore best practices, helpline data, online trends & most popular apps used by youth. Youth ambassadors will give their perspective on how the pandemic has affected their life.

The development of AI Systems often amplifies social injustice. Using the example of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Making (ADM), we can see how closely violence, control and surveillance are interconnected with traditional systems of social exclusion. This is why we want to open the discourse and talk to people for whom AI causes injustice and leads to exclusion. So let’s talk about one of the most important topics of our time: AI & Social Justice.

Bringing together international and regional organizations that have developed or are currently in the process of developing AI guidelines, this session will to consider how these policy recommendations can be translated into practice, specifically by private sector counterparts. The session will also highlight best practices from private sector actors that have developed ethical guidelines for their companies in line with existing frameworks and standards.

This session will share experiences from cities around the world, and their efforts to enable and enhance digital rights locally.

What happens when you enter the address of a website in your browser, or click the send button in your email app? The session will take a step-by-step approach in explaining what happens behind the scenes: How does your computer know where to find that website and how does your message end up at the correct destination? Join ICANN, RIPE NCC and CENTR to learn about the origins of the Internet, Internet routing and the DNS.

Internet security is a pivotal topic for all users. Deployment of Internet standards, secure ICT-products and -services can contribute significantly to security. Deployment is the focus of this workshop. You can make a difference by joining the session and co-determine the priorities the DC-ISSS has to focus on in its first year. You're opinions and future contributions matter.

Robert Redeleanu, CEO UPC Poland Manuel Kohnstamm, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Liberty Global Piotr Arak, Director, Polish Economic Institute  Wojciech Szajnar, Director, Digital Poland Projects Centre Karim Taga, Managing Director, Arthur D. Little Vesa Terava, Acting Head of Unit B2 – Implementation of Regulatory Framework, DG Infso, European Commission Igor Ostrowski, Global Co-Chair of Technology, Media & Telecommunications at Dentons (moderator)

There is a belief that application of recognition tools is ineffective, expensive and may lead to censorship. Is it true?

The Forum of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network will provide stakeholders with an update on the work of the organization in 2020, in particular about the release of several I&J Outcome Documents, the upcoming publication of the Internet & Jurisdiction and UN ECLAC Regional Status Report 2020 and the recent regional initiatives of the Policy Network with a special focus on Japan, Africa and Latin America.

Join our panel, to discuss about privacy. We are glad to welcome experts and stakeholders namely: Karolina Małagocka Phd. (Kozminski University, Poland), Sylwia Stefaniak (Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland), Natalia Mileszyk (CEC Government Relations, Poland), Olga Budziszewska (Accenture, Poland), Krzysztof Wysocki (Oracle, Poland).

This will be an oppotunity to learn, share and discuss about the ways AI and automated decision making technologies are shapping society in Latin America,especially for historically marginalized groups.

Participants of the panel Moderator: Nanna-Louise Wildfang Linde - Microsoft Speakers: Írisz Lippai-Nagy, Chief Executive Officer, AmCham Hungary Sara Polak, PRG.AI, Czechia Aleksander Tarkowski, Centrum Cyfrowe Radu Puchiu, Aspen Technology&Society Program, Romania Piotr Mieczkowski, Digital Poland

This session will be moderated by Charles Bradley, Executive Director of Global Partners Digital. Panelists include Dan Costello, Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Affairs Canada; Johanna Sumuvuori, State Secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; Bernard Shen, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft; Francesca Fanucci, Senior Legal Advisor at the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law; and Juliana Sakai, Chief Operating Officer at Transparência Brasil.

During the session the results of the new empirical study on sharing of private data will be discussed with invited guests, including academics and public policy specialists. Apart from the results of our study, in the second part of the discussion we will invite experts to present results of the studies on the effectiveness of behavioral tools in public policy, with a special focus on applications that make use of personal data.

This pre-event focusses on one of the most divisive, disruptive and ultimately, most detrimental to social trust effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled technologies, namely discrimination and the deepening of inequalities. It will discuss what legislative and policy tools and institutional mechanisms and structures can provide the most effective solution to breaches of the equality and non-discrimination principle in the context of AI-enabled technologies.

1. Issue of the definition of fake news in the legal context. 2. Non-criminal measures to fight fake news. 3. Criminal law as a tool against fake news. 4. Issue of the jurisdiction in case of fake news 5. Do officials have the right to lie? 6. Fake news during the electoral campaign. 7. Medical fake news - need of criminalization?

During this session we would talk about the european alliance between 6 countries and the city of Vienna to promote citizen dialogue on digital change.

Game Jam Kick Off https://youtu.be/VZS_QAukRe4