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The 2024 Internet Governance Forum will take place in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from 15 to 19 December 2024.

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  • Harnessing innovation and balancing risks in the digital space
  • Enhancing the digital contribution to peace, development, and sustainability
  • Advancing human rights and inclusion in the digital age
  • Improving digital governance for the Internet We Want

The IGF Call for Session Proposals is open until 05 May  2024.

Interested organizations can apply for an IGF Village booth through the online submission form until 30 June 2024, 23:59 UTC

More details can be found on the 2024 IGF website


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ICANN/At-Large Organized Events

Date and Time

Session

ICANN/At-Large Community Member 

Location:

Outcome/Reports

Day 0

The Technical Community Safeguarding the Internet You Want #112


Adam Peake, ICANN

Day 0

The Future of the Internet is Built on Open Standards #120




Day 0
IGF 2024 Day 0 Event #142 Navigating Innovation and Risk in the Digital Realm

https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024-day-0-event-142-navigating-innovation-and-risk-in-the-digital-realm

Theme
Harnessing innovation and balancing risks in digital space

Internet Masr

Hadia Elminiawi - Internet Masr/ISOC Egypt/National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA) Noha Ashraf Abdel Baky - Internet Masr/ISOC Egypt Ahmed Hujairy ISOC Bahrain
Organization's Website
https://internetmasr.org/

Speakers

Eng. Roqia, ISOC Yemen, Civil Society Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele, Internet Society, Civil Society Ahmed Hujairy ISOC Bahrain Dr. Golestan Radwan

Hadia Elminiawi, AFRALO Chair

(session organiser, drafted the proposal)


Onsite Moderator 

Hadia Elminiawi



Day 2: 1500-1600

DCAD Annual Meeting and Release of Accessibility Guidelines

Judith Hellerstein



Day 2 - 16:15-17:45

From Internet Openness to AI Openness 

Agenda

Introduction and Review of Core Internet Values (6 minutes)

  • For newcomers who do not know what Core Internet Values are.

Presentation of Session Topics (6 minutes)

  • Overview of the session’s focus on the parallels between Internet openness and AI openness.

Panellist Interventions (48 minutes)

  • Panellists will reflect on the past decade of Internet openness challenges to analyse technical, governance, and regulatory dimensions.
  • Discussion on how AI impacts core values such as best-effort, interoperability, openness, robustness, end-to-end, scalability, and permissionless innovation.
  • Exploration of frameworks that can promote the empowerment of AI users, similar to net neutrality frameworks for Internet users.

Full Discussion with Participants (20 minutes)

  • Stakeholders will analyse a variety of experiences, including both policy and implementation, to understand what successes and failures drawn from Internet openness may inform AI openness.
  • Discussion on the specific issues raised by generative AIs in terms of Internet openness and how these new services affect end-user access to content online.

Conclusions (10 minutes)

  • Summarising key takeaways and actionable insights.

Additional information is available at: https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024-dc-civ-dc-nn-from-internet-openness-to-ai-openness


Onsite Moderator

Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ISOC UK England, Technical Community, WEOG.
Online Moderator

Alejandro Pisanty, UNAM, Academic Community, GRULAC.
Rapporteur

Joly McFie, ISOC NY, Technical Community, WEOG.

Speakers

  • Vint Cerf, Internet Evangelist at Google, Business Community, WEOG 
  • Sandrine Elmi Hersi, Head of Open Internet unit at Arcep, France, WEOG
  • Renata Mielli, Ministry of Science and Technology, government, Brazil, GRULAC
  • Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change, civil society, India, APG
  • Alejando Pisanty, Autonomous University of Mexico, academia, Mexico, GRULAC
  • Yik Chan Chin, Associate Professor Beijing Normal University, Academic Community, APG (member of Policy Network on AI - PNAI)
  • Sandra Mahannan, Data Scientist/Analyst, Uniccon Group of Companies, Business Community, AF 
  • Wanda Muñoz, Independent Consultant on Equality and Gender in AI, Academic, GRULAC 



Open Forum  - #61 WSIS to WSIS+20: Enduring Principles of Internet Governance  

  • Theresa Swinehart, ICANN
  • Veni Markovski, ICANN
  • Becky McGilley, ICANN
  • Elizabeth Oluoch, ICANN
  • Adam Peake, ICANN


Day 3 - Wednesday, December 18, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 GMT+03

WS #138 Empowering End Users Voices in Internet Governance

On-site Moderator 

  • Pari Esfandiari - On-site Moderator & drafted the proposal
  • Sebastien Bachollet - online Moderator
  • Christine Arida - Rapporteur

Panelist:

  • David Souter
  • Carol Roach
  • Olga Cavalli - 
  • Amrita Choudhury
TBD
Day 3-Wednesday December 18 11:15-12:30pm

Building Barrier-Free Emerging Tech through Open Solutions

Dr. Muhammad Shabbir, DCAD Co-Coordinator

Lidia Best, President of the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People

Dr. Tawfik Jelassi (ADG, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO, WEOG)

Amela Odobasic (Director of Broadcasting, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Government, EEG)

Dr. Mohammed Khribi, Digital Accessibility Services Acting Manager, MADA, Arab States)

Revanth Voothaluru (Global Implementations Project Manager, Learning Equality, APAC)





WS #150 Language and inclusion - multilingual names

  • Theresa Swinehart,
  • Manal Ismail
  • Sarmad Hussain
TBD

WS #146 Domain Name System Abuse - Defined and Experienced

  • Lori Schulman
TBD

WS #159 Domain names: digital inclusion and innovation 

  • Kristy Buckley,
  • Jennifer Chung,
  • Ram Mohan,
  • Justine Chew
  • Lucky Masilela
TBD


At-Large Members attending the 2024 IGF

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