The fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted virtually by the Government of Poland. The pre-events, newcomers sessions, thematic introductory sessions and the Open Forum will be held from 2-6 November 2020. The meeting will officially run between 9-17 November.
IGF Announcements
IGF 2020 Website
[IGF 2020 UPDATE] The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme: Internet for human resilience and solidarity. The programme continues to develop around the four main thematic tracks: (1) Data; (2) Environment; (3) Inclusion; (4) Trust.
IGF list of selected workshops, open forums, pre-events and IGF Village booths .
IGF 2020 Schedule:
- The IGF 2020 pre-events, newcomers sessions, thematic introductory sessions, as well as the Open Forums, NRIs and DC sessions will be hosted from 23 October until 6 November during the first meeting's phase.
- The meeting will be officially opened on 9 November and closed on 17 November.
- During this 7-day phase, workshops, main sessions, the high-level leader's track, parliamentarians roundtable and thematic concluding sessions will be hosted. I
At-Large Activities at the 2020 Virtual IGF
ICANN/At-Large Organized Events
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3 November 2020, 19:00-20:00 | IGF 2020 Pre-Event #33 Internet 101 | ICANN org |
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| IGF 2020 Pre-Event #42 Stakeholder Balance: Do we need factored balance, factored differently between one Governance topic and another? | Siva (Internet Society India Chennai) |
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2 November 2020 18:35 – 20:05 | IGF 2020 Pre-Event #47 DNS-Abuse in the age of COVID-19 | ICANN org |
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| IGF 2020 WS #20 Exploring the future of endangered languages in cyberspace | Judith Hellerstein, |
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| Monday, 9 November 2020 г. - с 10:40 до 12:10 | IGF 2020 WS #37 Community Network, Electricity and Digital Inclusion | Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, |
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| Tuesday, 10 November, 2020 - 11:40 to 13:10 | IGF 2020 WS #97 Fact-Checking: A Realm for Multi-stakeholder model? | Obed Sindy |
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| Thursday, 12 November, 2020 - 17:30 to 19:00 | IGF 2020 WS #180 Trust, Media Ethics & Governance During COVID-19 Crisis | Amrita Choudhury, |
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| Thursday, 5 November, 2020 - 20:20 to 21:20 CET | IGF 2020 OF #34 Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) | Moderator: Kulesza Joanna |
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| Fri, 6 Nov, 2020 - 17:10 to 18:40 UTC | IGF 2020 The Criticality of the Internet for SIDS in a global crisis | Maureen Hilyard, Tracy Hackshaw Speakers from Small Island Developing States of the Pacific, Caribbean and AIMS (Atlantic & Indian Oceans, Mediterranean & South China Seas) |
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| Mon, 9 Nov, 2020, 7:40 to 8:40 UTC | IGF 2020 WS #187 Open data For Women and Persons with disabilities | Joan Katambi, Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology |
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| Tuesday, 10 November, 2020 - 15:10 to 16:40 CET | IGF 2020 WS #81 Overcoming the US-China digital Cold War | Speakers: Kulesza Joanna |
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| Thursday, 12 November, 2020 - 16:10 to 17:40 UTC | IGF #165 Unlocking the Digital Potentials of Developing & Least Developed Countries | Organizer 5: Mary Uduma, Nigeria Internet Governace Forum Speakers: Kulesza Joanna |
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| 13 November, 2020 - 14:00 to 15:00 UTC | IGF 2020 WS #204 Internet Data Protection Under Different Jurisdictions | Organizers: Nadira Al Araj, Tijani Ben Jemaa Speakers: Kulesza Joanna, Leon Sanchez, |
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| Monday, 16 November, 2020 - 13:10 to 14:10 | IGF 2020 WS #231 Youth&Sustainability: Creating change through collaboration | Edmon Chung, |
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| Wednesday, 11 November, 2020 - 14:20 to 15:20 | IGF 2020 WS #234 Security of digital products: Industry and enhancing trust | Barrack Otieno, |
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| 10 November, 14:10-15:40 UTC | WS107&248 Educational Opportunities & Challenges in Times of Crisis | Glenn McKnight, Alfredo Calderon, Narine Khachatryan |
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| Monday, 16 November, 2020 - 09:30 to 11:00 UTC | IGF 2020 WS #267 Universal Acceptance of Domain Names and Email Addresses | Speaker 1: Kulesza Joanna, Civil Society, Eastern European Group
Speaker 2: Pei Wei, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 3: Ajay Data, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 4: Akinori Maemura, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group |
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| IGF 2020 WS #317 DNS-Abuse in the Age of COVID-19: Lessons Learned | ICANN org David Conrad, Adiel Akplogan, and John Crain |
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