IT for Change is excited to organize and participate in a diverse lineup of hybrid sessions at IGF 2024. The 19th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum takes place from 15-19 December 2024 in Riyadh. Find below a detailed list of our sessions and register for IGF 2024 to join us!
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Day 0 | Sunday, 15 December
Day 0 Event #108 Fit-for-future? A Visioning Exercise on Digital Cooperation
Organizers: Global Digital Justice Forum, Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles, Digital Constitutionalism Network, Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility
Date/ Venue: 10:45 – 12:45 GMT+03 | Workshop Room 5, King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC)/ Online
This event, co-organized by IT for Change as part of the Global Digital Justice Forum addresses the gamut of global digital cooperation. The roundtable is structured as a visioning exercise, which will take place in three rounds. Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director and Senior Fellow—Research & Policy Engagement at IT for Change, is a speaker for Round 3 which will involve a strategic stocktaking exercise and Nandini Chami, Deputy Director and Fellow—Research & Policy Engagement at IT for Change will be the moderator for this session.
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Day 0 Event #72 Building the AI Commons
Organizer: Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law Schol, Rio de Janeiro
Date/ Venue: 14:45 – 16:15 GMT+03 | Workshop Room 7 (KAICC)/ Online
Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Director and Lead—Education and Technology at IT for Change, will speak in the second segment of this roundtable on the question ‘Is it possible to build the AI Commons?’ AI commons refers to the collective resources, knowledge, and tools related to AI that are openly accessible and shared. This Day 0 event will address the development of AI commons, which would enable wider participation in AI development and deployment.
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Day 1 | Monday, 16 December
WS #143 From WSIS to GDC-Harmonising Strategies Towards Coordination
Organizers: Valeria Betancourt, Association for Progressive Communications; Jorge Cancio, Swiss Federal Office of Communication; Jason Pielemeier, Global Network Initiative; David Fairchild; Bruna Santos, Digital Action
Date/ Venue:15:45 – 16:45 GMT+03 | Workshop Room 6 (KAICC)/ Online
Anita Gurumurthy will be a speaker in this workshop structured as a roundtable. The session aims to provide deeper insight and understanding of the role that the IGF could play in the digital cooperation ecosystem at all levels.
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Open Forum #32 Shaping an Equal Digital Future with WSIS+20 & Beijing+30
Organizer: UN Women
Date/ Venue: 17:00 – 18:00 GMT+03 | Workshop Room 9 (KAICC)/ Online
As the global community prepares for the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+30) in 2025, it is critical to highlight the vital intersection between the WSIS outcomes, the Global Digital Compact (GDC), and the Beijing+30 agenda. Nandini Chami will be a speaker in this session on integrating the lessons from the GDC into a cohesive global agenda for advancing gender equality in the digital age.
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Day 2 | Tuesday, 17 December
Main Session | Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence
Organizer: Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence
Date/ Venue: 15:15 – 16:30 GMT+03 | Plenary Hall, (KAICC)/ Online
The Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence addresses policy matters related to the governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is a global multistakeholder effort hosted by the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, bringing together data governance experts, stakeholders and changemakers from across the world. Anita Gurumurthy will be a speaking at the PNAI’s meeting at the IGF.
Learn more about the session here.
DC-CIV & DC-NN: From Internet Openness to AI Openness
Organizers: Luca Belli, Center for Technology and Society at FGV, Brazil, GRULAC; Olivier Crépin-Leblond, DC Core Internet Values, UK, WEOG
Date/ Venue: 16:15 – 17:45 GMT+03 | Workshop Room 4 (KAICC)/ Online
This session, organized by the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values and the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality, will focus on what lessons can be learned from Core Internet Values, particularly lessons from internet openness for AI, governance, to foster AI openness. Anita Gurumurthy will be a panelist at this session.
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Day 3 | Wednesday, 18 December
Open Forum #33 Open Consultation Process Meeting for WSIS Forum 2025
Organizers: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Date/ Venue: 09:45 – 11:15 GMT+03 | Workshop Room 10 (KAICC)/ Online
This open discussion will build on previous discussions, continuing to gather input from stakeholders to shape the agenda, program, and format of WSIS Forum 2025. Nandini Chami will provide inputs at the Second Meeting of the Open Consultation Process for the WSIS Forum 2025, branded as the WSIS+20 High-Level Event, scheduled for 7–11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Day 4 | Thursday, 19 December
DC-PR & IRPC: Information Integrity - Human Rights & Platform Responsibilities
Organizers: Yasmin Curzi (Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia, USA), Academic and DCPR; Luca Belli (Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro), Academic and DCPR; Santosh Sigdel (Digital Rights Nepal), Civil Society and IPRC; Dennis Redeker (ZeMKI - Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, Germany), Academic and IPRC
Date/ Venue: 13:15 – 14:45 GMT+03 | Workshop Room 3 (KAICC)/ Online
This session, organized by the Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DCPR) and the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles (IRPC), will explore the concept of information integrity from a perspective of human rights and platform responsibilities. Merrin Muhammed Ashraf, Senior Associate—Research and Policy Engagement at IT for Change, will be a speaker in this roundtable.
Learn more about the event here.