Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2020
Session reports
07:00 - 08:30 DNS-abuse in the age of COVID-19: Lessons learned
08:40 - 09:40 Open data for women and persons with disabilities
08:40 - 10:10 Community network, electricity and digital inclusion
08:40 - 10:10 Right to play? Online gaming and child rights
10:20 - 11:50 Main session: Data
12:00 - 13:00 Building digital bridges: Engaging young women online
12:00 - 13:00 Global crises and socially responsible data responses
13:10 - 14:40 Designing inclusion policies in internet governance
13:10 - 14:40 Discussion on the protection of personal data: Information and privacy in the prevention and control of Covid-19
14:00 - 14:30 Flash talks between youth and IG edxperts: Environment and the internet: What’s the link?
15:00 - 16:30 Opening high-level session
16:40 - 18:10 Main session: Environment
18:20 - 19:50 People vs machines: Collaborative content moderation
09:40 - 11:10 AI solution and governance for global public emergencies
09:40 - 11:10 Fact-checking: A realm for multi-stakeholder model?
11:20 - 12:20 Believe it or not, the internet protocol is on sale!
11:20 - 12:20 Climate change disinformation: Beyond confusion, action
13:30 - 15:00 Main session: Trust
15:10 - 16:40 Cultural processes in the age of the digital revolution
15:10 - 16:40 Overcoming the US-China digital cold war
16:50 - 17:50 The role of digital tech in environmental sustainability
18:00 - 19:30 Parliamentary roundtable
09:00 - 10:30 High-level leaders track: Health implications
12:20 - 13:20 Imagining an internet that serves environmental justice
16:10 - 17:40 Ensuring trusted data sharing for monitoring the SDGs
17:50 - 18:50 Children’s rights and participation in data governance
17:50 - 19:20 Tech for the planet
19:30 - 21:00 Main session: Inclusion
10:00 - 11:30 Assurance and transparency in ICT supply chain security
10:00 - 11:30 One size fits all? Global norms as a threat to inclusion
11:40 - 13:10 High-level leaders track: Economy
13:20 - 14:20 How do you embed trust and confidence in AI?
13:20 - 14:20 Robots against disinformation: Automated trust building?
15:30 - 17:00 Data flows, trade and international cooperation
15:30 - 17:00 Learn from home during COVID-19
17:10 - 18:40 Connected health in the post COVID-19 era
17:10 - 18:40 Unlocking the digital potential of the DLDC (Part II)
18:50 - 20:20 Main session: Digital cooperation
09:00 - 10:30 Capacity building in the age of convergence
10:40 - 12:10 The circular economy of ICT
10:40 - 12:10 Digital (in)accessibility and universal design
12:20 - 13:50 Election in times of disinformation
15:00 - 16:00 Internet data protection under different jurisdictions
15:00 - 16:00 Internet of things: Trust, trick or threats?
15:00 - 16:00 Will the real public interest internet please stand up?
16:00 - 16:30 Youth flash talks with IG experts: Cybersecurity
16:10 - 17:40 Multistakeholder voices and the UN cyber dialogues
19:30 - 21:00 High-level leaders track: Security
09:30 - 11:00 Building digital security for journalists
09:30 - 11:00 Universal acceptance of domain names and email addresses
11:10 - 12:10 Building inclusive digital economies in emerging markets
13:20 - 14:50 Digital discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic
13:20 - 14:50 Hacking back: A dialogue with industry
15:00 - 16:30 Pandemics and access to medicines: A 2020 assessment
16:00 - 16:30 Youth flash talks with IG experts: Data
16:40 - 18:10 High-level leaders track: Social development
18:20 - 19:20 The promises and perils of satellite internet
10:00 - 11:00 Emerging perspectives on the Internet exchange points
10:00 - 11:00 How digital payments support inclusive economic growth?
10:00 - 11:00 Mobile Internet impact on the environment in 5G era
11:10 - 12:40 Co-designing policies for a sustainable digital industry
11:10 - 12:40 Reaffirming human rights in company responses to crisis
11:10 - 12:40 A recipe for deterrence in cyberspace
15:30 - 17:00 Governance and business models for inclusive development
16:40 - 18:10 High-level leaders track: Environment
18:20 - 20:20 High-level leaders track: UN wrap-up
15:00 - 17:00 Open mic and feedback session
09:30 - 11:00 Best Practice Forum on local content
Event report
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2020 took place online, from 2 to 6 November. The GIP Digital Watch observatory provided just-in-time reporting from the forum.
The IGF 2020 Final Report was prepared by the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) and DiploFoundation, with the support of the Internet Society.
>> The IGF 2020 FINAL Report is out!
Read our final IGF 2020 report, a thematic summary of all the Phase II (9–17 Nov) discussions.>> Mid-IGF 2020 report
Read our mid-IGF report covering the first few days of Phase II (9–17 Nov) of IGF 2020.>> Just-in-time reports from IGF 2020
The GIP Digital Watch observatory and DiploFoundation continued their annual practice of publishing just-in-time reports from the IGF sessions. The reports are available at the top of this page. Click on the day of the week to open the list of reports.>> About IGF 2020
Held entirely online, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2020 discussed four main thematic tracks (Data, Environment, Inclusion, and Trust) under the overarching theme 'Internet for human resilience and solidarity'. The meeting was organised in two phases:- Phase I (2–6 Nov): This phase included pre-events, newcomers sessions, thematic introductory sessions, open forums (OFs), national and regional IGF initiatives (NRIs), and dynamic coalition (DC) sessions.
- Phase II (9–17 Nov): Considered the 'official' part of IGF 2020, this phase included the main sessions, a high-level leader's track, a parliamentary round table, main workshops, and concluding sessions.
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