Consolidated programme 2023

EuroDIG 2023 – Internet in troubled times: risks, resilience, hope.

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As of 24 July 2023.

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Time (EEST UTC+3)	Sessions
17 – 19 June	YOUthDIG – Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance

19 June 2023

Time (EEST UTC+3)	19 June 2023
09:00 - 10:00	Registration for onsite participants
	Main auditorium	Auditorium A1	Auditorium A3	Auditorium A4
10:00 - 11:30	Finnish Internet Forum, I Opening remarks (5') Leena Romppainen	Pre 1: Expanding access to Information for All through good evidence (90') UNESCO	Pre 2: Progressing Core Internet Values and Global Good Practice for the Internet of Things (90') Dynamic Coalition on Internet of Things and Dynamic Coalition Core Internet values	Pre 3: Mind the governance gap! Broadening the multistakeholder response to DNS-related cybersecurity threats. (90') Dynamic Coalition on DNS Issues
	Welcome remarks and an introduction to the book “Data capitalism in the world of crises” (25') Timo Harakka, Minister of Transport and Communications and author of the book
	Ethical aspects of artificial intelligence (75')
11:30 - 12:00	Break / change room (30')
12:00 - 13:30	Finnish Internet Forum, II Shared Social Media Services as Alternatives to Big Social? (60')	Pre 4: Start with WHY? Lessons from the war in Ukraine – have we learned them? (90')	Pre 5: Let's promote the European vision for digital governance and cooperation in the UN! (90') #15 #19 #40 #42 #51 #60	Pre 6: Efforts in shaping secure online environment by various DNS actors (90') Dynamic Coalition on Data and Trust #35
13:30 - 14:00	Break / change room (30')
14:00 - 14:30	NRI Assembly: Youth for sustainable IG(F) (30') | State Secretary Gunn Karin Gjul, Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development |	Pre 7: Civil society oversight of law enforcement action in cyberspace. (90')	Pre 8: The New Age of Healthcare – Robotics & AI for the Medical Internet of Things. (90') Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies #1 #2 #5 #8	Pre 9: How to procure and purchase ICTs secure by design? (90') Internet Standards, Security and Safety Coalition (Dynamic Coalition)
14:30 - 15:30	IGF 2023 Youth Track Network: Nurturing Digital Well-being: Addressing the Impact of the Digital Environment on Youth Mental Health (60')
15:30 - 16:00	Break / change room (30')
16:00 - 16:30	Opening Keynotes Jarmo Takala, Provost of the Tampere University | | Pasi Hellman, Under Secretary of State (International Development), Ministry for Foreign Affairs | | Pearse O’Donohue, Director of the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (online) | | Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General, EuroDIG | | & Thomas Schneider, President, EuroDIG Support Association | |
16:30 - 17:00	Presentation of YOUthDIG Messages (30') |
17:00 - 17:15	Keynotes (3 x 5') Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (video message) | | Dr. KUNIMITSU Ayano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Japan, Member of the Japanese Parliament (video message) | | Patrick Penninckx, Head of Information Society Department, Council of Europe | |
17:15 - 18:30	Opening Plenary: Digital cooperation between African and European parliamentarians (75') #60 |
18:30 - 20:30	Welcome reception at Tampere University, Café & Aula Toivo

20 June 2023

Time (EEST UTC+3)	20 June 2023
09:00 - 10:00	Registration for onsite participants
	Main auditorium				Auditorium A1			Auditorium A3 Flash sessions, self organised
		Main Topic 1: Impact of the war These sessions focus on the influence of the war in Ukraine - now in its second year - on the Internet, and the roles of the Internet in this war. Ukraine has shown remarkable resilience against attacks to destroy its infrastructure, as well as attempts to break its morale by disinformation and hate speech. This war has also raised the fundamental question of how long and to what extent the core of the Internet can remain neutral ground in a world of worsening geopolitical crisis?
10:00 - 10:30		Keynotes (2 x 15') Stefan Lindström, Finnish Ambassador for Digital Affairs | | Andrii Nabok, Head of fixed broadband, Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation | |
10:30 - 11:30		#Risks	Subtopic 1: Shattered Neutrality: Internet at Crossroads of War and Geopolitics (45') #51 #62 |			Workshop 1: Models to support investment in the network infrastructure in Europe: what is the way forward? (60') #30 |			Flash 1: Governance Model for the Inter-Planetary Network (45') #47
		Break (15')							Break (15')
11:30 - 12:15		#Resilience	Subtopic 2: Navigating Challenges and Strengthening Ukraine's and European Internet Infrastructure (45') #10 #16 #38 #52 |			Break (45')			Flash 2: NewsArcade: seriously, play the news! (45')
12:15 - 13:15		Break (15')				Workshop 2: Digital information literacy as a modern civic skill – a Finnish perspective (60') #7 #9 #27 #32 #33 |			Break (15')
		#Hope	Subtopic 3: Protecting citizens in times of crisis (45') #26 #50 |						Flash 3: Building Digital Mutual Trust between China and Europe (45')
13:15 - 14:30	Lunch break (75')
		Main Topic 2: Internet Fragmentation These sessions examines the risk of globally interoperable networks splintering into isolated islands – and to what extent it has already been realized. Avoiding fragmentation is professed as a common goal, but it may mean different things to different actors and at different layers of the network. Autocratic governments try to close their “information space” for political reasons by all means, but even well-meaning efforts by democratic ones may have unintended consequences and lead to fragmentation.
14:30 - 15:00		Keynotes (2 x 15') Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO, Internet Society (ISOC) (online) | | Lise Fuhr, Director General, European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO), Member of the IGF Leadership Panel | |
15:00 - 16:00		#Risks	Subtopic 1: Understanding the risks of Internet fragmentation (45') #3 #14 #18 #22 #29 #41 |			Workshop 3: Trustworthy AI: Large Language Models for Children and Education (60') #63 #65 |			Flash 4: CRITICAL project (45') #61
		Break (15')							Break (15')
16:00 - 16:45		#Resilience	Subtopic 2: Internet fragmentation: what’s next? (45') #3 #14 #18 #22 #29 #41 |			Break (45')			Flash 5: Closing the gap between taught skills and practical needs in cyber security (45') #13
16:45 - 17:45		Break (15')				Workshop 4: Building cross-stakeholder awareness and understanding of the direct and indirect environmental impacts of digital/Internet technologies and how to mitigate them (60') #56 #57 #65 |			Break (15')
		#Hope	Subtopic 3: How can the Global Digital Compact prevent Internet fragmentation? (45') |						Flash 6: A New Nordic Agenda for Digital Infrastructure Studies and the case of Arctic infrastructure vulnerabilities (45') canceled on request by session organisers #10 #16
17:45 - 18:15	Closing of the day (30') Anja Gengo, IGF Secretariat – Outlook to the IGF in Kyoto |
19:00 - 20:30	Reception at Tampere City Hall

21 June 2023

Time (EEST UTC+3)	21 June 2023
09:00 - 10:00	Registration for onsite participants
	Main auditorium				Auditorium A1			Auditorium A3 Flash sessions, self organised
		Main Topic 3: Digital Platforms These sessions explore the interplay between emerging technologies, regulatory trends and the vision for platform governance. Is the current development phase of immersive technologies guided by user safety and fundamental rights principles? How can we set up regulatory frameworks to delineate responsibilities of digital platforms, while not impeding technological advancement? What are the future models of platform governance?
10:00 - 10:30		Keynotes (2 x 15') Merja Ylä-Anttila, CEO Yle (Finnish Broadcasting Company) | | Tobias Bornakke, Chairman of the Nordic Think Tank for Tech and Democracy (online) | |
10:30 - 11:30		#Risks	Subtopic 1: Virtual worlds, but real risks: navigating metaverses as a next generation of digital platforms (45') #12 #25 #26 #27 #33 #36 #49 #53 #59 #61 |			Workshop 5: Proposal for a regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (60') #28 #39 |			Flash 7: EU Accessibility Directive (45') #11 (#37)
		Break (15')							Break (15')
11:30 - 12:15		#Resilience	Subtopic 2: The European Union’s Digital Transformation – Regulatory Challenges, Technical Impacts and Emerging Opportunities (45') #6 #9 #20 #21 #23 #24 #25 #28 #32 #39 #43 #46 #59 |			Break (45')			Flash 8: Building Resilience through Data Values: Empowering Youth Engagement via Social Media. (45')
12:15 - 13:15		Break (15')				Workshop 6: When Universal acceptance meets Digital inclusion (60') #48 + UNESCO |			Break (15')
		#Hope	Subtopic 3: Platforms as critical infrastructure for democratic discourse (45') #17 #31 #44 #54 #55 #58 #63 #64 |						Flash 9: Inclusive and Meaningful Access (45') #45 (IFLA)
13:15 - 14:30	Lunch break (75')
14:30 - 15:30	Agreeing on the Messages and Wrap up (60') Wrap up by Thomas Schneider, President EuroDIG SA, Swiss Government, Ambassador, Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) | | Message drafting with support by Andrijana Gavrilovic, reporter from the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) | |