Consolidated programme 2025

EuroDIG 2025 – Safeguarding human rights by balancing regulation and innovation.

As of 6 May 2025.

Kindly note: some titles are still working titles. We are using AI transcriptions provided by Zoom for all sessions.

YOU^thDIG

Date	Sessions
09 – 11 May	YOUthDIG – Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance, YOUthDIG Programme

12 May 2025

Time (CEST UTC+2)	12 May 2025
08:00 - 09:00	Registration for onsite participants all day (Please come early to avoid queues!)
	[NEW] Room 6	Room 10	Room 8	Room 7
09:00 - 10:15		Pre 2: The Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI and Guidance for the Risk and Impact Assessment of AI Systems on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law (HUDERIA) (75') CoE #76	Pre 3: Exploring Frontier technologies for harnessing digital public good and advancing Digital Inclusion (75')	Pre 4: Dynamic Coalition on data and trust: Stakeholders Speak – Perspectives on Age Verification (75')
10:15 - 11:00		Break (45')
11:00 - 12:15		Pre 6: Countering Disinformation and Harmful Content Online (75') CoE #39, (#69), #77	Pre 7: Advancing Digital Inclusivity: UNESCO’s Measurement Approaches (75')	Pre 8: IGF Youth Track: AI empowering education through dialogue to implementation – Follow-up to the AI Action Summit declaration from youth (75')
12:15 - 13:00		Break (45')
13:00 - 14:15	Pre 9: Discussion on the outcomes of the Global Multistakeholder High Level Conference on Governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds (75') European Commission	Pre 10: Regulation of Autonomous Weapon Systems: Navigating the Legal and Ethical Imperative (75') #34	Pre 11: Freedom Online Coalition’s Principles on Rights-Respecting Digital Public Infrastructure (75')	Pre 12: Resilience of IoT Ecosystems: Preparing for the Future (75')
14:15 - 14:45	Coffee networking @ Hemicycle Foyer (30')
	Hemicycle
15:00 - 15:30	Opening (30') Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Elisabeth Margue, Minister of Justice, Luxembourg Michael Falzon, Minister for Social Policy and Children's Rights of Malta Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General and Thomas Schneider, President, EuroDIG Support Association
15:30 - 16:00	Keynotes (30') Oleksandr Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Ukraine Marianne Wilhelmsen, State Secretary Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Norway (online) Michael O'Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
16:00 - 17:15	Opening Plenary: Working Together for a Human-Centred Digital Future – Parliamentary Cooperation for Democratic Digital Governance (75') Parliamentarian session on invitation by PACE
17:15 - 18:00	Intergenerational dialogue – YOUthDIG Messages (45')
18:00 - 18:15	Tribute to Nigel Hickson
18:15 - 20:30	Social event @ Hemicycle foyer, hosted by the Council of Europe

13 May 2025

Time (CEST UTC+2)

13 May 2025

08:00 - 09:00

Registration for onsite participants all day (Please come early to avoid queues!)

Hemicycle

Room 10

Room 8

Room 7

09:00 - 09:30

Main Topic 1: Why the WSIS+20 Review Matters and How National and Regional IGFs Can Enhance Stakeholder Participation. Keynote/input (30')

09:30 - 10:15

Moderated discussion (45') #13, #16, #27, #29, #36, #42

Workshop 1: AI & non-discrimination in digital spaces: from prevention to redress – WS 01 2025 (60') CoE #79

Workshop 2: The Interplay Between Digital Sovereignty and Development (60') #20, #25, #30, #33, #35, #46, (#51), #59

Workshop 3: Quantum Computing: Global Challenges and Security Opportunities (60')

10:15 - 10:30

Messages (15')

10:30 - 11:00

Break (30')

11:00 - 11:30

Main Topic 2: Neurotechnology and privacy: Navigating human rights and regulatory challenges in the age of neural data Keynote/input (30')

11:30 - 12:15

Moderated discussion (45') (#10), #72, #82 (CoE)

Workshop 4 (NRI-Assembly): How can the national and regional IGFs contribute to the implementation of the UN Global Digital Compact? (60') #27, #29, #62, #67

Workshop 5: Bridging Digital Inequalities and Challenges in Multicultural Societies (60') #14, #49, #74, #75

Flash 1: Examination of the concept of non-consensual dissemination of intimate images (25')

Flash 2: Electronic evidence in time of war (25')

12:15 - 12:30

Messages (15')

12:30 - 14:00

Break (90')

14:00 - 14:30

Main Topic 3: Europe at the Crossroads: Digital and Cyber Strategy 2030 Keynote/input (30')

14:30 - 15:15

Moderated discussion (45') #6, #9, #45, #54, #56, #58, #65, #70

Workshop 6: Perception of AI Tools in Business Operations: Building Trustworthy and Rights-Respecting Technologies (60') (#1, #28), (#41), #49, #55

Workshop 7: Generative AI and Freedom of Expression: mutual reinforcement or forced exclusion? (60') #81 (CoE)

Flash 3: Youth Perspective on Internet Governance (25')

Flash 4: Unchained Digital Cash Payments (25')

15:15 - 15:30

Messages (15')

15:30 - 16:00

Break (30')

16:00 - 16:30

Main Topic 4: Transatlantic rift on Freedom of Expression Keynote/input (30')

16:30 - 17:15

Moderated discussion (45') (#11), #15, #26, #64, #66, #75, #77

Workshop 8: How AI impacts society and security: opportunities and vulnerabilities (60') #4, #9, #71 (#50, #56, #72)

Workshop 9: Between Green Ambitions and Geopolitical Realities: EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (60') (#5), #51

Flash 5: Fostering Innovation for Justice: Showcasing the Digital Future of Justice Hackathon (25')

Flash 6: AI, Robotics and Health (25')

17:15 - 17:30

Messages (15')

18:30

Social event @ Le Tigre, Informal gathering – the first drink is on us!

14 May 2025

Time (CEST UTC+2)

14 May 2025

08:00 - 09:00

Registration for onsite participants all day (Please come early to avoid queues!)

Hemicycle

Room 10

Room 8

Room 7

09:00 - 09:30

[NEW] Main Topic 5: The Age Verification Dilemma: Balancing child protection and digital access rights Keynote/input (30')

09:30 - 10:15

Moderated discussion (45') #8, (#11), #18, #19, #21, #22, #23, #24, #48

Workshop 10: Ad-hoc session (60') (optional)

[NEW] Workshop 11: São Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines – The Way Forward in Multistakeholder and Multilateral Digital Processes (60')

Flash 7: From Talk to Action: Safeguarding Core Internet Values in Today’s Digital Governance (25')

10:15 - 10:30

Messages (15')

10:30 - 11:00

Break (30')

11:00 - 11:30

Intergenerational dialogue – reflection of the conference (30')

11:30 - 12:00

Wrap up (30') Mr Matjaz GRUDEN, Director for Democracy, DGII: Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity Marianne Wilhelmsen, State Secretary Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Norway (online) Chengetai Masango, United Nations Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Programme and Technology Manager