Consolidated programme 2024

EuroDIG 2024 – Balancing innovation and regulation.

As of 12 June 2024.

You can download the list of proposals for 2024 (as of 16 January 2024) as PDF or as Excel-File.

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YOU^thDIG

Time (EEST UTC+3)	Sessions
14 – 16 June	YOUthDIG – Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance

17 June 2024

Time (EEST UTC+3)	17 June 2024
09:00 - 10:00	Registration for onsite participants
	Auditorium	WS room 1	WS room 2	Building 4, Event Hall
10:00 - 11:00	Pre 1: NRI Assembly (60')	Pre 3: The European Accessibility Act: a model for a more accessible digital Europe (60') Dynamic Coalition on accessibility and disability |	Pre 6: Strengthening DNS security through ccTLD managers’ actions in the context of current threats and legislation (60') Dynamic Coalition on data and trust	Pre 13: Towards Internet Universality: The updated and revised ROAM-X Framework (60') UNESCO session on ROAM-X indicators
11:00 - 11:30	Break (30')	Break (15')		Break (30')
		Pre 2: UNESCO IFAP Session: Launching IGF Dynamic Coalition on Measuring Digital inclusion: Advancing Digital Inclusion for building inclusive Knowledge Societies (60') UNESCO	Pre 7: Who is affected by the NIS2 Directive and what it means to the fight against online harms. (60') Dynamic Coalition on DNS Issues
11:30 - 13:00	Pre 4: Update and reporting on global Internet governance processes (GDC, WSIS+20, NETmundial+10) (90')			Pre 12: What’s the Next Game Changer in Future Connectivity? (120') Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania (RRT)
		Break (60')
13:00 - 14:00	Break (60')
		Pre 5: AR, VR, Metaverse for Urban and Rural settings (60') Dynamic Coalition on data driven health technology #2 #3 #8	Pre 9: IS3C: Consumer protection and its role in a more secure and safer Internet. (60') Dynamic Coalition IS3C #19
				Break (30')
14:00 - 15:30	Pre 8: CSTD Open Consultation on WSIS+20 (90')			Pre 11: Launch Event for the Council of Europe and IEEE Joint Report on the Metaverse and its impact on Human Rights, Rule of Law, and Democracy (90') Council of Europe and IEEE
		Break (15')
		Pre 10: [IGF 2024 Youth Track] AI and Threats: new strategies to detect AI-generated political deepfakes (60')	Pre 14: IoT deployment for sustainability (60') DC IOT
15:30 - 16:00	Break (30')
16:00 - 16:30	Opening of the EuroDIG2024 & Baltic Domain Days Gitanas Nausėda, The President of the Republic of Lithuania | Video message Ingrida Šimonytė, The Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania | Video message Jūratė Šovienė, Chair of the Council of the Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania Aušrinė Armonaitė, Minister of the Economy and Innovation of Lithuania Prof. Dr. Edita Gimžauskienė, Vice-Rector of Strategic Partnerships at Kaunas University of Technology Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General EuroDIG & Thomas Schneider, President, EuroDIG Support Association
16:30 - 17:15	Intergenerational dialogue - YOUthDIG Messages with YOUthDIG fellows, Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Xianhong Hu, UNESCO (45')
17:15 - 17:30	Keynotes Agnė Vaiciukevičiūtė, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania Exchange with: Carol Roach, IGF MAG Chair (2024)
17:30 - 18:30	Opening plenary: Global Internet Governance processes (GDC, WSIS+20 …) (60') #41 #65 #74 #84
18:45	Social event by Baltic Domain Days

18 June 2024

Time (EEST UTC+3)

18 June 2024

09:00 - 10:00

9:00 - 9:45 Drafting the EuroDIG Messages on the international processes (GDC, WSIS+20, NETmundial+10) (WS room 1) Registration for onsite participants

Auditorium

WS room 1

WS room 2 self organised sessions

Building 4, Event Hall

Main Topic 1: European policies and strategies

10:00 - 10:30

Keynotes (2 x 15') Rasma Ramoskaite, Director at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Irena Guidikova, Head of Democratic Institutions and Freedoms Department, Council of Europe

10:30 - 11:30

Subtopic 1: Human Rights in the Digital Era: Europe’s Role in Safeguarding Human Rights Online (45') #6 #57 #73

Workshop 1a: Child safety online – update on legal regulatory trends combatting child sexual abuse online (60') #9 #21

Flash 1: Challenges of remote work: cybersecurity and wellbeing) (45') #34

Baltic Domain Days 2024 The Pulse of the Baltic Domain Industry Domain Usage Trends and Issues from the Perspective of Registrar Survey: Domain Usage Habits of the Lithuanian Population The Results of the IDN World Report 2024. The Practical UA Challenges of a Registrar and Registry.

Break (15')

Break (15')

11:30 - 12:15

Subtopic 2: One for all, all for one: the role of cooperation in enhancing cyber resilience in Europe (45') Input keynote by Jacek Oko, President, Office of Electronic Communications in Poland (#11) (#22) #52 #55 (#60) #63 #68 #69

Break (45')

Flash 2: Connecting the Unconnected: Enabling Rural Connectivity and Empowering Access (45') #78, #86

12:15 - 13:15

Break (15')

Workshop 1b: Protecting vulnerable groups online from harmful content – new (technical) approaches (60') #9 #17 (#35) #38 (#60)

Break (15')

Domain Industry Trends

Subtopic 3: You on Signal and Me on Telegram – Messenger Interoperability by EU Regulation (45') #21 (#22) #50 #51 #75 #77

Flash 3: Connectivity corridors between Europe and the Middle East and Europe and Asia (45') #62

13:15 - 14:30

Break (75')

Main Topic 2: GovTech – putting people first in digitalizing public services and the use of data

14:30 - 15:00

Keynotes (2 x 15') Jūratė Šovienė, Chair of the Council of the Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania Bernadette Lewis, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

15:00 - 16:00

Subtopic 1: GovTech Dynamics: Navigating Innovation and Challenges in Public Services. (45') #26 #47

Workshop 2a: Managing Change in Media Space: Social Media, Information Disorder, and Voting Dynamics | Part 1 (60') #7 (#27) (#35) #37 #53 #54 (#60) #61 #80 #83

Flash 4: The Internet is for Everyone: Overcoming disabilities and limitations (45') # 81

Baltic Domain Days EU Regulation Impact on Domain Industry Domains and Intellectual Property Protection: Roads and Crossroads EURID and EUIPO Collaboration to Raise Awareness about Trademarks and Domain Names

Break (15')

Break (15')

16:00 - 16:45

Subtopic 2: European approach on data governance (45') (#2) (#3) #5 (#22) #32 #34 #58

Break (45')

Flash 5: Impact Assessment Toolkit – Hands on (45')

Disputes between Domain and Intellectual Property Objects

16:45 - 17:45

Break (15')

Workshop 2b: Managing Change in Media Space: Social Media, Information Disorder, and Voting Dynamics | Part 2 (60') #7 (#27) (#35) #37 #53 #54 (#60) #61 #80 #83

Break (15')

Navigating the Regulatory Landscape. Domain Names & Intellectual Property.

Subtopic 3: Empowering communities: partnerships for access to services (45') (#2) (#3) (#11) #28 #46

Flash 6: Reignite Multilateralism via Technology (REMIT) – Research results (45') #84

17:45 - 18:30

Intergenerational dialogue – reflection of the day with YOUthDIG fellows, Gabija Skučaitė, Chancellor of the SMK College of Applied Sciences, and Nigel Hickson, Head Internet Governance Policy at the UK DSIT (45')

18:45

Lithuanian social evening at the Vilnius Town Hall!

19 June 2024

Time (EEST UTC+3)

19 June 2024

09:00 - 10:00

9:00 - 9:45 Drafting the EuroDIG Messages on the international processes (GDC, WSIS+20, NETmundial+10) (room tbc) Registration for onsite participants

Auditorium

WS room 1

WS room 2 self organised sessions

Building 4, Event Hall

Main Topic 3: Artificial Intelligence

10:00 - 10:30

Keynotes (2 x 15') Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

10:30 - 11:30

Subtopic 1: Innovation and ethical implication (45') (#27) #40 #42 #48

Workshop 3: Network Evolution: Challenges and Solutions (60') #1 #85

Flash 7: Digital skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow – join the debate (45') #56

Baltic Domain Days 2024 Security for and by DNS Secrets of Success – Why do European ccTLDs Have Such Low Rates of DNS Abuse? Protection of Citizens on the Internet. Lithuanian approach.

Break (15')

Break (15')

11:30 - 12:15

Subtopic 2: The Framework Convention on AI and human rights, democracy and the rule of law (45') #31 #36 #39 #70 #72 #82

Break (45')

Flash 8: Build your safe online presence with .eu (45')

Decade of DNSSEC in the Baltics: is it a Long Road?

12:15 - 13:15

Break (15')

Workshop 4: Challenges and Opportunities: Emerging Technologies and Sustainability Impacts (60') (#11) #64 #71 #79 #87

Break (15')

The Role of DNS in Securing Internet

Subtopic 3: Identification of AI generated content (45') #10 #15 #16 (#27)

Flash 9: eeID – the future of electronic identification (45') #59

13:15 - 14:30

Break (75')

14:30 - 15:00

Intergenerational dialogue – reflection of the day with YOUthDIG fellows and Hon. Gennaro Migliore, Director and Board Member of the PAM Centre for Global Studies (30')

15:00 - 16:00

Outlook IGF 2024 Dr Amal A. Alawdah, Advisor and Director of International Research and Publishing Agreeing on the Messages and Wrap up (60')