EuroDIG 2020 – FocalPoints

Session	Session title/working title	FocalPoint(s)	FocalPoint(s) Affiliation
PL1	5G governance	Ross Creelman	European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association
PL2	Digital sovereignty	Valentina Scialpi	European Commission
PL3	The European Digital Economy and COVID-19 pandemic: current state of affairs, risks, and opportunities	Meri Baghdasaryan	Ara Ghazaryan law office LLC
		Marcel Krummenauer	YIGF2019
PL4	Greening Internet governance: Environmental sustainability and digital transformation	Minda Moreira	Internet Rights and Principles Coalition (IRPC)
WS2	Enhancing users’ confidence in cyberspace: risks and solutions	Anastasiya Kazakova	Kaspersky
WS3	DNS encryption, DoH and cybersecurity – What are the architectural and policy implications of centralisation and/or fragmentation of Internet infrastructure?	Mikhail Anisimov	Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ
		Peter Koch	DENIC eG
WS4	Innovative uses of blockchain for public empowerment	Galia Kondova	School of Business University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
WS5	Governance of Internet standardisation processes: could public policy objectives be addressed ‘by design’?	Vittorio Bertola	Open-Xchange
		Andrew Campling	419 Consulting Ltd
WS6	Opportunities and threats for freedom of speech on social media	Sabrina Vorbau	European Schoolnet/Insafe
WS7	Criminal justice in cyberspace: what’s next?	Desara Dushi	Ministry of Justice of Albania and Albanian-American Development Foundation
WS8	(Decentralised) digital identity	Eva Stöwe	worbli.io, Cacert.org
WS9	Privacy in Europe – GDPR vs. information freedom?	Marina Shentsova	Mercy Corps
WS10	How to turn challenges into opportunities for education transformation?	Rui André S. Esteves	Escola Básica e Secundária Dr. Luís Maurílio da Silva Dantas
WS11	Challenges and uptake of modern Internet standards (IPv6, DNSSEC, HTTPS, RPKI)	André Melancia	Developer, Trainer
WS12	Community networks in rural areas – regulatory frameworks	Sandro Karumidze	Internet Society - Georgia Chapter
WS13	Security and data protection in SEE region and in relation to EU regulations	Liljana Pecova Ilieska	IMPETUS - Center for Internet, Development and Good Governance
WS14	Algorithms, deep learning, competition and trust (follow up from last years plenary)	Julia Katja Wolman	Danish Business Authority
WS15	Universal acceptance, IDNs and multilingualism online	Lianna Galstyan	ISOC Armenia
WS16	Community networks in rural areas – best practice (follow up WS 12)	Sandro Karumidze	Internet Society - Georgia Chapter