Consolidated programme 2018

(as of 11 May 2018)

Innovative strategies for our digital future

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Categories

Access & literacy	Development of IG eco system	Human rights	Innovation and economic issues
Media & content	Security and crime	Technical & operational issues	Cross cutting / other issues

Pre-events

Time	2-4 June 2018
	YOUthDIG – Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance, 2-4 June 2018, Tbilisi / Georgia Find the detailed programme at YOUthDIG 2018 programme
	Day 0 / 4 June 2018
11.00 - 14:00
				Newcomers briefing session with Subject Matter Experts (also part of the YOUthDIG) (11:00-13:00) LOLITA
	Copyright reform in Europe – expectations and reality, benefit or harm? (12:00-14:00) EVENT ROOM	Don’t forget silver surfers – Digital inclusion and literacy focused on seniors (12:00-14:00) MASTER ROOM	Cybersecurity and international norms: The work of the Global Commission on Stability of the Cyberspace (12:00-13:00) CENTRAL ROOM
			Launch cooperation project: Fight against discrimination, hate crime, and hate speech in Georgia (13:15-14:45) CENTRAL ROOM	ICT Cluster Presentation (13:00-14:00) MAP ROOM
14:00 - 15:00	Coffee break			Meeting Start Ups PART II – Moderated discussion by Michael Rotert, eco and Mariam Lashkhi, Head of international relations department GITA (also part of the YOUthDIG) (14:00–15:30) LOLITA
15.00 - 18:00	UNESCO launch of the 2nd draft of Internet Universality Indicators as a comprehensive tool for enhancing a free, open, rights based and inclusive Internet. (15:00-16:30) EVENT ROOM	Open session of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things (15:00-16:30) MASTER ROOM	NRI ASSEMBLY (15:00-18:00) CENTRAL ROOM
	Council of Europe – Steering Committee of Cybercrime at Eastern Partnership Project: Capacity building on cybercrime and electronic evidence (16:30-18:00) EVENT ROOM	Meeting of the Freedom Online Coalition (16:30-18:00) MASTER ROOM
18:00 - 20:00	Welcoming cocktail

Day 1 / 5 June 2018

Time	Sessions
9:30 - 10:15	Welcome Dimitry Kumsishvili, First Vice Prime Minister, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia | Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society (video message) | Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General of EuroDIG | GARDEN HALL
10:15 - 11:00	Open mic session GARDEN HALL |
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break			Start of the Crypto Party (running 2-3 h) MASTER ROOM, CENTRAL ROOM, GARDEN
11:30 - 13:00	Lightning talk – Tusheti project (15 min) GARDEN HALL | Rati Kochlamazashvili, Executive Director of Tusheti Development Fund Mercy Tembon, Regional Director for the South Caucasus, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank PL 1: Bridging the urban-rural digital gap – a commercial or community effort? GARDEN HALL |			EDU 1: Is GDPR still a mystery? EVENT ROOM |	Flash 1: Managing digital cultural capital in Europe (11:30-12:00) LOLITA
					Flash 2: Tackling online disinformation: a European approach (12:15-12:45) LOLITA
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch break
14:30 - 16:00	WS 1: Platform and data neutrality – access to content GARDEN HALL |	WS 2: Privacy is everywhere: how to deal with emerging problems? MASTER ROOM |	WS 3: Create your digital future: transforming lives and businesses in Europe CENTRAL ROOM |	EDU 2: The Domain Name System – How it works EVENT ROOM |	Flash 3: Digital education action plan (14:30-15:00) LOLITA
					Flash 4: Children’s rights for a better Internet (15:15-15:45) LOLITA
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 - 16:45	Keynote: Claudia Luciani, Director of Democratic Governance and Anti-Discrimination, Council of Europe GARDEN HALL |
16:45 - 18:15	PL 2: Information disorder: causes, risks and remedies. GARDEN HALL |			WS 4: DNS quo vadis – addressing challenges and the future functionality of the DNS EVENT ROOM |	Flash 5: The mobile Internet and the app economy (16:45-17:15) LOLITA
					Flash 6: Enabling and empowering the regions with 5G, big data and IoT (17:30-18:00) LOLITA
20:00	Gala at Club UNDERWHEEL Busses will be leaving starting from 18:30 at Chovelidze Str. main entrance of the Rooms Hotel

Day 2 / 6 June 2018

Time	Sessions
8:00 - 9:00	Hot topic – optional (reserved slot in case a hot topic comes up shortly before the event)
9:00 - 9:30	Keynote Mr. Yushi Torigoe, Deputy Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau and Chief of Administration and Coordination Department, ITU | Lawrence E. Strickling, former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce | GARDEN HALL
9:30 - 10:30	PL 3: Competition in a data-driven world: how to ensure sustainable growth? GARDEN HALL |				Flash 7: SEEDIG Messages (9:30-10:00) LOLITA
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30	WS 5: IoT – economic opportunities and security challenges. GARDEN HALL |	WS 6: Universal acceptance – is the Internet reaching the people it needs to? MASTER ROOM |	WS 7: Surveillance, laws and governments vs. Internet rights CENTRAL ROOM |	EDU 3: Building on a blockchain EVENT ROOM |	Flash 8: Algorithmic Transparency (11:00-11:30) LOLITA
					Flash 9: Combatting hate speech at national level, example from Georgia (11:45-12:15) LOLITA
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch break			EuroDIG General Assembly EVENT ROOM
14:00 - 15:30	WS 8: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and the Future of Work GARDEN HALL |	WS 9: Non-state actors in Europe and beyond: The true shapers of cybersecurity norms?! MASTER ROOM |	WS 10: Your Freedom of Expression vs. mine? Who is in control? CENTRAL ROOM |	WS 11: Converging markets and blurred borders – challenges for e-commerce in Europe EVENT ROOM |	Flash 10: Right to be forgotten – updates & developments (14:00-14:30)
					Flash 11: Law and reality – perspectives on ICANN-RIR relations (14:45-15:15) LOLITA
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 16:15	Keynote: Vlad Radysh, Government Relations Director, Bitfury Group GARDEN HALL |				Flash 12: eParticipation in shaping a greener environment (16:00-16:30) LOLITA
16:15 - 17:15	PL 4: Blockchain – a competition to governments? GARDEN HALL |
					Flash 13: Challenges of cybercrime and transborder investigations (16:45-17:15) LOLITA
17:15 - 17:45	Future of the IGF GARDEN HALL |
17:45 - 18:00	Wrap-up GARDEN HALL |

Please find the proposals for flash sessions in 2018 by following this link.