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At first view, the Norway IGF team are to be commended for producing some of the best quality IGF video ever!
The IGF Interactive schedule is at https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2025-schedule
On there, there is the tab ‘IGF 2025 Live’ which includes links to UN WebTV, YouTube, and Real Time Text.
UN WebTV is covering only plenary sessions, but with translation into the 6 UN languages: https://webtv.un.org/en/search?query=IGF2025
The site can be filtered to display only recordings in a particular language, for instance ENGLISH
The YouTube links provided use an outdated address system. They should be:
Live Webcasts: https://www.youtube.com/@igf/streams
Trimmed Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/@igf/videos
The IGF secretariat have been notified, and this may soon be remedied.
Real Time Text (provided by Caption First stenos via Streamtext) is ephemeral, and may disappear once a session is over. Transcripts will be posted, after a delay, at https://intgovforum.org/en/igf-2025-transcripts
The value of Digital Watch’s DiploAI Reporting page cannot be overstated. It comprises AI-generated reports from as many sessions as practical. These include not only verbatim transcripts, summaries, and in-depth analysis, but also speaker lists which, ridiculously some might say, calibrate the number of words delivered by each speaker and the actual rate of delivery!
https://dig.watch/event/internet-governance-forum-2025
A remarkable achievement!
ISOC LIVE is making backup recordings of just a few sessions (e.g., GigaNet, DC-CIV), which will be posted/archived with multilingual open captions when processed: https://isoc.live/?s=igf2025
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On Thursday June 19, 2025 at 15:00 UTC the Industry Network Technology Council (INTC) and the India Internet Engineering Society (IIESoc) present a webinar ‘Using the IP Protocol Suite for Deep Space Networking‘.
This presentation will describe the use case of deep space networking, the key considerations to deploy such a network, and its requirements. It will also describe the current plans of the space agencies and private sector for Moon and Mars deployments. It will then describe the proposed solution. This work is being standardized in IETF by the newly formed working group called TIPTOP (Taking IP to Other Planets). A description of the working group, milestones and current work will conclude the presentation.
Speaker Marc Blanchet is president of Viagenie, a consulting firm on Internet engineering. He has been involved in IETF for 35 years, wrote 17 RFCs, co-chaired many IETF working groups, including DTN, and was an IAB member. He is the investigator of the Deep Space IP initiative which folded into the TIPTOP working group, where he is technical advisor and delegate. He is the founder of the Space Assigned Numbers Authority (SANA) which does a similar role to IANA, but for space communications standards of the CCSDS. He is currently leading the Moon networking governance group of the Interagency Operations Advisory Group (IOAG).
#INTC @IIESoc_in #TIPTOP
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On Wednesday June 18, 2025, at 16:30-18:00 CEST (14:30-16:00 UTC), eco – Association of the Internet Industry and ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will jointly host ‘ICANN83 Readout – Highlights & Take-Aways from the Policy Forum‘. Speakers from different constituencies of the ICANN community will provide an overview of the highlights and key take-aways of the hybrid ICANN83 meeting from their respective perspectives.
SPEAKERS
Constanze Buerger – Member, ASO Address Council
Nicolas Caballero – Chair, GAC
Jordan Carter – Member, ccNSO Council
Greg DiBiase – Chair, GNSO Council
Philippe Fouquart – Chair, ISPCP
Joanna Kulesza – ALAC Liaison to the GAC
Ram Mohan – Chair, SSAC
Nick Wenban-Smith – TCCM
HOSTS
Christopher Mondini – Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Europe ICANN Org
Thomas Rickert – Director Names & Numbers, eco – Association of the Internet Industry
PARTICIPATE VIA GOTOWEBINAR |SIMULCASTS X Live | Twitch | Facebook Live
X #icann83 @eco_EN @ICANN | #icann83 MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA
On Monday June 16 2025 at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) the Congressional Internet Caucus Academy hosts a panel “Outside of the Box: Rethinking The FCC’s Video Regulations In The Age Of Streaming” at Rayburn House in Washington DC.
This panel explores the challenges arising from the decline of legacy cable TV and the rise of streaming services. Consumer preferences have shifted the media marketplace over the last decade — from live linear television broadcast to streaming and on-demand viewing. Fifteen years ago, 85-90% of American households subscribed to cable TV, but today that number has dropped to around 50% as streaming platforms dominate the market. There are well over 200 streaming services available to consumers and an overwhelming 99 percent of U.S. households now subscribe to at least one or more streaming services. However, regulations governing this dynamic marketplace were developed in the 1980s and 1990s To what extent do these rules create an unlevel playing field. Should these regulations be eliminated or updated to reflect the current landscape, and if so, how? The conversation will also focus on how companies are being forced to innovate and compete to retain audiences, and discussants will offer predictions for the future state of the tv and video marketplace.
SPEAKERS
Michael P. O’Reilly – Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Cheryl Leanza – Best Best & Krieger LLP
Kristian Stout – Director of Innovation Policy, International Center for Law & Economics
MODERATOR / HOST
Tim Lordan – Executive Director, Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
@NetCaucusAC #FCCVideo
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On Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC), the Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative will host a conversation on the importance of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the role it has played for the past twenty years in providing an open, inclusive, and diverse space for discussing internet policy and governance. This event, held in the lead up to the 2025 IGF, will highlight the value of the annual forum and why digital democracy depends on keeping the internet open, global, and inclusive. The conversation will also showcase the Atlantic Council’s work to champion a free and open internet.
SPEAKERS
Vint Cerf – Chair, IGF Leadership Panel / Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Anriette Esterhuysen – Senior Advisor on Global and Regional Internet Governance, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Jason Pielemeier – Executive Director, Global Network Initiative (GNI)
Chengetai Masango – Head of Office, United Nations Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum
MODERATOR
Konstantinos Komaitis – Resident Senior Fellow, Democracy + Tech Initiative
@AtlanticCouncil #IGF2025
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On Tuesday July 8, 2025 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (11:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Digital Accessibility’s Gap: AI to Bridge Mobile and Web Barriers’. TestParty co-founders Michael Bervell & Jason Tan explore the thorniest challenges in both mobile and web accessibility — and how emerging AI techniques, automation strategies, and platform shifts are changing what’s possible. They’ll share insights from cutting-edge studies on how AI boosts productivity, reduces burnout, and supports non-experts in making meaningful contributions to accessibility.
The meetup will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society New York Accessibility SIG.
PARTICIPATE: https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/events/308231275/ Captions / ASL / AD)
REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc
TWITTER: #ADA35 #A11y @a11ynyc @A11ysig @MichaelBervell @jasonzhetan #Accessibility #Captioned
On Sunday 8 June 2025, at 6:30pm IST (13:00 UTC) the Internet Society India Mumbai Chapter (ISOC Mumbai) will present a webinar ‘Quantum 101‘. Blackhole Academy founder Rajan Chopra will explore the fascinating principles of quantum mechanics and how things operate in the quantum realm, from the bizarre behaviour of particles to foundational concepts like entanglement, superposition, and more, and how these principles are poised to revolutionize the future of the Internet and technology.
SPEAKER
Rajan Chopra – Founder / Educator, Blackhole Academy
MODERATORS
Mitalee Joshi – ISOC Mumbai
Valentine Melkudi – ISOC Mumbai
#quantum101 #isocmumbai @rajan15x
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On 30 May 2025, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) convened the 1st Preparatory Meeting and Stocktaking session of the WSIS+20 General Assembly Overall Review at the UN HQ in New York City. In Resolution 79/2775, adopted in March 2025, the General Assembly decided to conclude the overall review of the implementation of WSIS outcomes, known as WSIS+20, with a two-day high-level meeting to be held on 16–17 December 2025. The preparatory meetings, with inputs from all relevant WSIS stakeholders, are to discuss expectations and inform the intergovernmental process.
Co-facilitators
H.E. Ms. Suela Janina, Permanent Representative of Albania
H.E. Mr. Ekitela Lokaale, Permanent Representative of Kenya
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On May 31 2025, the Global Network Initiative (GNI) convened a roundtable ‘Forging connections between Internet Governance, human rights, and development through the WSIS+20‘ at the Africa Internet Governance Forum (Africa IGF) in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The session was held under the Chatham House Rule.
Participants
Lillian Naroka – Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa, (CIPESA)
Margaret Nyambura Ndongo – Internet Society Tanzania Chapter
Imazo Mataji – Program Advisor, Digital Agenda for Tanzania Initiative
Bridget Ndongo – Paradigm Initiative
Céline Bal – UN IGF Secretariat
Peace Oliver-Muge – Africa Regional Strategy Lead, APC / Member, IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG)
Sorina Safa – UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Craig Stanley-Adamson – Head of Internet Governance, UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Dawit Bekele – Regional Vice President for Africa, Internet Society (ISOC)
Mohamed Farhat – AfIGF MAG
Andrea Calderaro – Director of Cyber Diplomacy, EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Ahmed Haroun – Chad
Emmanuel Manassi – Acting Regional Director for Africa, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Navina Mutabas – Data Values Advocate, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD)
Providence Baraka – Program Associate, Bingo Civic Tech Lab, Democratic Republic of Congo
Huroma Gideon Manyama – Law Student, Tanzania
Moderator: Elonnai Hickok – Managing Director, Global Network Initiative (GNI)
#AfIGF2025 #WSIS20 #DigitalFutureAfrica #InternetGovernance #HumanRights #ICT4D #AfricanUnion @ISOC_Live @UN_ECA @AUC_PAPS @ISOC @UNTechEnvoy
Merci infiniment de m’en tenir informé.
Celà m’aide énormément dans mon travail de recherche ede thèse. J’aimerais vraiment recevoir plus d’informations sur la réglementation de l’internet, de l’IA et des technologies nouvelles.
Car se sont des outils nécessaires au développement global mais aussi l’Afrique.
J’espère grandement apprécié chaque élément.
Respectueusement Taïno Marcel, depuis le Cameroun.
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On Wednesday May 28, 2025, at 11:00-12:30 EDT (15:00-16:30 UTC), the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, as part of its Global Digital Governance series, presented a webinar ‘Understanding Internet Governance: Implications for Digital, Data, and AI Governance‘.
June 2025 is the 20th anniversary of the report by the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). Convened by the UN Secretary General to help resolve key questions that were blocking the World Summit on the Information Society negotiations, the WGIG produced a report that inter alia advanced a broad and holistic “working definition” of Internet governance and proposed the establishment of the Internet Governance Forum with the same character. The definition highlighted that Internet governance involves shared frameworks developed by both states and stakeholders for both the underlying infrastructure and its diverse uses. The WGIG’s recommendations helped to deescalate a divisive battle over intergovernmental vs. multistakeholder governance and were incorporated into the negotiated outcome, and the definition has been invoked as foundational in UN processes and beyond ever since.
PANEL
Avri Doria – independent researcher and consultant.
Wolfgang Kleinwächter – Professor Emeritus of International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus
Markus Kummer – Internet governance and policy expert
Vittorio Bertola – Head of Policy & Innovation, Open-Xchange
HOST / MODERATOR
William J. Drake, Director of International Studies, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
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