On Monday – Tuesday 9-10 December, 2024, the India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2024 will be convened in New Delhi, with the theme ‘Innovating Internet Governance for India‘.
India, with more than 1.4 billion citizens, 1.2 billion mobile users, and 900 million Internet users, demonstrates the growing Internet culture in the country. E-Governance and National Security becomes of paramount importance in India, specially with enhanced cyber space. India IGF (IIGF) will provide the ability to facilitate discussions between intergovernmental organisations, private companies, technical community, academic community and civil society organisations who are involved in Internet governance-related public policy issues.
AGENDA https://indiaigf.in/agenda-2/
DAY 1 – Monday 9 December 2024 – IST (UTC)
10 :00 (04:30) Inauguration https://youtu.be/nqoCmHlq_TE
Dr. Devesh Tyagi –CEO, NIXI (Chairman, Coordination Committee, IIGF) – Opening Remarks
Amrita Choudhury – Director, CCAOI – Recap of IIGF 2021 – 2023
Chengetai Masango, Head of UN Secretariat for the IGF – Address from UN IGF
Dilsher Singh Malhi – Founder & CEO, Zupee
Shivnath Thukral – Vice President, Public Policy, Meta India
Prof. Rekha Jain – Senior Visiting Professor, ICRIER (online)
Shri Sushil Pal – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India
Shri. S Krishnan – Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
Shri. Jitin Prasada – Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce & Industry & Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India (Keynote Address)
Prof Rajat Moona – Director, IIT Gandhinagar (Vice Chairman, Coordination Committee, IIGF) – Vote of Thanks
11:45 (06:15) Main Panel 1: India AI Mission: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Future https://youtu.be/nqoCmHlq_TE
Shri Abhishek Singh – Additional Secretary, MeitY
Sunil Abraham – Public Policy Director, Data Economy and Emerging Tech, Meta India
Dipendra Manocha- Managing Director, Saksham Disability
Dr. Sarayu Natarajan – Founder, Aapti Institute
Moderator: Rakesh Maheshwari – Independent Consultant / Former Sr. Director Group Coordinator, MeitY
13:45 (08:15) Workshop 1: Enabling AI for all, By all https://youtu.be/nqoCmHlq_TE
Ajai Garg – Advisor, Koan Advisory / Director, Digital Tech & Law Group, Anand & Anand Associates
Aparajita Bharti – Partner, The Quantum Hub
B. Shadrach – Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
Charu Chadha – Tech Policy Expert
Kirti Seth – Ex-CEO, IT-ITES Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM
Sonia Dosanjh – Associate Director, Head of AI & Analytics, C-DAC Mohali
Moderator: Gaurav Sharma – International AI Policy and Advocacy Advisor
13:45 (08:15) Workshop 2: Report Launch and Discussion- ICT for Empowering Accessibility/Inclusion: The Impact of Digital Integration on the Lives of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) https://youtu.be/wGymiPLtkW0
Pradeep Anirudhan – CSS, Director, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Dr. Praveen Misra – Chair, ISOC Accessibility Standing Group
Nipun Malhotra – Co-Founder, Nipman Foundation
Rohit Kumar – Head, Public Policy Government Affairs, Zoom
Dr. Arpita Kanjilal – Manager, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Moderator: Osama Manzar – Founder and Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
15:00 (09:30) Workshop 3: Regulating Digital Media: Navigating Content Governance in India https://youtu.be/wGymiPLtkW0
Dr Satyanarayanan – Director HRD & Digital Economy Division
Aditi Aggarwal – Technology Journalist, Hindustan Times
Sunil Abraham – Public Policy Director, Data Economy and Emerging Tech, Meta, India
Dr. Vagheshwari Deswal – Professor, Faculty of Law, Delhi University
Moderator: Shiksha Dahiya – Manager, Public Policy, Chase-India
15:00 (09:30) Workshop 4: Intersection of Competition Law and Artificial Intelligence – Saksham Malik, The Dialogue https://youtu.be/nqoCmHlq_TE
Modhulika Bose – Partner,Chandhiok & Mahajan,
Kazim Rizvi – Founding Director, The Dialogue
Dr. Sachin Kumar – Asst. Prof, University of Delhi
Sandeep Aurora – Group Director & Head Public Policy and Government Affairs
Moderator: Saksham Malik – The Dialogue
17:00 (11:30) Main Session 2: Resilient Internet Infrastructure https://youtu.be/nqoCmHlq_TE
Prof. Rekha Jain – Senior Visiting Professor, ICRIER
Shri G Narendranath – Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat
Osama Manzar – Founder, Director, DEF
N.S. Nappinai – Advocate, Supreme Court & Founder, Cyber Saathi
Moderator: Anupam Agrawal – Chairman, India Internet Foundation
DAY 2 – Tuesday 10 December 2024 – IST (UTC)
09:30 (04:00) Workshop 5: The Evolution of Harm in the Digital Age: Blurring Lines Between Online and Offline Harms and Violence https://youtu.be/HG-iX1vh5mM
Allan Asher – Vice President, Competition & Consumer Policy, Australian Risk Policy Institute
Jyoti Vadehra – Lead, Digital Safety & Online Wellbeing, Centre for Social Research India Secretariat, ACTS
Vakasha Sachdev – Senior Manager (India), Government Affairs & Communications, Logically
Preethi Rao – Director, Partnerships & Outreach, LEAD at Krea University
Moderator: Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari, Senior Programme Manager, Platform Regulation and Gender & Tech, The Dialogue / Secretariat, ACTS
09:30 (04:00) Workshop 6: Enabling Open-Source AI Access for the Global South https://youtu.be/evnCBbhfbc0
Aalekh Sharan – Head Enterprise AI & Strategy, Sarvam Al
Sunil Abraham – Director Public Policy, Meta
Swapna Sen – DGM Data Science, AreeteAl
Shivaramakrishnan R Guruvayur – Research Advisor, CERAI
Moderator: Meghna Bal – Director & Head of Research, Esya Center
10:45 (05:15) Workshop 7: Responsible AI Innovation https://youtu.be/evnCBbhfbc0
Prachi Bhatia – Public Policy Manager, Meta
Ujjwala Jeremiah – Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google
Saurabh Singh – Leader, Technology Policy, Amazon Web Services
Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy – Country-Manager, BSA- The Software Alliance
Moderator: Shashank Mohan – Associate Director, Tech & Society, CCG-NLUD
10:45 (05:15) Workshop 8: Trust and Safety in Online Gaming: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges of a Digital Playground https://youtu.be/HG-iX1vh5mM
Sunita Mohanty – Chief Investment Officer, Invest India
Marie-Claire Isaaman – CEO, Women In Games (Remote)
Sharmila Ray – Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF
Gowree Gokhale – Legal Counsel
Devhuti Bakshi – Director, Public Policy, EGF
Moderator: Priyanka Gulati – Partner, GT Bharat
12:00 (06:30) Main Panel 3: Role of Multistakeholder Community to build a digitally empowered India https://youtu.be/HG-iX1vh5mM
Shri Sushil Pal – Joint Secretary, MeitY
Anita Gurumurthy – Executive Director, IT for change
Dhruv Dhody – IAB Member
Ihita Gangavarpu – Youth IGF
Moderator: Amitabh Singhal – Director, ICANN Board
14:00 (08:30) Workshop 09 : Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure for Digital Inclusion https://youtu.be/HG-iX1vh5mM
Maya Sherman – Expert & Project Co-Lead OCED-GPAI
Isha Suri – Research Manager, CIS
Abhishek Venkateswaran – National Project Officer, UNESCO.
Moderator: Kamesh – Senior Program Manager, The Dialogue
14:00 (08:30) Workshop 10: Open Source AI: Powering India’s Ethical and Inclusive Digital Future https://youtube.com/live/evnCBbhfbc0
Dhruv Garg – Indian Governance and Policy Project
15:15 (09:45) Workshop 11: AI Governance for India’s FinTech Sector https://youtube.com/live/HG-iX1vh5mM
Sameer Gahlot – NIXI
15:15 (09:45) Workshop 12: India’s IoT Revolution: Secure, Smart, and Skill-Ready https://youtube.com/live/evnCBbhfbc0
Ihita Gangavarpu – Youth IGF India
16:30 (11:00) Main Panel 4: Building Green and Sustainable Internet https://youtu.be/HG-iX1vh5mM
Dr. Deepak Mishra – Director & CE, ICRIER
Shilpi Kapoor – CEO, Barrier Break Technologies
Manoj Misra – Director Regulatory Affairs, Indus Towers
Suresh Krishnan – IAB Member
Moderator: Ambika Khurana – Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer / Chief External Media CSR Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited
17:45 (12:15) Valedictory
Welcome Remarks – Shri Sushil Pal – Joint Secretary, MeitY
Overview of India IGF 2024 – Satish Babu – Chair, India IGF Research Committee
Key Note Address – Shri Bhubnesh Kumar – Additional Secretary, MeitY
Vote of Thanks – Dr. Devesh Tyagi – CEO NIXI / Chair India IGF Coordination Committee
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