On Wednesday-Thursday23-24 September 2020 the 9th Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (vNIGF) will be held online with the theme ‘Achieving Inclusive Digital Economic Development in the Post-COVID 19 Era‘. Day 1 will be a Women’s IGF, and Day 2 a plenary session followed by 4 breakouts.
On Tuesday-Thursday 15-17 September 2020 theUK Internet Governance Forum 2020 will be held online. The UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) is the national IGF for the United Kingdom. The UK IGF provides the space for national discussions of key public policy issues related to technology. Messages from the UK IGF will be carried to the Global IGF, 2-6 November 2020.
On Friday-Saturday 11 – 12 September 2020 the 4th Bangladesh School of Internet Governance (bdSIG) will be held online. The 4th bdSIG is organized by the Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF) and will provide training programs to 85 participants who attended the bdSIG survey and expressed their interests on the skills of Internet Governance, Localization and ICT, Cyber Security, Data Protection and Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IOT), Blockchain, Digital Economy, Effective Use of Digital Platforms during Pandemic and Internet Fellowships & Grants.
The 6th Annual Gambia National Internet Governance Forum will be held online on August 26-27 2020, with the theme ‘Digital Inclusion in The Gambia in Times of COVID-19’. The Internet Governance Forum serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues related to the Internet. The Forum is organized to represent all key stakeholders in the Gambia through a National Steering Committee coordinated by the Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure (MOICI). Gambia runs on GMT = UTC.
On Friday 12 June 2020 at 09:30-11:00 UTC the EuroDIGWorkshop 12 ‘Community networks and smart solutions in remote areas – a bottom-up approach to digital citizenship‘ will be convened online. The session offers a discussion about needs, challenges and best practices in offering applications and services based on broadband infrastructure developed with the participation of Rural communities. The session will cover recent events caused by COVID 19, however, it will also discuss issues that will exist in the aftermath of the current pandemic.
KEY PARTICIPANTS
Carola Croll – Researcher, Digital Opportunities Foundation, Stiftung Digitale Chancen
Gianluca Lentini – Researcher and Project Manager, Poliedra, Politecnico di Milano
Today, Thursday 24 October 2019, the UK Internet Governance Forum (UKIGF) is convened in London. This year’s theme is ‘Ensuring a healthy digital society by 2050’. Key topics: Data Governance; Digital Inclusion; Security, Safety, Stability & Resilience. The event will be simulcast on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
The 2019 East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF)will be held in Arusha, Tanzania from 17-18 October 2019. The EAIGF, which first convened in 2008, aims at creating a community of practice that will, in the long term, become a sustaining foundation for meaningful participation of East African stakeholders in internet public policy debates at the national, regional and international level. The participating nations are Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
The 5th Edition of Tanzania Internet Governance Forum (TZIGF) takes place today 16th October 2019 in Arusha Tanzania. Tanzania Internet Governance Forum is a multi-stakeholder platform for Internet Policy and Governance dialogue.The platform include stakeholders from the civil society, private sector, government, technical community, academia, media, children, youth, women, people with disabilities orgs. The event is being webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
On Wednesday-Thursday 23-24 September 2020 the 9th Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (vNIGF) will be held online with the theme ‘Achieving Inclusive Digital Economic Development in the Post-COVID 19 Era‘. Day 1 will be a Women’s IGF, and Day 2 a plenary session followed by 4 breakouts.
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