Consolidated programme 2018

(as of 11 May 2018)

Innovative strategies for our digital future

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
			Fight against discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Georgia (13:15-14:45) CENTRAL ROOM
14:00 - 15:00	Coffee break			Meeting Start Ups PART II – Moderated discussion by Michael Rotert, eco and [tbd] GITA (also part of the YOUthDIG) (14:00–15:30) LOLITA
15.00 - 18:00	UNESCO Internet Universality Indicators as a comprehensive tool for enhancing free, open, right 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 - 21:00	Welcoming cocktail

Day 1 / 5 June 2018

Time	Sessions
9:30 - 10:15	Welcome Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Dimitry Kumsishvili, Vice Prime Minister of Economic and Sustainable Development of Georgia Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General 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) 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: Fake news ideas lab (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	Social evening

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 (tbd) 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
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 N.N., Bitfury 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.