Consolidated programme 2018

(as of 25 April 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 Empowering vulnerable youth communities through capacity building on Internet Governance / 216 Geopolitics & jurisdiction in IG / 44, 130, 160, 191, 258 Youth in IG / 49, 129, 150 Youth eParticipation in decision-making: how to embed new communication channels into (old) traditional structures of decision-making? / 124, 143
	Day 0 / 4 June 2018
11.00 - 14:00
				Newcomers briefing session (11:00-13:00) with Subject Matter Experts, (also part of the YOUthDIG)
	Copyright reform in Europe – expectations and reality, benefit or harm? (12:00-14:00) 14, 92, 97, 98, 172, 208, 221, 224, 226 (261)	Don’t forget silver surfers – Digital inclusion and literacy focused on seniors (12:00-14:00) 9, 39, 106, 117, 125, 131, 148, 167, 195	Global Commission on Stability of the Cyberspace (12:00-13:00)
			Fight against discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Georgia (13:15-14:45)
14:00 - 15:00	Coffee break
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)	Open session of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things (15:00-16:30) 209	NRI ASSEMBLY (15:00-18:00) 25, 34, 49, 110, 115, 123, 143, 150 194 213 234 241
	Council of Europe – Steering Committee of Cybercrime at Eastern Partnership Project: Capacity building on cybercrime and electronic evidence (16:30-18:00)	Freedom Online Coalition (16:30-18:00)
18:00 - 21:00	Welcoming cocktail

Day 1 / 5 June 2018

Time	Sessions
9:00 - 9:30	Welcome Mariya Gabriel Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
9:30 - 10:30	Open mic session
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30	Lightning talk – Tusheti project (15 min) PL 1: Internet access – building infrastructure commercially or as a community effort? 1, 2, 29, 45, 50, 74, 126, 147, 154, 169, 187			EDU 1: What you need to know when discussing GDPR 4, 19, 20, 21, 40, 87, 118	Flash 1: Managing digital cultural capital in Europe (11:00-11:30)
					Flash 2: Fake news ideas lab (11:45-12:15)
13:30 - 14:00	Lunch break			Start of the Crypto Party (running 2-3 h)
14:00 - 15:30	WS 1: Platform and data neutrality – access to content 13, 68, 142, (188)	WS 2: Privacy is everywhere: how to deal with emerging problems? 20, 26, 38, 42, 61, 69, 72, 74, 77, 85, 135, 158, 175, 190, 205	WS 3: Digitising European industries and citizen services 5, 6, 17, 33, 37, 58, 63, 108, 144, 159, 171, 196, 227, 230, 231, 233, 239, 243	EDU 2: The Domain Name System – How it works 75	Flash 3: Digital education action plan (14:00-14:30)
					Flash 4: Children’s rights for a better internet (14:45-15:15)
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30	Keynote
16:30 - 18:00	PL 2: Remedies to social media problems: How to cope with fake news and other ills. 36, 47, 48, 52, 62, 70, 84, 102, 120, 134, 146, 177, 199, 218, 229			WS 4: DNS – What makes it, what breaks it? 89, (161), 200, 207, 210, 211	Flash 5: The mobile Internet and the app economy (16:30-17:00)
					Flash 6: Enabling and empowering the regions with 5G, big data and IoT (17:15-17:45)
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 2 x 15 min
9:30 - 10:30	PL 3: Competition in a data-driven world: how to ensure sustainable growth? 27, 28, 32, 54, 65, 99, 118, 127, 140, 141, 182, 237				Flash 7: SEEDIG Messages (9:30-10:00)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30	WS 5: IoT – economic opportunities and security challenges. 23, 35, 68, 88, 100, 101, 152, 188, 209	WS 6: TLDs, IDNs, general, universal acceptance 12, 121, 138, 164	WS 7: Surveillance, laws and governments vs. Internet rights 8, 137, 156, 162, 190, 214, 223	EDU 3: Blockchain explained 3, 7, 15, 16, 18, 111, 136, 139, 151, 198	Flash 8: Algorithmic Transparency (11:00-11:30)
					Flash 9: Combatting hate speech at national level, example from Georgia (11:45-12:15)
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch break				EuroDIG General Assembly
14:00 - 15:30	WS 8: AI replacing humans? Ethics and the future of work. 31, 55, 67, 78, 79, 80, 81, 86, 95, 113, 220, 235, 197, 228	WS 9: Cybersecurity in Europe and beyond / norm-making processes 24, 46, 59, 60, 66, 91, 94, 104, 105, 116, 128, 132, 133, 166, 184, 185, 186, 189, 201, 202, 206	WS 10: Your Freedom of Expression vs. mine? Gatekeepers are gone, is regulation the answer? 51, 71, 73, 83, 176, 179, 217, 219, 222, 259	WS 11: Converging markets and blurred borders – challenges for e-commerce in Europe 27, 28, 54, 153, 155, 170, 183	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)
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30	Keynote 2 x 15 min				Flash 12: eParticipation in shaping a greener environment (16:00-16:30)
16:30 - 17:30	PL 4: Blockchain type technologies 3, 7, 15, 16, 18, 90, 111, 136, 151, 139, 198, 243				Flash 13: Challenges of cybercrime and transborder investigations (16:45-17:15)
17:30 - 18:00	Wrap-up

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