13th Internet Governance Forum

12 Nov 2018 - 14 Nov 2018

Paris, France

Session reports

09:00 - 10:00 Information disorder: Exploring remedial potential
09:00 - 10:00 Private sector 'hack back': Where is the limit?
09:00 - 10:30 Digital development and data protection in the Global South: MENA region as an example
09:00 - 10:30 DNS enhancements and alternatives for the future internet
09:00 - 10:30 Freedom on the internet Is for EVERY stakeholder
09:00 - 10:30 Phase IV policy options for connecting and enabling the next billion(s) - phase IV call for public inputs
09:00 - 10:30 Proliferation, cyber stability and state responsibility
09:15 - 10:15 Future of IGF: The world is much better with the IGF than without it!
10:00 - 11:15 IGF emerging technologies
10:15 - 11:15 The challenges of capacity development: Practical approach
10:15 - 11:15 How to enable local production and local contents
10:15 - 11:15 NRI session on cybersecurity
10:45 - 11:45 ICANN open forum
10:45 - 12:15 Gender issues and democratic participation: Reclaiming ICTs for a humane world
10:45 - 12:15 Hidden aspects of digital inclusion
10:45 - 12:15 The past, the present and the future for multistakeholderism
10:45 - 12:15 Submarine cables governance & sustainable development goals
11:15 - 12:15 Algorithmic transparency and the right to explanation
11:15 - 12:15 Community connectivity: When the unconnected build connectivity
11:30 - 12:45 Media and content
11:45 - 13:15 Hack the hate: Empower society to face hate speech
11:45 - 13:15 Internet mega-trends' impact on the internet's architecture
12:15 - 13:15 Implementation of WSIS action lines for SDGs, WSIS forum 2019
12:15 - 13:15 Net neutrality: Measuring discriminatory practices
12:15 - 13:15 Refugees digital rights: Necessities and needs
12:15 - 13:45 Who is in charge? Accountability for algorithms on platforms
12:30 - IGF 2018 - Global commission on the stability of cyberspace
12:30 - 13:30 Has it become a luxury to disconnect?
12:30 - 13:30 Spectrum for community networks: A 'must' that is hard to get
12:30 - 13:30 Youth: Developing youth participation at the IGF
13:30 - 13:45 Emerging technologies and rights future
13:30 - 14:30 EU delegation to the IGF & Youth IGF Movement
13:30 - 15:00 Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA)
15:30 - 17:30 IGF 2018 high-level panel discussion
16:30 - IGF 2018 - Opening ceremony
09:00 - 10:00 Connecting the unconnected: Policies for emerging practices
09:00 - 10:00 I can't use this app: Closing the web accessibility gap
09:00 - 10:00 Schools on internet governance: Schools on internet governance and their curricula
09:00 - 10:00 Session on fakenews
09:00 - 10:30 Accountability for human rights: Mitigate unfair bias in AI
09:00 - 10:30 AI will solve all problems, but can it?
09:00 - 10:30 Data governance in 'smart' cities: from open data to my data
09:00 - 10:30 What Does the Data Say? Analysing the Gender Digital Divide
10:00 - 11:15 Cybersecurity, trust & privacy
10:15 - 11:15 Session on 'access beyond mere connectivity'
10:15 - 11:45 1.3 billion reasons for making technology accessible
10:15 - 11:45 East-west commitment as multistakeholders
10:15 - 11:45 The internet and jobs: Preparing gen YZ for future of work
10:15 - 11:45 Net neutrality and beyond: Ensuring freedom of choice online
10:45 - 11:45 IGF 2018 - Internet of things
10:45 - 11:45 Platform responsibility: Automated decision making and artificial intelligence (DCPR)
10:45 - 12:15 Blockchain for social and humanitarian applications
10:45 - 12:15 Online child sexual exploitation: Risks and response
11:15 - 12:15 Children and AI securing child rights for the AI generation
11:15 - 12:15 Combating fake news and dangerous content in the digital age
11:30 - 12:45 Evolution of Internet Governance, multistakeholder approach
11:45 - 13:15 Challenges and opportunities: How will technology reshape jobs
11:45 - 13:15 Cloud act & e-evidence: Implications for the Global South
11:45 - 13:15 Making national laws good for internet governance
11:45 - 13:15 Preventing youth violence through ICTs
12:15 - 13:15 Child online safety
12:15 - 13:15 What future for the internet?
12:30 - IGF 2018 - Internet & jurisdiction policy network
12:30 - 13:30 Developing a SIDS internet economy action and research agenda
12:30 - 13:30 Fostering multistakeholder debate on internet and elections
13:30 - 15:00 Coordination session
13:45 - 14:00 Women empowerment through ICTS
14:00 - IGF 2018 - Gender & internet governance 13.11
14:00 - IGF 2018 - Strengthening the IGF: The German community invites to a discussion
14:15 - 14:45 Hhow blockchain can impact the internet
15:00 - 15:15 Convention 108+ in the digital era
15:00 - 16:15 Development, innovation and economic issues
15:00 - 16:15 The future of digital identity and human rights
15:00 - 16:15 Overcoming barriers to investment in connectivity
15:00 - 16:30 AI and the future of diplomacy: What's in Store?
15:00 - 16:30 Game over IPv4: The need of IPv6 for the future of games
15:00 - 16:30 Local content
15:00 - 16:30 Preventing youth from online violent radicalisation
15:00 - 16:30 Regulationsf for a neutral and open internet at the age of online platforms
16:15 - 16:45 Hybrid business models: A connectivity and approach
16:15 - 17:15 Commonwealth open forum - Data Protection
16:15 - 17:15 Empowering change with data: Measuring youth digital mobility
16:15 - 17:15 Measuring a free, open, rights based and inclusive Internet
16:30 - 17:45 Human rights, gender & youth
16:45 - 18:00 Technology, suicide, and the mental health youth
16:45 - 18:15 AI ethics: Privacy, transparency and knowledge construction
16:45 - 18:15 Fostering digital social innovation in the global south
16:45 - 18:15 Information disorders: Towards digital citizenship
16:45 - 18:15 Measurement & specs to support the net neutrality enforcement
16:45 - 18:15 Towards a decentralised internet constitution?
16:45 - 18:15 Before you know it, internet governance will be irrelevant
17:15 - 18:15 Digital economy
17:15 - 18:15 Multistakeholding cybersecurity in africa
17:15 - 18:15 Tackling internet disruptions via multistakeholder advocacy
08:30 - 09:30 Emerging technologies - IGF 2018
09:00 - 10:00 Assessing hate-speech and self-regulation, who and how?
09:00 - 10:00 Core internet values: Link tax and upload filtering, friction and core values
09:00 - 10:00 Do (not) touch: Self-regulatory safe harbour of social platforms
09:00 - 10:00 Refugee rights and online environment
09:00 - 10:00 The right to privacy in the digital age
09:00 - 10:30 Innovative approaches to connect underserved areas
09:00 - 10:30 Investment strategies to scale community networks: Exploring blockchain and efficient investment strategies
09:15 - 10:45 Approaches to a wicked problem: Stakeholders promote enhanced coordination and collaborative, risk-based frameworks of regional and national cybersecurity initiatives
09:45 - 11:15 AI: Ethical and legal challenges for emerging economies
10:00 - 11:15 Technical and operational topics
10:15 - 11:15 Access to information: Libraries as informed intermediaries
10:15 - 11:15 Community governance in an age of platform responsibility
10:15 - 11:15 Global allignement for improving the security of IoT devices
10:15 - 11:15 Unleash the power of digital economy & society with mobile internet
10:15 - 11:45 Cybersecurity
10:45 - 11:15 5G, IoT and AI: Addressing digital inclusion and accessibility
10:45 - 11:45 IGF 2018 - Freedom online coalition online forum
11:00 - 12:00 Public-private-civil partnerships in cyber capacity building
11:15 - 12:15 Big data governance for Paris agreement and SDGs
11:15 - 12:15 A BRIC hit the web: Finding patterns in digital policy making
11:15 - 12:15 IGF 2018 - Gender & internet governance 14.11
11:15 - 12:15 Technological innovation and internet governance rules
11:15 - 12:45 Artificial Intelligence for human rights and SDGs
11:30 - 12:45 Digital inclusion and accessibility
11:45 - 13:15 Artificial intelligence, big data and internet of things
11:45 - 13:15 Countering misinformation online: Policies and solutions
11:45 - 13:15 Truth or dare: How to reconcile internet and journalism?
12:15 - 13:45 Balancing cybersecurity, human rights and economic development
12:30 - 13:30 Accessibility and disability
12:30 - 13:30 Envisaging the pillars of discussions for G20 in 2019
12:30 - 13:30 A multistakeholder approach to HRIAs: Lessons from ICANN
12:30 - 13:30 Who is collected, disclosed and protected: CERT's viewpoint
12:45 - 13:00 Lightning session 17
13:00 - 14:00 Blockchain for social good
13:30 - 15:00 SEEDIG
16:00 - IGF 2018 - Closing ceremony
15:00 - 17:00 IGF 2018 - Open mic/taking stock

Event report

The 13th meeting of the Internet Governance Forum took place on 12-24 November 2018, in Paris, France, with the overarching theme “Shaping your digital future’. As in previus year, the GIP reported from most workshops,and published IGF Daily newsletters on each day of the IGF, a final report, data analysis, illustrations, and other content, in addition to a full programme of activities.

Acess the following resources:

  • IGF Final Report,published on 27 November 2018
  • IGF Daily newslatter: IGF DAily 1| IGF Daily 2
  • Session Reports
  • Prefix monitor and data from IGF
  • Videos

The three-day IGF meeting will include a large number of workshops, open forums, dynamic coalition meetings, and other events that will give participants the opportunity to engage in open discussions on multiple Internet governance and digital policy issues. Several main sessions will also be part of the programme, on topics that will be decided by the Multistakeholder Advisory Group, in consultation with the broader IGF community.

The outputs of the IGF 2018 intersessional activities will also be discussed at the meeting. In addition, national and regional IGF initiatives will share experiences and discuss about their specificities, challenges, and plans for the future. For more information, read about the IGF process on our dedicated page.

IGF Dailies and Final Report

igfdaily1

IGF Daily 1, Published on Tuesday, 13th November 2018

Daily2 Page 1

IGF Daily 2, Published on Wednesday, 14th November 2018

IGF 2018 Final Report

IGF Final Report, Published on Tuesday, 27th November 2018

Event video