Day 1 – Tuesday 15th September
Protecting digital rights during a pandemic
Time (GMT/BTC): 10:00 – 10:40
Theme: Trust
Session Type: Opening remarks and Keynote
Confirmed Speakers:
- Russell Haworth, Nominet
- Lilian Edwards, Newcastle University – speaker slides
Building trust in digital identity
Time (GMT/BTC): 11:00 – 12:30
Theme: Trust
Session Type: Panel
Confirmed Speakers:
- Dr Edgar Whitley, LSE
- Carole Bayle, Thales
- Bryn Robinson-Morgan Vice President of Product Management, Digital Identity, Mastercard
- Julie Dawson, Director of Regulatory & Policy – Yoti
- Sue Daley, Tech and Innovation Lead at Tech UK
- Dr Michael Veale, UCL Faculty of Laws
Inclusion in multi-stakeholder internet governance: breaking through the buzzwords
Time (GMT/BTC): 14:00 – 14:30
Theme: Inclusion
Session Type: Keynote
Confirmed Speakers:
- Anriette Esterhuysen, UN MAG
Digital equality
Time (GMT/BTC): 15:30 – 17:00
Theme: Inclusion
Session Type: Panel
Confirmed Speakers:
- Helen Milner, The Good Things Foundation
- Rich Denyer-Bewick, Citizens Online
- Ellen Helsper, LSE
- Suzanne Westlake, Ocado
- Atif Choudhury, Chief Executive of Diversity and Ability
Day 2 – Wednesday 16th September
UK digital strategy
Time (GMT/BTC): 10:00 – 10:30
Theme: Data
Session Type: Keynote
Confirmed Speakers:
- Caroline Dinenage MP, DCMS
Examining algorithmic transparency and how to achieve it
Time (GMT/BTC): 11:00 – 12:30
Theme: Data
Session Type: Panel
Confirmed Speakers:
- Carly Kind, Ada Lovelace Institute
- Natalia Domagala, Head of Data Ethics at the Cabinet Office
- Dr Brent Mittelstadt, Alan Turing Institute
- Ashley Casovan, AI Global
- Milly Zimeta, Head of Public Policy at the Open Data Institute
Environment keynote
Time (GMT/BTC): 14:00 – 14:30
Theme: Environment
Session Type: Keynote
Confirmed Speakers:
- Myles Allen, Professor of Geosystem Science and Head of the Climate Dynamics Group, University of Oxford – speaker slides
The Internet and environment
Time (GMT/BTC): 15:00 – 16:30
Theme: Environment
Session Type: Panel
Confirmed Speakers:
- David Souter (chair), ICT Development Associates
- Michelle Thorne, Mozilla Foundation
- Daniel Zeichner MP, Climate Change APPG
- Ugo Vallauri, Restart Project
Networking session 17:00 – 18:00
Day 3 – Thursday 17th September
An address on the current state of the Internet
Time (GMT/BTC): 10:00 – 10:30
Session Type: Keynote
Confirmed Speakers:
- Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom
The role of the Internet in mitigating the economic impact of Covid-19 and fuelling the recovery in the UK
Time (GMT/BTC): 11:00 – 12:30
Session Type: Panel
Confirmed Speakers:
- Gus Hosein, Privacy International
- Kulveer Ranger, Global Head Strategy & Communications, Financial Services & Insurance, Atos
- Ellen Judson, Demos
- Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Digital Minister
UK IGF 2020 wrap-up
Time (GMT/BTC): 14:00 – 14:30
Confirmed Speakers:
- Sheetal Kumar
- Ben Bradley
- Olivier Crepin-Leblond
Session overviews
Building trust in digital identity
This panel will look at how to best ensure consumer trust in the use of digital identities, using the NHSX’s Covid-tracing app as an indicative case study.
Digital equality
During COVID-19, digital inequalities have been further exposed as many have been forced to work, teach, and learn from home without effective, affordable internet access and digital skills.
Whilst measures can be introduced to further include citizens, we know that these do not always increase equality. So, what’s the relationship between the two and how can we ensure people from all groups and backgrounds benefit fully from the opportunities of the Internet?
Examining algorithmic transparency and how to achieve it
This panel will consider the key challenges for policymakers surrounding AI, including the need for better algorithmic transparency and how to update the UK’s data ethics framework.
The Internet and the environment
Digital technologies are one of the fastest growing sources of energy consumption and carbon emissions, with new IoT and digital devices accelerating this contribution. This panel will address the Internet’s role as a polluter as well its duty to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts of digitalization as a central component of responsible digital innovation.
The role of the internet in mitigating the economic impact of Covid-19 and fueling the recovery in the UK
COVID-19 has and continues to have a huge impact on the nation’s work and life, as well as the Internet, its utilization and governance. Beyond this, we now face the challenge of unprecedented scale to kick-start the economy and ensure its multiple cogs and wheels are working.
This panel will address the ongoing role of the Internet in post-Covid recovery, with a focus on the economy. Will the new system reflect the old system? Which parts will remain, and which will be discarded? How are firms shaping as well as adapting to the post-Covid world? And what does this mean for trade in the post-Brexit landscape?
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