Wednesday 20th October
| Time | Session title | Session overview | Confirmed speakers |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Morning Networking |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Ministerial Address |
Chris Philp MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Networking Break |
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| 10:45 – 11:30 | The Future of the UK’s Data Protection Frameworks |
This panel will discuss the possible benefits of the development and deployment of AI and greater data sharing, as well as debating whether the GDPR should remain as is or if change is needed in order to realise data’s full potential. |
Benjamin Mueller, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Data Innovation
Kenneth Cukier – Senior Editor, The Economist Dr Michael Veale, Associate Professor at UCL Sahdya Darr, Immigration Policy Manager, Open Rights Group Renate Samson, Principal Policy Advisor, Which? |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Networking Break |
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| 11:45 – 12:30 | How to tackle Gender Based Violence online | The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the true extent of online gender-based violence as time spent on devices has increased exponentially. This panel will discuss the gender inequality of technology as well as what more can be done to prevent women and young girls from being exploited online. |
Chenai Chair, Curator of My Data Rights ‘a feminist review of AI, privacy and data protection ‘ and Special Advisor on Africa Innovation, Mozilla Foundation Seyi Akiwowo, founder and director of Glitch UK Hera Hussain, CEO and founder of Chayn |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Networking Break |
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| 13:00 – 14:15 | The Future of the Internet | This panel will look at the ideal principles for global internet infrastructure, whether they are fit for purpose, and the different factors which might affect them in the near and long term. |
Dr Hosein Badran, Director, Internet Growth and Trust, Internet Society Alain Durand, Principal Technologist, ICANN Lise Fuhr, Director General, ETNO Alissa Cooper – Vice President of Technology Standards and a Fellow at Cisco Systems |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Day 1 wrap up | Desiree Miloshevic Evans, ISOC UK England Chapter |
Thursday 21st October
| Time | Session title | Session overview | Confirmed speakers |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Morning Networking |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote: Yih-Choung Teh – Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom | Yih-Choung will present the results of Ofcom’s 2021 “Online Nation” and “Internet Futures” reports in his speech and then discuss the findings as well as any of the themes of this year’s UK IGF, including: the future of the internet, the UK’s data protection framework, the Online Safety Bill, cyber-crime, gender-based violence online, and greening the internet. | Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Networking Break |
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| 10:45 – 11:30 | How can the UK become a global leader on the prevention of Cyber-Crime? | This panel will look at China’s IP proposals and the plans for a UN Cyber Crime Convention from the perspective of UK stakeholders before discussing the Government’s commitment to ensuring that the UK remains a global leader in democratic cyber power and what this means in practice. |
Dr Louise Bennett, Director, Digital Policy Alliance Joyce Hakmeh, Senior Research Fellow – International Secutiy Programme at Chatham House; Co-Editor, Journal of Cyber Policy Dr Victoria Baines, Associate, Oxford Internet Insitute & experienced cyber security professional Phillip Donnelly, Detective Chief Inspector |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Networking Break |
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| 11:45 – 12:30 | Greening the Internet | This panel will consider the nature of the internet’s environmental footprint before looking at the ways in which digital technologies can contribute towards addressing climate change. This comes at an integral point in our attempt to avert a climate catastrophe, following the publication of the IPCC report which was described as a ‘code red’ for humanity, and ahead of the COP26 Climate Change Conference. | Ana Yang, Sustainability Accelerator, Chatham House
Emma Fryer, Associate Director for Data Centres, TechUK Michael Oghia – Director of Communications and External Relations at the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Networking Break |
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| 13:00 – 14:15 | Tackling harmful content while protecting freedom of expression: Charting a way forward for the Online Safety Bill | Following the publication of the Draft Online Safety Bill in May, this panel will discuss whether the proposals manage to strike the right balance between protection from harm and freedom of expression and, if the Bill could be better shaped via legislative amendments or third-party engagement. |
Professor Victoria Nash, Director, Associate Professor and Senior Policy Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Orla MacRae, Deputy Director, Online Harms Regulation at DCMS Alan Rusbridger, Facebook Oversight Board & former editor of the Guardian Damian Tambini, Policy Fellow in the Department of Media and Communications, LSE |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Day 2 wrap up | David Souter, International ICT and Development Expert |