UK Internet Governance Forum 2020
The UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) is the national IGF for the United Kingdom. IGFs are an initiative led by the United Nations for the discussion of public policy issues relating to the internet. A key distinguishing feature of IGFs is that they are based on the multi-stakeholder model – all sectors of society meet as equals to exchange ideas and discuss best practices.
The purpose of IGFs is to facilitate a common understanding of how to maximise the opportunities of the internet whilst mitigating the risks and challenges that the internet presents.
The UK IGF provides the space for national discussions of key public policy issues related to technology. Messages from the UK IGF will be carried to the Global IGF, 2-6 November 2020.
UK IGF 2020 Highlights
Videos from all the sessions can be viewed below.
UK IGF 2020 Session Recordings
Opening remarks
Russell Haworth, CEO, Nominet
Keynote: Protecting digital rights during a pandemic
Professor Lilian Edwards, Chair of Law, Innovation and Society, Newcastle University
Building trust in digital identity
- Dr Edgar Whitley, Co-chair of the UK Cabinet Office Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group
- 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, Tech UK
- Dr Michael Veale, UCL Faculty of Laws
Keynote: Inclusion in multi-stakeholder internet governance: breaking through the buzzwords
Anriette Esterhuysen, Chair of the UN Internet Governance Forum’s Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group
Digital equality
- Helen Milner OBE, Chief Executive and a Staff Trustee, The Good Things Foundation
- Rich Denyer-Bewick, Managing Director, Citizens Online
- Prof Ellen Helsper, Professor of Digital Inequalities in the Department of Media and Communications, The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Suzanne Westlake, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Affairs, Ocado Group
- Atif Choudhury, Chief Executive of Diversity and Ability
Keynote: UK digital strategy
Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State for Digital and Culture in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Examining algorithmic transparency and how to achieve it
- Carly Kind, Director, Ada Lovelace Institute
- Natalia Domagala, Head of Data Ethics at the Cabinet Office
- Dr Brent Mittelstadt, Senior Research Fellow and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute
- Ashley Casovan, Executive Director, AI Global
- Milly Zimeta, Head of Public Policy, Open Data Institute
Keynote: Environment
Myles Allen, Professor of Geosystem Science and Head of the Climate Dynamics Group, University of Oxford
The Internet and environment
- David Souter, Managing Director, ICT Development Associates
- Michelle Thorne, Senior Program Officer, Mozilla Foundation
- Daniel Zeichner MP, Climate Change APPG
- Ugo Vallauri, Co-founder and Policy Lead, Restart Project
Keynote: An address on the current state of the Internet
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
- Gus Hosein, Executive Director, Privacy International
- Kulveer Ranger, Global Head Strategy & Communications, Financial Services & Insurance, Atos
- Ellen Judson, Researcher in the Digital Research team
- Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Science, Research and Digital Minister
UK IGF 2020 wrap-up
- Sheetal Kumar, Senior Programme Lead, Global Partners
- Ben Bradley, Tech UK
- Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair of UK Chapter of Internet Society