UK Internet Governance Forum Meeting 2021
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.
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Highlights of the day
Videos from all of the sessions can be viewed below:
Welcome from Nominet with Ellie Bradley
Ministerial Address
- Chris Philp MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Future of the UK’s Data Protection Frameworks
- 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?
How to tackle Gender Based Violence 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
The Future of the Internet
- 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
Day 1 wrap up
- Desiree Miloshevic Evans, ISOC UK England Chapter
Keynote: Yih-Choung Teh – Group Director, Strategy and Research, Ofcom
How can the UK become a global leader on the prevention of Cyber-Crime?
- 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
Greening the Internet
- 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
Tackling harmful content while protecting freedom of expression: Charting a way forward for the Online Safety Bill
- 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
Day 2 wrap up
- David Souter, International ICT and Development Expert