UK Internet Governance Forum Meeting 2025
Building Digital Governance Together
UK IGF 2025 Highlights
UK IGF 2025 Session Recordings
Welcome and Opening
Elaine Quinn, Director of Corporate Affairs, Nominet
Ministerial Keynote
Baroness Liz Lloyd CBE – Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Panel Session: Digital Fragmentation From a User Perspective
- Sheetal Kumar, Digital Rights Advocacy Expert
- Izaan Khan, Internet Society Youth Standing Group (Chair)
- Rachel Coldicutt, Founder & Executive Director, Careful Industries
- Alice Taylor, Research Manager, Oxford Information Labs Ltd
Ethics of AI Workshop
- Sal Mohammed, Founder of Langsync and CEO of QTA
- Stacie Chan, SVP of GTM, netmind.ai
Lightning Talk: Power Asymmetries in Tech
Dr Celicia Rikap, Associate Professor, Economics & Head of Research, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
The WSIS+20 Review: A Multistakeholder Conversation
- Dr David Souter, Independent Expert on Digital Society
- Paul Blaker, Head of ITU and Internet Govnernance, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Ellie McDonald, Policy and Advocacy Lead, Global Partners Digital
- Nick Wenban-Smith, General Counsel and Head of Stakeholder Relations, Nominet
Panel Discussion: A UK Digital ID
- Wendy Grossman, Journalist
- Professor Mirca Madianou, Author and Professor, Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmith, University of London
- Karla Prudencio, Programme Director and Advocacy Officer, Privacy International
- David Birch, Author, Advisor and Commentator on Digital Financial Services
Panel Session: How do we protect children’s rights online in 2025?
- Dr David Souter, Independent Expert on Digital Society
- Paul Blaker, Head of ITU and Internet Govnernance, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Ellie McDonald, Policy and Advocacy Lead, Global Partners Digital
- Nick Wenban-Smith, General Counsel and Head of Stakeholder Relations, Nominet
Closing Remarks
- Esther Jaromitski, Senior Policy Adviser on Internet Governance, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Matthew McDermott, Director – Artificial Intelligence, Access Partnership