IGF 2020 Second Open Consultations and MAG Meeting Agenda

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*Annotated agenda for MAG members for the MAG meeting days is here.

AGENDA

15 JUNE 2020: OPEN CONSULTATION DAY 1

TIME (UTC)

AGENDA ITEM

08:00 – 10:00 UTC
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Opening Session

Welcome from Chair and adoption of agenda
Welcome from Host Country Co-chair (Video message)
Welcome from UNDESA
Briefing on state of preparation for IGF 2020 by the IGF Secretariat followed by inputs from the IGF community and discussion
COVID-19 and the IGF

10:00 - 10:15 UTC
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Join us for a virtual coffee-break!

Participants will be randomly assigned to coffee tables

10:30 - 11:30 UTC
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Short overview of pre-recorded briefings from UN agencies, IGOs and other international Internet-governance related organizations/initiatives followed by Q & A
(Pre-recordings available below and participants are expected to listen to them prior to the meeting)

If you have any comments or questions on the below briefings, please email them to: questions [at] intgovforum [dot] org or join this session and address them live.

11:30 - 12:00 UTC
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Closing of day one of the Open Consultation by the MAG Chair

Also, from 13:00 - 16:00 UTC, the HLPDC Secretariat will host the Implementation Dialogue on the HLPDC Reports Recommendation 5 A/B (See in your time zone).
Stream via UN Web TV: http://webtv.un.org/

16 JUNE 2020: OPEN CONSULTATION DAY 2

TIME (UTC)

AGENDA ITEM

10:30 – 11:00 UTC
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Introduction to the second part of the Open Consultations

Welcome from chair and overview of the agenda
Welcome from UNDESA

11:00 – 12:00 UTC
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Plenary Session I on IGF Best Practice Forums (BPFs)
(Pre-recordings available below and participants are expected to listen to them prior to the meeting)

If you have any comments or questions on the below briefings, please email them to: questions [at] intgovforum [dot] org or join this session and address them live.

12:00 - 13:00 UTC

Break

13:00 – 14:00 UTC
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Plenary Session II on Dynamic Coalitions and National, Regional and Youth IGFs (NRIs)

14:00 UTC
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Address by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Liu Zhenmin

14:10 UTC
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Statement by the State Minister of the FDRE Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Ethiopia / ICT and Digital Transformation Sector, Dr. Ahmedin Mohammed Ahmed

14:15 UTC
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Statement by the Vice-Minister for International Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Ms. Makiko Yamada

14:20 - 15:15 UTC
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Q&A on the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation with Under-Secretary-General Mr. Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General

15:15 - 15:30 UTC
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Closing of Open Consultation by the MAG Chair

17 JUNE 2020: MAG MEETING DAY 1
TIME (UTC)	AGENDA ITEM	FOCUS	OUTPUTS
12:30 – 13:15 UTC See in your time zone	Opening Session	Adoption of agenda and welcome from MAG Chair Debrief from Open Consultations	Adoption of agenda. Apologies noted. List of suggestions to consider in planning.
13:15 - 13:30 See in your time zone	MAG members and other participants check-in, in breakout rooms (randomly-assigned breakout groups)		MAG members and other participants catch up with one another in breakout rooms
13:30-14:30 UTC See in your time zone	MAG Plenary Session I	Reports (prepared prior to the meeting) from the 4 workshop evaluation groups (5 minutes per group) followed by discussion.	Ranked workshops in each thematic track. Recommendations from workshop evaluation groups.
14:30 - 16:00 See in your time zone	1st breakout session: synchronous breakout groups in Zoom breakout rooms	Breakout into 4 workshop evaluation groups for discussion of feedback received during Plenary Session I. Reports to be presented on the following day.	List of approved workshops (overall). List of proposals for mergers. First look at the overall programme, thematic structure, including subthemes in each theme.
16:00	Feedback from MAG members on meeting progress Next Steps Closing by MAG Chair

18 JUNE 2020: MAG MEETING DAY 2
TIME (UTC)	AGENDA ITEM	FOCUS	OUTPUTS
13:00 – 14:30 UTC See in your time zone	Plenary Session II	Overview of meeting progress and welcome from MAG Chair Notes on participation for MAG members and observers. Request to MAG members to use voice and to all participants to mute when not speaking Reporting in from the breakout groups (final list of workshops) Secretariat to display the final list of subthemes, and workshops if reports are received in time.	Agreed final list of workshops. Agreed subthemes per thematic track.
14:30- 14:40 UTC	Break
14:40 - 15:30 UTC See in your time zone	Plenary Session III	Introduction to IGF main sessions discussion Secretariat will display main session topics currently on the table and instructions for breakout group discussions (Secretariat, MAG Chair and group facilitators).	Agreed methodology on main sessions. Topics for main sessions. Number of main sessions. Guidelines for organising “Introductory and Concluding ” sessions. Agreement on which main session working groups will continue to work on developing the programme after this meeting.
1-hr slots TBD	2nd breakout session: Asynchronous breakout groups	Breakout into 4 groups for discussion of main sessions. MAG members can select their group based on timeslots. Reports will be shared the next day.

19 JUNE 2020: MAG MEETING DAY 3
TIME (UTC)	AGENDA ITEM	FOCUS	OUTPUTS
12:30 – 14:00 UTC See in your time zone	Plenary Session IV	Overview of the agenda and welcome from MAG Chair Reports from breakout groups MAG discussion on main sessions Next steps on main sessions	Recap on ‎agreement on main ‎sessions with short ‎descriptions of ‎each (bullet points ‎or short ‎paragraph).‎ Agreed next steps ‎on further ‎development of the ‎programme.
Break
14:15 - 15:15 UTC See in your time zone	Plenary Session V	‎Recap of what we need to consider in planning a ‎virtual IGF IGF 2020 processes: next steps AoB Closing and agree on date for next call