Session
Cyber Diplomacy and Peace on the Internet
Harmonising Global Digital Infrastructure
Round Table - 60 Min
This session aims to introduce the work and ambition of the International Observatory on Information and Democracy, modelled after the IPCC to evaluate the infrastructure of the digital communications ecosystem and its impact on democracy. It will share the Observatory's innovative trans-disciplinary methodology, discuss some of its key focus issues (e.g. epistemological questions on disinformation, how to assess the impact of algorithmic curation on online users, or how to measure adhesion to democracy), and feature the work of some of its prominent academic contributors across disciplines and geographies.
1) How will you facilitate interaction between onsite and online speakers and attendees? A visual presentation will be shared on the screen onsite as well as with online participants via visio-conference. It will feature a clear agenda, the name of the participants and key information about the initiative and the topic being discussed. A Q&A session will be organised allowing online participants to send questions. Selected questions will be shared orally and in writing and addressed by the speakers. Someone from our team will be dedicated to moderate online/offline interactions of this session with support and in coordination with the IGF moderator and IT team. 2) How will you design the session to ensure the best possible experience for online and onsite participants? We will make sure that online participants can participate by submitting questions for onsite speakers and organisers to address. We will also allow questions from onsite participants, making sure the split is relatively balanced. If logistics allow, we will also share a poll with both online and offline participants to amplify engagement and create a sense of shared participation and belonging. 3) Please note any complementary online tools/platforms you plan to use to increase participation and interaction during the session. Mentimeter or other online poll tools that can easily integrate to the visio-conference platform system used by IGF.
Forum on Information and Democracy
Christophe Deloire, President of the Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe Iris Boyer, Head of the International Observatory, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe Camille Grenier, Director of Operations, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
Matthias Ketteman, Professor of Innovation Law, Head of the Department for Theory and Future of Law, University of Innsbruck, Academia, Austria Elizabeth Orembo, Research Fellow at Research ICT Africa, Academia, Kenya David Chavalarias, Researcher at CNRS and Founder of the Complex Systems Institute, Academia, France Yi-Ning Katherine Chen, Dean and Distinguished Professor, College of Communication, National Chengchi University, Academia, Taiwan
Christophe Deloire, President of the Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
Iris Boyer, Head of the International Observatory, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
Camille Grenier, Director of Operations, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17. Partnerships for the Goals
Targets: The Observatory is the fruit of an innovative multilateral mechanism and a dialectic between Governments and civil society that seeks to provide democratic safeguards to the global communication and information space: the Partnership on Information and Democracy and its implementation mechanism, the Forum on Information and Democracy. As such, this initiative addresses a number of the SDGs targets, including the following: KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND COOPERATION FOR ACCESS TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION STRENGTHEN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CAPACITY FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ENHANCE SDG CAPACITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ENHANCE POLICY COHERENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ENCOURAGE EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS, FURTHER DEVELOP MEASUREMENTS OF PROGRESS. By organising and enabling the first-ever global meta-research trans-disciplinary initiative dedicated to evaluating the infrastructure of the digital communications ecosystem and its impact on democracy, the Observatory's work will provide a research to policy interface, gather and aggregate key insights for decision makers, academics, civil society and technologists and provide an avenue to become a rating agency to assess tech companies' compliance to democratic principles and the SDGs, ultimately increasing the general public's awareness of these issues and mitigation solutions.