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IGF 2024 Day 0 Event #1 IGF LAC Space

    Latin American and Caribbean Top-Level Domains (LACTLD); The Internet Addresses Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC); Center for the Study of Technology and Society (CETyS)
    Federica Tortorella, LACTLD, Technical Community, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Rocío de la Fuente, LACTLD, Technical Community, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) María Fernanda Martínez, Center for the Study of Technology and Society (CETyS), Academia, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Carolina Aguerre, Center for the Study of Technology and Society (CETyS) and Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Academia, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Paula Oteguy, LACNIC, Technical Community, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)

    Speakers

    Leaders and managers from organizations related to the Internet ecosystem across Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to participate in the session, guaranteeing the diversity of speakers and stakeholders. Therefore, we might count with speakers from some of the following organizations: LACNIC, CETyS, LACTLD, ALAI, LAC ISP, Internet Society LAC, ICANN LAC, LAC-IX, Derechos Digitales, South School of Internet Governance (SSIG), ASIET, CTU, LACNOG, IDD LAC, RedClara, IPANDETEC, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Access Now, CARIBNOG.

    Onsite Moderator

    Lito Ibarra, LAC-IX

    Online Moderator

    María Fernanda Martínez, Center for the Study of Technology and Society (CETyS), Academia, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)

    Rapporteur

    Federica Tortorella, LACTLD, Technical Community, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)

    SDGs

    9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    Targets: This session aims to promote the exchange of information about Internet development in the region and to facilitate collaboration between stakeholders. Therefore, it fosters the creation of synergies to continue contributing at the regional level on issues such as the DNS industry, digital economy and infrastructure, also encouraging the participation of academia in the discussion

    Format

    Roundtable

    IGF 2024 Pre-event. The session will have two parts. The first part will be dedicated to learn about the advances and projects developed by different organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Subsequently, the second part will offer a workshop where researchers can disseminate the progress and objectives of their ongoing or recently completed research projects. Each part of the session will have time for questions and answers.

    Description

    The IGF LAC Space, in its eighth edition, will continue to bring together a wide range of organizations, stakeholders and researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean in order to learn about the progress and achievements of recent years, as well as the projects and challenges of the time to come. Participants will address Internet governance from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective, commenting on how their projects have contributed to economic and social inclusion, advanced human rights and ensured universal access. The session will also be dedicated to presenting and discussing research papers that have addressed the use, development, evolution and regulation of the Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean. The session will thus seek to foster informed discussion and new opportunities for regional collaboration.

    Simultaneous translation will be available to ensure the active participation and inclusion of non English speakers, therefore we kindly request to consider enabling zoom interpretation. Moderators will promote a balance between audience participation online and onsite, applying strategies like reserving a slot for remote audiences questions or comments.

    Key Takeaways (* deadline at the end of the session day)

    The participating organizations agreed on the importance of understanding the global processes that are taking place, their implementation and how their lines of action work together.

    It is important for the Internet community to take a position and act in a coordinated manner. The LAC region is an example of integration with other sectors for the strengthening of the multistakeholder model, highlighting the importance of inclusion and the processes of reinvigoration of regional/local spaces such as LACIGF. In all these processes, it is important to include local approaches on Internet governance

    Session Report (* deadline 9 January) - click on the ? symbol for instructions

    The IGF LAC Space is a session that allows the regional community to learn about the main projects and initiatives carried out by regional organizations during the year, promoting the strengthening of the Internet community and creating synergies between the parties. In addition, the session provides an opportunity to learn about research conducted throughout the year by researchers from the region on topics of interest to the community.

    This year, 10 regional organizations (SSIG, LACIGF Secretariat, CETyS, LAC-IX, LAC-ISP, LACTLD, ICANN, ISOC, LACNOG, LACNIC) gathered in this space and were able to share their main projects for the year: among them, LACTLD's Unified Domain Search Engine, LACNIC's NRI support program and the next edition of the South School of Internet Governance.

    The organizations were invited to share reflections on the future of the Internet and the global processes that are being carried out: the speakers highlighted the need of understanding the implementation of processes such as the GDC and how the lines of action of the different processes will work together, as well as the importance of collaboration and coordinated actions of the interested parties maintaining a local approach.

    The second part of the session provided an opportunity to learn about the research developed by CETyS, LACNIC's Líderes program and the Desconfío Project. The topics addressed were: cybersecurity policies in Brazil (Thaís Aguiar), child grooming in Latin America (José Alberto Rojas), advances in the development of Trust Editor (Soledad Arrenguez), responsible adoption of generative AI in the judicial area in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico (Pilar Llorens) and technological appropriation in Bolivia (Camilo Arratia).