Session
The Internet Governance Project
Dr. Milton Mueller, Academia, North America (onsite) Dr. Karim Farhat, Civil Society, North America (remote) Vagisha Srivastava, Academia, Asia-Pacific (onsite)
Dr. Milton Mueller, Academia, North America (onsite) Dr. Karim Farhat, Civil Society, North America (remote) Vagisha Srivastava, Academia, Asia-Pacific (onsite)
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Speakers
Dr. Milton Mueller, Academia, North America (onsite)
Dr. Karim Farhat, Civil Society, North America (remote)
Vagisha Srivastava, Academia, Asia-Pacific (onsite)
Dr. Johannes Sedlmeier, Academia, Europe, (onsite)
Upasana Hembram, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific (remote)
U.S. Commerce Department, Government, North America
Benjamin (Akintunde) Akinmoyeje, Civil Society, Nigeria
Onsite Moderator
Dr. Milton Mueller
Online Moderator
Dr. Karim Farhat
Rapporteur
Dr. Karim Farhat
SDGs
1.4
8.2
8.3
10.2
10.6
16.9
Targets: SDG 1.4 - Access to Economic Resources Ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to financial services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property: • LEIs (Legal Entity Identifiers) improve transparency in financial transactions, reducing fraud and increasing access to capital for small businesses. • Secure WebPKI frameworks enable safe digital banking and identity verification, ensuring financial inclusion. SDG 8.2 - Higher Economic Productivity Through Innovation Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading, and innovation: • RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) enhances internet security and routing integrity, supporting economic productivity by reducing cyber threats. • WebPKI enables secure online commerce, digital innovation, and economic modernization. SDG 8.3 - Support Productive Employment and Entrepreneurship Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, and innovation: • LEIs foster trust in business transactions, which is crucial for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to participate in the global economy. • The WebPKI infrastructure ensures secure online business operations, protecting entrepreneurs from fraud. SDG 10.2 - Promote Universal Social, Economic, and Political Inclusion Empower and promote the social, economic, and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, or economic or other status: • WebPKI and LEIs enhance financial and digital inclusion by ensuring access to secure online services and business registration, particularly in developing economies. • RPKI strengthens global internet infrastructure, preventing digital exclusion due to cyberattacks and hijacking. SDG 10.6 - Enhanced Representation in Global Economic and Financial Decision-Making Ensure enhanced representation and voice for developing countries in decision-making in global international economic and financial institutions: • The adoption of LEIs improves financial transparency and ensures that businesses from all regions, including developing nations, can participate fairly in global trade. • WebPKI can promote secure digital identity frameworks that enable cross-border economic participation. SDG 16.9 - Provide Legal Identity for All, Including Birth Registration By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration: • WebPKI and LEIs contribute to secure and verifiable digital identities, which can be leveraged for legal identity programs. • LEIs enhance entity authentication, reducing corruption and ensuring financial transactions are traceable.
8.2
8.3
10.2
10.6
16.9
Targets: SDG 1.4 - Access to Economic Resources Ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to financial services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property: • LEIs (Legal Entity Identifiers) improve transparency in financial transactions, reducing fraud and increasing access to capital for small businesses. • Secure WebPKI frameworks enable safe digital banking and identity verification, ensuring financial inclusion. SDG 8.2 - Higher Economic Productivity Through Innovation Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading, and innovation: • RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) enhances internet security and routing integrity, supporting economic productivity by reducing cyber threats. • WebPKI enables secure online commerce, digital innovation, and economic modernization. SDG 8.3 - Support Productive Employment and Entrepreneurship Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, and innovation: • LEIs foster trust in business transactions, which is crucial for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to participate in the global economy. • The WebPKI infrastructure ensures secure online business operations, protecting entrepreneurs from fraud. SDG 10.2 - Promote Universal Social, Economic, and Political Inclusion Empower and promote the social, economic, and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, or economic or other status: • WebPKI and LEIs enhance financial and digital inclusion by ensuring access to secure online services and business registration, particularly in developing economies. • RPKI strengthens global internet infrastructure, preventing digital exclusion due to cyberattacks and hijacking. SDG 10.6 - Enhanced Representation in Global Economic and Financial Decision-Making Ensure enhanced representation and voice for developing countries in decision-making in global international economic and financial institutions: • The adoption of LEIs improves financial transparency and ensures that businesses from all regions, including developing nations, can participate fairly in global trade. • WebPKI can promote secure digital identity frameworks that enable cross-border economic participation. SDG 16.9 - Provide Legal Identity for All, Including Birth Registration By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration: • WebPKI and LEIs contribute to secure and verifiable digital identities, which can be leveraged for legal identity programs. • LEIs enhance entity authentication, reducing corruption and ensuring financial transactions are traceable.
Format
Theater
We propose a 30 minute presentation in a theater layout to maximize the communicability of this research project. Each of the three identity regimes — RPKI, LEIs, and Web PKI — will be briefly introduced by two speakers, one from a government/regulatory perspective and one from a technical or academic viewpoint, to ensure balanced representation. The session would include 5 - 10 minutes for audience feedback and questions.
We propose a 30 minute presentation in a theater layout to maximize the communicability of this research project. Each of the three identity regimes — RPKI, LEIs, and Web PKI — will be briefly introduced by two speakers, one from a government/regulatory perspective and one from a technical or academic viewpoint, to ensure balanced representation. The session would include 5 - 10 minutes for audience feedback and questions.
Duration (minutes)
30
Description
How can you verify identity in cyberspace? This question becomes increasingly important as more and more of our social and economic activities take place online. Identity regimes are an under-studied area of internet governance that has important implications for the trust and resilience of the internet economy. The Internet Governance Project (IGP) is announcing the launch of a two-year research project sponsored by the Internet Society Foundation to study how problems of digital identity are shaping the future of the digital economy. This project conducts three case studies of online identity: 1) the WebPKI system, which identifies website owners; 2) the RPKI system, which authenticates IP address block owners and route announcements; 3) Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) which provide a unique code for organizations and their representatives, often used for payments. Our research will explore how in these three cases there is conflict and collaboration between states and non-governmental Internet community initiatives around identity management and governance. Our approach is designed to compare and contrast the roles of four prominent geopolitical actors: the United States, the European Union, the Republic of India, and the People’s Republic of China.
The problem of identifying organizations in cyberspace shapes the future of Internet governance and the digital economy. Are the interactions between governments and the Internet community over digital identity and authentication governance regimes leading to fragmentation or global adoption of these standards?
If the proposal accepted by the MAG, the organizers will prepare the speaker choreography by holding preliminary meetings to facilitate engagement between online and onsite speakers. Advance preparation of this kind improves the quality of the interactions. During the presentation, we will ensure remote participants are given an opportunity to engage as well as highlight the steps being taken to address issues being raised. To broaden awareness of this launch event, social media (X/Twitter and Facebook) will also be employed and online moderators will be charged with distilling the discussion using a dedicated hashtag.
If the proposal accepted by the MAG, the organizers will prepare the speaker choreography by holding preliminary meetings to facilitate engagement between online and onsite speakers. Advance preparation of this kind improves the quality of the interactions. During the presentation, we will ensure remote participants are given an opportunity to engage as well as highlight the steps being taken to address issues being raised. To broaden awareness of this launch event, social media (X/Twitter and Facebook) will also be employed and online moderators will be charged with distilling the discussion using a dedicated hashtag.