Session
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Roundtable
Duration (minutes): 90
Format description: A round table format is particularly suitable for an open forum session at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) due to its inclusive and collaborative nature. It aligns well with the IGF's goal of fostering inclusive, interactive, and multistakeholder dialogues on internet governance challenges. The conversational nature of round table discussions promotes free-flowing exchanges of ideas. It allows participants to engage in meaningful dialogue, share diverse viewpoints, and work collaboratively on complex issues, which is essential for the IGF. The interactive setup ensures active participation rather than passive observation. Moderators onsite and remote will guide discussions effectively, keeping the conversation dynamic and focused while allowing for both onsite and remote contributions. This is especially important in multistakeholder settings like the IGF, where diverse actors come together to discuss global internet governance issues.
Duration (minutes): 90
Format description: A round table format is particularly suitable for an open forum session at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) due to its inclusive and collaborative nature. It aligns well with the IGF's goal of fostering inclusive, interactive, and multistakeholder dialogues on internet governance challenges. The conversational nature of round table discussions promotes free-flowing exchanges of ideas. It allows participants to engage in meaningful dialogue, share diverse viewpoints, and work collaboratively on complex issues, which is essential for the IGF. The interactive setup ensures active participation rather than passive observation. Moderators onsite and remote will guide discussions effectively, keeping the conversation dynamic and focused while allowing for both onsite and remote contributions. This is especially important in multistakeholder settings like the IGF, where diverse actors come together to discuss global internet governance issues.
Description
Artificial intelligence (AI) and cyberdefense are closely intertwined, with AI playing a transformative role in enhancing cybersecurity strategies. At the same time, developing economies face challenges in cyber defense and artificial intelligence (AI). Addressing these challenges is critical for enabling secure digital transformation and leveraging AI for socio-economic growth in developing economies.
Developing countries face a critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals, many countries have not established National Cybersecurity Strategies, funding is sometimes not sufficient, and in some cases there is the risk of cyberattacks. Emerging technologies like IoT and cloud systems further increase vulnerabilities.
AI development requires high-quality data and computational resources and its development needs skilled professionals who can develop, deploy, and maintain AI systems.
The purpose of the open forum is:
- Evaluate the impact on the present and future of the use of AI in cyberspace and cyberdefense.
- Analyze the current and future national, regional and global scenario in relation to the impact of the use of AI in relation with cyberdefense
- Understand the importance of regulatory frameworks as a source of reference for the development of public technological policies
- Exchange ideas about research, development and innovation in industries associated with AI and cyerdefense
- Exchange information about best practices used in other regions in relation with AI and Cyberdefense
The idea of the round table format is to interact with panelists and the audience to find ways to identify these challenges and share ideas on how to address them in a sustainable and effective way.
This open forum is a follow up on what was reviewed and discussed in the one organized in the IGF 2024 in Saudi Arabia:
https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024-open-forum-1-challenges…
The open forum will be promoted in the different social networks of the organizer´s communities: academia, civilsociety and goverment. There will be previous meetings among the panelists in order to establish a coherent and good flow of the questions and conversations. Onsite and remote moderators will guide the dialogue in the open forum with panelists and within the audience, both onsite and remote.
The open forum will be promoted in the different social networks of the organizer´s communities: academia, civilsociety and goverment. There will be previous meetings among the panelists in order to establish a coherent and good flow of the questions and conversations. Onsite and remote moderators will guide the dialogue in the open forum with panelists and within the audience, both onsite and remote.
Organizers
Argentina Ministy of Defense
Olga Cavalli, Dean of the National Defense Faculty of Argentina, Ministry of Defense of Argentina - Government - Latin America and Caribbean Adrián Carballo, Director South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean Oscar Messano, President CCAT LAT Centro de Capacitación en Alta Tecnología para Latinoamérica y el Caribe - International Organizations - Latin America and Caribbean Raitme Citterio - South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean
Olga Cavalli, Dean of the National Defense Faculty of Argentina, Ministry of Defense of Argentina - Government - Latin America and Caribbean Adrián Carballo, Director South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean Oscar Messano, President CCAT LAT Centro de Capacitación en Alta Tecnología para Latinoamérica y el Caribe - International Organizations - Latin America and Caribbean Raitme Citterio - South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean
Speakers
Speakers
Welcome and on-site moderation:
Olga Cavalli, Dean of the National Defense Faculty of Argentina, Director South School on Internet Governance
Panelists:
José Cepeda, Member of the European Parliament, Spain
Merike Kaeo, CISO, Board Member, Technical Advisor
Ram Mohan, Chief Strategy Officer of Identity Digital, former ICANN Board Member
Christopher Painter, Director Global Forum on Cyberexpertise (GFCE), former US Cyberambassador
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor Emeritus University of Aarhus, former Commissioner of the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace (GCSC)
Philipp Grabensee - Internet Expert
Onsite Moderator
Olga Cavalli - Dean of the Faculty of the National Defense of Argentina - Government
Online Moderator
Adrián Carballo - South School on Internet Governance - Academia / Civil Society
Rapporteur
Raitme Citterio - South School on Internet Governance - Academia / Civil Society
SDGs
17. Partnerships for the Goals
Targets: 17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection. The open forum will exchange ideas on how to support developing countries in improving domestic capacity towards cyberdefense. 17.6 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism. Most of the technologies used in cyberspace, cybersecurity and cyberdefense are from developed economies, in this sense the North-South and South South cooperation are relevant to access information and tools toward enhancing cyberdefense in developing economies.
Targets: 17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection. The open forum will exchange ideas on how to support developing countries in improving domestic capacity towards cyberdefense. 17.6 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism. Most of the technologies used in cyberspace, cybersecurity and cyberdefense are from developed economies, in this sense the North-South and South South cooperation are relevant to access information and tools toward enhancing cyberdefense in developing economies.