IGF 2025 Open Forum #31 Enhancing the role of the IGF through GDC follow-up and WSIS

    Theater
    Duration (minutes): 60
    Format description: This session plan to be held by panel discussion style. We need 60 minutes to hear opinions from floor and to do two-way discussion.
    Description
    In the GDC outcome, the IGF was positioned as “the primary multi-stakeholder platform for discussion of Internet governance issues,” and the importance of the IGF was reaffirmed. On the other hand, some experts have also pointed out urgent needs such as strengthening inclusiveness and improving the capacity for policy advocacy. Yoichi Iida, who took IGF2023 host country Co-Chair and G7 Digital and Tech WG Chair in the same year of 2023, looks back at the latest discussions on Internet Governance, including the Global Digital Compact, the G20 Digital Economy Track, and the NET Mundial + 10, and discusses with multi-stakeholder speakers what is needed to make the IGF more robust and effective toward WSIS+20 Review.

    1) How will you facilitate interaction between onsite and online speakers and attendees? Our session plan to take questions from online participants. 2) How will you design the session to ensure the best possible experience for online and onsite participants? Our session plan to take questions from floor actively both online and onsite participants. 3) Please note any complementary online tools/platforms you plan to use to increase participation and interaction during the session. Our session explores to using some AI technology to increase participation.
    Organizers
    Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan
    Organizational Affiliation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Moderator and Organizer: Yoichi Iida (main), Satoka Kawahara (sub), Yuka Nishimura (sub) Stakeholder: Government Regional Group: Asia-Pacific
    Speakers
    Organizational Affiliation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Moderator: Yoichi Iida Speakers: Steve Lang, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State (Stakeholder: Governments, Regional Group: Western European and Others Group) Luciano Mazza de Andrade, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Intellectual Property Rights Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brazil (Stakeholder: Governments, Regional Group: Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries) Natasha Crampton, Vice President, Microsoft (Stakeholder: Private Sector, Regional Group: Western European and Others Group) Chen Joyce, APNIC, Senior Advisor for Strategic Engagement (Stakeholder: Intergovernmental Organizations, Regional Group: Asia-Pacific) Bertrand de la Chapelle I&JPN (Stakeholder: Civil Society, Regional Group: Western European and Others Group)
    Onsite Moderator
    Yoichi Iida
    Online Moderator
    Yuka Nishimura
    Rapporteur
    Satoka Kawahara
    SDGs
    1. No Poverty
    8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
    9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
    10. Reduced Inequalities
    17. Partnerships for the Goals


    Targets: Internet is a cornerstone of democracy and enormous digital economy today. But Internet have some challenges such as gap in connectivity, information integrity, Internet shutdowns and network restrictions. Therefore, appropriate multi-stakeholder governance for Internet is essential to address such challenges and realize an open, free, interoperable, reliable and secure Internet based on democratic values. It is also expected that appropriate Internet governance will contribute to the improvement of poverty and inequality (SDGs 1,10), the promotion of inclusive economic growth and innovation (SDGs 8,9), and the realization of sustainable development (SDGs17).