IGF 2023 Launches and Awards Proposals Received

Below is the list of Launches and Awards proposals, received in response to the IGF 2023 call for sessions. These proposals were cleared against the basic entry criteria of the IGF and are currently under detailed evaluation for possible inclusion in the IGF 2023 programme. It is expected that the final list of all accepted sessions will be announced shortly after the 2nd IGF 2023 Open Consultations and MAG Meeting, 10-12 July.
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APNIC Foundation
Ellisha Heppner, APNIC Foundation, Technical Community, WEOG Dave Dawson, APNIC Foundation, Technical Community, WEOG

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #8 ISIF Asia 2023 Awards
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South School on Internet Governance
Olga Cavalli - Academic Director - South School on Internet Governance - Academy (on site)

Adrián Carballo - Director - South School on Internet Governance - Academy (on site)

Moderator: Olga Cavalli - Director South School on Internet Governance (on site) Rapporteur: Raitme Citterio - South School on Internet Governance (on site)

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #9 University Diploma South School on Internet Governance
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Organization of American States (OAS)
Kerry-Ann Barrett, Cybersecurity Program Manager, Organization of American States (OAS)
Mariana Cardona, Cybersecurity Program Officer, Organization of American States (OAS)
Valentina Namé, Cybersecurity Program Officer, Organization of American States (OAS)

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #14 Cybersecurity in Our Own Words
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Organizers

Connie Ledoux Book, chair of the National Association of Independent College and Universities and president of Elon University. 

Divina Frau-Meigs, UNESCO Chair for Knowledge and Future in the Age of Sustainable Digital Development and professor at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University.

Lee Rainie, incoming founding director of Elon University's new center on the digital future, previously longtime director of internet and technology research at Pew Research Center. 

Janna Anderson, director of the Imagining the Internet Center and professor of communications at Elon University. 

 

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #27 Education, Inclusion, Literacy: Musts for Positive AI Future
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Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Prof. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger, Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucernce, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Migle Laukyte, Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Member European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), Spain - Prof. Dr. Kutoma Wakunuma, De Montfort University, Zambia and UK - Prof. Dr. Hyeoung Joo Kim, Chung-Ang University, Humanities Research Institute, HK+ Artificial Intelligence Humanities, Seoul, Korea - Dr. Yuri Lima, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Professor Dr Dr h.c. Frank Kirchner, Director Robotics Innovation Center, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI, Germany (tbc) - Moderator: Dr. Evelyne A. Tauchnitz, Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne, Switzerland - Online moderator: Andrea Murer, Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne, Switzerland (tbc) - Rapporteur: tbc

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #30 Promoting Human Rights through an International Data Agency
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Beijing Union University
1. Xiaoping Hang, Beijing Union University, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group 2. Rui Li, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Intergovernmental Organization, Asia-Pacific Group 3. Yinfeng Gao, Beijing Union University, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group 4. Yiyao Du, Beijing Union University, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group 5. Zulyar·Ablat, Beijing Union University, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #39 Launches of the report of Children's Cybersecurity Needs
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United Nations Development Programme
Nusrat Khan, UNDP, Intergovernmental Organisation, Intergovernmental Organisation Soujanya Sridharan, Aapti Institute, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Vinay Narayan, Aapti Institute, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #43 Practical Toolkits for AI Risk Mitigation for Businesses
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Freedom House
Allie Funk, Research Director for Technology and Democracy, Freedom House. Non-governmental organizations, WEOG.
Elizabeth Sutterlin, Research Associate for Technology and Democracy, Freedom House. Non-governmental organizations, WEOG.

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #46 The State of Global Internet Freedom, Thirteen Years On
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Internet Society Youth Standing Group
Veronica Piccolo, ISOC Youth Standing Group, Technical Community, WEOG Juliana Novaes, University of Leeds, Academia, GRULAC Umut Pajaro Velasquez, ISOC Gender Standing Group, Civil Society, GRULAC Mohammad Ali Jauar, ISOC Youth Standing Group, Technical Community, APAC Pedro Lana, ISOC Brasil, Technical Community, GRULAC

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #61 Book presentation: “Youth Atlas (Second edition)”
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Louise Marie Hurel, Royal United Services Institute, WEOG

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #69 Building a Global Partnership for Responsible Cyber Behavior
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  • Creators Union of Arab, ECOSOC Consultative Status, UN
  • Arab Media Union, ECOSOC Consultative Status, UN
  • The Strategic Partner, HDTC Training & Consulting Center.
IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #71 Digital Safety and Cyber Security Curriculum
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The Dialogue
Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director - The Dialogue, Civil Society
Kamesh Shekar, Programme Manager - The Dialogue, Civil Society
Shruti Shreya, Programme Manager - The Dialogue, Civil Society
Laura Galindo-Romero, AI and Privacy Policy Manager - Open Loop at Meta, Private Sector
Raghav Arora, Meta, Private Sector

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #77 Role of Stakeholder Engagement in Implementing Human-centred
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United Nations University - CRIS
Nadia Tjahja, UNU-CRIS, IGO, WEOG Dr. Hortense Jongen, VU Amsterdam and University of Gothenburg, Academia, WEOG Sophie Hoogenboom, VUB, Academia, WEOG

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #88 Legitimacy of multistakeholderism in IG spaces
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Internet Society
Nicolas Flumarelli - Youth IGF Uruguay, Civil Society, GRULAC Osei Manu Kagyah - Ghana Youth IGF - Civil Society, Africa Mauricia Abdol Tshilunda - Youth Coalition on Internet Governance, Civil Society, Africa Tori Irvine - - Program Specialist, Fellowships Internet Society United States of America Pranav Tiwari - Empowerment Program Specialist, Fellowships- Internet Society - Technical Community , APAC Veronica Piccolo - Youth Coalition on Internet Governance, WEOG, Civil Spciety Marko Paloski- IGF MKD Coordinator, Eastern Europe Group, Technical Society

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #113 ISOC Alumni Network: Empowering Internet Governance
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TUM Think Tank
Stakeholder Group: Academia and think tanks (non-profit), EU and North America

Sofie Schönborn, Researcher and PhD candidate, Technical University of Munich (TUM), School of Social Sciences and Technology
Philip Pfaller, Innovation Manager, TUM Think Tank
Rahel Roloff, Communications Manager, TUM Think Tank
Brittany Engle, Researcher and PhD candidate, Technical University of Munich (TUM), School of Social Sciences and Technology

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #138 Immersive Realities: Designing Responsible Governance
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Migration and Technology Monitor project at the Refugee Law Lab, York University and Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Petra Molnar, Refugee Law Lab, York University and Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Florian Schmitz, Migration and Technology Monitor Monica Greco, Open Society Foundations

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #140 Launch of Fellowship for Refugees on Border Surveillance
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Digital Grassroots
Uffa Modey, Digital Grassroots, Technical Community, Africa Esther Mwema, Digital Grassroots, Civil Society, Africa Hanna Pishchyk, Digital Grassroots, Civil Society, Europe

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #143 Unstoppable Together:Digital Grassroots Impact Report Launch
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Action Coalition on Trustworthy Information Online
- Giovana Fleck (Global Voices): [email protected] - Ivan Sigal (Global Voices): [email protected] - Setu Bandh Upadhyay (Global Voices): [email protected] - Mia Møhring Larsen (Denmark): [email protected] - Costanza Sciubba Caniglia (Wikimedia): [email protected] - Rebecca MacKinnon (Wikimedia): [email protected] - Richard Gaines (Wikimedia): [email protected] - Sam Gregory (Witness): [email protected] - Raquel Vazquez Llorente (Witness): [email protected] - Eric Loeb (Salesforce): [email protected] - Nikole Farler (FOC SU): [email protected]

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #144 (Re)-Building Trust Online: A Call to Action
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UN ECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNOSSC -  United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #147 Report South-South Cooperation for Harnessing Digitalization
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ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa
ARTICLE 19 EASTERN AFRICA Jeremy Ouma, Assistant Program Officer, Civic Space Article 19 Eastern Africa (Civil Society), Muthuri Kathure, Senior Program Officer, Civic Space Article 19 Eastern Africa (Civil society)

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #150 SAFEGUARDING PROCESSING OF SOGI DATA IN KENYA
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Institute of International Studies, University of Chile.

Session organizer:

  • Ignacio Sánchez González, Institute of International Studies - University of Chile, Academia, GRULAC.

 

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #156 Net neutrality & Covid-19: trends in LAC and Asia Pacific
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Hiperderecho
Dilmar Villena, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC Lucía León, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC Elizabeth Mendoza, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #159 Digital apologism and civic space: the peruvian case
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The Pranava Institute
Titiksha Vashist, The Pranava Institute Shyam Krishnakumar, The Pranava Institute Dhanyashri Kamalakkanan, The Pranava Institute

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #169 Design Beyond Deception: A Manual for Design Practitioners
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Organisers / Facilitators:

  1. Wisdom Donkor, Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (AODIRF)
  2. Dr. Lee W.  McKnight, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, USA
  3. Dr. Danielle Taana Smith, Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, Syracuse University
  4. Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, Adjunct Faculty, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
  5. Kwaku Antwi, Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
  6. Jane Asantewaa Appiah-Okyere, Doctoral Candidate, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
  7. Zanyiwe Asare, Digitally Legal, South Africa
IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #176 Africa Community Internet Program Donation Platform Launch
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Internet3
Key Individuals * Kristopher Tate * Guillermo S. Christensen * Fukuno Taisuke * Makoto Kozono * Jun Moribe * Takiaki Uchida * Emi Kumagai * Hidekazu Hara Organizational Affiliation / Stakeholders (Non-exhaustive) * ConnectFree Corporation * Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation * Mitsui & Co., Ltd. * Jig.jp Corporation * Fukui Association of Information & System Industry * Kyoto University * Fukui University * K&L Gates

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #179 Internet3: An Internet based on 21st Century Principals
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ISOC Brazil
Pedro de Perdigão Lana, ISOC Brasil, Technical Community, GRULAC Laurianne-Marie Schippers, CEPI FGV Direito SP (Center for Education and Research on Innovation - São Paulo Law School), Academia, GRULAC Raquel Gatto, NIC.br and ISOC Brazil, Technical Community, GRULAC Ana Paula Camelo, CEPI FGV Direito SP (Center for Education and Research on Innovation - São Paulo Law School), Academia, GRULAC

IGF 2023 Launch / Award Event #187 Digital sovereignty in Brazil: for what and for whom?