IGF 2023 Launches and Awards Proposals Received

APNIC Foundation
Ellisha Heppner, APNIC Foundation, Technical Community, WEOG Dave Dawson, APNIC Foundation, Technical Community, WEOG

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)

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. 

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

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

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

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.

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

Louise Marie Hurel, Royal United Services Institute, WEOG

• Creators Union of Arab, ECOSOC Consultative Status, UN
• Arab Media Union, ECOSOC Consultative Status, UN
• The Strategic Partner, HDTC Training & Consulting Center.

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

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

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

Digital Grassroots
Uffa Modey, Digital Grassroots, Technical Community, Africa Esther Mwema, Digital Grassroots, Civil Society, Africa Hanna Pishchyk, Digital Grassroots, Civil Society, Europe

Action Coalition on Trustworthy Information Online
- Giovana Fleck (Global Voices): giovana.fleck@globalvoices.org - Ivan Sigal (Global Voices): ivan@globalvoices.org - Setu Bandh Upadhyay (Global Voices): setubupadhyay@gmail.com - Mia Møhring Larsen (Denmark): mialar@um.dk - Costanza Sciubba Caniglia (Wikimedia): csciubbacaniglia@wikimedia.org - Rebecca MacKinnon (Wikimedia): rmackinnon@wikimedia.org - Richard Gaines (Wikimedia): rgaines@wikimedia.org - Sam Gregory (Witness): sam@witness.org - Raquel Vazquez Llorente (Witness): raquel@witness.org - Eric Loeb (Salesforce): eloeb@salesforce.com - Nikole Farler (FOC SU): nikole@gp-digital.org

UN ECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNOSSC -  United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation

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)

Institute of International Studies, University of Chile.

Session organizer:

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

Hiperderecho
Dilmar Villena, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC Lucía León, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC Elizabeth Mendoza, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC

The Pranava Institute
Titiksha Vashist, The Pranava Institute Shyam Krishnakumar, The Pranava Institute Dhanyashri Kamalakkanan, The Pranava Institute

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

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

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