IGF 2023 Lightning Talk Proposals Received

IT Academy STEP Cambodia Institute, Sisters of Code
Sisters of Code, the first female coding club in Cambodia

FSAB Consulting
Fadwa AlBawardi

Gabriel Karsan
Gabriel Karsan Emerging Youth Initiative Civil Society Group Africa Region

Edinam Lily Botsoye University of Cinncinatti Academia Group America Region

Thoko Miya GirlsHype Initiative Private Sector Africa Group

ENERST  MAFUTA  KATOKA Chair Affordable  Internet  Access SIG - Internet Society

Coordination Center for TLD .RU
Andrey Aleinikov - The Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ, Russia Pavel Pozdnyakov - The Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ, Russia Arevik Martirosyan - The International Information Security School

Pratham Books' StoryWeaver
Kundan Kumar and Team - Pratham Books' StoryWeaver

Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information
Melissa Gasparotto, Doctoral student, Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. Civil Society Stakeholder Group, United States Individual Lightning Talk proposal

Young African Policy Research Hub (YAPORH)
Young African Policy Research Hub (YAPORH)
Brendan Chukwuebuka Ugwu - Young African Policy Hub ( YAPORH)

Servelots and Janastu
T B DINESH Janastu.org and servelots.com APNIC, ISIF and APC IruWay rural research lab, Near Bangalore, india

Aideen Fay - Microsoft and the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative

Angelina Gentaz - EffiSciences

US Department of Justice & UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Anand Ramaswamy - US Department of Justice, Temesgen Lapiso - US Department of State, Sam Hall - UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Chemichemi Foundation
Nancy Marangu,Chemichemi Foundation,Civil Society Organization

University of Southern California
Rohan Grover, University of Southern California, Academia, WEOG (United States)

European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL)
Marlena Wisniak, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), Civil Society, Eastern Europe

European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative
Name: Jakob Bund
Affiliation: European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative
Regional Group: Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Stakeholder Group: Civil Society

Name: Corinne Casha
Affiliation: Government of Malta
Regional Group: Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Stakeholder Group: Public Sector

Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto Br
Henrique Xavier, NIC.br, Technical community, GRULAC

Daphnee Iglesias, UN-IGF / IRC Deutschland, Civil Society, WEOG

Diogo Cortiz, NIC.br, Technical community, GRULAC

The Ministry of Digital Affairs (Poland)
Katarzyna Bis-Płaza - Director of Projects and Strategy Department, (speaker), The Ministry of Digital Affairs (Poland) Mariusz Przybyszewski - Head of State Information Architecture Unit, (moderator, rapporteur), The Ministry of Digital Affairs (Poland)

PROTEGE QV
M. Avis Momeni and Ms Sylvie Siyam, PROTEGE QV; https://www.protegeqv.org ; African Civil society Organization; Cameroon, AFRICA - Ms Zainab Aminu, CITAD; https://www.citad.org/ ; African Civil Society organization; Nigeria, AFRICA - M. Syed Kazi, DEF : https://www.defindia.org ; Asian Civil Society Organization ; India, ASIA - M. Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, VOICE ; https://voicebd.org/ ; Asian Civil Society Organization ; Bangladesh, ASIA - Ms Shawna Finnegan; www.apc.org ; APC network; world coverage, Canada - Private sector : Solidarité technologique (https://www.solidarite-technologique.org)-Cameroon, AFRICA

World Health Organization
Sylvie BRIAND, World Health Organization Sarah HESS, World Health Organization Tim NGUYEN, World Health Organization Brian YAU, World Health Organization John LEE, World Health Organization

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Pilar Orero, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Berkman Klein Center at Harvard Law (Affiliated - not representing)
Juan Ortiz Freuler, Berkman Klein Center at Harvard Law (Affiliated - not representing), Academia

Digital Empowerment Foundation
Jenny Sulfath, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Civil Society, South Asia Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Civil Society, South Asia Saurabh Srivastava, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Civil Society, South Asia Ananthu RA, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Civil Society, South Asia Arpita Kanjilal, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Civil Society, South Asia

European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative (ECCRI)
Catherine Easdon. European Cybersecurity Fellow at European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative (ECCRI); Internet Society Early Career Fellow; Security Engineer at Dynatrace. Participating as a member of the Technical Community. Regional group: Western European and Others Group (Austrian resident).  Ryan Payne. Researcher in Biometric Privacy at Queensland University of Technology; Ryan Payne Design (fashion consulting business); Internet Society Early Career Fellow. Participating as an academic. Regional group: Western European and Others Regional Group (Australian resident).

co-Chair of the Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes (RASP) Proposed Research Group at the IRTF, technical community / Queen Mary University of London, academia, WEOG
-Ignacio Castro, co-Chair of the Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes Proposed Research Group (IRTF), Queen Mary University of London, Academia WEOG -Niels ten Oever, co-Chair of the Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes (RASP) Proposed Research Group at the IRTF, technical community / University of Amsterdam, Academia, WEOG -Colin Perkins, IRTF Chair, technical community/University of Glasgow, Academia, WEOG

Naif Arab University for Security Sciences
Naif Arab University for Security Siences Dr. Fahad Mohammed Alharbi

AbuErdan
Islam Khalil, AbuErdan
Neamat ElTazi, AbuErdan
Amira Osama, IRSC

Byron Holland (CEO & President), Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), technical community, North America 

Charles Noir (VP, Community Investment, Policy & Advocacy), CIRA, technical community, North America 

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand Government and Ian Axford Fellowship in Public Policy
Rachel Wolbers, Ian Axford Fellow with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in New Zealand, on sabbatical as Head of Global Engagement for Meta's Oversight Board. Private sector American, based in New Zealand.

Internet Society Youth Standing Group
Veronica Piccolo, ISOC Youth Standing Group, Technical Community, WEOG Elisa Haxhillazi, Epoka University, Academia, East Europe Osei Manu Kagyah, Ghana Youth IGF, Civil Society, Africa Umut Pajaro Velasquez, ISOC Gender Standing Group, Civil Society, GRULAC

Hellerstein & Associates
Judith Hellerstein, Hellerstein & Associates, Private Sector, WEOG

Refugee Law Lab, York University and Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Petra Molnar, York University and Harvard University Florian Schmitz, Migration and Technology Monitor

ANU Tech Policy Design Centre
Professor Johanna Weaver, Director of ANU Tech Policy Design Centre, Australia Tanvi Nair, Research Fellow at ANU Tech Policy Design Centre, Australia

Latin American Network of Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies - LAVITS
Rodrigo José Firmino, LAVITS and JararacaLab, Brazil, Latin America. Júlia Faustina Abad, LAVITS and JararacaLab, Brazil, Latin America. Fernanda Glória Bruno, LAVITS and MediaLab.UFRJ, Brazil, Latin America. Débora Pio, LAVITS and MediaLab.UFRJ, Brazil, Latin America.

Internet Society of China
Rui ZHONG, Internet Society of China, Civil Society, Asia Pacific Region

CNNIC
Xiao ZHANG, CNNIC, Technical Community, Asia Pacific Region

GitHub
Ricardo Torres; UNDP and Digital Public Goods Alliance; [email protected] Fernanda Campagnucci; Open Knowledge Brasil; [email protected] Cynthia Lo; GitHub; [email protected] Giulio Carvalho; Open Knowledge Brasil; [email protected]

Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Poland
Mr. Jacek Bukowicki, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, experienced moderator and speaker, supporting, educating & working for innovation & hightech ecosystem since 2007.
Mr. Justyn Czekanski is a Strategy and Innovation expert who has devoted last 7 years to Management Consulting, in the field of Product, Service and Experience Design. He is passionate about New technologies such as AI and Blockchain.

Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (Poland)
Mr. Jacek Bukowicki, expert, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (POLAND, a governmental agency), experienced moderator and speaker, educator, researching, supporting and working for innovation, startup and hightech ecosystem since 2007. Mr. Przemyslaw Nowakowski opens the line of communication between startups, investors, and various stakeholders to get projects done. With over 20 years in both public and private sectors, Przemyslaw has experience in management, financing, professional development, strategic implementation, and company collaboration. Przemyslaw has managed projects at Medical University of Lodz, Heimdall Combat Systems, and Lodz Special Economic Zone. Multiple awarded innovator (KIDE Taiwan, EIT, Brussels Innova, Concours Lépine etc.). Mr. Nowakowski has published in: MDPI Applied Sciences (Air Pollution Associates with Cancer Incidences in Poland Tuśnio,Fichna,Nowakowski,Tofiło; Special Issue Air Pollution—Measurement Methods, Exposure, and Health Determinants). Currently he is developing the innovation ecosystem framework for Lodz Special Economic Zone, Re_connect space, 5g Lab and T22H Makerspace for startups.

International Information Security School
Mikael Stepanyan – is a Master's degree student in the Università di Padova, Italy, Global Communication Policies Master's track. He also obtained master’s degree in Applied Political Science from Russian-Armenian University. Participant of the Summer School: “Internet Governance” organized by Saint Petersburg University and also took a participation in the laboratory workshop organized by University of Padova: “The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy”. Andrey Aleinikov – is a public relations specialist at a Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ and the chairman of the Coordination Center Youth Council. 

Rakuten Group Inc.
Feren Calderwood, Rakuten Group Inc. YuehTing Chen, Rakuten Group Inc. Clara Fecke, Rakuten Group Inc.

Google Japan

Google
Ms. Arianne Santoso and Mr. Jean-Jacques Sahel, Google, Private Sector, Asia Pacific Group with participation by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Civil Society, Asia Pacific Group

Institute of DIgital Research and Innovation
Open Development Cambodia (ODC), https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ Cambodia ICT and Digital Forum (CamIDF), https://camidf.net/

The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University

eHelp Association
David Ng, Co-founder, eHelp Association, Civil Society, Asia Pacific Yang Taiyu, Head of Secretariat, Cybersecurity Youth Committee, Civil Society, Asia Pacific

Team Community
Danae Tapia
Director of community strategy at Team Community
Civil Society
GRULAC

Francisco Vera
Program officer at Open Society Foundations
Civil Society
WEOG

Úrsula Schüler
Communications officer
Team Community
Civil society
GRULAC

ETNO
European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO)

Maharat Foundation
Roula Mikhael, Maharat Foundation, Civil Society Layal Bahnam, Maharat Foundation, Civil Society Habib Akiki, Journalist, Civil Society Mia Crochot, Maharat Foundation, Civil Society

The Chamber of Digital Economy (Izba Gospodarki Elektronicznej)
The Chamber of Digital Economy (Izba Gospodarki Elektronicznej) CK-LEGAL Chabasiewicz Kowalska i Wspólnicy (law firm), CYBER SCIENCE Silesian Centre for Legal Engineering, Technology and Digital Competence

OnePile, Asia Pacific Wong Ka Kei, Operation Director, OnePile, Asia Pacific
Terrie Wong , Student representative of CrossKnow, student organization supported by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Center, Asia Pacific
Tom Su, Youth representative of OnePile Foundation, student organization supported by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Center, Asia Pacific

The Ministry of Digital Affairs
Michał Kalinowski, Center for Informatics Technology, Director of Department of Digital Channels, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Digitization for application mCitizen (Poland), Eastern European Group

"Digital Paradigm" PF
Yelzhan Kabyshev, director of "Digital Paradigm" PF, "Digital rights and freedoms landscape" (dfrl.kz) and "Internet Freedom" (ifkz.org) projects manager Ruslan Daiyrbekov, founder of "Eurasian Digital Foundation" PF (digitalrights.asia), "Digital rights and freedoms landscape" consultant Vadim Melyakov, project manager of "Digital Paradigm" Madina Tursynbekova, DRFL project expert Sarkis Darbinyan, director of "Digital Rights Center Qazaqstan" I.A. (initials are hidden for security reasons), expert from Tajkistan, DRFL expert

RosKomSvoboda
Mikhail Klimarev, Internet Protection Society, Russia Galina Arapova, Media Defence Center, Russia Roman Dobrokhotov, The Insider, Russia Nedim Useinow, Article19, UK

Social media exchange
Najah Itani, Social media exchange, Civil society, WANA.

SMEX
Marianne Rahme, SMEX Nathan Silber, SMEX Dionysia Peppa, SMEX

Digital Rights Foundation
Irum Shujah, Digital Rights Foundation Nighat Dad, Digital Rights Foundation Shmyla Khan, Digital Rights Foundation Seerat Khan, Digital Rights Foundation

SFLC.in
Radhika Jhalani, SFLC.in, Civil Society, Asia Pacific

KPMG NL
Auke Pals, KPMG NL, WEOG

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Pete Furlong, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Technical Society, Western European and Others Melanie Garson, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Technical Society, Western European and Others Kenddrick Chan, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Technical Society, Asia and the Pacific Kevin Zandermann, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Technical Society, Western European and Others Emma Ruiters, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Technical Society, Western European and Others

Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br)
Diogo Cortiz, Brazilian Network information Center (NIC.br), Technical Community, Latin America
Sputniko! (Hiromi Marissa Ozaki), Tokyo University of Arts, Civil Society, Asia
Reinaldo Ferraz, Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), Technical Community, Latin America
Beatriz Rocha, Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), Technical Community, Latin America
Ana Eliza Duarte, Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), Technical Community, Latin America

European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative
Corinne Casha (Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, Malta), Government, WEOG; Nils Brinker (Digital Society Institute, ESMT Berlin; European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative), Technical Community, WEOG; Abdullah Qurechi (IU International University of Applied Sciences, Berlin); Technical Community, Asia Pacific; Helene Pleil (Digital Society Institute, EMST Berlin) Civil Society, WEOG; Richard Skalt (Digital Society Institute, EMST Berlin), Civil Society, WEOG;

Code for All
Lorin Carmago, Director, Code for All Mar Marin, Communication Lead, Code for All Mark Renja, Collaboration Coordinator, Code for All

Center for Global IT Cooperation
Dmitry Gulyaev, The Office of the Youth Digital Ombudsperson, Civil Society, Eastern European Group 

Legal Grounds Institute
Juliano Maranhão: Professor of Law at the Universidade de São Paulo Law School-USP (2007). Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at Frankfurt University (2016-2019). He holds a PhD from USP Law School. Visiting researcher at the Universities of Miami, Leipzig and Maastricht. Post-doc at the department of Computer Science of Utrecht University, Netherlands (2005). Researcher of the Center for Artificial Intelligence at the University of São Paulo (C4AI). Associate researcher at Centro de Pesquisa Aplicada em Inteligência Artificial Recriando Ambientes (CPA IARA). Member of the Executive Committee of International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law-IAAIL and Donald Berman Award winner (2001). Member of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on Deontic Logic and Normative Systems. Editor of the Revista Brasileira de Filosofia (brazilian Journal of Philosophy) and President of the Lawgorithm Association for Research on Artificial Intelligence.

Francisco Cavalcante de Sousa: Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN). He is a researcher at the Observatory for the Right to Education at the Universidade de São Paulo (ObsEdu-USP), member-researcher of the Group for Studies and Research on Human Rights, Development and Daily Life (UERN) and collaborating student at the Research Center on Institutional Memory and Right to Information (UERN). He represented Brazil and the European Commission at One Young World, the Brazil Conference at Harvard & MIT and the Summit of the Americas. Francisco is also the author of national and international books and articles and winner of the Luiz di Souza Prize, in the area of Applied Social Sciences

Samuel Rodrigues de Oliveira: PhD candidate in Constitutional Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Master's in Law and Innovation and Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Researcher at the Legal Grounds Institute and Legalite Research Group at PUC-Rio. He has participated in research at the Law School of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Rio de Janeiro) and at CESeC - Center for Studies on Security and Citizenship. He is the author of the first book on facial recognition and law published in Brazil. Lawyer and invited lecturer in undergraduate and graduate courses.

The Digitally Native Platform
Fungai Machirori - The Digitally Native Platform Chenai Chair - Mozilla Juliet Nanfuka - Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Tigist Hussein (PhD) - Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Mandlenkosi Ndlovu - The Digitally Native Platform

Independent Researcher

PolicyLab Africa
Africa Regional Group Nigeria IGF

Hiperderecho
Lucía León, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC

Law and Technology Research Institute of Recife (IP.rec)
Marcos Cesar M. Pereira, Law and Technology Research Institute of Recife (IP.rec), Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Pedro Amaral, Law and Technology Research Institute of Recife (IP.rec), Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Raquel Saraiva, Law and Technology Research Institute of Recife (IP.rec), Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Mariana Canto, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)

Amulya Panakam
Rachel Greenspan, Truth In Media, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Amulya Panakam, Truth In Media, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)

APNIC Foundation
Sylvia Cadena, APNIC Foundation, Technical Community, WEOG

Internet Society Zambia Chapter
Levy Syanseke, Internet Society Zambia Chapter, Civil Society, Africa
Theorose Elikplim Dzineku , Internet Society Ghana, Civil Society, Africa
John Uduma, Ifatos University, Academia, Africa

Digital Grassroots
Bendjedid Rachad Sanoussi, Digital Grassroots, Technical Community, Africa
Hanna Pishchyk, Digital Grassroots, Civil Society, Europe
Esther Mwema, Digital Grassroots, Civil Society, Africa
Claude Sodokin, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International organisation, Europe

Mozilla Foundation
Champika Fernando, Mozilla Foundation, Data Fatures Lab
Marie Goumballa, Mozilla Foundation, Data Futures Lab
Miguel Morachimo, Mozilla Foundation, Data Futures Lab
Placeholder for Grantee/s (inlcuding at least one representing Global South Community)

Digitally Legal
Alick Mponela – Zambia Information Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA)
Dino Balloti – Nambia Investment Development Board
Poncelet Ileleji – Jokkolabs Banjul / Gambia NRI (Rapporteur)
Ayanda Sithebe – Digitally Legal (Online Moderator)
Zanyiwe Asare – Digitally Legal (Onsite Moderator)
Kevin Mathews – FirstAssist
Lerato Ntwampe – Attorney

ITU
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)