IGF 2020 WS #132 Inclusion Challenges and Solutions for Fair Online Education With the development of advanced network and online resources, more and more people have benefited from online education programs. Contrary to what many believe, some students who have internet connections only have poor connections. Public schools that operate educational programs available only through high-speed internet connections are not truly accessible. The demand for bandwidth of online education becomes more urgent when people have to study from home during public emergencies.

IGF 2020 WS #343 Imagining an internet that serves environmental justice This 'birds of a feather' session aims to map key policy ‘crossroads’ for environmental justice and internet governance.

The workshop will be framed by the following questions:

1. How are environmental rights intersecting with digital rights?

2. How can environmental rights defenders and digital rights defenders work together towards shared priorities?

The workshop will include interpretation in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

IGF 2020 WS #207 Ensuring Trusted Data Sharing for Monitorining the SDGs This session addresses the multiple challenges and opportunities stemming from the use of diverse (tradicional and innovative) data sources, and of data sharing scenarios involving various stakeholders for monitoring the SGDs. The WS features renowed experts inlcuding authorities from statistical offices, representatives of international organizations, academia and civil society, from different regions of the world.

IGF 2020 WS #184 Children’s Rights and Participation in Data Governance The panel will focus on 4 themes centred around children's rights and participation in the governance of their educational data in increasingly digitised schools (1)Voice: Who are the users of edtech? (2)Freedom: What futures do we imagine where opt-out of digital tech use in schools isn’t available? (3) Rights: Existing limitations and best practices to education data use and collection. (4)Threats and Opportunities from AI in education.

IGF 2020 Main Session INCLUSION Access to meaningful Internet Services for REMAINING BILLIONS is one of the main challenges to effectively overcome the digital divide. In developing and least developing countries, the prices and business models for Internet Services condemn those communities to continue living in a world without Internet. The panel will comment about strategic actions and public policies that have been conducted over recent months of health crisis, perhaps some applicable widely in the near future.

IGF 2020 WS #195 Protection or Participation? Child Rights in a New Normal The global COVID-19 crisis has brought into sharp focus many unresolved challenges relating to Children’s Rights in a digital context, including questions around protection and participation. This session will follow a debate format with speakers sharing perspectives from their experiences and area of expertise. Audience members will be given the opportunity to ask questions and debate the recommendations.

IGF 2020 WS #289 Women and the platform economy: Access, Autonomy and Agency The platform economy is growing at a fast pace across the global South, with mixed impact on workers. This roundtable will focus on the role of women workers in this ecosystem, including issues of access, digital literacy and skills, and the impact of algorithmic management on workers' autonomy. We will also discuss possibilities of alternative models and strategies to ensure that workers' agency and rights are enhanced and protected.

IGF 2020 WS #73 DNS over HTTPS (DoH): Human Rights, Markets, and Governance This session explains how the DoH standard, which protects domain name queries, affects fundamental Internet governance issues like cybersecurity and human rights. Panelists and audience members will discuss the implications of DoH adoption for network/user security and privacy, the economic incentives and organization of impacted markets, potential impacts on domestic regulatory compliance and extraterritorial effects of DoH adoption, and explore some recent decisions by states.

IGF 2020 WS #72 Tech for the Planet There are many exciting examples of how technology can help society address envirnomental challenges. There also are ways the technology sector can reduce its impact on the environment as well as help other sectors of the economy to do the same. This workshop would explore some of these approaches and consider policies to maximize the ability to leverage technology to help solve the planet’s environmental problems.

IGF 2020 WS #234 Security of digital products: Industry and enhancing trust Building on the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace - a project implemented by the FDFA of Switzerland and DiploFoundation – this interactive session will discuss best practices for creating resilient and ethical digital products. It will bring together perspectives of the businesses, public authorities, tech community, and civil society, from around world. The discussion will build upon the draft output document, and the discussion at SICW2020 (see: https://genevadialogue.ch/)

IGF 2020 WS #129 The Revolution won't be Televised, but Social Mediatised? The session will discuss a very popular and timely issue, namely the power of social media. The way individual users or groups use social media platforms to influence and shape the public opinion of users and their followers. The session will offer a great discussion between different stakeholders and experts in the field, ranging from Facebook representatives to children’s rights advocates. Topical, interactive, revolutionary.

IGF 2020 WS #139 CopyLeft or Right? Mediating Interests in Academic Databases None