IGF 2023 Town Hall Proposals Received

Below is the list of Town Hall 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.
ID Organization Title Note
1 Government
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IGF 2023 Town Hall #1 Securing Connected Unmanned Systems
7

Title: Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Human Rights

Ms. Maria Ressa is vice-chair of the IGF Leadership Panel. She is CEO and President of Rappler Inc., 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate (Philippines & USA)

The Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Special Envoy for the Christchurch Call (New Zealand)

Ms. Karoline Edtstadler, Federal Minister for the EU and the Constitution (Austria)

Rapporteur -- Ms. Lara Honrado, Ouano Foundation CEO (Canada) 

IGF 2023 Town Hall #7 AI, Emerging Technologies and Human Rights
8

Jokkolabs Banjul
Stéphane Labarthe - Karisma Foundation Jonah Silas Sheridan - Information Ecology

IGF 2023 Town Hall #8 Digital Activism as a Key Support of Grassroot Inclusion,
11

🔒 Instituto Vero
Dr Beatrice Bonami, Head of Funding, Science and Innovation, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Isabela Inês - Junior Researcher, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Rodger Richer - Full Researcher, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Victor Durigan - Head of Institutional Relations, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Larissa Machado - Junior Researcher, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Thais Aguiar - Junior Researcher, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Victor Vicente - Head of Content, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Matheus Soares - Designer, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Agenor Neto - Content Creator, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Caio Machado - CEO, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Camila Tsuzuki - Head of Operations, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean Danuza França - Head of Finance, Instituto Vero / Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean

IGF 2023 Town Hall #11 Better AI 4 Good: AI is an opportunity, not only a challenge
13 Tech Against Terrorism
Grace Rollison, Tech Against Terrorism Maygane Janin, Tech Against Terrorism Chamin Herath, Tech Against Terrorism Isabelle Arnson, Tech Against Terrorism
IGF 2023 Town Hall #13 Countering Terrorist Use of Generative AI
21

McCourt Institute
Constance Bommelaer de Leusse, Executive Director, McCourt Institute, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group Paul Fehlinger, Director of Policy, Governance Innovation & Impact, McCourt Institute, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group Sarah Nicole, Research and Policy Associate, McCourt Institute, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group Christian Tom, Head of Americas, McCourt Institute, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group

IGF 2023 Town Hall #21 Towards Ethical Principles for Responsible Technology
25

🔒Missions Publiques
- Antoine Vergne, Missions Publiques, civil society organisation, Europe - Desiree Miloshevic Evans, ISOC Serbia, civil society organisation, Europe - Raashi Saxena, Scientific Committee Member of the WTI project, Asia Pacific - Noha Ashraf, ISOC Egypt, Pan-African Youth Ambassadors, - Juliana Harsianti Global Voices Indonesia, Asia Pacific

IGF 2023 Town Hall #25 Let’s design the next Global Dialogue on Ai & Metaverses
26 Measurement Lab
Katherine Townsend, Measurement Lab, Technical Community, Global and North America Lai Yi Ohlsen, Measurement Lab, Technical Community, Global and North America Michuki Mwangi, Internet Society, Civil Society, Africa
IGF 2023 Town Hall #26 Determining a Global Standard for a Trustworthy Internet
28

🔒Access Now
NA

IGF 2023 Town Hall #28 The perils of forcing encryption to say "AI, AI captain"
29

Mr.Tomoyuki Naito, Vice President and Professor, Graduate School of Information Technology, Kobe Institute of Computing, Japan.

IGF 2023 Town Hall #29 Impact of the Rise of Generative AI on Developing Countries
34

Disease Management Association of India
1. Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, 1. Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Chairman, Dynamic Coalition on Internet & Jobs, IGF, Multilateral organization, Asia-Pacific 2. Mr. Gunjan Sinha, Executive Chairman, MetricStream, Private Sector, United States 3. Mr. Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation , CSO, Asia Pacific

IGF 2023 Town Hall #34 Cost of Job Creation
38 Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
Anke Schlieker, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), WEOG Dorothee Segiet, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), WEOG
IGF 2023 Town Hall #38 Gender transformative digital policy: Steps we need to take
39

UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kanbar Hossein-Bor: Deputy Director Democratic Governance & Media Freedom, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Nicola Burgess: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Amelia Timewell: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Laura O’Brien: Access Now Idan Ben Yakir: Global Network Initiative

IGF 2023 Town Hall #39 Elections and the Internet: free, fair and open?
40 🔒Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (IGO) The names of moderators: 1. Mr Vadim Pak, policy advisor in the Digital Development Unit and administrator in the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, vadim.pak@coe.int 2. Ms Louise Riondel, policy advisor in the Digital Development Unit and Co-secretary to the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, louise.riondel@coe.int
IGF 2023 Town Hall #40 AI and Gender: preventing bias, promoting equality
41 Aapti Institute
Soujanya Sridharan, Aapti Institute, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Kunal Raj Barua, Aapti Institute, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Priyanka Navle, Uber in India, Private sector, Asia-Pacific Group
IGF 2023 Town Hall #41 Platform Futures: The case for the Driver Advisory Council
43 Health Parliament
1. Name - Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta; Organizational Affiliation - Co-chair IGF-DCE; Stakeholder - Intergovernmental Organization; Regional Group - Asia Pacific 2. Name - Dr. Rainer Krug; Organizational Affiliation - Co-Chair - IGF-DCE; Stakeholder - Intergovernmental Organization; Regional Group - Western European and Others Group 3. Name - Saptarshi Gargari; Organizational Affiliation - Health Parliament; Stakeholder - Private Sector; Regional Group - Asia Pacific
IGF 2023 Town Hall #43 Is time to look for a Planet-B?
49

Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
Wisdom Donkor: Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation, Civil Society, Africa Group Prof. Lee Mcknight, Syracuse University, USA, Academia, America Victor Ohuruogu, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), International Organisation, Africa Group Zanyiwe Asare, Digitally Legal, Africa Group Jane Asantewaa, Doctoral Research Student, Syracuse University. Kwaku Antwi, Africa Opem

IGF 2023 Town Hall #49 Leave No One Behind: The Importance of Data in Development
53 Human Constanta (HC)
Anastasiya Zhyrmont, Access Now Aliaxej Kazliuk, Human Constanta
IGF 2023 Town Hall #53 Digital torture: practices of forced "confession" videos
54

Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD)
Tainá Flor - ANPD - Government - GRULAC (proposer) Thiago Moraes - ANPD - Government - GRULAC (Onsite Moderator) José Renato - LAPIN - Civil Society - GRULAC (Online Moderator) Cynthia Piccolo - LAPIN - Civil Society - GRULAC (Rapporteur)

IGF 2023 Open Forum #54 The Challenges of Data Governance in a Multilateral World
55 Kenya ICT Action Newtork(KICTANet)
Judith Okite- KICTANet- Civil Society- Onsite Moderator Thomas Wanzalla - Inspire- Private Sector Benson Kiptum - APDK- Government Nicodemus Nyakundi- Online Moderator Florence Auma- Rapporteur
IGF 2023 Town Hall #55 Localizing Web Accessibility Standards:
61

🔒Article 19
Raquel Renno, Article 19 civil society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Lucs Teixeira, Mycelium, civil society, Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC) Nathan Paschoalini, Data Privacy, civil society, Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC)

IGF 2023 Town Hall #61 Beyond development: connectivity as human rights enabler
62 🔒National Democratic Institute
Moira Whelan, National Democratic Institute, Civil Society, North America Evan Summers, National Democratic Institute, Civil Society, North America Amara Shaker-Brown, National Democratic Institute, Civil Society, North America Madeleine Nicoloff, National Democratic Institute, Civil Society, North America Irene Mwendwa, Policy, Civil Society, Africa
IGF 2023 Town Hall #62 Collaborating to Strengthen Women in Politics’ Online Safety
63

Robert Kroplewski; Global Artificial Intelligence Association; Eastern European Group

David Hanson; Hanson Robotics Ltd.; Asia-Pacific Group 

Marko Grobelnik; Artificial Intelligence Lab at Jozef Stefan Institute, Eastern European Group

Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem; University of Pretoria; African Group

Edward Pyrek; iMind Institute; Eastern European Group

Damian Ciachorowski; GAIA Foundation; Eastern European Group

Tom Eddington; Humanity Raising, USA

Marc Buckley; SDG Advocate, USA

IGF 2023 Town Hall #63 Impact the Future - Compassion AI
64 Harry Halpin / Internet Defense Alliance
Harry Halpin - Nym Technologie SA (tech sector) Western European and Others Morshed Mannan - Coalition of Automated Legal Applications (civil society) Asia-Pacific States Jarrell James - IDA (civil society) Intergovernmental Organization Fatemeh Fannizadeh - IDA (civil society) Intergovernmental Organization ‘Gbénga Sésan - Paradigm HQ (tech sector) African Group Maebel Gebremedhin - Tigray Action Committee (civil society) Intergovernmental Organization
IGF 2023 Town Hall #64 R2P Grassroots Digital Alliances - Fight Fragmentation
66 Data Transfer Initiative
Chris Riley, Data Transfer Initiative, Civil Society, Western European group Delara Derakhshani, Data Transfer Initiative, Civil Society, Western European group
IGF 2023 Town Hall #66 Data Access and DMA: Tools and Rules for Digital Empowerment
69 Council for Social and Digital Development
• Dr Syed S Kazi, Council for Social and Digital Development (CSDD), India - Moderator • Mr. Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India • Ms Shawna Finnegan, Association for Progressive Communication (APC) • Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, Executive Director, VOICES FOR INTERACTIVE CHOICE & EMPOWERMENT (VOICE), Bangladesh • Mr. Tanka Aryal, General Secretary, Digital Rights Nepal • K Gunasekhara, Foundation of Goodness, Sri Lanka • K Tenzin, Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Bhutan • Sanjeev Sarma · Founder Director & CEO, Webx Technologies • Jenny Sulfath, Digital Empowerment Foundation, - Rapporteur
IGF 2023 Town Hall #69 Digital Environmental Sustainablity through Circular Economy
73 Pollicy
Chenai Chair My Data Rights Africa Organizational Affiliation(s) Patricia Adusei-Poku Executive Director Data Protection Commission - (Ghana) Nadia Ahidjo Equal2030 Local Development Research Institute Data.Org GIZ Gender team. Datasphere Initiative
IGF 2023 Town Hall #73 Intersectional Feminist Data Governance: Building Equitable
74

🔒APNIC
Organiser: APNIC. Technical Community. Asia-Pacific. Moderator: Pablo Hinojosa, APNIC, Strategic Engagement Director Rapporteur: Michael Kende, Analysys Mason.

IGF 2023 Town Hall #74 Internet fragmentation and the UN Global Digital Compact
75

🔒ICANN
Jia- Rong Low, ICANN, Technical, Asia-Pacific States Justine Chew, Advocate & Solicitor, Private Sector, Asia- Pacific States Vera Major, ICANN, Technical, WEOG

IGF 2023 Town Hall #75 Multilingual Internet: a Key Catalyst for Access & Inclusion
76 🔒Internet Rights and Principle Coalition (IRPC)
Santosh Babu Sigdel, Co-Chair, Internet Rights and Principle Coalition (IRPC), (Organizer/On-site Moderator) Rashi Saxena, Co-Chair, Internet Rights and Principle Coalition (IRPC) and Strategy Consultant, Accessibility Lab (Organizer) Tanka Raj Aryal, Chairperson (Digital Rights Nepal) (Co-organizer), (Online Moderator)
IGF 2023 Town Hall #76 Governing AI in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges
80

🔒GÉANT
WIDE - Jun Murai & Keiko Okawa. NORDUnet - Ieva Muraskiene GÉANT - Paul Rouse, Hendrik Ike (Rapporteur), Dr. Masafumi Oe, The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)

IGF 2023 Town Hall #80 How Submarine Cables Enhance Digital Collaboration
83

 

  • Moon Choi, KAIST
  • Michael Best, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Araba Sey, Research ICT Africa and University of Washington
  • Carla Licciardello, ITU
  • Tamara Dancheva, GSMA
  • Dasom Lee, KAIST
  • Taylor De Rosa, KAIST
  • Ern Chern Khor, KAIST
  • So Young Kim, KAIST
  • Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania 
  • Maria Garrido, University of Washington
  • Allison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa
  • Lilian Volcan, University of Oxford
  • Tavishi Ahluwalia, National Law University Delhi
  • Sisa Ngabaza, University of the Western Cape
  • Gloria Bonder, Latin American Postgraduate Institute of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
  • Ayanna Samuels, Oslo Met
  • Michelle F. Settecase, EY
  • Naima Hassan, Government of Somalia
  • Ayesha Zainudeen, LIRNEAsia
  • Helani Galpaya, LIRNEAsia
  • Javiera Macaya, CETIC
  • Molly Lesher, OECD
  • Leon Gwaka, University of Pennsylvania 
  • Sindhura KS, University of Pennsylvania 
  • Leslie Dwolatzky, Georgia Institute of Technology
IGF 2023 Town Hall #83 Empowering Women in Tech: Insights from EQUALS
87 Social Media exchange
Najah Itani, SMEX, civil society covering WANA. Zeinab Ismail, SMEX, civil society covering WANA.
IGF 2023 Town Hall #87 Chatgpt Bias: Addressing Arabic And Gender Inequities
88 SMEX
Marianne Rahme, SMEX Nathan Silber, SMEX Abed Kataya, SMEX Ragheb Ghandour, SMEX (online)
IGF 2023 Town Hall #88 Ominous Clouds: Data Centers at Risk in Authoritarian Region
91

🔒Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Kevin Zandermann, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Melanie Garson, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Thiago Moraes, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (Brazilian Data Protection Authority), Government, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Taina Flor Bento Mota, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (Brazilian Data Protection Authority), Government, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Emma Ruiters, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Civil Society, African Group

IGF 2023 Town Hall #91 Dare to Share: Rebuilding Trust Through Data Stewardship
93 🔒EuroDIG / APrIGF
Sandra Hoferichter, EuroDIG, civil society, WEOG Jennifer Chung, DotAsia Organisation, technical community, APAC
IGF 2023 Town Hall #93 EuroDIG - APrIGF exchange: Highlighting regional priorities
94 UNICEF
Steven Vosloo, UNICEF, UN / Governments, Africa. (Please not there is an issue with my IGF account connected to my UNICEF email address - so I am using my personal one for this submission) Ellen Helsper, London School of Economics and Political Science, Academic Community, Eastern and Western European countries Onsite Moderator: Fabio Senne, CETIC - Regional Center for the Development of Information Society, Brazil Online Moderator: Jacqueline Foelster, UNICEF Rapporteur: Jacqueline Foelster, UNICEF
IGF 2023 Town Hall #94 Towards digital equality for every child
97 🔒Privacy International
Ilia Siatitsa, Programme Director and Senior Legal Officer, Privacy International Lucie Audibert, Legal Officer, Privacy International Daniel Howden, Managing Director, Lighthouse Reports
IGF 2023 Town Hall #97 Human Rights Accountability of Public-Private Partnerships
101 🔒BI Norwegian Business School
Celina Bottino, ITS Rio, CSO, South America Christoph Lutz, Nordic Center for Internet and Society, BI Norwegian Business School, Europe Elisabeth Sylvan, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, CSO, North America Samson Esayays, Nordic Center for Internet and Society, BI Norwegian Business School, Europe Christian Perrone, ITS Rio, CSO, South America Tainá Aguiar Junquilho, ITS Rio, CSO, South America
IGF 2023 Town Hall #101 Education and generative AI
102 🔒Asociación TEDIC
Eduardo Carrillo, TEDIC, Civil Society, Latin America Juan de Brigard, Fundación Karisma, Civil Society, Latin America Ilia Siatitsa, Privacy International, Civil Society, Europe Nathan Paschoalini, Data Privacy Brasil, Civil Society, Latin America Laura Bingham, Temple University, Academia, North America Miguel Candia, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government, Latin America Nathalie Stadelmann, B-Tech, OHCHR, United Nations, International Organization, Global
IGF 2023 Town Hall #102 Efficiency as a human right?
105

The University of Tokyo
Arisa Ema, The University of Tokyo/Japan Deep Learning Association, Civil Society, Asia
Hirotaka Kaji, Toyota, Private sector, Asia
Jun Kuribayashi, The University of Tokyo (student), Civil Society, Asia

IGF 2023 Town Hall #105 Resilient and Responsible AI
106 Software Freedom Law Centre
Radhika Jhalani, SFLC.in, Civil Society, Asia pacific
IGF 2023 Town Hall #106 Lost Voice- A gendered perspective on Internet Shutdowns
114 iRights.Lab
Mariel Sousa, Research & Projects, iRights.Lab, Berlin, Germany José Renato Laranjeira de Pereira, Co-Founder Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), Brasilia, Brazil and Research & Projects, iRights.Lab, Berlin, Germany
IGF 2023 Town Hall #114 The narratives we want: Which stories are NLP telling us?
115 UNECA
• Dr. Mactar Seck – UNECA • Hon. Léon Juste Ibombo – Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and the Digital Economy • Hon. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni – Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies • Prof. Adji Bousso Dieng, AI Researcher Princeton University • Dr. Justina Eyram Dugbazah - Senior Programme Officer (AUDA-NEPAD) • Dr. Dereje Yohannes Ashenafi – UNECA
IGF 2023 Town Hall #115 Africa’s readiness for Generative AI and ChatGPT; Opportunit
117

Digital Action
Alexandra Pardal, Campaigns Director at Digital Action, Civil Society, WEOG
Bruna Martins dos Santos, Global Campaigns Manager at Digital Action, Civil Society, GRULAC
Bulanda Tapiwa Nkhowani, Campaigns and Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Digital Action, Civil Society, Africa.

IGF 2023 Town Hall #117 Protect people and elections, not Big Tech!
118 🔒Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN)
José Renato Laranjeira de Pereira, Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), civil society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Felipe Rocha da Silva, Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), civil society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
IGF 2023 Town Hall #118 Digital Services Regulation and Regulatory Enforcement
119 🔒MIAU
Masayuki Hatta, MIAU Levy Syanseke, Internet Society Zambia Chapter
IGF 2023 Town Hall #119 How we can keep both our children and encryption safe
121 🔒Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Ángela Alarcón, Access Now, Civil society, LAC Danny Rayman, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Civil Society, LAC Gayatri Khandhadai, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Civil Society, Global Yamlek Mojica, Access Now, Civil society, LAC Ana Brian Nougrères, United Nations, NGO, LAC
IGF 2023 Town Hall #121 Transparency in times of facial recognition
122 Digital Rights Nepal
Name: Santosh Sigdel (onsite moderator) Organizational Affiliation: Digital rights Nepal Stakeholder: Civil Society Name: Saurav Bhattarai (online Moderator) Organizational Affiliation: Digital rights Nepal Stakeholder: Civil Society Name: Sanjina Kshetri ( Rapporteur.) Organizational Affiliation: Digital rights Nepal Stakeholder: Civil Society
IGF 2023 Town Hall #122 Governing AI in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges
125 The Dialogue
Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director - The Dialogue, Civil Society, Asia Pacific Saksham Malik, Programme Manager - The Dialogue, Civil Society, Asia Pacific Bhoomika Agarwal, Research Associate - The Dialogue, Civil Society, Asia Pacific Mansi Kedia, Senior Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, Civil Society, Asia Pacific Shiva Kanwar, Research Associate, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, Civil Society, Asia Pacific
IGF 2023 Town Hall #125 Competition Regulation for a Data-Driven Digital Economy
126 Fundación Karisma
Stéphane Labarthe, Fundación Karisma (Colombia) from 7 years and ex Chief Information Security Officer of French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), civil society, LATAM (Colombia) Poncelet Ileleji, CEO Jokkolabs Banjul, Gambia, visiting lecturer at the Business University in Dakar, Senegal, civil society IGF and academic, Gambia NRIs, Africa Jonah Sheridan, Information Ecology, private sector, America ans Asia (United States living in Japan) ;
IGF 2023 Town Hall #126 Who will attend to the cybersecurity needs of civil society?
127 🔒Centre for Communication Governance
Jhalak Kakkar, Centre for Communication Governance, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Sukanya Thapliyal, Centre for Communication Governance, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Aishwarya Giridhar, Centre for Communication Governance, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Sachin Dhawan, Centre for Communication Governance, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Raman Jit Singh Chima, Access Now, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group
IGF 2023 Town Hall #127 Creating Global Standards to Mitigate Cybercrime
128

Forum on Information and Democracy

  • Michael L. Bąk, Executive Director of the Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
  • Emma Gruden, Project officer, International Observatory on Information and Democracy, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
  • Chiara Gottardo, Project assistant, International Observatory on Information and Democracy, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
IGF 2023 Town Hall #128 The International Observatory on Information and Democracy
134

🔒International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Maria Fernanda de Brasdefer, IFLA, Civil Society, Latin America and the Caribbean Teresa Nobre, Communia, Civil Soceity, WEOG

IGF 2023 Town Hall #134 The Digital Knowledge Commons: a Global Public Good?
137 DigitalMedusa
Farzaneh Badii, Digital Medusa, Civil Society, US Jonathan Brewer, Consultant, Technical Community, New Zealand
IGF 2023 Town Hall #137 Reviving Internet Governance and Decentralization
142 🔒Institute for Technology and Society of Rio (ITS Rio)
Wolfgang Schultz - Research Director of the Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) - Academia - Europe Carlos Affonso Souza - Director of the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio (ITS Rio) - Civil Society - Latin America Celina Bottino - Director of the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio (ITS Rio) - Civil Society - Latin America João Victor Archegas - Senior Researcher at the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio (ITS Rio) - Civil Society - Latin America Cristina Alves - Researcher at the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio (ITS Rio) - Civil Society - Latin America
IGF 2023 Town Hall #142 Lost in Translation: Brussels Effect and platform regulation
149 KAIST Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy
Moon Choi, KAIST Dasom Lee, KAIST So Young Kim, KAIST
IGF 2023 Town Hall #149 Culture-sensitive and inclusive AI ethics guidelines
150

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

IGF 2023 Town Hall #150 Criss-cross of digital margins for effective inclusion
151 Hiperderecho
Lucía León, Hiperderecho, CSO, GRULAC Catalina Moreno, Karisma, CSO, GRULAC Agustina del Campo, Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE), Academia, GRULAC Martha Tudon, Article 19, CSO, GRULAC
IGF 2023 Town Hall #151 Freedom of Speech, content control & fight against violence
154 🔒ISOC
Samih SOUISSI, Government, WEOG Julien Rossi, Eastern Europe Claire Mélanie Popineau, WEOG
IGF 2023 Town Hall #154 What place for Human RIghts in AI? a cybersecurity use case
156 Coalização Direitos na Rede - CDR / Brazilian Coalition Rights in Network - CDR
Ana Bárbara, Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade - IRIS, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC); and Arthur Almeida, AqualtuneLab, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
IGF 2023 Town Hall #156 Democratic accountability mechanisms on surveillance in LA
158 Centro LATAM Digital
Francisco Adrián García García, Centro LATAM Digital, Civil Society, Latin America
IGF 2023 Town Hall #158 Prevention of misinformation risks among in-transit migrants
162

🔒EDMO
Erik Lambert, Eurovisioni, civil society, WEOG group Giovanni Zagni, Pagella Politica, media, WEOG Group

IGF 2023 Town Hall #162 How prevent external interferences to EU Election 2024 - v.2
164

Open Net Korea
Mathew Johnson, Director, Education for MediaSmarts

IGF 2023 Town Hall #164 Sex Ed in the digital age
165

Stanford University
Larry Magid, ConnectSafely, Civil Society (U.S. facilitator of Safer Internet Day), North America Brittan Heller, Stanford University, Civil Society, North America Daniel Castano, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Civil Society, South America

IGF 2023 Town Hall #165 Exploring the Risks and Rewards of Generative AI