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[Anriette Esterhuysen]

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Anriette

Anriette Esterhuysen - anriette at apc.org//anriette at gmail.com
Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group
www.intgovforum.org


  IGF 2021 Introductory Session II

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Time
Tuesday, 2nd November, 2021 (17:00 SAST)

About this Session

*Join Here
<https://intgovforum.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvcuyvqjIsHtNfqWujy_uPlvrlP4Po1Kr6>*

/Facilitated by MAG Issue Teams/

*Introducing IGF 2021 issue areas *

*(i) Emerging regulation: market structure, content, data and
consumer/users rights regulation and (ii) Environmental sustainability
and climate change*

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*PART I [15:00-16:30 UTC]*

*Emerging regulation: market structure, content, data and consumer/users
rights regulation*

This preparatory session will offer attendees an introduction to the
policy issue area of ‎emerging regulation that impacts or relates to the
Internet, one of four cross-cutting issue areas ‎of the IGF2021.
 Followed by scene-setting remarks, this session will feature discussion
on ‎competition, content moderation, data governance and consumer
regulation that are part of a ‎recent trend of increased discussions on
regulating many aspects of the Internet, either in the ‎form of national
and international regulations by governments and intergovernmental
‎organisations (IGOs), or private sector-led self-regulation and
co-regulation initiatives. We ‎hope this discussion can help to
orientate the engagement of IGF2021 participants to identify ‎regulatory
approaches and impacts that will be further expanded by the workshops
that will be ‎part of the program in this issue area.  All interested
are welcome, and organizers and speakers ‎in relevant sessions planned
for IGF2021 are particularly encouraged to attend, in order to foster
‎early connections and exchange in preparation for the hybrid event in
December.‎

*Agenda*

*Welcome & Introduction - 5 minutes‎*

  * A MAG member will provide a brief orientation of the session – its
    purpose, the agenda, etc. – and introduce ‎the keynote speaker.‎

*Scene-Setting Remarks - 15 minutes*

  * *Speaker:* Jovan Kurbalija, Executive Director, Diplo Foundation

*Regulatory Approaches - 20 minutes‎*

  * This section will focus on different regulatory approaches:
    regulation (national, regional or global), co-‎regulation, and
    self-regulation.‎ 
  * *Speaker: *Sisi de la Pena, ALAI

*Regulatory Impacts - 20 minutes‎*

  * This section will focus on regulatory impacts on human rights and
    Internet infrastructure
  * *Speaker: *Olaf Kolkman, ISOC
  * *Speaker: *Alison Gillwald, Executive Director, Research ICT Africa

*Issue Area Previews - 20 minutes‎*

  * This section will focus on the subject matter areas featured in
    IGF2021 programming related to this issue area:
    ‎competition/antitrust, data governance, content moderation, and
    consumer protection.‎

*Conclusion - 5 minutes‎*

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/30-Minute Break/

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*PART II [17:00-18:30 UTC]*

*Environmental sustainability and climate change*

The preparatory session will focus on setting the scene for the IGF and
will discuss the role ‎of the Forum as an important player covering the
issue of environment and digitalisation ‎and - in particular - being
seen as a place where dots are connected and capacities of ‎policy
makers on this issue are increased. This session will specifically cover
the issue’s ‎narrative, explore different sub thematic areas, preview
different types of sessions ‎‎(Workshops, Open Forums, Best Practice
Forums, Dynamic Coalitions, NRI Collaborative ‎Sessions) under the
theme, and feature a scene-setting speaker.‎

*Agenda*

*Introduction (10 minutes)‎*

  * A short explanation to deliver a general perspective about the
    environment and ‎digitalization is something important to discuss.
    This part also discuss the impact of ‎the issue in the future and
    what we should do in the long term and sustain work ‎basis.‎

/*Speaker*/

Livia Walpen, OFCOM (Swiss Government)

*Thematic discussion: (30-40 minutes)‎*

  * How multistakeholder parties could contribute to this issue and how
    the ‎Global South could take advantage within the process?‎

/*Speakers*/

Daniel Akinmade Emejulu, Microsoft

Gustaff Hariman Iskandar, Common Room

  * How do the workshops of this issue reflect the calling of policy
    questions? ‎What do they try to bring to discuss?‎

/*Speaker*/

Rashid Kaukab, CUTS International

  *  What is the IGF role in this thematic issue? What should IGF do in
    the future ‎to keep the discussion continuing?‎

/*Speakers*/

Valeria Betancourt, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

Flurina Waespi, Policy Network on Environment (PNE)

*Session organizers share brief explanation of their session (10-20
minutes)‎

Interactive plenary discussion with the participants, with Q&A (10- 20
minutes)‎

Closing (5 minutes)‎*

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Anriette Esterhuysen - anriette at apc.org//anriette at gmail.com
Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group
www.intgovforum.org

Senior advisor global and regional internet governance
Association for Progressive Communications
www.apc.org // afrisig.org

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