[Governance] WEBCAST OCT 8 - Finnish Internet Forum 2025

[Joly MacFie]

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On *Wednesday 8 October 2025* at *09:15-14:00 EEST* (06:15 – 11:00
UTC) the *Finnish
Internet Forum
<https://internetforum.fi/2025/09/24/finnsh-internet-forum-8-10-2025/> *will
be convened at the Little Parliament building in Helsinki. In this year’s
edition, Finnish Internet Forum focuses on resilience, countering cyber
harassment, and the WSIS+20 review.

The Finnish Internet Forum is an annual multistakeholder event, set up in
2010 to discuss internet-related issues from a Finnish perspective. The
organizers of the Finnish Internet Forum include e.g. Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finnish Internet
Association, Information and Communication Technology Professionals TIVIA,
and the Electronic Frontier Foundation of Finland.

*PROGRAM* (Timings in UTC) (All sessions will be in Finnish, except where
noted – recording will be subtitled)

*6.15 Opening remarks*
*Timo Harakka* – MP, Social Democratic Party, Vice-Chair of the Committee
on the Future
*Antti Vasara* – the Foreign Minister’s Special Envoy for Technology

*06.30 Keynote: Cooperation & Coordination for the Future of the Internet*
 (Swedish)
*Kurt “Kurtis” Lindqvist* – President and CEO, ICANN

*06.45 Panel I: Resilience of digital infrastructure* (English / Finnish)
*Kurt “Kurtis” Lindqvist* – President and CEO, ICANN
*Olli Peltonen* – Senior Consultant, COPOY
*Elina Ussa* – CEO, FiCom
*Maria Rautavirta* – Unit Director, Ministry of Transport and Communications
Moderator:* Julf Helsingius* – Chair of the Board of Base N / Member of the
ISOC Finland Board
Comment: *Christiane Kirketerp de Viron* – Deputy Director-General
,(Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity), DG CONNECT, European Commission

*08:15 Panel II: Tackling cyber harassment, making the Internet safer*
Introduction: *Reetta Hänninen* – Leading expert, Sua varten somessa
*Atte Harjanne* – MP, Green Party
*Ella Granström* – Anti-violence expert, Women’s line
*Minna Kröger* – Corporate Responsibility Director, Elisa
Moderator: *Oona Kurppa* – Chair of Generation Equality

*9:30 Discussion: Is WSIS still topical?*
Introduction:* Miapetra Kumpula-Natri* – MP, Social Democratic Party / Vice
Chair of the Grand Committee
Moderator: *Mervi Kultamaa* – Team leader, UN development issues, Ministry
for Foreign Affairs / Member, ISOC Finland Board

*10:00 Closing*
*Kirsi Karlamaa* – Director, Technology and Strategy, Traficom

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