The UK Internet Governance Forum is the national internet governance forum for the United Kingdom. It is a collaborative partnership that provides a local forum in the UK to engage industry, government, parliament, academia and civil society in debate on Internet Governance issues.
The UK Chapter of the Internet Society supports the UK IGF by taking part in its multistakeholder steering committee.
This year’s UK IGF features the following agenda:
09:00 Welcome and Opening
Paul Fletcher, Nominet
09:30 Ministerial Address
Lucy Powell MP
10:20 Online Safety
Damian Collins MP
Sharon Gaffka
Jon Higham, Ofcom
Parven Kaur, Kids N Clicks
11:20 BREAK
11:35 Digital Inequalities: The barriers facing young and old
Jess Barrett, Voicebox
Dr Lizzie Coles-Kemp, Royal Holloway, University of London
Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics
Cliff Manning, Parent Zone
Sally West, Age UK
12:35 LUNCH
13:20 Keynote Speech
Yih-Choung Teh, Ofcom
13:55 Encryption
Stephen Bonner, Information Commissioner’s Office
Alec Muffett, ex-Facebook
Dan Sexton, Internet Watch Foundation
14:55 BREAK
15:10 Transparency and AI
Bridget Boakye, Tony Blair Institute
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Twitter
Dr Evert Haasdljk, Deloitte
Stephen Metcalfe MP
Mariarosaria Taddeo, Oxford Internet Institute
Registrations for this year’s UK IGF meeting have now closed. If you are still interested in attending the event either in-person or remotely, please contact the UK IGF Team at ukigf@ukigf.org.uk confirming your preference.
However, you can watch the ISOC LiveStream of the event here.
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