Proposal Proponent ID Notes from Suggested issue Theme ... fileAsli Telli Aydemir European Digital Rights Initiative & ISOC-Turkey Academia Turkey Germany female Member of an organising

SouthEasternEuropeanDialogueonInternetGovernance(SEEDIG) ListofproposalsforSEEDIG2018

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Suggested issue Theme Suggested participants First name Last name Organisation Stakeholder Group

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Country of residence

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1 DigitalfriendlycitiesinSouthEastEurope:bestpracticesandfuturechallenges

Access&literacy

Oliana Sula University"AleksandërMoisiu"Durrës/EstonianBusinessSchool

Academia Albania Albania female Memberofanorganisingteam

2 User-centricityguidingprincipleschallengesindigitalpublicservicesdelivery

Access&literacy

Oliana Sula University"AleksanderMosiu"Durres,Albania/EstonianBusinessSchool

Academia Albania Albania female

3 Digitalmigrantswithindigitalinclusionpolicies

Access&literacy

Oliana Sula University"AleksanderMoisiu"Durres/EstonianBusinessSchool

Academia Albania Albania female Reporter(writtenreport)

4 ManagingdigitalculturalcapitalinEurope

Access&literacy



5 Digitalliteracyasanecessityineducation

Access&literacy

Dajana Mulaj UniversityofTirana


Proposal ProponentNotes from proponentID


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Country of origin


Gender Role


6 Theexpandingdigitaldivideduetonewliteracyskillgaps

Access&literacy

Prof.MutluBinark(HacettepeUniversityandAlternativeInformaticsAssociation,Turkey);ErnestZhanaev(FreedomHouse,CaucasusandWestEuropeRegionalCoordinator);CansuAydemir(MediaLiteracyAssociationCo-founder,Turkey);Prof.ReneeHobbs(MediaLiteracyLab,UniversityofRhode-Island,USA);SuSoniaHerring(ISOC-TurkeyandTECH-WomenAsiaWebmanager);MichelBauwens(EuropeanCommonsAssembly,CommonsTransitionNetworkFounder)

Asli TelliAydemir EuropeanDigitalRightsInitiative&ISOC-Turkey

Academia Turkey Germany female Memberofanorganisingteam

Icanactasamoderatorandtakeinitiativeinorganizingtheabove-mentionedissueandseriesofactivitiesrelatedtoit.

7 Internetofopportunitiesandequalaccesstodigitaldividends

Access&literacy

Olga Kyryliuk NGO“DigitalDefendersPartners”

Civilsociety Ukraine Ukraine female Memberofanorganisingteam

8 Theroleofcommunitynetworksinenablingsustainableaccess

Access&literacy

MaaritPalovirta,ISOC;LeandroNavarro,GulfiNet;MichaelOghia,Independent;someonefromWLANSlovenija

Michael Oghia Independent Civilsociety UnitedStatesofAmerica

Serbia male Memberofanorganisingteam

9 Challengesinconnectingremoteareas

Access&literacy

Rati Kochlamazashvili

TushetiDevelopmentFund

Civilsociety Georgia Georgia male Memberofanorganisingteam

10 Communitynetworks-driversofsustainability

Access&literacy

Rati Kochlamazashvili

TushetiDevelopmentFund



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12 AwarenessofdatamanagementandcriticalInternetliteracy

Access&literacy

myself Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF Government Albania Albania male Memberofanorganisingteam

13 Parentalawarenessonchildrenonlineprotection

Access&literacy

Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF Government Albania Albania male Memberofanorganisingteam

11 Broadbandstrategydevelopment

Access&literacy

Sandro Karumidze UGT Civilsociety Georgia Georgia male Memberofanorganisingteam

ParticularlyInterestedhowtobuildsuccessfulbusiness/sustainabilitycase.Newtechnologiesandsolutions.Whatstatecando?Providefreefrequencies,Investininfrastructure,providesharedaccesstoinfrastructure?Accessinunderdeveloped-remoteareas.Broadbanddevelopmentstrategy-lessonslearnedandfuturepath.WhatarelessonslearntfromnotveryreachcountriesofEurope(Eastern/SouthEurope)/World.Availabilityoffunding-donors,localfundingmodels?


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14 TowardsaSouthEasternEuropeanregionecosystem:perspectivesandchallenges

DevelopmentofIGecosystem

Oliana Sula University"AlesandërMoisiu"Durrës/EstonianBusinessSchool


15 ChallengesofimplementingInternetgovernanceeducationalprogramsinformalandnon-formaleducationinEurope


Oliana Sula University"AleksanderMoisiuDurres"Albania/EstonianBusinessSchool


16 EuropeanIGinitiativesmapandcalendar


AnjaGengo,IGFSecretariat,NRIs;MarkusKummer,IGFSA;Jean-JackuesSahel,ICANN;FredericDonck,ISOC;RIPE;MariyaGabriel,EuropeanCommission;MichalBoni,EuropeanParliament;CouncilofEurope

Oksana Prykhodko iNGOEuropeanMediaPlatform


NRIsarerecognizedasoneofthemainachievementsofIGF.EuropeanIGinitiativesmapandcalendarcanhelptoboostsynergybetweenEuropeanNRIs,majorEuropeanandglobalIGstakeholders,toplanandorganizeNRIsinthemostoptimalway.Specialattentionhastobepayedtoyouthinitiatives.

17 Cross-borderliability,jurisdictionandInternetgovernance


CláudioS.deLucenaNeto,ProfessorofLaw,CenterforLegalStudiesParaíbaStateUniversity(UEPB),BrazilPhDCandidate,ResearchCentrefortheFutureofLawCatólicaGlobalSchoolofLaw,UniversidadeCatólicaPortuguesa




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18 BlockchainforIG:whereandwhatforwithintheInternetEcosystem?


ISOC,IANA,UNvetocountries

Rafael MelgarejoHeredia

UniversityofSouthampton

Academia Ecuador UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

male Reporter(writtenreport)

19 TranslateIGinotherlanguagesthanEnglish?


SebastienBachollet,MatthiasHudobnik

Clement Genty Arts&MétiersParisTech

Academia France France male Remotemoderatorduringtheconference

20 Smartgovernance DevelopmentofIGecosystem

ProfessorVasileBaltac,NationalSchoolofPoliticalStudiesandPublicAdministration;ProfessorLasseBERNTZEN,UniversityCollegeofSoutheastNorway

Catalin Vrabie NationalUniversityofPoliticalStudiesandPublicAdministration

Academia Romania Romania male Memberofanorganisingteam

Thetopicsherewillbearound:Enablingsupply&demandsidepolicy,Transparency&Opendata,ICT&e-gov

21 Local&nationalbroadbanddevelopmentinitiativeforSEEcountries(promotingeconomic&socialdevelopment)


Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF\MinistryofInfrastructureandEnergy

Government Albania Albania male Memberofanorganisingteam

22 ImplementationofGDPR:IssuesandchallengesinEUandSEEcountries




23 TrendofIoTandbroadbandconnectioninSEE




24 Regionalcross-borderdigitalpoliciesforbetterInternetecosystemandsustainabledevelopment





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25 Dataprotectionintheonlineworld

Humanrights(privacy)

Marta CapeloGaspar ETNO Privatesector

Portugal Belgium female Memberofanorganisingteam

26 ChildrendigitalrightsevolutionasstrategicalpriorityinEuropeandevelopmentagendas


Oliana Sula University"AlekanderMoisiu"Durres,Albania/EstonianBusinessSchool


27 SaferInternet"friendly"futureagendasinSouthEasternEurope




28 Learningtobeprivatedespitethechallengesinthesocialmediaage


RimHayat Chaif Civilsociety Civilsociety Algeria Greece female Memberofanorganisingteam

29 Internetfreedom:attheedgeoflibertyandsecurity


NicolasSeidler,SeniorPolicyAdvisor,InternetSociety;BisseraZankova,PresidentofMedia21Foundation,Bulgaria



ThesuggestedissuemaycoverthreatsposedtoInternetfreedombyrestrictivelegislativepracticesandInternetshutdowns


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FacebookandYouTubearebecomingthenewInternetpoliceandmoreandmoreprivateactorsaregrantedpowertoregulateonlinecontent.Thisendangersourfreedomofspeechandcreatesasystemofcontrolandcensorshipforouronlinefreedom.ThisissuecanbediscussedeitherinlightoftherecentproposalforaEUcopyrightreform,orasastandalonetopic(orboth).

31 EUcopyrightreform Humanrights(privacy)

EDRi,CopyrightforCreativity,Mozilla,Spotify,Meame,COMMUNIA,EBLIDA,Liberties.eu

Valentina Pavel ApTI-AssociationforTechnologyandInternet

Civilsociety Romania

ApTI-AssociationforTechnologyandInternet

Civilsociety Romania Romania female30 Privatisedlawenforcement Humanrights(privacy)

EDRi,Liberties.eu,CopyrightforCreativity,MaxPlank

Valentina Pavel

Romania female TheEUcopyrightreformproposaliscurrentlybeingdiscussedintheEuropeanParliament.Theleadcommittee(JURI)willvoteon23January2018andthentheproposalwillbediscussedinthetrialogueprocedure.Itisstilluncertainhowlongthetakesincetheproposalisverycontroversial.Manycivilsociety,academia,librarians,researchers,startupsandinnovativebusinessesurgedtheEuropeanParliamenttosafeguardtheirrightsandespeciallytodeletearticles11and13.ItisimportanttohaveafollowupdiscussionafterJURIvoteandtoraisemoreawarenessregardingthemeasuresthathavebeenproposed.


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32 ePrivacyRegulation Humanrights(privacy)

Valentina Pavel ApTI-theAssociationforTechnologyandInternet

Civilsociety Romania Romania female SincetheePrivacyRegulationwasvotedintheEuropeanParliamentaninformativediscussiononthetopicwouldbetimely.

33 GDPR(GeneralDataProtectionRegulation)


Valentina Pavel ApTI-theAssociationforTechnologyandInternet

Civilsociety Romania Romania female TheGDPRwillbecomeenforceableinMay2018.Itwouldbesuitabletohavediscussionoverthistopicandseewho'sreadytoimplementGDPR-especiallyfromtheSouthEasternEuropeanCountries.

31 EUcopyrightreform Humanrights(privacy)

EDRi,CopyrightforCreativity,Mozilla,Spotify,Meame,COMMUNIA,EBLIDA,Liberties.eu

Valentina Pavel ApTI-AssociationforTechnologyandInternet

Civilsociety Romania Romania female TheEUcopyrightreformproposaliscurrentlybeingdiscussedintheEuropeanParliament.Theleadcommittee(JURI)willvoteon23January2018andthentheproposalwillbediscussedinthetrialogueprocedure.Itisstilluncertainhowlongthetakesincetheproposalisverycontroversial.Manycivilsociety,academia,librarians,researchers,startupsandinnovativebusinessesurgedtheEuropeanParliamenttosafeguardtheirrightsandespeciallytodeletearticles11and13.ItisimportanttohaveafollowupdiscussionafterJURIvoteandtoraisemoreawarenessregardingthemeasuresthathavebeenproposed.


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34 Zeroknowledgecryptography&Ethereum


1.VitalikButerin,chiefscientist,EthereumFoundation,technical,Canada,male.CreatorofEthereumtechnology.2.ZookoWilcox-O’Hearn,founderandCEO,ZCash,technical,US,male.Creatorofzeroknowledgeproof.3.JacobEberhardt,TechnischeUniversitatBerlin&ZoKratesproject,technicalandacademia,Berlin,male.CreatorofZoKratesprojectwhichisaframeworkforbuildingprivacyenhancedapplicationsontopofEthereum.4.VinayGupta,founder,Mattereum,techicalandpolicy,London,UK,male.Thoughtleaderandahellofasmartguy.5.AndreasAntonopoulos,UniversityCollegeLondon,technicalandacademia,US,male.Powerfulspeaker,thoughtleaderandblockchainadvocate.6.PatrickMcCorry,NewcastleUniversity,technicalandacademia,London,UK,male.Heisabletogiveapracticalexample;hisinitiativedealswithbuildingananonymousonlinevotingsystemontheEthereumplatform.7.AdrianFord,president,ZTrustFoundation,technical,California,US,male.Heisabletoofferapracticalexample;heisworkingonadecentralizedanonymousreputationprotocol.

Valentina Pavel Zeroknowledgeprotocolsopenedanewprivacyrealminthecryptospace.CryptoenthusiastsmightalreadybefamiliarwithZCash,however,therearenewopportunitiesforothertypesofapplicationstobedeveloped-spreadingfarbeyondfinancialtransactions-thatmakeuseofthesetechnologiestodeliverunprecedenteduserprivacyandauditability.Wewillsoonbelookingatanewcategoryofdecentralizedblockchain-basedappsthathavethepotentialtobringfullanonymitytoaglobalscale,buildingontopofEthereum’srecentlyaddedsupportforzeroknowledgeproofs.WhatkindofDapps(decentralizedapplications)doweneed?Howdotheyhelpus?Whatarethechallengesandopportunities?

ApTI-theAssociationforTechnologyandInternet

Civilsociety Romania Romania female


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34 Zeroknowledgecryptography&Ethereum


1.VitalikButerin,chiefscientist,EthereumFoundation,technical,Canada,male.CreatorofEthereumtechnology.2.ZookoWilcox-O’Hearn,founderandCEO,ZCash,technical,US,male.Creatorofzeroknowledgeproof.3.JacobEberhardt,TechnischeUniversitatBerlin&ZoKratesproject,technicalandacademia,Berlin,male.CreatorofZoKratesprojectwhichisaframeworkforbuildingprivacyenhancedapplicationsontopofEthereum.4.VinayGupta,founder,Mattereum,techicalandpolicy,London,UK,male.Thoughtleaderandahellofasmartguy.5.AndreasAntonopoulos,UniversityCollegeLondon,technicalandacademia,US,male.Powerfulspeaker,thoughtleaderandblockchainadvocate.6.PatrickMcCorry,NewcastleUniversity,technicalandacademia,London,UK,male.Heisabletogiveapracticalexample;hisinitiativedealswithbuildingananonymousonlinevotingsystemontheEthereumplatform.7.AdrianFord,president,ZTrustFoundation,technical,California,US,male.Heisabletoofferapracticalexample;heisworkingonadecentralizedanonymousreputationprotocol.

Valentina Pavel Zeroknowledgeprotocolsopenedanewprivacyrealminthecryptospace.CryptoenthusiastsmightalreadybefamiliarwithZCash,however,therearenewopportunitiesforothertypesofapplicationstobedeveloped-spreadingfarbeyondfinancialtransactions-thatmakeuseofthesetechnologiestodeliverunprecedenteduserprivacyandauditability.Wewillsoonbelookingatanewcategoryofdecentralizedblockchain-basedappsthathavethepotentialtobringfullanonymitytoaglobalscale,buildingontopofEthereum’srecentlyaddedsupportforzeroknowledgeproofs.WhatkindofDapps(decentralizedapplications)doweneed?Howdotheyhelpus?Whatarethechallengesandopportunities?

35 InternetFreedomNetworkforCentral-EasternEuropeandEurasia:showcasingsuccessfulexampleofregionalcooperation


VesnaKardalevska,RegionalCoordinator,InternetFreedomProject,RuleofLawInitiative,AmericanBarAssociation,civilsociety,Macedonia;BogdanManolea,ExecutiveDirector,NGO“AssociationforTechnologyandInternet”,civilsociety,RomaniaFilipStojanovski,ProgramCoordinator,MetamorphosisFoundation,ContributoratGlobalVoices,civilsociety,MacedoniaLevanAvalishvili,DeputyExecutiveDirector,InstituteforDevelopmentofFreedomofInformation(IDFI),civilsociety,GeorgiaAsomiddinAtoev,ProjectCoordinator,PublicFund“CanadianInternationalInnovationProgram”(CIIP),civilsociety,KyrgyzRepublic


Civilsociety Ukraine

ApTI-theAssociationforTechnologyandInternet

Civilsociety Romania Romania female

Ukraine female Memberofanorganisingteam


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37 "Thisvideoisnotavailableinyourcountry"–Howgeoblockingimposesonthefreedomoflegalaccesstoculturalgoods


Tomaž Golob YoungPiratesofSlovenia

Civilsociety Slovenia Slovenia male Memberofanorganisingteam

36 Ethicaluseofpersonaldata-GDPRandMyDataasvehiclesforafairandhuman-centricdataeconomy


KeyparticipantswouldincludeadiversesetofinfluencersintheMyDatacommunity.TheMyDatacommunityaroundtheworldconsistsofentrepreneurs,activists,academics,listedcorporations,publicagencies,anddevelopers.Foryears,we’vebeenusingdifferentwordsforwhatwedo–MyData,SelfData,VRM(VendorRelationshipManagement),InternetofMe,PIMS(PersonalInformationManagementServices)etc,whilesharingacommongoal:toempowerindividualswiththeirpersonaldata,thushelpingthemandtheircommunitiesdevelopknowledge,makeinformeddecisions,andinteractmoreconsciouslyandefficientlywitheachotheraswellaswithorganisations.Seehttps://mydata.org/andwww.mydata2018.org

Teemu Ropponen Note:asimilartopichasbeensuggestedfortheInnovationandeconomysession.TheMyDatatopiccutsthroughboth-butthefundamentalissuesofpersonaldataisoneofthetopdefiningissuesofthefutureoftheinternet(accordingtoTimBerners-Lee),andcanthusbelookedatfromvariousangles.Thankyouforyourconsideration.

OpenKnowledgeFinland

Civilsociety Finland Finland male Memberofanorganisingteam


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39 NationallegislationsaboutofInternetaccessasaninalienablehumanright


Vladimir Kukovsky UkrainianIGF,UkrainianInternetAssociation

Civilsociety Ukraine Ukraine male

40 Personaldataprotection Humanrights(privacy)

LanaGaldava;NatiaMrelashvili

Tamar Alpaidze Professor Academia Georgia Georgia other Reporter(writtenreport)

41 UnderstandingtheInterneteconomy

Innovationandeconomicissues

Tooearly.Happytodelivernamesoncethesessionisaccepted.

Erika Mann Ms. Other Germany Germany female Memberofanorganisingteam

Happytosupportand/orspeakatsuchasession.I'minterestedinadatadrivendebateandlessinapurelyopiniondrivendiscussion.

38 Private,personalidentificationnumber(OIB)-Userdata-beingusedtocreatedigitalidentityyourname.from.hratpublicserviceDNS.hrwhichisexposedinonlineregistersandavailabletoanyonewhohasanInternetconnection


AidaMahmutović,BalkanSchoolonInternetGovernance/DIPLO/SEE

Tomislav Novak YouthIGFCroatia/FacultyoforganizationandinformaticsVaraždin,UniversityofZagreb(Croatia)

Civilsociety Croatia Croatia male Reporter(writtenreport)

Asaenthusiasticstudent,hopethiswillgottotherighthandstowarnCroatia'sgovermentaboutthebigissuewehaveonrelationbetweenthelawandpolicies,userdataprivacyandrisksgettingouridentitycompromisedwithfewclicksonline.Ihaveproofsofthisissuewhichisstillpossibletodo,moreoverIwasinvitedtotalkaboutthisissueonlocalradionewsandhavewrittenlongreadarticleonmypersonalblogwhichisalsocoveredwithvideomaterial.


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42 MobileInternetandtheappeconomy:explorethefarreachingimplicationsofthisshifttoamobileInternet,analyzingfromdifferentperspectiveshowiteffectsInternetopenness,thegoalofgettingallconnected,andtheachievementofasustainableandinclusiveInternet.




43 TheImpactofonlineplatformsonthedigitaltransformationofoursocieties




44 Consumerrights:enhancingtransparencyandconsumerempowerment




45 PerspectivesofimpactofdigitalcurrencyonfinancialsystemandfinancialgovernanceinSouthEasternEurope




46 ThefutureandgapsofthedigitalisationoftheeconomyinSouthEastEuropeancountries



Academia Albania Albania female Remotemoderatorduringtheconference


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47 Digitalmediaandemergingtechnologies'impactineconomicdevelopmentinSouthEasternEurope




48 Activatinge-skillsinthedigitaleconomies:apolicymatter?




49 DigitalcommerceanddatainEurope




50 Shapeofthefuture:Theregulationofthecryptocurrencies


Keyparticipantsshouldbethestakeholdersfromallgroupsandsectors,withspecialfocusoncivilsociety,securityandgovernmentalsector.

Amina Beriša OneWorldPlatform/Instituteforsocialscienceresearch-Departmentofinformationsecurity,Facultyofpoliticalsciences

Other BosniaandHerzegovina

BosniaandHerzegovina

female Remotemoderatorduringtheconference

Ifyouneedanyhelpwiththissubject,Iwouldbeveryluckytohelp!Thankyou!

51 Digitizationofagricultureandfoodproduction


RepresentativesofGlobalOpenDataforAgricultureandNutrition;RepresentativesofWorldEconomicForum

Irakli Kochlamazashvili

ISETPlicyInstitute Academia Georgia Georgia male Memberofanorganisingteam

Iaminterestedinthedigitizationofagricultureandtheeconomyingeneral.

52 ThefutureofblockchainandcryptocurrencyinSoutheasternEurope


ArvinKamberi(DiploFoundation)Jure(Coin.si)

Michael Oghia Independent Civilsociety UnitedStatesofAmerica

Serbia male Memberofanorganisingteam


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53 ImpactofuploadfiltersontheEuropeanstart-upecosystem


TomažGolob,YoungPiratesofSlovenia



54 Internetneutrality Innovationandeconomicissues

TomažGolob,YoungPiratesofSlovenia



55 Netneutrality Innovationandeconomicissues

Arandjel Bojanovic ISOCSerbia Civilsociety Serbia Serbia male Memberofanorganisingteam

56 Cryptocurrencyandblockchain


Arvin Kamberi DiploFoundation Civilsociety Serbia Serbia male Memberofanorganisingteam

Oneofthemostimportantdevelopmentinafieldofinovationsandeconomicissues

57 Financialinclusionchallengesduetoitsdependencyondigitalinclusion


Microfinancedigitaldeliverychannelsexperts;WomenFinancialInclusiontopicexperts

David Inaneishvili FINCAImpactFinance

Other Georgia Georgia male Memberofanorganisingteam

58 IoTdevelopment-public-privatepartnerhips


IoTassociationsandindependentexperts

Sandro Karumidze UGT Privatesector

Georgia Georgia male Memberofanorganisingteam

Whatcouldbesuccessfulmodelsofpublic-privatepartnershiptostartusingIoTsolutioninthecountry.Roleofthegovernmentinpromotionofthesesolutions.Regulationandsecurity.


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60 Factcheckingandsourceverificationmethods

Media&content

JakubJanda(EuropeanValuesThinkTank);YevhenFedchenko(Stopfake.org);VerificationHandbookTeam(EuropeanJournalismCentre);youngexpertstbc

Nadia Tjahja YouthCoalitiononInternetGovernance

Other Netherlands Netherlands female Memberofanorganisingteam

61 UnderstandingtherelationshipbetweenaudiencesandmicrotargetinginrelationtoDis/Mis&Malinformationcampaigns

Media&content

JakubJanda(EuropeanValuesThinktank)



59 Fakenews Media&content

PaoloCesarini,HeadofUnit,MediaConvergenceandSocialMedia,DGCONNECT,EuropeanCommission

Stephanie Matt 2018eventswillcoincidewiththeendoftheconsultationprocessrecentlylaunchedbyEuropeanCommissionerMariyaGabriel.Aparticipationtoasessiononfakenewswouldbetheopportunitytoinformoftheresultsofthelarge-scaleconsultationprocess(publicconsultation,Eurobarometer,workshops,etc.)andpresenttheCommunicationonfakenewsandonlinedisinformationthatshouldbeadoptedendoftheSpring.M.CesariniisalsoparticipatingtotheIGF2017asspeaker.

EuropeanCommission

Intergovernmentalorganisation

Belgium Belgium female


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63 (Big)datajournalismandfreedomofspeechinSouthEastEuropeanregion

Media&content



64 Propagandaandfakenewsdebunking

Media&content

TamarKintsurashvili,executivedirectorofMDF;SopoGelava,researcher;DaliKurdadze,researcher

Tamar Kintsurashvili MediaDevelopmentFoundation(MDF)

Civilsociety Georgia Georgia female



Theconceptofstrategicnarrativesisanupcominginter-disciplinaryfieldthatelaboratesonthecomplexitiesofinternationalpoliticstodayandit'srelationshipwiththemedia,especiallyinregardtohowinfluenceworksinanewmediaenvironment.IhaveproposedthistopicandwouldaimtocontributebutIhavealsolistedmyselfasaspeakerduetomybackgroundinthetopicandcontinuedstudy.

62 Strategicnarrativesinthenewmediaecology

Media&content

Prof.AlistairMiskimmon(QueenBelfastUniversity)'Dr.JoannaSzostek(RoyalHolloway);Dr.Tyushka(CollegeofEurope);NadiaTjahja(YCIG)


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66 DatagovernancefortheInternetofThings

Media&content

Clement Genty EURALO Academia France France male Memberofanorganisingteam67 Conversationalweb Media&

contentChristen,Michael(yacy);Leenars,Michael(NLNET);Cheyer,Adam(Apple)Tunstall-Pedoe,William(evi);Lenat,Douglas(cyc);Wright,Steve(LeedsbeckettUniversity);RyanGermick(google)

André Rebentisch OTS Technicalcommunity

Germany Germany male Reporter(writtenreport)

Voiceandspokeninteractionasthenextphaseininterfacedevelopment,withpersonalhomeassistantsandthelike

68 Howtofightfakenews Media&content

RepresentativesofcountrieswithstrongRussianpropaganda/newdemocracies

Sandro Karumidze InternetSociety,GeorgiaChapter


Whataresuccessfulmodelstofightpropagandainsocialmediawithoutlimitinghumanrights

IwouldliketorecommendafewexpertsfromUkraineCrisisMediaCenter(AnnaHoncharyk)andMinistryofInformation;aPresidentofDigitalCommunicationsNetworkArturGurauormyself(Digitalcommunicationsnetworkisanorganization,whichconnectsdifferentstakeholdersacrossmedia,government,andin-between);andrepresentativesworkingintheareaofOpenGovernmentPartnership,dealingwithissuesoftransparency,opendata,andsocialmediamonitoring.

Media&content

Socialmedia,censorship,andInternetgovernanceindemocraciesintransition

65 Anna Romandash DigitalCommunicationsNetwork

Press Ukraine Ukraine Iwouldliketoreportontheeventasajournalistbecausethisismybackground(Ihavebeenworkinginthemedia,andnow,amamemberofalargemedianetworkinEasternEurope)

female Reporter(writtenreport)


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69 Intermediariesliabilitiesandcontent-frontlinesforFOEandcensorship

Media&content

Ucha Seturi Small&mediumTelecomoperatorsAssociationofGeorgia

Privatesector

Georgia Georgia male Memberofanorganisingteam

70 AntiWesternpropaganda,fakenewsandsoftpower-InternetcontentofSEEcountries

Media&content

Ucha Seturi Small&mediumTelecomoperatorsAssociationofGeorgia

Privatesector

Georgia Georgia male

71 Initiatediscussiononcodeofconduct,ethicalcode,-“ageofconsent”-takingtheresponsibilityfornotjustouractionsbutourcollectiveethicalbehaviouronline,protectingthedigitalnetworkthatisgoingtodefinewhoweareandwhatwe“grow”uptobeinthefuture.AsinSofiaSEEDIG,let'sreaffirmtheslogan"Letusshapetheinternetandnotletinternetshapeus!".

Media&content

Aleksandar Ichokjaev IGFMKD Privatesector

TheformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia

TheformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia

male Memberofanorganisingteam


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72 Publicsectorandinnovation Other VitorCarvalho(Technology)PolytechnicInstituteofCavadoandAve;DuarteDuque(technology)PolytechnicInstituteofCavadoandAve;PaulaTavares(Design),PolytechnicInstituteofCavadoandAve;ClaudioCarvalho(Design),PolytechnicInstituteofCavadoandAve;IrenePortela(Law),PolytechnicInstituteofCavadoandAve

Irene Portela PolytechnicInstituteofCavadoandAve

Academia Portugal Portugal female Memberofanorganisingteam

thecurrentlossoftrustbetweenthestateandcitizensisduetoseveralexternalitiesbutitispossibletoreversethisimbalancebyusinginnovation.Oftenthe"lackofdemocracy"thatagovernmentisaccusedofisnothingmorethanbadmanagement.InnovationcangivetruemeaningtoDemocracy.

73 Impactofartificialintelligenceonchildren'sAI,IoTandotherICTproducts,services,andchildren'srights

Other Tba Amali DeSilva-Mitchell

Individual Other UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

Canada female Memberofanorganisingteam

EmergingissuestobeintegratedwithWSISoutcomes

74 TacklinggenderissuesontheInternetintheSEE

Other Dajana Mulaj UniversityofTirana



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76 PromotionofyouthengagmentinInternetgovernacefromAlbaniaandSEE

Other myself Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF Government Albania Albania male Memberofanorganisingteam

77 GovernmentsvsFakenewsvsMedia

Other Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF\MinistryofInfrastructureandEnergy


Iwouldliketocontributeasorgteam,expert,co-moderator,remotemoderator,speaker

78 Privacy=PersonaldatavsSocialmediaVsIoT

Other Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF Government Albania Albania male Memberofanorganisingteam

TheissueofGDPRandimpactontheDNSfallsunderthegeneral,cross-cuttingthemeof‘lawsinthedigitalage’/reconcilingregionalandnationallegislativeproposalswiththetechnicalrealitiesoftheInternet,andwiththechallengetomaintainitsglobalandopencharacter.Therelevantcategoriesare:Securityandcrime,Humanrights,Technical&operationalissues

Memberofanorganisingteam

maleBelgiumBelgiumTechnicalcommunity

ICANNBeccalliAndreaICANNislookingforwardtoshareitsexperienceindealingwiththeimpactofGDPRontheDNSandreconcilingthemultistakeholderpolicymodelwithnationalandregionallegislations

OtherPersonaldataprotectionGDPRtheimpactonDNSandInternet

75


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79 Copyrightreform Other https://twitter.com/aimigipiDiginsiteBlog

Phileas Lebada hyperlinks.at Civilsociety Austria Austria other EUCopyrightreformisaffectingallcategoriestodifferentdegrees.Thisisakeyissueaffectinginternetgovernanceforeveryone.

81 Cybersecurity Security&crime



80 Internetdatagovernanceinthemodernworld

Security&crime

Dr.JovanKurbalija,DirectorofDiploFoundation

Marina Shentsova TheissueofstategovernanceoftheInternetdataiscrucialnowadayssincetheusageisgreatlyspread.Thefunctionofstateistoprovidesecruredatausage,butwhatifthedataitselfhastobeused?Howcoulditberegulatedthatthestateinterferenceislegal?Andinwhichcapacity?Itallhastobecoveredinthetopicofpublicandprivatedatausage.Towhichextentandhowweareprotectedbylawincaseofdataprotection.Thetopicproposedisgoingtoexplainmajorrulesforadataprotection.

UNECE Other Kyrgyzstan Switzerland female Memberofanorganisingteam


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82 DraftingandimplementingnationalcybersecuritystrategiesinSouthEasternEuropeanRegion

Security&crime



83 TheneedforcybersecuritycooperationintheSEE

Security&crime



84 Cybersecuritystrategy:bestpracticesandexamplesintheSEE

Security&crime



85 Cybersecurity Security&crime

Bekjana Goxha Unemployed Other Albania Albania female Memberofanorganisingteam

86 Informationalsecurity;Informationalwar;Cyberattack

Security&crime

TamarAlpaidze Lana Galdava Professor Other Georgia Georgia female Reporter(writtenreport)

87 CompatibilityofinternationalstandardsbetweentheEUandnon-EUcountriesforsecurityandstabilityofInternetonthegloballevel.PolicyofENISAinthisregard

Security&crime

Vladimer Svanadze InternetDevelopmentInitiativeIDI


88 ImportanceofInternationalcooperationofnationalCERT'sasaguaranteeofsecurityandstabilityofInternet.RoleoftheFIRSTinthisdirection

Security&crime


Civilsociety Georgia Georgia male


04/01/2018 24


Country of origin


Gender Role


89 DependencyofsecurityandstabilityofglobalInternetonnationalstrategiesofcybersecurity.PolicyofcybersecurityoftheEU

Security&crime



90 Raisingawarenessamongteenagerstowardscurrentcyberthreats.Theimportanceofeducationforreductionofthreatsincyberspace

Security&crime



91 ImportanceofdevelopmentprocessoflegislationofcybersecurityforeachmembersoftheEU,andrecommendationsfornonmembersoftheEU

Security&crime



92 Dataisanewoilofthedigitaleconomy.Isdataprotected?VisionandpolicyoftheEUonexistingissues

Security&crime



93 Cybersecurityasafifthdimensionofmilitaryoperations.Hybridwars.Cyberspaceisaplaceforpropagandaandfakenews.TheapproachandpolicyoftheEuropeanUnion

Security&crime




04/01/2018 25


Country of origin


Gender Role


94 "MyData"initiative:DataprotectionawarrenessinAlbania,SEEandEurope

Security&crime

myself Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF Government Albania Albania male Memberofanorganisingteam

95 CybersecurityissuesandchallengesinAlbaniaandSEEtowardsEUagenda

Security&crime

myself Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF\MinistryofInfrastructureandEnergy


WouldyouliketocontributeasOrgteam,remotemoderator,moderatorevenspeaker

95 SEEcountriesinacorporatecollaborationagendaforidentifyingthecommonCriticalInformationInfrastructureintheregionasthekeyforsaferinternetandsuistanableeconomicdevelopment

Security&crime

myself Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF\MinistryofInfrastructureandEnergy


Iwouldliketocontributeasorgteam,expert,co-moderator,remotemoderator,speaker

97 ImplementationofcybersecuritystrategiesvscybersecuritylegalframeworkinSEEandEurope(issues&challenges)

Security&crime



98 Newissuesandchallengesoncybersecurity\cyber-crimeinEurope

Security&crime

Fotjon Kosta AlbaniaIGF Government Albania Albania male Memberofanorganisingteam


04/01/2018 26


Country of origin


Gender Role


99 HowdoweintegratethediscussionofissuespertainingtoartificialintelligenceintotheexistingIGFframework?

Technical&operationalissues

Tba Amali DeSilva-Mitchell

IndividualformerCS

Other UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

Canada female Memberofanorganisingteam

UNAIforGoodSummit2017

100 IPv6deployment Technical&operationalissues

Loreta Kroj SEEDIG Technicalcommunity

Albania Albania female Memberofanorganisingteam

Turkey male Memberofanorganisingteam

Ablockchaintrackisproposedwhichunitesdifferentblockchaintopicsinseveralsessions(whichincludestwopreviousproposals).Wethinkthetopicsaretoobroadtofitintooneworkshop/sessionTheproposalwillinclude:-HowwillblockchainbaseddecentralizedapplicationsaffecttheInternetGovernance(technicalandlawissues)-Distributedselfgovernanceofblockchainsandglobalexternalgovernance-DecentralizedblockchainDNSincountries-HowtoregulatetheenergywasteofblockchainsIcanactasaspeakerandalsoamoderatorandtakeinitiativeinorganizingtheabove-mentionedissueandseriesofactivitiesrelatedtoit.

101 Blockchainusagechallenges(Track)


Karaarslan,Enis(Affiliation:ISOCTurkeyChapter);Koç,Serhat(Affiliation:ISOCTurkeyChapter);Genty,Clement(Affiliation:EURALO);Erbguth,Jörn(Affiliation:UniversityofGeneva,GenevaSchoolofDiplomacy)

Enis Karaarslan InternetSocietyTurkeyChapter(ISOC-TR)

Academia Turkey


04/01/2018 27


Country of origin


Gender Role


102 Blockchain,bitcoin Technical&operationalissues

Kliti Lulaj CivilSociety Civilsociety Albania Albania male Remotemoderatorduringtheconference

103 Besttechnologiesforconnectingremotemountainousregions


Zurab Babulaidze TushetiDevelopmentFund


Turkey male Memberofanorganisingteam

Ablockchaintrackisproposedwhichunitesdifferentblockchaintopicsinseveralsessions(whichincludestwopreviousproposals).Wethinkthetopicsaretoobroadtofitintooneworkshop/sessionTheproposalwillinclude:-HowwillblockchainbaseddecentralizedapplicationsaffecttheInternetGovernance(technicalandlawissues)-Distributedselfgovernanceofblockchainsandglobalexternalgovernance-DecentralizedblockchainDNSincountries-HowtoregulatetheenergywasteofblockchainsIcanactasaspeakerandalsoamoderatorandtakeinitiativeinorganizingtheabove-mentionedissueandseriesofactivitiesrelatedtoit.

101 Blockchainusagechallenges(Track)


Karaarslan,Enis(Affiliation:ISOCTurkeyChapter);Koç,Serhat(Affiliation:ISOCTurkeyChapter);Genty,Clement(Affiliation:EURALO);Erbguth,Jörn(Affiliation:UniversityofGeneva,GenevaSchoolofDiplomacy)

Enis Karaarslan InternetSocietyTurkeyChapter(ISOC-TR)

Academia Turkey


04/01/2018 28


Country of origin


Gender Role


104 EventhoughitlookslikethattheuseofIDNdomainnameshasnotbeenverypopular,exchangeoftheinformation,experiences,goodpracticesandideasfromthecountriesthathavealreadylaunchedanIDNccTLDandthecountriesthatmightrequest/getit


Nebojsa Regoje MinistryofForeignAffairs

Government BosniaandHerzegovina

BosniaandHerzegovina

male Isubmittedthesameproposaltwoyearsago,andIbelievethatthistopicdoesnot"expire",itisalwayspopularandofinterestforthecountriesofSEEregionmanyofwhichhaveaspecificalphabet.ThisyearhostofEURODIG,thathas.!"IDN,couldpassexperiencesithas.

105 IDNsanduniversalacceptance Technical&operationalissues

Andrea Beccalli ICANN Technicalcommunity

Italy Belgium male Memberofanorganisingteam

Access&literacy 13DevelopmentofIGecosystem 11Humanrights 16Innovation&economicissues 18Media&content 13Other 8Security&crime 19Technical&operationalissues 7TOTAL 105

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Proposal Proponent ID Notes from Suggested issue Theme ... fileAsli Telli Aydemir European Digital Rights Initiative & ISOC-Turkey Academia Turkey Germany female Member of an organising