From 15 to 19 December 2024, the 19th global Internet Governance Forum (IGF), hosted this year by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will take place at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC) in Riyadh.
The meeting focuses on the overarching theme "Building our multi-stakeholder digital future".
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a global, open and inclusive platform for stakeholder dialogue on issues related to Internet and digital governance and evolution, with a focus on the complementarity of stakeholders. It was established by the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2006. The forum's mandate is to stimulate debate among all stakeholders to address the main challenges and opportunities of the digital era.
The Riyadh Meeting
AgID is taking part in the work of IGF Riyadh 2024, whose agenda is structured around four main themes:
1. Harnessing innovation and balancing risks in the digital space;
2. Strengthening the digital contribution to peace, development and sustainability;
3. Promoting human rights and inclusion in the digital age;
4. Improving digital governance for the Internet we want.
AgID participated in several sessions, including the Internet we want (IWW), Artificial Intelligence, the Summit of the Future, WSIS +20, the implementation activities of the Global Digital Compact, the protection of minors on the Net, and shared the main outcomes of the IGF Italy 2024 debate in several bilateral meetings held with the IGF Secretariat, the Digital Cooperation Organization, the Digital Government Authority in Saudi Arabia.
The Agency met with Vint Cerf, coordinator of the Leadership Panel, for a discussion on the evolving mandate of the IGF. It has been shared the opportunity to measure the quality of the Internet through specific metrics. In addition, AgID spoke with numerous high-level representatives involved in Internet and digital regulation.
The Director General of AgID addressed the session of parliamentarians that discussed, among other things, how to promote innovative and inclusive digital transformation, highlighting the main points of Italy's digital strategy. Furthermore, he agreed on the drafting of the output document from the Parliamentary Track - 19th UN Internet Governance Forum.
The IGF 2024 debate, in Riyadh, is underway and there are numerous appointments planned by AgID over the next two days.
Finally, we would like to remind you that AgID contributed to the drafting of the document "A vision of the IGF beyond 2025 released today".
IGF Italy
On 5 and 6 December, at the Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale (AgID), the Internet Governance Forum Italy was held under the title ‘The Internet I would like. Let's build our digital future together'.
Artificial intelligence, digital skills, cybersecurity, protection of minors, disinformation and network governance were the topics discussed during the two-day event.
The forum saw the participation of numerous national and international institutional representatives who discussed the upcoming challenges related to the Net and its impact on our lives.
On AgID's YouTube channel, it is possible to review the discussion sessions.
