On Monday - Tuesday 2-3 September 2024 the Pacific Islands Internet Governance Forum (PacIGF2024) will be convened with the theme: "Strengthening Digital Governance and Resilience in the Pacific Islands". PacIGF 2024 is co-locating with APNIC58 conference at Takina Convention Centre, Wellington NZ , and is organized by the Pacific Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in partnership with various key stakeholders. It focuses on local issues and Internet Governance developments in the Pacific slands region ,and seeks to provide impartial advice to governments and the public on Internet-related matters that are relevant to Pacific Island people. The Pacific Internet Governance forum will ensure a human-centric design thinking process to create new and innovative ideas to deal with the challenges faced by our members in the Pacific.
PROGRAM https://pacificigf.org/pacific-igf-2024-program (A;ll times NZST = UTC +12)
Monday 2 September 2024
09:30 Opening Ceremony
Opening Prayer – Savenaca Waqa
Maori Performance
Keynote - Mauailegalu Mathew So’otaga, Director Operations, Corporate and Support Services
10:00 Session 1 – Opening Plenary
Andrew Molivurae/Sarai Tevita – Pacific IGF/PICISOC
Vivien Maidaborn, Chief Executive Officer, InternetNZ
Rosemary Sinclair, CEO .aUDA
Jia Rong Low, Director General, APNIC
Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Director of Office and Representative to the Pacific States, UNESCO
11:30 Session 2: Round table discussion by Pacific IGF Pioneers
Keith Davidson
Don Hollander
Ian Thompson
Dr. Rieko Hayakwawa
Dr Ellen Strickland
Moderator : Andrew Molivurae
14:00 Session 3: Digital Transformation trends in the Pacific Islands
Regional Cooperation and Frameworks for Digital Governance in the Pacific Islands - Jackson Miake
Digital Inclusion and Capacity Building - Mele Tavake
Data Governance Assessment report - Nancy Kanasa
Moderator – Sarai F Tevita
16:00 Session 4: Artificial Intelligence
European Artificial Intelligence Regulation - Karolina Iwanska, European Center for Not-For-Profit Law Stichting
Ethical Use of AI in Pacific Island Universities - Ashutosh Maharaj, Dr Bibhya Sharma, Salanieta Tuiloma, Jasbinda Singh.
Moderator – Savenaca Waqa
17:00 Session 5: Internet Resource Services in the Pacific Islands
CCTLD Roadmap - Russell Deka, Director ICT, UPNG
Pacific ccTLD Registry concept - Bruce Tonken, aUDA
UA, IDNs and EAI - Champika Wijayatunga, ICANN
Moderator : Andrew Molivurae
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
09:30 Session 6a : Technology in Enhancing Access to Information - A Panel discussion
Dr Bibhya Sharma (USP)
Alfred Maake Soakai (TWICT)
Elisapeta Mauai (SITA)
Moderator – Swaran Ravindra
10:15 Session 6b: Internet Resilience
Building Internet Resilient through Community Cybersecurity Awareness Programs - Suetena Faatuuala Loia (Samoa)
Effective Business Continuity Planning and the Role of ICT in DRP - Ashutosh A Maharaj
Moderator – Swaran Ravindra
11.30 Session 7 Group discussions (Will not be webcast)
12.30 Discussion Report backs
Digital Infrastructure development
Cybersecurity and data protection
Digital inclusion and capacity building,
Climate resilience and disaster management,
Policy and regulatory frameworks,
AI, innovation and entrepreneurship
14:00 UNESCO Session
Empowering Islands: Strengthening Internet Governance in the Pacific - UNESCO
16.00 UNESCO Session continues
17:30 Draft Strategy for Pacific IGF and Closing
Closing remarks - Andrew Molivurae and Sarai Tevita
LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/pacigf2024
PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/478uJ5g
REAL TIME TEXT (see ISOC.LIVE)
TWITTER #pacigf #apnic58 @picisoc @apnic
ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/pacigf2024
