The 2nd Barbados Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held on July 19-20 2018 in St Michael. A multistakeholder initiative, led by the Internet Society Barbados Chapter, the IGF provides Barbadians from all sectors of society with a platform to discuss how they use the internet and the most pertinent issues affecting them. The entire event will be restreamed today August & 2018 on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.

View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb2018

Schedule (all times EDT/AST | UTC-4)

09:00 Tribute to Charles Leacock
09:05 Opening Remarks
09:10 Objectives of BIGF 2018
09:15 Barbados IGF 2017 Report
09:35 Barbadians in Internet Governance
10:15 Child Online Protection
11:30 Disaster Recovery and Network Resilience
12:20 Barbados’ Cybersecurity Landscape
13:20 Social Media, Privacy and Fake News
14:20 The Internet – Reflecting our Society
15:20 The Internet as a platform for Economic Growth
16:10 Blockchain society? Digital Identity, Services and Payments
17:10 Towards a Smart Barbados – Strategies for building and governing a Digital Society
18:10 Brainstorming Session
18:40 Open Forum
19:20 Closing Remarks

More info: http://igf.bb
Twitter: #igfBarbados http://bit.ly/igfbarbados