IT for Change at UN Internet Governance
IT for Change will have a diverse lineup of panel discussions, workshops, and more at this year's UN IGF. The discussions will be focused on a wide range of digital justice issues from digital policy to women's right to online participation.
When?
- between 6-10 December 2021.
Where?
- Register for IGF here, then go to the individual session links provided in this email and click “Add this session to my Schedule” to get your unique Zoom link for the session. Or, you can visit the IGF YouTube page, where open sessions will be streamed live.
IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet. IT for Change will have a diverse selection of panels at this year’s UN IGF.
Sessions
- Digital Policy Making from Below: Ask the Impacted Sectors First – Pre-event organized by the Just Net Coalition
When: Monday, Dec 6 | 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM UTC
Speaker from IT for Change: Parminder Jeet Singh
- Digital Cooperation: Quo vadis? – Main Session on Inclusive Internet Governance Ecosystems and Digital Cooperation
When: Wednesday, Dec 8 | 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM UTC
Speaker from IT for Change: Anita Gurumurthy
- Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State? – Book launch and award event organized by Brock University
When: Wednesday, Dec 8 | 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM UTC
Speaker from IT for Change: Anita Gurumurthy
- Data Justice: What is to be Done? – Workshop organized by Research ICT Africa/University of Cape Town
When: Wednesday, Dec 8 | 12:50 PM – 1:50 PM UTC
Speaker from IT for Change: Parminder Jeet Singh
- Women’s Right to Online Participation: Promise or Pipedream? Open forum organized by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, IT for Change and InternetLab
When: Wednesday, Dec 8 | 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM UTC
Speakers from IT for Change: Nandini Chami, Anita Gurumurthy
- Syncing AI, Human Rights, & the SDGs: The Impossible Dream? – Workshop by Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths University of London
When: Wednesday, Dec 8 | 3:50 PM – 5:20 PM UTC
Speaker from IT for Change: Anita Gurumurthy
- Digital Health Blueprints for a Post-Pandemic World – Workshop organized by People’s Health Movement, Medicus Mundi International – Network Health for All & IT for Change
When: Thursday, Dec 9 | 12:50 PM – 01:50 PM UTC
Speakers from IT for Change: Anita Gurumurthy
- Fintech: A Sustainable Development Economy of Inclusivity? – Workshop on Economic and Social Inclusion and Human Rights
When: Thursday, Dec 9 | 08:30 AM – 10:00 AM UTC
Speaker from IT for Change: Nandini Chami