1st Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2011) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

On 12 May 2011, IGF Spain held its first annual meeting at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid: eight roundtables tackled nine priority themes with experts from all sectors.
Net neutrality, the IPv6 transition, the right to be forgotten, children online and open data condensed the frontline of European digital policy into a single day.
The forum founded in 2008 thus gained its annual format; each session's conclusions were carried to international fora such as EuroDIG 2011 in Belgrade.

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Conference at a Glance (from official records)

Item	Detail
Official name	1st Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2011)
Edition	1st Annual Meeting (first of the Jornadas Anuales)
Dates	12 May 2011
Venue	ETSIT-UPM (Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Madrid
Theme	Regional governance themes
Sessions	8 (Eight roundtables on nine themes across three rooms; themes selected at a preparatory session on 14 April 2011)
Host	Organised by GTic (UPM) and Club de Innovación; coordinated by Prof. Jorge Pérez (UPM)

(See the source list at the end of this article.)

Discussion Digest — from the Session Records

Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.

1. Net Neutrality and IPv6 — The Technical Foundations of an Open, Sustainable Internet

Sessions: Aula Magna sessions: net neutrality; IPv6; security, e-trust and online fraud

With IPv4 exhaustion looming (the IANA pool ran out in February 2011), experts debated the state and future of the IPv6 transition; conclusions were reported by Jordi Palet [1][2]
Net neutrality 'towards an open and sustainable Internet' shared the main hall with sessions on security, e-trust and online fraud [1][2]

2. The Right to Be Forgotten and Fundamental Rights — Privacy in the Search Era

Sessions: Salón de Grados sessions: fundamental rights; the right to be forgotten; self-regulation

A dedicated session debated the 'right to be forgotten' before the EU's GDPR proposal existed — Spain was an early mover on the issue (conclusions by José Leandro Núñez) [1][2][3]
Lawyer Paloma Llaneza summarised the fundamental-rights session and Carlos Martín the self-regulation session, framing the division of labour between law and self-regulation [1][2][3]

3. Children Online and Open Government — Multistakeholder Debate Takes Off

Sessions: Sala de Juntas sessions: citizen access, open data and open government; digital content; children and young people online

In the opening, Google's Bárbara Navarro noted the Internet accounted for about 2% of Spain's GDP and was set to triple within years, underlining the multistakeholder approach (per the official summary) [1][2]
Santiago Moreno of Fundación Vodafone argued for an Internet 'for everyone' including the elderly and disabled, citing barcode-to-audio medicine leaflets [1][2]
Parallel sessions covered citizen access and open data, sustainable business models for digital content, and children online [1][2]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What did the meeting decide?

A. Nothing binding — it was Spain's first national IGF annual meeting where government, business and civil society talked as equals. Conclusions on nine themes were documented and carried to EuroDIG and other international fora.

Q. Why is 2011 the 'first' edition?

A. The forum itself was founded in December 2008, but 2008-2010 saw thematic meetings only. 2011 was the first full annual conference gathering all topics.

Q. Why does it matter?

A. The 'right to be forgotten' debated here later crystallised in the EU's GDPR, which reshaped privacy law worldwide.

What Is Spain IGF? (for first-time readers)

Spain IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.

Why It Matters to You

What was discussed here becomes the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years. The principles confirmed at the 2011 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.