2o. Foro colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (2nd Colombian Internet Governance Forum) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

From 28 September 2015 the 2nd Colombian IGF met at the Hotel Crown Plaza Tequendama in Bogotá — the centrepiece of an 'Internet Week' co-located with LACNIC 24, drawing 264 registered participants.
The FCC and Colombia's CRC shared a net-neutrality panel; the right to be forgotten and state surveillance were debated head-on; ICT Minister David Luna delivered the closing address.
By piggybacking on the regional internet-resources meeting, the young national forum instantly gained scale and an international line-up — a model of how national IGFs plug into the regional ecosystem.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on 2o. Foro colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (2nd Colombian Internet Governance Forum) draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.

Conference at a Glance (from official records)

Item	Detail
Official name	2o. Foro colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet (2nd Colombian Internet Governance Forum)
Dates	28 September 2015
Venue	Hotel Crown Plaza Tequendama, Bogotá
Theme	Regional governance themes
Participants	264 (Official October 2015 report to the UN IGF Secretariat: '264 registered people attended different sessions of the three day agenda')
Host	Mesa Colombiana de Gobernanza de Internet (organisers: .CO Internet, Colnodo, FLIP, Google, ICANN, Intel, Karisma, MinTIC/CRC, Telefónica, Twitter; supported by the IGFSA and Facebook)
Outcome	Official 'Memorias' of the 2nd Forum recording all seven panels, closed by ICT Minister David Luna

(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 — Regulators in Dialogue: FCC Meets CRC

Sessions: Panel II 'Net Neutrality' (moderator: Raúl Echeberría, ISOC)

The FCC's Olga Madruga, CRC executive director Juan Manuel Wilches, Telefónica, APC and ICANN's LatAm VP Rodrigo de la Parra shared the stage; the FCC framed the issue around user experience and protecting a free and open internet [1]
Colombia's Law 1450 of 2011 already enshrines net neutrality; its 'free choice' exception and the possibility of revising it were explained [1]
Recorded convergence points: better analysis of each actor's role rather than more regulation, and traffic management limited to technical purposes with tools to prove it is not anti-competitive [1]

2. The Right to Be Forgotten — Defeat or Victory for Free Expression?

Sessions: Panel III 'The right to be forgotten: a defeat or a victory for freedom of expression?'

Nelson Remolina (GECTI, Universidad de los Andes), Google LatAm privacy counsel Federico Deya, FLIP's Pedro Vaca, Paz Peña (Derechos Digitales, Chile) and Karisma's Catalina Botero framed the right to be forgotten as a category still under construction [1]
On de-indexing, the panel mapped the tension between the internet as living memory and the honour and personal data of affected individuals [1]
Key recorded points: do not let it become prior censorship, do not turn content providers into judges, and train judges for digital-era disputes [1]

3. State Surveillance and Cybersecurity — the Road to a New CONPES

Sessions: Panel V 'Cybersecurity: challenges of internet use by state surveillance agencies' (moderator: Carolina Botero, Karisma)

With MinTIC's Yubelly Monroy, ICANN's Carlos Alvarez, Citizen Lab's Irene Poetranto, guarantees judge Alexander Díaz and LACNIC's Graciela Martínez, the panel started from the premise that intelligence work is legitimate but abuses and rights violations must be prevented [1]
Colombia had no law or decree bounding cybersecurity and cyberdefence activities; the government reported that a new multistakeholder CONPES framework was being drafted [1]
Citizen digital literacy, cybersecurity training for judges and trust-building as the basis of public policy were recorded as priorities [1]

4. Internet and Development — an 80% Urban vs 26% Rural Divide

Sessions: Panel VI 'The impact of the internet on Colombia's development' (moderator: Julián Casasbuenas, Colnodo)

Colombia's 52.6% internet-user rate beats the regional average but trails OECD reference countries, with a stark 80% urban vs 26% rural gap presented as the great challenge [1][2]
ICANN's LatAm VP, Intel's public-policy lead, Bogotá's ICT high counsellor, a MinTIC adviser and Telefónica's Wayra director centred social appropriation of technology and local content creation as remedies [1][2]
Closing the forum, ICT Minister David Luna set three tasks — plain language for citizens, child protection online, and bringing legislators and judges into the dialogue — and told the Mesa it bears responsibility for carrying Colombia's position into international arenas [1][2]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What kind of event was it?

A. The 2nd Colombian national IGF, held in the same Bogotá hotel and week as LACNIC 24, with 264 registrants and an international cast including the FCC, ICANN and Citizen Lab.

Q. What was most contested?

A. Net neutrality and the right to be forgotten — the latter pitting press-freedom advocates, Google and researchers against each other over whether the European concept belongs in Colombia.

Q. Why should I care?

A. Questions debated here — who decides search-result delisting, and how law should bound state surveillance — went on to shape legislation and case law worldwide.

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

Colombia 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 2015 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.