Internet Days & Danish Internet Governance Forum 2017 (Internetdagen & Dansk IGF 2017) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

On 12 September 2017, 'Internetdagen & Dansk IGF 2017' filled the Tivoli Hotel in Copenhagen under the theme 'NEXT', with four parallel tracks: technology, business, law and Dansk IGF.
Keynotes came from AI researcher Thomas Bolander ('Artificial intelligence — will humans become superfluous?') and author Claus Skytte ('From humanity to information flow'), alongside 16 sessions spanning 5G, GDPR, and fake news versus democracy.
Folding a national IGF track on cybercrime and data protection into a full-scale tech conference, it showed the mature Danish model of combining industry event and policy dialogue.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Internet Days & Danish Internet Governance Forum 2017 (Internetdagen & Dansk IGF 2017) 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	Internet Days & Danish Internet Governance Forum 2017 (Internetdagen & Dansk IGF 2017)
Dates	12 September 2017 (08:30–16:50)
Venue	Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center (Arni Magnussons Gade 2), Copenhagen
Theme	NEXT
Tracks	Four parallel tracks: Teknik (technology), Erhverv (business), Jura (law) and Dansk IGF
Opening	Opening remarks by Henrik Udsen (DIFO chair) and Katrine Winding (Director General, Danish Business Authority)
Host	DIFO (Danish Internet Forum) and the Danish Business Authority

(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. Keynotes — Will AI Make Humans Superfluous?

Sessions: Keynotes: Claus Skytte, 'From humanity to information flow' (09:05) and Thomas Bolander, 'Artificial intelligence — will humans become superfluous?' (16:00)

AI and logic researcher Thomas Bolander mapped the state and limits of artificial intelligence, closing the day around the question of whether humans will become superfluous [2][3]
Author-entrepreneur Claus Skytte described a 'third Internet wave' in which humanity itself is folded into the information stream; the organisers later republished both talks as the year's twin keynotes [2][3]

2. The Dansk IGF Track — Cybercrime, GDPR, and Fake News versus Democracy

Sessions: Dansk IGF track (Pjerrot room): 'Cybercrime — threats and reality', 'Unreflective youth culture or crime?', 'GDPR — the data authorities' role', 'The battle between fake news and democracy'

Successive sessions examined the reality of cybercrime threats, young people's online behaviour and criminal liability, and the role of data protection authorities on the eve of GDPR's 2018 entry into force [2]
The closing session tackled the fight between fake news and democracy, bringing 2017's election-interference debates into the national IGF context [2]

3. 5G, IoT and White-Hat Hackers — The 'NEXT' Technology Agenda

Sessions: Technology track: '5G — the network of the future', 'White-hat hackers: society's digital helpers', 'Use robots and AI better', and more

Headline topics included handling the data deluge from 5G and IoT, business collaboration with white-hat hackers for robust systems, monetising metadata, and the business value of e-sports [1][2]
The business and law tracks debated 'data as the new gold', trust services, liability for posted content and the fight against digital crime — the intersection of regulation and industry [1][2]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What did the meeting decide?

A. Nothing binding — it is Denmark's national IGF-style dialogue, co-hosted by the .dk registry foundation DIFO and the Business Authority, where experts, business and opinion leaders debate digital development.

Q. What was the hottest topic?

A. AI and fake news: a keynote asking whether humans will become superfluous, and a session on fake news versus democracy in the year election interference shook the world.

Q. Why does it matter?

A. The pre-GDPR debate on data authorities shaped privacy regimes far beyond Europe, and the four-track format shows how a national IGF can reach mainstream tech audiences.

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

Denmark 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 2017 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.