Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica 2024 (Diálogo de Gobernanza de Internet, DGI CR) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

The 2024 Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica (DGI CR) met on 26 September at the Universidad Fidélitas auditorium in Montes de Oca, greater San José.
Three panels covered responsible AI — ethics, governance and AI's future; the metaverse and emerging technologies; and Internet fragmentation — barriers and horizons for global connectivity — with speakers including Meta and a Central American ccTLD leader.
It brought the year's global themes — generative AI and fragmentation — to a free campus event, closing with a broadcast of the Internet Society's Community Day.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Internet Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica 2024 (Diálogo de Gobernanza de Internet, DGI CR) 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 Governance Dialogue of Costa Rica 2024 (Diálogo de Gobernanza de Internet, DGI CR)
Dates	26 September 2024, 9:00–12:30
Venue	Auditorium of Universidad Fidélitas, Montes de Oca, greater San José
Theme	Regional governance themes
Host	Organised by NIC Costa Rica with LACNIC and the ISOC Foundation; a UN IGF-recognised national initiative

(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. Responsible AI — A National Dialogue on Ethics and Governance

Sessions: Panel 1: 'Responsible AI: ethics, governance and the future of artificial intelligence', moderated by Marlon Ávalos (MICITT)

Moderated by MICITT's Marlon Ávalos, panellists Susana Soto (ISOC Costa Rica chapter), Daniel Rodríguez (ICT chamber CAMTIC) and Daniela Segura (Universidad Fidélitas) debated ethical, responsible AI use [1][2]
Civil society, industry and academia held the seats while the government — driving the national AI strategy — took the moderator's chair [1][2]

2. The Metaverse and Emerging Technologies — Talking with the Platform

Sessions: Panel 2: 'Building a digital environment: the role of the metaverse and new technologies', moderated by Christian Hidalgo (ISOC)

Meta's Diego R. Canabarro and independent researcher Sigrid Segura discussed the promise and problems of immersive technologies in building digital environments [1][2]
A major platform company taking a seat at a small national IGF gave concrete form to the private-sector leg of the multistakeholder table [1][2]

3. The Fragmenting Internet — Connectivity Barriers Seen from Central America

Sessions: Panel 3: 'Fragmented Internet: barriers, challenges and horizons for global connectivity', moderated by Rosalía Morales (NIC Costa Rica)

Moderated by NIC Costa Rica's Rosalía Morales, panellists Lito Ibarra (El Salvador's ccTLD SV.NET), Paula Brenes (Fundación YOD) and Jorge Mora (DeepSeas) weighed fragmentation risks and connectivity challenges [1][2]
The global IGF's headline theme of Internet fragmentation was digested from a Central American technical-community standpoint [1][2]
The day closed with a broadcast of the Internet Society's Community Day — free, public and on campus [1][2]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What was discussed?

A. Three things: responsible, ethical AI; the digital environments built by the metaverse and emerging tech; and the risk of the Internet fragmenting under regulation and geopolitics — the global IGF agenda, localised.

Q. Who took part?

A. Government (MICITT), ISOC, the ICT chamber CAMTIC and universities, plus Meta and El Salvador's ccTLD operator — with an information fair at Universidad Fidélitas alongside the panels.

Q. Why should I care?

A. Generative AI and fragmentation dominate digital policy everywhere. A country of five million running the same debate as a free half-day campus event shows how low the barrier to national dialogue can be.

What Is Costa Rica IGF? (for first-time readers)

Costa Rica 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 2024 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.