The 3-Line Summary
- TWIGF 2024 convened jointly with the Asia Pacific Regional IGF (APrIGF 2024) on 20–23 August at the NTUH International Convention Center in Taipei, drawing about 1,000 participants from 63 countries and economies across 37 sessions.
- Under the theme "Rethinking Internet Governance: AI, Resilience, Sustainability, Security," the joint opening featured Digital Minister Yennun Huang, tutorials included Internet pioneer Jun Murai from Japan, and 23 August hosted TWIGF workshops on Taiwan's digital fundamental law, intermediary liability and more.
- By hosting the regional IGF, Taiwan turned the meeting into a stage for digital diplomacy — a milestone for an economy often shut out of international gatherings, with strong Japanese participation.
Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on TWIGF 2024 (Taiwan 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.
📍 20 August was TWIGF's tutorial Day 0; the joint TWIGF-APrIGF opening was on the morning of 21 August, APrIGF ran 21–23 August, and TWIGF workshops filled 23 August
Conference at a Glance (from official records)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Official name | TWIGF 2024 (Taiwan Internet Governance Forum) |
| Edition | 10th annual meeting (held jointly with APrIGF 2024) |
| Dates | 20–23 August 2024 |
| Venue | NTUH International Convention Center, Taipei (hybrid) |
| Theme | Rethinking Internet Governance: AI, Resilience, Sustainability, Security |
| Participants | 1,000 (About 1,000 Internet experts from 63 countries/economies attended the joint event, with 37 sessions (per Ministry of Digital Affairs)) |
| Host | Co-hosted by the Ministry of Digital Affairs, TWNIC and TWIGF |
(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. Joint Meeting with APrIGF — A Stage for Taiwan's Digital Diplomacy
Sessions: Joint TWIGF-APrIGF opening ceremony (morning of 21 August)
"APrIGF is the most important annual event in Asia-Pacific Internet public policy, and hosting it helps expand Taiwan's digital diplomacy and raise its international visibility (translated from Chinese, as recorded in the Ministry of Digital Affairs release)"
— Yennun Huang (Minister of Digital Affairs) [4][2]
- Eight years after APrIGF 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan again hosted the regional IGF, co-organised by the Ministry of Digital Affairs, TWNIC and TWIGF [4][2]
- About 1,000 experts from 63 countries and economies attended across 37 sessions — the largest international stage in the 10-year history of TWIGF [4][2]
2. Rethinking Internet Governance — Day 0 Tutorials Featuring Jun Murai
Sessions: TWIGF tutorials (Day 0, 20 August)
- Jun Murai — often called the father of Japan's Internet — taught "Digital Civilization in Asia-Pacific," with former Hong Kong legislator Charles Mok on security and resilience, lawyer Ken-Ying Tseng on geopolitics, and Chester Soong on Europe's GDPR and data protection [3][2]
- The "Rethinking" theme framed the meeting as a re-examination of governance frameworks along four axes: AI, resilience, sustainability and security [3][2]
3. TWIGF Workshop Day — From a Digital Fundamental Law to Child Safety
Sessions: TWIGF workshops (23 August, parallel tracks in Rooms 301 and 401)
- Chinese-language workshops dug into Taiwan-specific policy: its global Internet governance strategy, a digital fundamental law, personal data protection, intermediary liability and algorithmic governance [3]
- "Digital censorship and democracy" and "Internet infrastructure resilience" ran in English, opening Taiwan's debates to regional participants [3]
- Practical tracks on disaster-time infrastructure recovery and child online safety reflected 2024 concerns from the Hualien earthquake to youth social media use [3]
4. Fraud, Disinformation and Digital Trust — The Government's Pledge
Sessions: Digital Minister's opening address (21 August)
- Minister Huang argued that while the Internet is the key platform for AI development and the digital economy, users now face fraud, disinformation and cyberattacks [4][5]
- He pledged that the ministry, while building a 'superhighway for the digital economy,' would keep constructing a sound and responsible Internet governance framework [4][5]
- This dovetailed with APrIGF's theme of evolving ecosystems and enduring principles, making trust in the AI era the joint meeting's through-line [4][5]
Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered
Q. What was different about TWIGF 2024?
A. It merged with the Asia Pacific Regional IGF, bringing about 1,000 participants from 63 countries and economies to Taipei — instantly turning the 10th TWIGF into an international congress.
Q. What was on the agenda?
A. "Rethinking Internet Governance" across four pillars — AI, resilience, sustainability, security — spanning Taiwan's digital fundamental law and intermediary liability to anti-fraud measures and disaster-time network recovery.
Q. Why should I care?
A. It showed how a place largely excluded from international organisations uses Internet governance as diplomacy, and its debates — AI-era trust, infrastructure resilience against disasters — are everyone's debates.
What Is Taiwan IGF? (for first-time readers)
Taiwan 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.
Sources & References
- TWIGF 2024（公式ページ） — TWIGF (accessed 2026-07-11)
- TWIGF – APrIGF 2024（合同開催案内） — APrIGF 2024（TWNIC運営） (accessed 2026-07-11)
- TWIGF Program – APrIGF 2024 — APrIGF 2024（TWNIC運営） (accessed 2026-07-11)
- 2024「亞太區域網路治理論壇（APrIGF）」盛大開幕 共同探討數位治理未來方向 — 数位発展部（Ministry of Digital Affairs, moda） (accessed 2026-07-11)
- 亞太區域網路治理論壇開幕 數發部長黃彥男：助我國數位外交、提升國際能見度 — knews (accessed 2026-07-11)
Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.
Related links
- IGF official (NRI list): https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives
- Japan IGF: https://japanigf.jp/
- Yuki Nakazawa's blog: https://nkzw.jp/category/igf/
Revision History
Rev. 1 — published 8 July 2024, 14:00 (Article published)
Rev. 2 — updated 16 July 2026, 20:09 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))
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