Danish IGF 2013 (Dansk IGF 2013) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

On the morning of 26 September 2013, the annual Dansk IGF met in the Ovnhallen at Copenhagen Business School under the theme of innovation and economic growth.
Organised by the Ministry of Business and Growth, it was billed as a free and open debate on the future of the Internet, open to anyone with an interest.
That same year Dansk IGF and DIFO's Internetdagen decided to merge — the reorganisation that the UN IGF's NRI record marks as the founding of Denmark's national IGF in its current form.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Danish IGF 2013 (Dansk IGF 2013) draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.

📍 The venue is in Frederiksberg, an enclave municipality within Copenhagen; the meeting took place in the Copenhagen metropolitan area

Conference at a Glance (from official records)

Item	Detail
Official name	Danish IGF 2013 (Dansk IGF 2013)
Dates	26 September 2013 (09:30–13:00)
Venue	Ovnhallen, Copenhagen Business School (Porcelænshaven 20, Frederiksberg)
Theme	Innovation and economic growth
Host	Organised by the Ministry of Business and Growth, with registration via the Danish Business Authority; CBS contact was associate professor Mikkel Flyverbom

(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. Innovation and Economic Growth — A Government-Convened Debate on the Internet's Future

Sessions: Overall theme (half-day meeting, 09:30–13:00)

Following 2012's growth theme, the 2013 edition focused on innovation and economic growth, with the Ministry of Business and Growth convening and registration handled via the Business Authority's 'future of the Internet' page — a distinctly government-led setup [1]
The official page framed the forum as 'free and open debate on topics related to the future of the Internet', keeping the open multistakeholder format [1]

2. On the Eve of the Merger — How Dansk IGF and Internetdagen Became One

Sessions: (Series reorganisation beyond the meeting itself)

On 10 October 2013 the .dk registry foundation DIFO still held its separate 'Internetdagen 2013' at Mogens Dahls Koncertsal — the two conferences ran in parallel through that year [2][3][4]
The later official site records that the two formerly separate conferences 'chose to merge in 2013', after which DIFO and the Business Authority co-hosted the combined 'Internetdagen & Dansk IGF'; the UN IGF NRI record dates Denmark's national IGF to 2013 [2][3][4]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What did the meeting decide?

A. Nothing binding — it was a half-day open dialogue on innovation, growth and the Internet's future, convened by the Ministry of Business and Growth.

Q. What was the year's real news?

A. The reorganisation: Dansk IGF and DIFO's Internetdagen agreed to merge, the moment the UN's NRI record treats as the founding of Denmark's national IGF.

Q. Why does it matter?

A. Merging parallel national forums into one multistakeholder conference is a practical model for keeping national IGFs sustainable.

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 2013 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.