II Edición de los Diálogos sobre Gobernanza de Internet (Second Internet Governance Dialogues, Mexico) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

On 17–18 February 2015 the second Diálogos sobre Gobernanza de Internet met at Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology — free and public, run by a 20-member Grupo de Iniciativa spanning the Presidency, Google, UNAM and ICANN.
Seven mesas covered net neutrality, open government and data, colliding rights, infrastructure security, cooperation with authorities, the digital divide and local governance mechanisms, alongside keynotes from ISOC's Raúl Echeberría, online-safety expert Parry Aftab, and ICANN figures on the IANA transition.
Staged in a cultural landmark, it proved to be the last verified edition: the UN now lists the initiative as Inactive, leaving Mexico's national IGF dormant for nearly a decade.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on II Edición de los Diálogos sobre Gobernanza de Internet (Second Internet Governance Dialogues, Mexico) 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	II Edición de los Diálogos sobre Gobernanza de Internet (Second Internet Governance Dialogues, Mexico)
Dates	17–18 February 2015
Venue	Museo Nacional de Antropología, Chapultepec, Mexico City
Theme	Regional governance themes
Host	The 20-member Grupo de Iniciativa: Presidency (3), SCT (2), Foreign Ministry (1), regulator IFT (2), Google (2), Microsoft (2), AMIPCI (1), UNAM/INFOTEC/ISOC México, ICANN/NIC México/LACNIC, and an independent consultant
Outcome	Five thematic axes, seven mesas and three keynotes; the last verified edition — the initiative went dormant afterwards (UN NRI record: Inactive; the official site remains frozen at this edition)

(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 — Testing the 2014 Telecom Law and Zero-Rating

Sessions: Mesa 2 'Net neutrality' (17 February, 12:15–13:45)

Neutral data treatment, traffic management, zero-rating and community networks were the stated topics — a stress test right after the 2014 telecom law wrote neutrality principles into Mexican statute [1][2]
Regulator IFT held two seats in the Grupo de Iniciativa, putting the rule-maker on the same agenda as civil society and industry [1][2]
Zero-rating was exploding across Latin America, previewing the regional fights (such as over Internet.org) of the following years [1][2]

2. Rehearsing Rights Collisions — Transparency v. Privacy, Expression v. Copyright

Sessions: Mesa 3 'Tensions among rights on the internet' (17 February, 16:00–18:00)

Two case scenarios — access/transparency versus privacy, and free expression versus copyright — turned abstract rights talk into concrete exercises [1]
A one-hour 'introduction to internet governance' opened the day, institutionalising onboarding for newcomers [1]
The opening ceremony rotated welcomes across all five sectors, in classic multistakeholder liturgy [1]

3. The IANA Transition and Twelve Years of Debate — the Keynotes

Sessions: Keynotes: 'Twelve years of internet governance debate' (17 Feb, Raúl Echeberría) and 'The IANA functions transition' (18 Feb, Rodrigo de la Parra and León Felipe Sánchez)

ISOC's Raúl Echeberría distilled twelve years of governance debate since WSIS, situating the Diálogos in global history [1]
The IANA stewardship transition — 2015's biggest governance file — was unpacked by ICANN's de la Parra and CCWG-Accountability's León Felipe Sánchez [1]
Parry Aftab of WiredSafety opened day two on children's online safety, bridging policy and parenting [1]

4. The Final Edition in a Museum — the 20-Member Design and the Dormancy That Followed

Sessions: The event overall, including Mesa 6 (access, digital skills, divide reduction, multiculturalism) and Mesa 7 (local governance mechanisms)

The last mesa compared 'local governance mechanisms' — how to make national dialogue permanent. Ironically, this edition is the last one verifiable [1][2][4]
The stated principles — multisectoral, neutral, inclusive, and diversely funded to prevent any sector's dominance — framed it as 'an event of all and for all' [1][2][4]
The official site remains frozen at this edition and the UN NRI record lists the initiative as Inactive; even hosting the 2016 global IGF in Guadalajara did not revive the national series [1][2][4]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. Why a museum?

A. The National Museum of Anthropology — Mexico's cultural flagship — hosted a free public event, deliberately pulling governance talk out of expert circles, together with a beginners' session and full video publication.

Q. The biggest topic?

A. The IANA stewardship transition, 2015's defining governance file, explained first-hand by ICANN figures — sharing top billing with net neutrality under the new telecom law.

Q. Why should I care?

A. The design was exemplary — a standing 20-member committee, diversified funding — yet the series still stopped here. Institutions alone don't sustain a national IGF; a working secretariat and steady funding do.

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

Mexico 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.