Szczyt Cyfrowy IGF Polska 2024 (Digital Summit — IGF Poland 2024), Warsaw — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

Szczyt Cyfrowy IGF Polska 2024 met on 28 November 2024 at The Tides in Warsaw: 426 registered participants and eight sessions chosen from 61 open-call proposals.
The headline theme was the digital agenda of Poland's EU Council presidency in H1 2025, alongside cybersecurity under hybrid warfare, DSA Trusted Flaggers, disinformation strategy, and AI in cities and media.
Deputy PM Krzysztof Gawkowski closed with the credo that only joint effort — government, business, science, technical organisations and civil society — can build a secure, open, innovative internet. A youth roundtable added its own recommendations.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Szczyt Cyfrowy IGF Polska 2024 (Digital Summit — IGF Poland 2024), Warsaw 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	Szczyt Cyfrowy IGF Polska 2024 (Digital Summit — IGF Poland 2024), Warsaw
Dates	28 November 2024
Venue	The Tides, ul. Wioślarska 8, Warsaw
Theme	Regional governance themes
Participants	426 registered participants
Sessions	Opening session plus eight thematic sessions (selected from 61 call-for-proposal submissions), with a Youth Roundtable side event
Host	Ministry of Digital Affairs and NASK National Research Institute

(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. Digital Priorities of the EU Presidency — the Run-up to H1 2025

Sessions: Session 'Digital priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU in H1 2025', 9:30–10:30

"This event proves that only through joint efforts – of government, business, science, technical organizations and civil society – can we create the Internet of the future: secure, open and innovative"
— Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs [1][2]

The summit was built around Poland's EU Council presidency digital priorities for H1 2025 — cybersecurity, AI, digital diplomacy, digital skills and the digital economy [1][2]
A follow-on session on fair competition frameworks after the Draghi Report brought repeated calls for harmonised EU digital regulation and funding mechanisms [1][2]

2. Cybersecurity under Hybrid Warfare — and Trusted Flaggers

Sessions: Sessions on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure under hybrid warfare (11:35–12:20) and on Trusted Flaggers

With Russia's war as backdrop, protecting critical infrastructure under hybrid-warfare conditions took centre stage [1][2]
A session examined how to operationalise the DSA's Trusted Flaggers as a new tool against illegal content in Poland [1][2]
In the disinformation-strategy session, panellists converged on the need for a coordinating body to unify Poland's counter-disinformation efforts [1][2]

3. Youth Digital Competencies — the IT Fitness Test Alarm

Sessions: Session 'Are Polish youth ready for the challenges of the digital age?' (14:10–14:55) plus the Youth Roundtable (10:45–12:20)

"This year's edition of the IT Fitness Test in Poland was solved by 43,978 people, who achieved an average score of 46% in elementary schools and 36% in secondary schools, which marks a significant drop in performance at this level of education. This is a huge surprise that should be alarming among educators and authorities"
— Michał Kanownik, President, Digital Poland Association [1][2]

"For example, if teachers do not get dedicated time for this in the curriculum, they will not be able to teach young people about digital security"
— Radosław Potrac, Teacher of the Year 2023 [1][2]

NASK and the Ombudsman for Children co-ran an invitation-only Youth Roundtable, where young participants drafted recommendations on disinformation, privacy, AI-content labelling, mental health and algorithmic transparency [1][2]

4. AI in Cities and Media — Ecosystems for the Generative Era

Sessions: Sessions on AI in Polish cities (15:00–15:45) and on media in the age of AI (15:50–16:35)

Municipal case studies traced how AI has changed — and will change — Polish cities [1][2]
The media session weighed how AI shifts the position of authors and media outlets, and how to build a new ecosystem that protects both [1][2]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What kind of meeting was this?

A. Poland's national IGF: 426 registrations, eight open-call sessions in one day, with the Deputy PM on stage — from the EU presidency's digital agenda to disinformation and children's digital skills.

Q. What was the main takeaway?

A. Two things: aligning government and stakeholders on Poland's EU-presidency digital priorities, and a data-backed alarm about falling youth digital competencies — answered by recommendations the young participants wrote themselves.

Q. Why should I care?

A. The sessions on DSA Trusted Flaggers and on coordinating counter-disinformation are working references for any country implementing platform rules right now.

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

Poland 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.