{"id":11839,"date":"2023-06-19T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/19\/en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T06:00:00","slug":"en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/19\/en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroDIG 2023 Tampere \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2023 \u30bf\u30f3\u30da\u30ec \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2023 \u30bf\u30f3\u30da\u30ec \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>EuroDIG 2023, Europe&#39;s regional IGF, met at Tampere University in Finland on 19\u201321 June 2023: 745 registrants from 97 countries (335 on site, 410 online) under the theme &quot;Internet in troubled times: risks, resilience, hope.&quot;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The war in Ukraine, internet fragmentation, platform regulation and post-ChatGPT AI dominated. The outcome document, the Messages from Tampere, stated plainly: do not break encryption, no backdoors \u2014 and was forwarded to the UN IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The lesson of Ukraine&#39;s network staying up under attack \u2014 decentralisation and redundancy as lifelines \u2014 applies to critical infrastructure planning everywhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>EuroDIG 2023 in Tampere<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2023 \u30bf\u30f3\u30da\u30ec \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>19\u201321 June 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Tampere University (Kalevantie 4), Tampere, Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Internet in troubled times: risks, resilience, hope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>On-site participants<\/td>\n<td>335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Registrations<\/td>\n<td>745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Online participants<\/td>\n<td>410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Countries<\/td>\n<td>97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Tampere University, in cooperation with the City of Tampere, Traficom, ISOC Finland Chapter, Finland&#39;s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transport and Communications, and Yle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Messages from Tampere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2023 \u30bf\u30f3\u30da\u30ec \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Impact of the War \u2014 Why Ukraine&#39;s Internet Stayed Up<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main Topic sessions on the Impact of the War<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ukraine showed remarkable resilience against both infrastructure attacks and disinformation; a distributed system with sufficient redundancy proved a vital component of the open internet [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>At the same time, gaps remain in the uptake of key internet security standards and best practices [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>Political interference \u2014 calls to revoke ccTLDs or address space \u2014 was flagged as a threat to the global internet itself [3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Internet Fragmentation \u2014 &quot;We Are Losing the Internet&quot;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main Topic sessions on Internet Fragmentation<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;We are losing the Internet, and we need to face that reality before we can confront it&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Andrew Sullivan (Internet Society)<\/strong> [1][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;A more state-driven approach can lead to fragmentation of the Internet&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Pearse O&#39;Donohue (European Commission, DG CNECT)<\/strong> [1][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Preserving the integrity of the technical layer is critical; government regulation, intentional or not, risks fragmenting the open internet [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>The UN Global Digital Compact was framed as a tool to prevent fragmentation, with calls for closer dialogue between governments and the technical community [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Trustworthy AI \u2014 A Sober Look in the Year of ChatGPT<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Workshop on trustworthy AI and large language models<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Large Language Models like ChatGPT4 have a revolutionary potential for customer services, translation, and human-machine communication, but they do not produce knowledge&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Francesco Vecchi (session rapporteur)<\/strong> [1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>In the first year of the generative-AI boom, the forum drew a careful line between potential and limits [1]<\/li>\n<li>A companion workshop treated digital literacy as a civic skill, underscoring the role of education [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Defend Encryption \u2014 &quot;No Backdoors&quot;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Security sessions and the Messages from Tampere<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Messages state: do not break encryption and no backdoors \u2014 instead support vulnerability disclosure and patching processes [1]<\/li>\n<li>All stakeholders regulating or developing the internet were urged to conduct impact assessments covering security, privacy and the risk of fragmentation [1]<\/li>\n<li>States and the EU were called on to systematically engage the technical community throughout the policy-making cycle [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What is EuroDIG in the first place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It&#39;s Europe&#39;s regional IGF, held in a different European city every year since 2008. It doesn&#39;t make binding decisions, but it distils its discussions into &#39;Messages&#39; delivered to the UN IGF and policymakers. In 2023 the stage was Tampere University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most striking discussion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The analysis of why Ukraine&#39;s internet stayed up under attack: a decentralised structure with no single point of failure did the work. Meanwhile, political demands to revoke domains and IP addresses were flagged as a threat to the foundations of the global net.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The &#39;do not break encryption, no backdoors&#39; message goes to the heart of debates in every democracy about privacy versus investigative powers, and the resilience lessons apply to any country that depends on connectivity in a crisis.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is EuroDIG? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2023-tampere-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2023 \u30bf\u30f3\u30da\u30ec \u2014 About EuroDIG\"><\/p>\n<p>EuroDIG is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2023 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodig.org\/eurodig-2023\/messages-from-tampere\/\">Messages from Tampere<\/a> \u2014 eurodig.org (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/EuroDIG_2023\">EuroDIG 2023<\/a> \u2014 eurodigwiki.org (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/eurodig-2023\">EuroDIG 2023<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.ripe.net\/author\/gergana_petrova\/eurodig-2023-live-blog\/\">EuroDIG 2023 Live Blog<\/a> \u2014 RIPE NCC, Gergana Petrova (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodig.org\/eurodig-news-26-2023\/\">EuroDIG News 26\/2023\uff08\u958b\u50ac\u5831\u544a\u30fb\u53c2\u52a0\u7d71\u8a08\uff09<\/a> \u2014 eurodig.org (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/en\/news\/eurodig-conference-19-21-june-2023-tampere\">EuroDIG conference 19-21 June 2023 in Tampere<\/a> \u2014 tuni.fi (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 19 June 2023, 15:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 10 July 2026, 14:28 (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))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EuroDIG 2023, Europe&#8217;s regional IGF, met at Tampere University in Finland on 19\u201321 June 2023: 745 registrants from 97 countries (335 on site<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11],"tags":[163,161,160,559,162,164],"class_list":["post-11839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-eurodig2023","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}