{"id":11962,"date":"2018-08-06T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/06\/en-lacigf-2018-buenos-aires-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-08-06T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:00:00","slug":"en-lacigf-2018-buenos-aires-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/06\/en-lacigf-2018-buenos-aires-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"LACIGF 2018 Buenos Aires \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 11th Latin America and Caribbean IGF (LACIGF 11) met at the Hotel Scala in Buenos Aires on 31 July \u2013 2 August 2018, run by an Argentine multistakeholder group led by NIC Argentina, with ten sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Algorithmic decision-making and inequality, disinformation and free expression, community networks, data protection and the IPv6 transition led the agenda; ISOC and UNESCO keynotes tackled the global IGF's future and risks to democracy.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The edition modernised the forum \u2014 civil society voted on session topics and a break-out format debuted \u2014 and its disinformation-and-algorithms debate foreshadowed platform-regulation fights worldwide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on LACIGF 2018 in Buenos Aires<\/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

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n11th edition (LACIGF 11)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n31 July \u2013 2 August 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nHotel Scala, Bernardo de Irigoyen 740, San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Keynote<\/td>\nKeynotes by Ra\u00fal Echeberr\u00eda (ISOC) on the future of the global IGF and Guilherme Canela (UNESCO) on polarised pluralism online and risks for Latin American democracies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Side events<\/td>\nThe 2nd LACIGFem (1 August) and the 3rd Youth LACIGF (49 youths from 11 countries) ran alongside; the 3rd IGF Argentina was held the day before, on 30 July<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nConvened by an Argentine multistakeholder group including NIC Argentina, ADC, CABASE and ENACOM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Algorithms and Inequality \u2014 The Shadow of Automated Decision-Making<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Session on the challenges and opportunities of algorithmic decision-making (selected by public vote)<\/p>\n