{"id":12571,"date":"2024-06-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/09\/en-australia-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-06-09T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T02:00:00","slug":"en-australia-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/09\/en-australia-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"auIGF 2024 (Australian Internet Governance Forum) \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. Australia's national IGF met in Melbourne on 28\u201329 October 2024 \u2014 the first edition since taking back its original name, auIGF, from NetThing. More than 160 participants joined, with 53 speakers from 40 organisations across 19 sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Under the theme 'Connecting local to global', Communications Minister Michelle Rowland opened the forum, which adopted its first Position Paper for the WSIS+20 review and debated online safety, cyber security and Indigenous digital inclusion.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. For the first time, the national forum produced a consensus document feeding directly into the UN's WSIS+20 negotiations \u2014 a working model for connecting domestic debate to global processes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on auIGF 2024 (Australian Internet Governance Forum)<\/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
    Official name<\/td>\nauIGF 2024 (Australian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n28\u201329 October 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nRydges Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nConnecting local to global \u2013 Connecting Australian community and policy debates to the region and the world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n160\u4eba\u8d85\uff08\u73fe\u5730\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u5404\u7d0480\u4eba\uff09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Speakers<\/td>\n53\u4eba\uff0840\u7d44\u7e54\u304b\u3089\uff09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Format<\/td>\nHybrid (in-person and online)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nauIGF Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee (MSSC), chaired by Annaliese Williams; secretariat supported by auDA (led by Michael Lewis)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nThe forum's first consensus Position Paper, on the WSIS+20 review, developed by the MSSC through open consultation<\/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. Back to the Original Name \u2014 From NetThing to auIGF<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: The forum as a whole (renaming decided by the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee)<\/p>\n