{"id":12728,"date":"2018-07-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/07\/07\/en-korea-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-07-07T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T02:00:00","slug":"en-korea-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/07\/07\/en-korea-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2018) \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 7th KrIGF met on 5 July 2018 at the Seoul Startup Hub in Mapo under the theme 'Trustworthy Internet, Transparent Governance' \u2014 nine workshops and four lectures, with about 200 participants.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Four tracks spanned network usage fees and net neutrality, hate speech and free expression, fintech and data governance, plus tutorials on AI and blockchain.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Its civil-society-led workshop on interconnection fees prefigured the 'network usage fee' controversy that later went global, making this edition a reference point for platform-policy debates far beyond Korea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on 7th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2018)<\/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>\n7th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2018)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n5 July 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nSeoul Startup Hub, Mapo, Seoul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nTrustworthy Internet, Transparent Governance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCo-hosted by the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA), KISA and some 18 organisations<\/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. Network Usage Fees and Net Neutrality \u2014 The Prototype of a Global Fight<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Open Net's workshop 'Net neutrality and internet interconnection' and Workshop 7 'Network usage fee discrimination' (15:15\u201316:45)<\/p>\n