{"id":12743,"date":"2015-07-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/07\/19\/en-taiwan-igf-2015-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-07-19T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T07:00:00","slug":"en-taiwan-igf-2015-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/07\/19\/en-taiwan-igf-2015-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Internet Governance Forum 2015 (TWIGF 2015) \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-taiwan-igf-2015-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2015 \u53f0\u5317 \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-taiwan-igf-2015-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2015 \u53f0\u5317 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 9 June 2015 the first Taiwan Internet Governance Forum (TWIGF 2015) met at the GIS MOTC Convention Center in Taipei, hosted by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and organised by the NII Enterprise Promotion Association.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The day covered three themes \u2014 big data and privacy, net neutrality, and the domain name market \u2014 with the regulator NCC, Chunghwa Telecom, consumer groups and human-rights advocates sharing the same stage from the very first edition.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taiwan&#39;s internet governance dialogue has run annually ever since, leading to APrIGF 2016 in Taipei and full community-run operation from 2017 \u2014 the starting point of one of East Asia&#39;s liveliest national IGFs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Taiwan Internet Governance Forum 2015 (TWIGF 2015)<\/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-taiwan-igf-2015-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2015 \u53f0\u5317 \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>Official name<\/td>\n<td>Taiwan Internet Governance Forum 2015 (TWIGF 2015)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>1st edition (inaugural Taiwan IGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>9 June 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>GIS MOTC Convention Center, International Conference Hall, Taipei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC); organised by the NII Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA)<\/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-taiwan-igf-2015-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2015 \u53f0\u5317 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Why the First Edition Mattered \u2014 The Start of Taiwan&#39;s Multistakeholder Dialogue<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall forum<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TWIGF&#39;s official history dates the series from this meeting: the forum has been held annually since 2015 [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>According to the GISWatch report, TWIGF was established in 2015 by the NII Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA) with government support [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>Though government-hosted at first, it adopted the UN IGF-style format from day one, with civil society, business and academia on an equal footing [3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Big Data \u2014 Industrial Promise versus Privacy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Big data session (11:00\u201312:20)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Kenny Huang (APNIC Executive Council), the panel put the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, mobile carrier Taiwan Mobile, a law firm and researchers on one stage to weigh data use against privacy [1]<\/li>\n<li>Seating a human-rights group and a telco on the same panel set the pattern for Taiwan&#39;s later data-protection debates [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Net Neutrality \u2014 Regulator, Carrier and Consumers on One Stage<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Net neutrality session (14:00\u201315:20)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Nicole Chan (then director of the Science &amp; Technology Law Institute), with NIIEPA&#39;s Kuo-Wei Wu, the regulator NCC, Chunghwa Telecom and consumer representatives on the panel [1]<\/li>\n<li>Coming just months after the US FCC adopted its Open Internet Order, the session put the question of neutrality rules for Taiwan squarely on the table [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. The Domain Name Market \u2014 Taiwan in the New gTLD Era<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Domain names session (16:10\u201317:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderated by Kuo-Wei Wu (NIIEPA executive director and former ICANN board member), with TWNIC, registrars and the Taipei City Department of Information Technology on the panel [1]<\/li>\n<li>As ICANN&#39;s new gTLD programme expanded the namespace, panellists debated how Taiwan&#39;s market should grow \u2014 Taipei City had just obtained its own city TLD, .taipei, the year before [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What exactly is the Taiwan IGF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is Taiwan&#39;s national version of the UN Internet Governance Forum \u2014 an annual meeting where government, business, academia, the technical community and civil society discuss internet public policy as equals. This 2015 meeting was the very first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was discussed at the first edition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Three themes: big data and privacy, net neutrality, and the domain name market \u2014 the hottest global internet-policy topics of the day, debated with the regulator, telcos and rights groups on one stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter outside Taiwan?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. National IGFs were springing up across Asia around then \u2014 Japan&#39;s IGCJ started in 2014 \u2014 and TWIGF became one of the region&#39;s most consistent, meeting every year since.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Taiwan IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-taiwan-igf-2015-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2015 \u53f0\u5317 \u2014 About Taiwan IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan IGF 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 2015 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=\"http:\/\/www.nii.org.tw\/2015\/\">2015 \u81fa\u7063\u7db2\u8def\u6cbb\u7406\u8ad6\u58c7\uff08\u5927\u4f1a\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u8b70\u7a0b\uff0f\u8b1b\u8005\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NII\u7522\u696d\u767c\u5c55\u5354\u9032\u6703\uff08NIIEPA\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igf.org.tw\/events\/archives\/\">\u6b77\u5c46\u5e74\u6703\uff08TWIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u81fa\u7063\u7db2\u8def\u6cbb\u7406\u8ad6\u58c7\uff08TWIGF\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igf.org.tw\/introduce\/about\/\">\u95dc\u65bcTWIGF\uff08\u7d44\u7e54\u6cbf\u9769\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u81fa\u7063\u7db2\u8def\u6cbb\u7406\u8ad6\u58c7\uff08TWIGF\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giswatch.org\/en\/country-report\/internet-governance\/taiwan-igf\">Taiwan IGF (country report, GISWatch 2017 Special Issue)<\/a> \u2014 APC (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 19 July 2015, 15:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 16 July 2026, 20:09 (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>On 9 June 2015 the first Taiwan Internet Governance Forum (TWIGF 2015) met at the GIS MOTC Convention Center in Taipei, hosted by the Minist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,11,43],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,952],"class_list":["post-12743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aprigf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-taiwan-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-taiwanigf2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12743","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=12743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}