{"id":12752,"date":"2019-07-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/07\/04\/en-taiwan-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-07-04T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T08:00:00","slug":"en-taiwan-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/07\/04\/en-taiwan-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Internet Governance Forum 2019 (TWIGF 2019) \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 fifth TWIGF met on 5\u20136 July 2019 at Chunghwa Telecom's headquarters in Taipei under the theme "Building an Open, Inclusive, Trustworthy and Innovative Digital Society," with 16 workshops in eight categories, two plenaries, and a keynote by ICANN board member Akinori Maemura of JPNIC.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Transportation Minister Lin Chia-lung and AIT Director William Brent Christensen opened the forum; the hottest debates covered national eID risks, the military's role in cybersecurity, OTT and platform trust, and countering disinformation.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. With a presidential election six months away and the Huawei question in the air, TWIGF 2019 previewed the digital-policy battles \u2014 eID, disinformation, platform accountability \u2014 that soon spread worldwide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Taiwan Internet Governance Forum 2019 (TWIGF 2019)<\/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>\nTaiwan Internet Governance Forum 2019 (TWIGF 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n5th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n5\u20136 July 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nChunghwa Telecom Headquarters Building, Taipei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nBuilding an Open, Inclusive, Trustworthy and Innovative Digital Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n18 (2 plenaries (OTT governance; building trust in digital platforms) plus 16 workshops across eight topic categories)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Keynote<\/td>\nKeynote "The way to Independence" by ICANN board member Akinori Maemura (JPNIC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Opening<\/td>\nOpening remarks by Transportation Minister Lin Chia-lung and AIT Director William Brent Christensen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nTaiwan Internet Governance Forum (TWIGF), community-run under its multistakeholder steering group<\/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. National eID \u2014 Managing Risk for 23 Million People<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Workshop: National chip ID card \u2014 privacy and security risks<\/p>\n

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    "The eID switchover involves at least 23 million people \u2014 an impact and risk on a scale the Taiwanese government has never faced (translated from Chinese)"
    \n\u2014 T.H. Schee (participant blog)<\/strong> [2][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n