{"id":12766,"date":"2009-10-07T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2009\/10\/07\/en-uk-igf-2009-overview\/"},"modified":"2009-10-07T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T10:00:00","slug":"en-uk-igf-2009-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2009\/10\/07\/en-uk-igf-2009-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"UK IGF 2009 \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-uk-igf-2009-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"UK IGF 2009 \u30ed\u30f3\u30c9\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-uk-igf-2009-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"UK IGF 2009 \u30ed\u30f3\u30c9\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 10 February 2009 the UK IGF met at Portcullis House in Parliament, doubling as the report-back from the Hyderabad IGF, with Communications Minister Lord Carter, cross-party MPs and speakers from the NSPCC, LINX and government.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lord Carter argued the IGF should be about preventing problems rather than dealing with them, and said the ITU was not the right forum for internet governance; building the evidence base for the UN&#39;s review of the IGF and keeping child protection on the agenda dominated the day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The session completed the national-IGF cycle \u2014 report back from the global meeting, debate at home, prepare for the next one \u2014 that country-level IGFs still follow today.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>UK IGF 2009<\/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-uk-igf-2009-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"UK IGF 2009 \u30ed\u30f3\u30c9\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>Official name<\/td>\n<td>UK IGF 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>10 February 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>The IGF: Messages from Hyderabad \u2014 and launch of the 2009 Best Practice Challenge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keynote<\/td>\n<td>Communications Minister Lord (Stephen) Carter of Barnes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by Nominet on behalf of the UK IGF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Distribution of the &#39;Messages from Hyderabad&#39; brochure, launch of the 2009 Best Practice Challenge, and a &#39;road map to Sharm el-Sheikh&#39; discussion<\/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-uk-igf-2009-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"UK IGF 2009 \u30ed\u30f3\u30c9\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Lord Carter&#39;s Address \u2014 &#39;The IGF&#39;s Work Should Be About Preventing Problems&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Contribution from Lord Stephen Carter (from 11.30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lord Carter said a large part of the IGF&#39;s work should be about preventing problems rather than dealing with them, and that planning for the worst was essential (as recorded in the official report) [2]<\/li>\n<li>He called Hyderabad a turning point and predicted sharp debate on institutional responses \u2014 accelerated by the economic crisis \u2014 by the time of Sharm el-Sheikh [2]<\/li>\n<li>He stated the ITU, whatever its merits elsewhere, was not the right forum for internet governance, and urged government to learn from the private ICT sector&#39;s collaborative model instead of silo-based policy making [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Report-Back from Hyderabad \u2014 &#39;The IGF Is Becoming a Global Movement&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;Lessons learned at Hyderabad&#39; session (from 10.10, chaired by Rt Hon Alun Michael MP)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;If we work in partnership, the Internet and future technologies can be harnessed for the benefit of all. Doing nothing is unacceptable and trying to legislate for every eventuality is impossible&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the Parliamentary IT Committee<\/strong> [2][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Alun Michael reported that the IGF was becoming more of a global movement than an annual event, and judged the UK IGF&#39;s first year a success [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Miller voiced disappointment at low industry engagement \u2014 Cisco and Microsoft excepted \u2014 and warned that attempts to bring the IGF under the ITU&#39;s umbrella should be resisted as damaging to UK interests [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>LINX&#39;s Malcolm Hutty cited the Kenyan Internet Exchange&#39;s growth past one gigabyte of traffic per second as proof that internet governance delivers real-world results [2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Child Safety Online \u2014 Progress, but Misunderstandings Remain<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Report from the NSPCC (Kathleen Spencer Chapman)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyderabad recognised child protection as more important than at past meetings, yet a widespread misunderstanding of the nature of the problem persisted, the NSPCC reported [2]<\/li>\n<li>Cross-sectoral sessions \u2014 such as an internet bill of rights bringing together human, children&#39;s and privacy rights \u2014 were judged the most successful format [2]<\/li>\n<li>Keeping child protection on the agenda at Sharm el-Sheikh was stressed as essential [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Preparing for the UN Review \u2014 Building Evidence, Watching the ITU<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;The Way Forward&#39; discussion and Q&amp;A (from 11.00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Carvell (BERR) said a strong evidence base was needed to support the UN&#39;s decisions on the IGF&#39;s successor, and called on business to play a full part [2]<\/li>\n<li>The intergovernmental ITU was beginning to consider its role in internet governance, participants warned \u2014 a model that would leave far less room for business and civil society [2]<\/li>\n<li>Nick Thorne (FCO) argued the UN review would start in earnest the following year, so the UK should build the evidence that the stakeholder-forum approach works and emphasise the IGF&#39;s achievements [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did this meeting actually decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It was a forum for reporting and dialogue, not decisions. It shared the lessons of the Hyderabad IGF, discussed the road map to Sharm el-Sheikh in November, and launched the 2009 Best Practice Challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious issue?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The ITU. Minister, MPs and industry alike warned against attempts to fold the IGF into the ITU, and agreed the multistakeholder forum had to be defended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Building the evidence base for the UN&#39;s review of the IGF became every country&#39;s homework, and the report-back-plus-preparation format perfected here is still how national IGFs around the world operate.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is UK IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-uk-igf-2009-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"UK IGF 2009 \u30ed\u30f3\u30c9\u30f3 \u2014 About UK IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>UK 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 2009 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:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090627033932\/http:\/\/www.ukigf.org.uk\/Events.htm\">UK IGF Events \u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff082009\u5e746\u6708\u6642\u70b9\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u30022\u670810\u65e5\u4f1a\u5408\u306e\u6982\u8981\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u3092\u8a18\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UK IGF\uff08Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-16)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090627033932\/http:\/\/www.ukigf.org.uk\/resources\/UK_IGF_report_from_10_Feb_event.pdf\">Report from The IGF: Messages from Hyderabad and launch of the Nominet Best Practice Challenge &#8211; 10 February 2009\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u8b70\u4e8b\u5831\u544aPDF\u30fb6\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UK IGF\uff08Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-16)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090627033932\/http:\/\/www.ukigf.org.uk\/resources\/UK_IGF_Spring_event_outline.doc\">UK IGF Spring event outline\uff08\u5f53\u65e5\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u30fbWord\u6587\u66f8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UK IGF \/ Nominet\uff08Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-16)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090627033932\/http:\/\/www.ukigf.org.uk\/resources\/NOM_HyderabadLft.pdf\">Messages from Hyderabad: Comments from the UK representatives\uff08\u5f53\u65e5\u914d\u5e03\u306e\u5831\u544a\u518a\u5b50PDF\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Nominet \/ UK IGF\uff08Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-16)<\/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 7 October 2009, 10:00 (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 10 February 2009 the UK IGF met at Portcullis House in Parliament, doubling as the report-back from the Hyderabad IGF, with Communication<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,38],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2398],"class_list":["post-12766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-uk-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-ukigf2009"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766","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=12766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}