{"id":12989,"date":"2019-06-04T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/04\/en-georgia-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:00:00","slug":"en-georgia-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/04\/en-georgia-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoIGF 2019 (5th Georgian 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. The 5th GeoIGF met at Rooms Hotel Tbilisi on 13 November 2019, drawing up to 200 participants from government, civil society, business and international organisations, with GeoNOG 2.0 held the day before.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The agenda spanned broadband coverage and 5G rollout, online content and intellectual property, media rules protecting children, IoT and personal data protection \u2014 opened by the deputy economy minister alongside ISOC, ICANN and RIPE NCC executives.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The same week hosted a European Community Networks Summit, putting the community network experience of mountainous Tusheti on an international stage \u2014 a story with lessons for remote-area connectivity everywhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on GeoIGF 2019 (5th Georgian 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>\nGeoIGF 2019 (5th Georgian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n13 November 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nRooms Hotel Tbilisi, Kostava Street<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Co-located events<\/td>\nCo-located with the 2nd GeoNOG (12 November) and a European Community Networks Summit the same week<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nOrganised by the Council of Europe (project 'Supporting Freedom of Media and Internet in Georgia') together with ISOC, ICANN, the RIPE NCC and the IGF Support Association<\/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. Broadband and 5G \u2014 Coverage Challenges Meet the Next Generation<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n