{"id":13114,"date":"2023-06-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/17\/en-russia-igf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T07:00:00","slug":"en-russia-igf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/06\/17\/en-russia-igf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"RIGF 2023 \u2014 The 13th Russian 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 13th Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF 2023) met in hybrid form at Moscow's SOGLASIE Hall on 6\u20137 April 2023: roughly 500 registered, 190 on site, 800+ streaming, with some 60 speakers across eight sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The UN's Global Digital Compact and avoiding internet fragmentation led the agenda, alongside digital sovereignty, disinformation, child safety, medical AI and the digital workforce; the UN IGF Secretariat's Chengetai Masango joined the opening.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. In the invasion's second year, Russia billed the event as the region's biggest national forum and worked to keep international touchpoints \u2014 a primary source on internet-governance discourse under sanctions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on RIGF 2023 \u2014 The 13th Russian 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>\nRIGF 2023 \u2014 The 13th Russian Internet Governance Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n13th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n6\u20137 April 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nSOGLASIE Hall, 36 Prospekt Mira, Moscow, Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\nAbout 500 registered, 190 on site, and over 800 watching the livestreams on the forum site and YouTube<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Speakers<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Format<\/td>\nHybrid (in-person and online)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Award<\/td>\nThe Virtuti Interneti award went to Elena Voronina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCoordination Center for TLD .RU\/.\u0420\u0424 and the Center for Global IT-Cooperation (CGITC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Note<\/td>\n29th anniversary of the .RU domain<\/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. The Global Digital Compact and Avoiding Fragmentation \u2014 The UN Channel Endures<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening plenary (6 April, 10:00, moderated by Andrey Vorobyov) and related sessions<\/p>\n

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    "The Russian Internet Governance Forum is the largest national forum in Eastern Europe and Central Asia"
    \n\u2014 Andrey Vorobyov (Director, Coordination Center for TLD .RU\/.\u0420\u0424) \u2014 translated from Russian<\/strong> [3][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n