{"id":13130,"date":"2018-06-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/19\/en-slovenia-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-06-19T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T07:00:00","slug":"en-slovenia-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/19\/en-slovenia-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"SloIGF 2018 (Slovenian Internet Governance Forum) \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-slovenia-igf-2018-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2018 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \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-slovenia-igf-2018-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2018 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Slovenia&#39;s third national IGF, SloIGF 2018, met on 23 October 2018 at Hotel Slon in Ljubljana \u2014 a focused half-day of two roundtables, and the last SloIGF documented on the official site.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It tackled the two hottest European questions of the moment: do Internet openness and freedoms threaten democracy, and will the new EU copyright rules for the digital market curb free expression and access to information?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its citizen-level scrutiny of the EU copyright directive \u2014 before the &#39;upload filter&#39; Article 17 was adopted \u2014 remains a valuable record of how small-country stakeholders read a big EU law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>SloIGF 2018 (Slovenian 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<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-slovenia-igf-2018-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2018 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \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>SloIGF 2018 (Slovenian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>Third edition \u2014 the last meeting documented on the official site<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>23 October 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Best Western Premier Hotel Slon, Kavarna II hall, Slovenska cesta 34, Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/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>In\u0161titut Digitas and Arnes (Slovenia&#39;s academic and research network)<\/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-slovenia-igf-2018-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2018 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Do Internet Openness and Freedoms Threaten Democracy?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable 1, 9:15\u201310:45 (moderator: Dr Ali \u017derdin, Delo)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Pavel Gantar (Forum for a Digital Society), Benjamin \u017dnidar\u0161i\u010d (ARS Viva) and Peter Sterle (education ministry) debated under the moderation of Dr Ali \u017derdin of the daily Delo, with Dr Jan Jona Javor\u0161ek (Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute) as rapporteur [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>The roundtable probed the tension between online openness and democracy in the era of disinformation and platform power, from policy, civil-society and media angles [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The EU Copyright Directive \u2014 A Threat to Free Expression and Access?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable 2, 11:15\u201312:45 (moderator: Dr Maja Bogataj Jan\u010di\u010d, Institute for Intellectual Property)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Vesna \u010copi\u010d (government), Aljo\u0161a Domijan (IT firm Gambit), librarian-side voice Mitja V. Iskri\u0107 and publisher Rok Zavrtanik (Sanje) examined the then-pending EU Digital Single Market copyright directive [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>Framed as &#39;will new copyright legislation for the digital market limit freedom of expression and access to information?&#39;, the roundtable weighed rightsholder protection against user freedoms across government, publishing, education and IT [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Can Libraries Survive the New Copyright Rules? \u2014 Five Concerns from the Field<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Issues from Roundtable 2, elaborated afterwards by panelist Mitja V. Iskri\u0107 on the library blog Biblioblog<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The draft directive named only &#39;research organisations&#39; in its text-and-data-mining exception, raising fears that libraries would be left out \u2014 and the education exception was similarly limited to educational institutions [4]<\/li>\n<li>Librarians flagged five concerns in all: TDM exclusion, the education-use gap, possible fees even for bibliographic titles and abstracts, the burden of continuously policing user-generated content, and vaguely defined repository exemptions [4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. So what did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 it was Slovenia&#39;s third annual multistakeholder forum, condensed into a half day around two roundtables: Internet openness versus democracy, and the EU copyright overhaul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The EU copyright directive. Panelists clashed over whether its platform-monitoring logic \u2014 later famous as Article 17&#39;s &#39;upload filters&#39; \u2014 would squeeze free expression, libraries and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The balance between protecting rightsholders and preserving access to information is a universal fight, and the EU directive debated here now shapes how platforms operate far beyond Europe.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Slovenia IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-slovenia-igf-2018-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Slovenia IGF 2018 \u30ea\u30e5\u30d6\u30ea\u30e3\u30ca \u2014 About Slovenia IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Slovenia 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 2018 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:\/\/sloigf.si\/\">SloIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u30c8\u30c3\u30d7\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u3001&quot;third annual forum&quot; 2018-10-23\u306e\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 SloIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 sloigf.si\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sloigf.si\/program-2018\/\">Program 2018\uff08\u7b2c3\u56deSloIGF\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 SloIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 sloigf.si\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnes.si\/vabljeni-na-slovenski-forum-o-upravljanju-interneta-2018\/\">Vabljeni na Slovenski forum o upravljanju interneta 2018\uff08SloIGF 2018\u958b\u50ac\u6848\u5185\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Arnes\uff08\u30b9\u30ed\u30d9\u30cb\u30a2\u5b66\u8853\u7814\u7a76\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ef\u30fc\u30af\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblioblog.si\/2018\/10\/okrogla-miza-v-sklopu-sloigf-ali-bo.html\">Okrogla miza v sklopu SloIGF: Ali bo nova avtorska zakonodaja za digitalni trg omejila svobodo izra\u017eanja in dostop do informacij?\uff08SloIGF\u5186\u5353\u8a0e\u8ad6\u306e\u4e8b\u5f8c\u5831\u544a\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Biblioblog\uff08\u30b9\u30ed\u30d9\u30cb\u30a2\u56f3\u66f8\u9928\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3001\u57f7\u7b46\u8005\u306f\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u306eMitja V. Iskri\u0107\u6c0f\uff09 (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 June 2018, 09:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 17 July 2026, 12:32 (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>Slovenia&#8217;s third national IGF, SloIGF 2018, met on 23 October 2018 at Hotel Slon in Ljubljana \u2014 a focused half-day of two roundtables, and t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,50],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2485,164],"class_list":["post-13130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-slovenia-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sloveniaigf2018","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130","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=13130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}