{"id":14631,"date":"2017-06-01T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/06\/01\/en-italy-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-06-01T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T13:00:00","slug":"en-italy-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/06\/01\/en-italy-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Italia 2017 \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-italy-igf-2017-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2017 \u30dc\u30ed\u30fc\u30cb\u30e3 \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-italy-igf-2017-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2017 \u30dc\u30ed\u30fc\u30cb\u30e3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 9th IGF Italia met at the University of Bologna on 20\u201321 November 2017 under the theme &#39;The Future of the Internet: technology, law, ethics, economy and society&#39;, opened remotely by Vint Cerf.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Italy&#39;s Senate vice-president, the data protection authority, AgID, Google and Wikimedia shared the floor across two plenaries and eight sessions on online freedom, cybersecurity, AI and Industry 4.0.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A textbook national IGF run on UN multistakeholder principles in a university city; its results fed into the global IGF in Geneva that December.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF Italia 2017<\/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-italy-igf-2017-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2017 \u30dc\u30ed\u30fc\u30cb\u30e3 \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>IGF Italia 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>9th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>20\u201321 November 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Aula Prodi, University of Bologna (Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2) and the Italo-British Association conference hall (Via Farini 35), Bologna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Il Futuro di Internet \u2014 The Future of the Internet: technology, law, ethics, economy and society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Organising committee led by CIRSFID, University of Bologna, with Lepida, Emilia-Romagna Region, City of Bologna, Marconi Foundation, CINECA, AgID, MISE, ISOC Italia, ICANN and EBU among others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Results reported to the global IGF in Geneva, 18\u201321 December 2017<\/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-italy-igf-2017-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2017 \u30dc\u30ed\u30fc\u30cb\u30e3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The State of the Internet in Italy \u2014 Parliament and Regulators Take Stock<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary &#39;State of the Art of the Internet in Italy&#39; (20 November, 11:00\u201313:00, Aula Prodi)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senate vice-president Rosa Maria Di Giorgi, MP Paolo Coppola, AgID director general Antonio Samaritani (remote) and data protection authority secretary general Giuseppe Busia reviewed Italy&#39;s digital policy and data protection [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>With ISOC Italia&#39;s Stefano Trumpy and the EBU&#39;s Giacomo Mazzone on the panel, the UN&#39;s NRI principle of equal-footing multistakeholder debate was applied domestically [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>Every session reserved open-microphone slots, putting bottom-up agenda-setting into practice [2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Vint Cerf Opens \u2014 the &#39;Father of the Internet&#39; Joins Remotely<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session (20 November, 10:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vinton Gray Cerf of the Marconi Society, co-inventor of TCP\/IP, delivered remote opening remarks \u2014 rare international star power for a national IGF [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Bologna, the city of radio pioneer Marconi, backed the event through the Marconi Foundation, the Emilia-Romagna Region and the city government [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Sessions were live-streamed on lepida.tv, keeping the forum open to remote participants [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0 \u2014 Preparing an Economy That Runs on Digital<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session VI &#39;Cybersecurity and the Internet&#39; and Session VIII &#39;Industry 4.0 and the Internet&#39; (21 November morning)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experts from the economic development ministry (MISE), .it registry Registro.it, the UN&#39;s UNICRI and AgID debated cyber threats and defences [2]<\/li>\n<li>IBM, Cisco and Telecom Italia laid out the opportunities and risks of Industry 4.0 digitalisation for smaller firms [2]<\/li>\n<li>AI and social sustainability also ran through the ethics session, tying together the technology-law-ethics arc of the programme [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Online Freedom and Youth Participation \u2014 Rights Sessions and a Youth IGF<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session I &#39;Internet and Law: Freedom Online&#39;, Session V, Session IV &#39;Youth IGF&#39; and the play &#39;Rete Ribelle&#39; (20 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Constitutional scholar Giovanna De Minico, AGCOM commissioner Antonio Nicita and representatives of Google and Wikimedia Italia debated free expression, the individual and the market [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>A dedicated Youth IGF session and an evening theatre piece, &#39;Rete Ribelle&#39; (Rebel Network), embedded the next generation in both dialogue and performance [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>The programme stated that outcomes would be reported to the global IGF in Geneva on 18\u201321 December [2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 it&#39;s a UN-style forum where government, business, civil society and academia debate as equals. The two days of discussion were reported to the global IGF in Geneva that December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the highlight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Vint Cerf&#39;s remote opening address, and the sight of a Senate vice-president, Google and Wikimedia arguing at the same table.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. National IGFs like this exist in many countries \u2014 Japan included \u2014 and the agenda (disinformation, cybersecurity, AI ethics) is identical everywhere. National debates like Bologna&#39;s feed directly into the global IGF.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Italy IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-italy-igf-2017-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2017 \u30dc\u30ed\u30fc\u30cb\u30e3 \u2014 About Italy IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Italy 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 2017 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:\/\/www.isoc.it\/node\/2184\">A Bologna, il 20 e 21 novembre si svolger\u00e0 l&#39;Internet Governance Forum Italia 2017<\/a> \u2014 isoc.it (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.docenti.unina.it\/webdocenti-be\/allegati\/contenuti\/28042\">IGF Italia 2017 \u2014 Il Futuro di Internet: tecnologia, diritto, etica, economia e societ\u00e0\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0PDF\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Italia 2017 \u7d44\u7e54\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\uff08\u30ca\u30dd\u30ea\u5927\u5b66\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u6240\u8535\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agid.gov.it\/node\/1374\">Internet Governance Forum Italia: al via la consultazione sul programma del 2017<\/a> \u2014 AgID\uff08\u30c7\u30b8\u30bf\u30eb\u30fb\u30a4\u30bf\u30ea\u30a2\u5e81\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/igfitalia2017.cirsfid.unibo.it\/index.php\/programma\/\">Programma \u2014 IGF Italia 2017<\/a> \u2014 IGF Italia 2017\uff08\u30dc\u30ed\u30fc\u30cb\u30e3\u5927\u5b66CIRSFID\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>\u66f4\u65b0\u5c65\u6b74<\/h2>\n<p>\u7b2c1\u7a3f\u6295\u7a3f 2026\u5e747\u670810\u65e5 17\u664231\u5206\uff08\u8a18\u4e8b\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30c4\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\uff09<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 9th IGF Italia met at the University of Bologna on 20\u201321 November 2017 under the theme &#8216;The Future of the Internet: technology, law, eth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,130,11],"tags":[163,161,160,850,162,164],"class_list":["post-14631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-italy-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-italyigf2017","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14631","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=14631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}