{"id":14641,"date":"2022-06-07T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/07\/en-italy-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:00:00","slug":"en-italy-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/07\/en-italy-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Italia 2022 \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-2022-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2022 \u30a2\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\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-italy-igf-2022-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2022 \u30a2\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\u30ca \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>IGF Italia 2022 met in the Adriatic port of Ancona on 18\u201319 November under the banner &#39;Augmented Humanity&#39;: 22 sessions, some 200 speakers and over 2,000 online participants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>From the connectivity gap and the national cybersecurity strategy to war-driven disinformation, quantum internet and the metaverse, one principle ran throughout: technology should enrich humanity, not strip it away.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Results went straight to the global IGF in Addis Ababa, and the report&#39;s recommendations were pointed \u2014 put IGF Italia in the Recovery Plan, create a National Data Agency.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF Italia 2022<\/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-2022-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2022 \u30a2\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\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>IGF Italia 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>18\u201319 November 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Loggia dei Mercanti, Chamber of Commerce of the Marche, Ancona \u2014 the first edition in the Marche region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>UMANIT\u00c0 AUMENTATA \u2014 Augmented Humanity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>160 (Over 160 onsite attendances and 1,108 registrations; 1,126 plenary streaming links and 2,069 parallel-session connections, with online participation estimated above 2,000 (official report))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>22 (22 sessions over two days (8 in parallel, 2 in English) with roughly 200 speakers)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Chamber of Commerce of the Marche, the Polytechnic University of the Marche and AgID; hybrid format<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Results were shared at the 17th global IGF in Addis Ababa (28 November\u20132 December 2022) and across the NRI network; the official report lists recommendations for government, the UN, the European Commission, business, civil society and universities<\/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-2022-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2022 \u30a2\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\u30ca \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. &#39;Augmented Humanity&#39; \u2014 a Human-Centred Digital Humanism<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening ceremony and the cross-cutting theme (18 November, 9:00)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Digital will shape the future of us all \u2014 of businesses, families and our young people (translated from Italian)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Gino Sabatini (President, Chamber of Commerce of the Marche)<\/strong> [3][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Our mission is to make the internet a democratic, safe place that helps us grow (translated from Italian)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Mattia Fantinati (President, IGF Italia Association)<\/strong> [3][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the credo that technology must enrich rather than diminish humanity, the agenda ran on four pillars: human rights, data and privacy, security and accountability, and advanced technologies [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>Marche president Francesco Acquaroli, Unioncamere president Andrea Prete, EC DG-Connect chief Roberto Viola and UN MAG chair Paul Mitchell joined the opening [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>The official report records &#39;the centrality of the human being in technological and digital development&#39; as the theme cutting across nearly every session [3][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Connectivity Gap \u2014 &#39;Access Is the Watershed Between Inclusion and Exclusion&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;The State of Connectivity in Italy&#39; (18 November, 12:00) and related sessions<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Internet access is the watershed between social inclusion and social exclusion (translated from Italian)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Gino Sabatini (President, Chamber of Commerce of the Marche)<\/strong> [1][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The forum confronted Italy&#39;s near-bottom DESI connectivity ranking: fibre, FWA and 5G are growing, but patchily and metro-first [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>Experts from AGCOM, Rome IXP operator Namex and research network GARR called for stronger carrier networks and IXPs and for symmetric connections with adequate upload speeds [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>With more than half of Italians lacking basic digital skills, the national &#39;Repubblica Digitale&#39; initiative was debated as the remedy [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The National Cybersecurity Strategy \u2014 SMEs and Recovery Funds<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &#39;The National Strategy on Cybersecurity and Competitiveness&#39; (18 November, 14:00) and related sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built around the new National Cybersecurity Agency&#39;s support measures, the debate weighed security against competitiveness \u2014 big firms invest, but micro and small businesses need awareness campaigns first [1]<\/li>\n<li>From security-by-design to skills, the forum mapped how security loads costs onto firms, and appealed for Recovery Plan funds and public-private partnerships [1]<\/li>\n<li>On disinformation, fact-checking alone was judged insufficient; media literacy and co-regulatory tools like the EU Code of Practice were endorsed [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Ukraine and Disinformation \u2014 &#39;The Second War&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Parallel session &#39;Disinformation: the Second War Fighting in Ukraine&#39; (18 November, 14:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDMO secretary general Paula Gori, the European Commission, AGCOM and IDMO dissected invasion-related disinformation as &#39;the second war&#39; being fought over Ukraine [1]<\/li>\n<li>Enforcement is hampered because platforms sit outside member states, panellists noted, holding up Europe&#39;s regulatory framework as best practice [1]<\/li>\n<li>Framing wartime information manipulation this way tied directly into that year&#39;s global IGF debate in Addis Ababa [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. The IGF&#39;s Evolution and the Recommendations \u2014 from a Data Agency to a Recovery-Plan Mandate<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: English session &#39;The Evolution of IGF&#39; (18 November, 16:40), closing and official recommendations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UN MAG chair Paul Mitchell, the EC&#39;s Pearse O&#39;Donohue and NRIs coordinator Anja Gengo used the English session to argue for a stronger IGF role in the Global Digital Compact and WSIS+20 \u2014 and for &#39;constructive self-criticism&#39; [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The report&#39;s recommendations to the Italian government were concrete: promote access as a citizens&#39; right, establish a National Data Agency, invest in carrier networks and IXPs, and write an IGF Italia chapter into the Recovery Plan [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>It urged the European Commission to back the IGF mandate renewal and fold the Code of Practice into the DSA, and universities to teach internet governance [1][2]<\/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, but the official report lists concrete recommendations \u2014 a National Data Agency, an IGF Italia chapter in the Recovery Plan \u2014 and fed them into the global IGF in Addis Ababa days later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What does &#39;Augmented Humanity&#39; mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. That as AI and the metaverse extend human capabilities, technology should enrich our humanity rather than strip it away. It was the thread running through nearly every session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Regional connectivity gaps, SME cyber-defence, wartime disinformation \u2014 the 2022 agenda is every country&#39;s agenda, with Europe&#39;s policy answers on display.<\/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-2022-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Italy IGF 2022 \u30a2\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\u30ca \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 2022 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.agid.gov.it\/sites\/default\/files\/repository_files\/report_igf_italia_2022_eng_.pdf\">Report Italy IGF 2022, Ancona\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u82f1\u6587\u5831\u544a\u66f8PDF\uff09<\/a> \u2014 AgID\uff08Concettina Cassa\u7de8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igf-italia.org\/igf-italia-2022\/\">IGF Italia 2022: UMANIT\u00c0 AUMENTATA<\/a> \u2014 IGF Italia\uff08igf-italia.org \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centropagina.it\/ancona\/ancona-igf-internet-governance-forum-italia-2022-camera-commercio\/\">Ad Ancona, l&#39;Internet Governance Forum Italia 2022. Sabatini: \u00abAccesso spartiacque fra inclusione e esclusione sociale\u00bb<\/a> \u2014 CentroPagina\uff08\u30de\u30eb\u30b1\u5dde\u306e\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agid.gov.it\/it\/agenzia\/stampa-e-comunicazione\/notizie\/2022\/11\/07\/internet-governance-forum-italia-2022-levento-annuale-ad-ancona-il-18-il-19\">Internet Governance Forum Italia 2022: l&#39;evento annuale ad Ancona il 18 e il 19 novembre<\/a> \u2014 AgID\uff08\u30c7\u30b8\u30bf\u30eb\u30fb\u30a4\u30bf\u30ea\u30a2\u5e81\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioradicale.it\/scheda\/683465\/umanita-aumentata-igf-italia-edizione-2022-sessione-plenaria\">Umanit\u00e0 aumentata &#8211; IGF Italia, edizione 2022, Sessione Plenaria (18.11.2022)<\/a> \u2014 Radio Radicale\uff08\u30d7\u30ec\u30ca\u30ea\u30fc\u9332\u753b\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\u670821\u65e5 17\u664226\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>IGF Italia 2022 met in the Adriatic port of Ancona on 18\u201319 November under the banner &#8216;Augmented Humanity&#8217;: 22 sessions, some 200 speakers a<\/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":[163,161,160,705,162,164],"class_list":["post-14641","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-italyigf2022","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14641","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=14641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}