{"id":14837,"date":"2017-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/08\/27\/en-youth-lacigf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-08-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T15:00:00","slug":"en-youth-lacigf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/08\/27\/en-youth-lacigf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth LACIGF 2017 (2nd YouthLACIGF) \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-youth-lacigf-2017-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2017 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \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-youth-lacigf-2017-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2017 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 1 August 2017 the second Youth LACIGF convened at the Ciudad del Saber campus in Panama City \u2014 the day-before event to LACIGF 10, with over 30 young people from 14 countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The four founding tracks carried over \u2014 infrastructure and access, cybersecurity and surveillance, internet and human rights, youth and governance \u2014 and presentations jumped from 5 to 14. Youth fellows went on to speak on panels at the main LACIGF the next day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This was the edition that turned a one-off into an annual fixture, with a visible pipeline from the youth forum onto the main conference stage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Youth LACIGF 2017 (2nd YouthLACIGF)<\/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-youth-lacigf-2017-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2017 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \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>Youth LACIGF 2017 (2nd YouthLACIGF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>2nd edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>1 August 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Fundaci\u00f3n Ciudad del Saber, Panama City, Panama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>Over 30 young people from 14 countries; 14 presentations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>The Youth Observatory (the Internet Society&#39;s SIG Youth)<\/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-youth-lacigf-2017-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2017 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Year Two \u2014 From One-Off to Annual Fixture<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The 2nd Youth LACIGF as a whole (1 August, Ciudad del Saber)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One year after its founding, the forum moved from Costa Rica to Panama and cemented the model of a free, registration-based youth day held in the LACIGF host city the day before the main meeting [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The venue, Fundaci\u00f3n Ciudad del Saber, is Panama&#39;s knowledge-industry campus on a converted former US military base [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>With 30-plus participants from 14 countries, attendance was smaller than the first edition but nearly as diverse \u2014 and presentations rose to 14 [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Four Tracks \u2014 Surveillance, Rights and the Role of Youth<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Thematic sessions (1 August)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The four tracks inherited from the founding year \u2014 infrastructure and access, cybersecurity and surveillance, internet and human rights, youth and governance \u2014 became the series&#39; standing agenda [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>A participating fellow&#39;s account describes the &#39;youth and governance&#39; session as a brainstorm on concrete actions for young people to exercise their rights online [2][4]<\/li>\n<li>As in year one, the core value lay in exchanging experiences across very different national contexts in the region [2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Onto the Main Stage \u2014 A Youth Fellow Panellist at LACIGF 10<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Feeding into LACIGF 10 (2\u20134 August)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pamela Gonzales, a young Bolivian technologist attending on a fellowship, went straight from the youth forum onto the &#39;Internet of the Future&#39; panel at LACIGF 10 [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>That pipeline \u2014 youth-forum debate one day, main-conference panel the next \u2014 began to change the old pattern of young people as audience only [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>Spanish Wikipedia records that LACIGF 10 &#39;had pre-activities on 1 August&#39; and parallel activities during the meeting, confirming the youth programme&#39;s official place in the schedule [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What changed from year one?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Continuity itself was the achievement. By working in Panama after founding in Costa Rica, the forum locked in its model of rotating with the LACIGF host city \u2014 and presentations nearly tripled to 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Who took part?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Just over 30 young people from 14 countries. The fellowship scheme entered its second year, and some fellows \u2014 like a young Bolivian technologist \u2014 moved straight onto main-conference panels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Placing a youth day before the main meeting and promoting its best voices onto the main stage is a replicable design for making youth participation more than a photo opportunity.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Youth LACIGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-lacigf-2017-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2017 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 About Youth LACIGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Youth LACIGF 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:\/\/youthlacigf.lat\/ediciones-anteriores\/\">Ediciones anteriores\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\uff1a2017\u5e74\u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3\u30fb30\u4eba\u8d85\u30fb14\u30ab\u56fd\u30fb\u767a\u886814\u4ef6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth LACIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@planetpame\/youthlacigf-panama-2017-ciudad-del-saber-67cdcd37d8f0\">YouthLACIGF Panama 2017 Ciudad del Saber\uff08\u53c2\u52a0\u30d5\u30a7\u30ed\u30fc\u306e\u624b\u8a18\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Pamela Gonzales Apaza\uff08Medium\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuni%C3%B3n_Regional_Preparatoria_para_el_Foro_para_la_Gobernanza_de_Internet\">Reuni\u00f3n Regional Preparatoria para el Foro para la Gobernanza de Internet\uff08LACIGF 10\uff1d2017\u5e748\u67082\u301c4\u65e5\u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30fb8\u67081\u65e5\u306b\u524d\u65e5\u6d3b\u52d5\u306e\u8a18\u8f09\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Wikipedia\uff08\u30b9\u30da\u30a4\u30f3\u8a9e\u7248\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youthlacigf.lat\/\">YouthLACIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u7cfb\u5217\u6982\u8981\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth LACIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/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\u670819\u65e5 12\u664256\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>On 1 August 2017 the second Youth LACIGF convened at the Ciudad del Saber campus in Panama City \u2014 the day-before event to LACIGF 10, with ov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2628],"class_list":["post-14837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-youth-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-youthlacigf2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14837","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=14837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}