{"id":14853,"date":"2025-08-23T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/08\/23\/en-youth-lacigf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:00:00","slug":"en-youth-lacigf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/08\/23\/en-youth-lacigf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth LACIGF 2025 (10th edition) \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-2025-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2025 \u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0 \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-2025-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2025 \u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 3\u20134 November 2025 the tenth Youth LACIGF met at the Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina \u2014 marking ten years since the 2016 founding in San Jos\u00e9 with 164 participants from 16 countries and 22 hybrid sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Five tracks set the agenda: ethical AI and regulation, human rights and digital policy, trust\/privacy\/cybersecurity, inclusion and the digital divide, and digital activism and resilience \u2014 with sessions on indigenous connectivity gaps, AI and gender equity, and elections and disinformation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The programme&#39;s skeleton was decided by young people themselves in a May\u2013June open call involving 88 participants, and everything was webcast in four languages \u2014 a portrait of youth self-governance matured over a decade. Next stop: Fortaleza, Brazil, 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Youth LACIGF 2025 (10th edition)<\/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-2025-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2025 \u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0 \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 2025 (10th edition)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>10th edition (the series&#39; tenth-anniversary meeting)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>3\u20134 November 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Auditorio CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F\u00edsicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba (Av. V\u00e9lez Sarsfield 1611), C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina (hybrid)<\/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>164 young people from 16 countries; 22 sessions. The May\u2013June 2025 call-for-topics process involved 88 participants from the region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Languages<\/td>\n<td>Webcast and recorded in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese via ISOC Live<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>The Youth LACIGF organising committee, hosted at the Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba; platinum sponsor Internet Society Foundation, with partners including LACNIC and Hiperderecho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Next<\/td>\n<td>The 11th edition is scheduled for Fortaleza, Brazil, on 3\u20134 November 2026 (hybrid)<\/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-2025-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2025 \u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Ten Years On \u2014 From a Pre-Event in San Jos\u00e9 to a Two-Day Conference in C\u00f3rdoba<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The 10th Youth LACIGF as a whole (3\u20134 November, Auditorio CONICET, Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A series that began in 2016 with 77 people and one day reached its tenth edition with 164 participants from 16 countries and 22 sessions over two days, anchored in a national university&#39;s science faculty [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The official site defines the forum as &#39;an open, participatory space where the youth of Latin America and the Caribbean dialogue, propose and build around the future of the internet&#39;, keeping its founding bottom-up, multisectoral, safe-space principles [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>Support came from both wings of the ecosystem: platinum sponsor Internet Society Foundation, plus LACNIC and Peru&#39;s Hiperderecho among others [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Five Tracks \u2014 From AI Ethics to Digital Activism<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Thematic sessions (3\u20134 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Five areas structured the agenda: new technologies, regulation and ethical AI; human rights and digital policies; digital trust, privacy and cybersecurity; inclusion and the digital divide; and digital activism, appropriation and resilience [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Individual sessions covered indigenous communities&#39; digital divides, AI and gender equity, content moderation and surveillance, electoral processes and disinformation, and environmental sustainability (per the ISOC Live recording index) [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Making digital activism a standalone track \u2014 a series first \u2014 framed young people explicitly as rights defenders, not just future professionals [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. An Agenda Set by Youth \u2014 An 88-Person Open Call and Four-Language Webcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The pre-event call process (May\u2013June 2025) and the webcast operation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The May\u2013June 2025 call for topics drew 88 participants, meaning even the five thematic pillars were assembled from young people&#39;s own proposals [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>Every session was webcast and archived in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese via ISOC Live \u2014 the multilingualism institutionalised in the 2020 online era surviving the return to in-person meetings [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>The 11th edition is set for Fortaleza, Brazil, on 3\u20134 November 2026, continuing the series&#39; rotation between the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking halves of the region [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What changed by edition ten?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Scale and self-governance. A 77-person pre-event grew into a 164-person, 22-session conference \u2014 and even the agenda pillars were set by an 88-person open call among young people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What dominated the debate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. AI \u2014 its ethical use and regulation led the five tracks, alongside sessions on AI and gender equity and on elections and disinformation, plus standing regional issues like indigenous connectivity gaps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Ten years of continuity turned a side event into an institution. The operating pattern \u2014 open-call agenda, multilingual webcast, university hosting \u2014 is a ready-made blueprint for youth governance forums anywhere.<\/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-2025-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Youth LACIGF 2025 \u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0 \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 2025 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\/edicion-2025\/\">Edici\u00f3n 2025\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff1a\u7b2c10\u56de\u30fb11\u67083\u301c4\u65e5\u30fb\u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0\u56fd\u7acb\u5927\u5b66CONICET\u8b1b\u5802\u30fb5\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u9818\u57df\u30fb\u516c\u52df88\u4eba\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth LACIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/isoc.live\/tag\/youthlacigf\/\">youthlacigf \u2013 ISOC LIVE NOTICEBOARD\uff082025\u5e74\u7248\uff1a11\u67083\u301c4\u65e5\u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0\u56fd\u7acb\u5927\u5b66\u30014\u8a00\u8a9e\u3067\u306e\u914d\u4fe1\u30fb\u9332\u753b\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u4e00\u89a7\uff09<\/a> \u2014 ISOC Live (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youthlacigf.lat\/ediciones-anteriores\/\">Ediciones anteriores\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u958b\u50ac\u4e00\u89a7\uff1a2025\u5e74\u30b3\u30eb\u30c9\u30d0\u30fb\u30cf\u30a4\u30d6\u30ea\u30c3\u30c9\u30fb164\u4eba\u30fb16\u30ab\u56fd\u30fb22\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Youth LACIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youthlacigf.lat\/\">YouthLACIGF\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff1a\u7cfb\u5217\u306e\u4f7f\u547d\u30fb2016\u5e74\u30b5\u30f3\u30db\u30bb\u767a\u8db3\u30fb\u7b2c11\u56de\u30d5\u30a9\u30eb\u30bf\u30ec\u30b62026\u306e\u4e88\u544a\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\u670821\u65e5 18\u664240\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 3\u20134 November 2025 the tenth Youth LACIGF met at the Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina \u2014 marking ten years since the 2016 foundin<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2637],"class_list":["post-14853","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-youthlacigf2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14853","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=14853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}