{"id":14905,"date":"2015-06-16T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/16\/en-spain-igf-2015-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-06-16T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T08:00:00","slug":"en-spain-igf-2015-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/16\/en-spain-igf-2015-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2015) \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-spain-igf-2015-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2015 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \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-spain-igf-2015-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2015 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 27-29 May 2015, the 5th IGF Spain annual meeting drew over 150 attendees to ETSIT-UPM in Madrid and launched the forum&#39;s first annual report.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Debates covered children&#39;s digital identity, intellectual property in the EU Digital Single Market, net neutrality, cybersecurity, and fintech and blockchain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The state secretary called the report a reference for public digital policy; the meeting&#39;s messages were delivered to EuroDIG in Sofia, linking national debate to Europe.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>5th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2015)<\/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-spain-igf-2015-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2015 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \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>5th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2015)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>5th Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>27\u201329 May 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>ETSIT-UPM (Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid), Madrid<\/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 150 attendees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>8 (Eight roundtables and expert presentations across two working days plus associated programme)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Coordinated by Jorge P\u00e9rez (UPM); attended by Red.es director-general C\u00e9sar Miralles and deputy director-general Gema Mar\u00eda Campillos among other officials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>First annual report &#39;Informe de la Gobernanza de Internet en Espa\u00f1a 2015&#39; launched; the meeting&#39;s messages were taken to EuroDIG 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria<\/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-spain-igf-2015-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2015 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The First Annual Report \u2014 Documenting Spain&#39;s Governance Debate<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Launch of the report &#39;Internet Governance in Spain 2015&#39;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;The report not only helps articulate a deep debate on Internet governance in Spain and elevate its conclusions to the international community, but also serves as a reference for the public administration in designing and evolving digital policies&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>V\u00edctor Calvo-Sotelo (State Secretary for Telecommunications and the Information Society)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The series&#39; first annual report analysed ICANN&#39;s multistakeholder transition, threats to ecosystem security, opportunities and risks for children, net neutrality, and employment and entrepreneurship chapter by chapter [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>It documented and interpreted technical, socio-economic, regulatory and policy developments from 2014 through early 2015, becoming a foundation for later editions [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Children&#39;s Digital Identity \u2014 A Paediatrician&#39;s Warning<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Children&#39;s and young people&#39;s network identity&#39; (#igfMenores, moderated by Ana Moreno)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;The bulk of the problem comes in adolescence \u2014 the most serious issue is cyberbullying&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Mar\u00eda Salmer\u00f3n (paediatrician, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Maialen Garmendia presented the EU Kids Online research network, while ONTSI-Red.es reported on its Digital Trust training plan [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>A developmental-stage view was offered: healthcare tends to discuss only risks for infants, yet from age three the Internet also brings substantial opportunities [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Intellectual Property and the Digital Single Market \u2014 &#39;The Digital Revolution Forces a Rethink&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Intellectual property and the Digital Single Market&#39; (#igfPI, moderated by Borja Adsuara)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;The digital revolution has caught us all by surprise and forces us to rethink intellectual-property rights \u2014 it is also an enormous opportunity to expand them&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Carlos Guerv\u00f3s (Ministry of Culture)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Digital content is the main growth engine of the European economy&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Cristina Morales (Ministry of Industry)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Days after the EU&#39;s Digital Single Market strategy appeared (May 2015), the panel wrestled with harmonising copyright while preserving cultural-industry jobs [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Adigital&#39;s Jos\u00e9 Luis Zimmermann urged a harmonised European framework for competitive firms, while Adepi&#39;s Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez defended IP as the cornerstone sustaining the cultural industry [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Net Neutrality and Cybersecurity \u2014 Ripples from the FCC&#39;s New Rules<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables &#39;Open Internet and net neutrality&#39; (#igfOpen) and &#39;Regulatory trends in cybersecurity&#39; (#igfCiber)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the FCC&#39;s February 2015 broadband rules banning paid prioritisation, panellists debated Europe&#39;s response; SETSI&#39;s \u00c1ngel Le\u00f3n noted the ban targets practices that &#39;exclude new business models&#39; [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>On cybersecurity, speakers reviewed penal-code reforms on child abuse material and terrorism, with INCIBE&#39;s Francisco P\u00e9rez Bes saying new cyber threats force a rethink of legislation [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Fintech and blockchain disintermediation, big data and surveillance, and online employment and entrepreneurship ran in parallel [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 \u2014 but it launched the forum&#39;s first annual report on Internet governance in Spain, and its messages went to EuroDIG in Sofia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Copyright. Right after the EU unveiled its Digital Single Market strategy, government, cultural industries and Internet firms tugged over protecting creators versus enabling new digital business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The debates over the FCC&#39;s net-neutrality rules and fintech regulation mirrored policy arguments happening simultaneously across developed economies.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Spain IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-spain-igf-2015-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2015 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 About Spain IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Spain 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 2015 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:\/\/igfspain.org\/igf-spain-2015-2\/\">IGF Spain 2015 \u2013 V Jornada anual<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/v-jornadas-anuales-igf-spain-2015\/\">V Jornadas Anuales IGF Spain 2015\uff08\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u8a73\u7d30\u5831\u544a\u30fb\u767a\u8a00\u8a18\u9332\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/v-jornada-anual-igf-spain-mayo-2015-mensajes-esp.pdf\">V Jornada Anual IGF Spain \u2013 Mensajes\uff08\u6210\u679c\u6587\u66f8PDF\u30fb\u897f\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jornadasigfspain.es\/2018\/10\/25\/historia-de-los-10-anos-del-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet-spain\/\">Historia de los 10 a\u00f1os del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Spain<\/a> \u2014 IGF Spain\uff0810\u5468\u5e74\u53f2, jornadasigfspain.es\uff09 (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 8\u664255\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 27-29 May 2015, the 5th IGF Spain annual meeting drew over 150 attendees to ETSIT-UPM in Madrid and launched the forum&#8217;s first annual rep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11,85],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2659],"class_list":["post-14905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-spain-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-spainigf2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905","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=14905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}