{"id":14910,"date":"2017-06-05T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/06\/05\/en-spain-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-06-05T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T09:00:00","slug":"en-spain-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/06\/05\/en-spain-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 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-spain-igf-2017-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2017 \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-2017-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2017 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 28-29 November 2017, the 7th IGF Spain annual meeting drew over 200 participants to the SESIAD auditorium in Madrid for thirteen roundtables on digital rights and innovation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Warnings about the &#39;Splinternet&#39;, the GDPR taking effect the following spring, blockchain governance, and 5G versus net neutrality headed the agenda.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With Bertrand de La Chapelle of Internet &amp; Jurisdiction among the speakers, it was an unusually international edition for a national forum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>7th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 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-spain-igf-2017-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2017 \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>7th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2017)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>7th Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>28\u201329 November 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Auditorium of the State Secretariat for the Information Society and Digital Agenda (SESIAD), 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 200 participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>13 (Thirteen roundtables and expert presentations over two days)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Coordinated by Jorge P\u00e9rez; supported by UPM, Telef\u00f3nica, Vodafone, Google, Orange, red.es and the ministry for the digital economy<\/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-2017-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2017 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Internet and Jurisdiction \u2014 Warning of the &#39;Splinternet&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Internet and jurisdiction: exercising our rights in a global world&#39; (28 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speakers including Bertrand de La Chapelle warned of a deepening &#39;Splinternet&#39; as borderless networks collide with national law, calling for clear regulatory mechanisms [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Real cases showed Spanish judgments failing to reach content on servers in other continents, prompting proposals to use international conventions and judicial cooperation [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>How far intermediaries should obey foreign court orders \u2014 and the diplomatic risks of extraterritorial enforcement \u2014 were also debated [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Value of Data and the GDPR \u2014 Six Months Before Enforcement<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables &#39;The value of data&#39; (moderated by Santiago Mill\u00e1n, Cinco D\u00edas) and related sessions (29 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carme Artigas (then at Synergic Partners, later Spain&#39;s digitalisation state secretary) and CaixaBank DPO Pablo D\u00edaz debated balancing innovation with rights protection [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The GDPR, six months from enforcement, and AI-driven monitoring of individuals cut across several sessions [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Panellists endorsed privacy by design from the outset and genuine user control over personal data [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Blockchain Governance \u2014 Beyond Cryptocurrencies<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Blockchain and its governance&#39; (28 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel posed the paradox that even decentralised blockchain needs agreed governance to avoid fragmentation and loss of interoperability [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>It called for regulatory frameworks and international standards against illicit use, with inclusive decision-making spanning developers, users and regulators [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. 5G, Net Neutrality and Free Expression \u2014 Governing the Next-Generation Network<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables &#39;5G: how will net neutrality affect new services?&#39; and &#39;Free expression: content removal and control on social networks&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Panellists examined how 5G&#39;s ability to prioritise traffic could collide with net-neutrality principles [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>On social media moderation, they insisted removals must rest on clear policies, proportionality and appeal mechanisms, warning against excessive censorship without external oversight [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>A separate session addressed the &#39;platformisation&#39; of work and its impact on labour rights [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 note that 2017 was the 7th edition, not the first: a forum founded in 2008 sweeping through the issues of the GDPR&#39;s eve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Whose law reaches the Internet. Spanish judgments failing to reach foreign servers, versus extraterritorial enforcement colliding with sovereignty \u2014 the gateway to the Splinternet, debated in earnest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The GDPR discussed here became the global template for privacy law, directly shaping legislation from Brazil to Japan.<\/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-2017-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2017 \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 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:\/\/igfspain.org\/igf-spain-2017-2\/\">IGF Spain 2017 \u2013 VII Jornadas anuales<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/conclusiones-igf-spain-2017\/\">Mensajes del 7\u00ba Foro de la Gobernanza de Internet en Espa\u00f1a\uff08\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u5225\u7d50\u8ad6\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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/acerca-de\/\">Acerca de IGF Spain\uff08\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u6982\u8981\u30fb\u30b3\u30fc\u30c7\u30a3\u30cd\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (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\u670812\u65e5 9\u664210\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 28-29 November 2017, the 7th IGF Spain annual meeting drew over 200 participants to the SESIAD auditorium in Madrid for thirteen roundtab<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,947],"class_list":["post-14910","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-spainigf2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14910","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=14910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}