{"id":14913,"date":"2019-06-11T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/11\/en-spain-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-06-11T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:00:00","slug":"en-spain-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/06\/11\/en-spain-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2019) \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-2019-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2019 \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-2019-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2019 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 7 November 2019, the 9th IGF Spain annual meeting ran seven roundtables at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid under the theme &#39;Conflict on the Net?&#39;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It examined the risk of a fragmented Internet \u2014 cyberattacks, disinformation, election interference \u2014 the role of bodies like ICANN in preventing it, plus digital identity and tech for the SDGs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Held just three days before Spain&#39;s general election, it re-examined the relationship between democracy and the net, including the Web Foundation&#39;s Contract for the Web.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>9th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2019)<\/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-2019-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2019 \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>9th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>9th Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>7 November 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Assembly hall, ETSIT-UPM (Av. Complutense 30, Building C), Madrid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Conflict on the Net? The Internet as the global strategic chessboard&#39;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>Over 100 participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>7 (Seven roundtables and expert presentations in a one-day format)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keynote<\/td>\n<td>Keynote by Jos\u00e9 Manuel Alonso (Director, Strategy and Partnerships, World Wide Web Foundation): &#39;The Internet in global geostrategy: a new social contract for the web&#39;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Coordinated by Jorge P\u00e9rez; supported by UPM, Telef\u00f3nica, Vodafone, Google, Orange and the economy ministry<\/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-2019-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2019 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The Fragmentation Threat \u2014 Can the Open Internet Hold?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session and roundtable on stakeholders working against Internet fragmentation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator Jorge P\u00e9rez stressed keeping the Internet open and global against governments&#39; temptation to filter content and services [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Panellists analysed threats that could fragment the network \u2014 cyberattacks, disinformation, election interference \u2014 and the role of multistakeholder bodies like ICANN in guaranteeing the open model [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. A New Social Contract for the Web \u2014 The Web Foundation&#39;s Vision<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Keynote by Jos\u00e9 Manuel Alonso (7 November, 10:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The keynote framed technology and science as the core of today&#39;s global power, with the Internet as the new arena of great-power competition [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>A senior figure of Tim Berners-Lee&#39;s Web Foundation argued for a &#39;new social contract for the web&#39;, the thinking behind the Contract for the Web launched at the UN IGF in Berlin later that month [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Introduced by Emilia P\u00e9rez of Agencia EFE, the talk balanced current threats with strategies to counter them [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Disinformation Three Days Before a General Election \u2014 Democracy and Technology<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables on democracy, public communication and citizen participation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meeting just before Spain&#39;s 10 November general election \u2014 the second that year \u2014 participants debated how new technologies affect democratic institutions, public communication and participation [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Free expression, secure digital identity and emerging technologies&#39; contribution to the SDGs were examined through the lenses of inclusion, security and human 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 but framing the Internet as &#39;the global strategic chessboard&#39; was itself the message: a defence of the open net, staged days before a national election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the highlight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The Web Foundation&#39;s call for a &#39;new social contract for the web&#39;, prefiguring the Contract for the Web unveiled at the UN IGF in Berlin the same month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Disinformation and election interference became universal challenges, and the Contract for the Web gathered signatories worldwide, including major companies.<\/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-2019-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2019 \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 2019 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-2019\/\">IGF Spain 2019 \u2013 \u00bfConflicto en la red? Internet, el tablero estrat\u00e9gico global<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/programa-jornadas-igf-spain-2019\/\">Programa Jornadas IGF Spain 2019\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u30fb\u4f1a\u5834\u3068\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u660e\u8a18\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\u670820\u65e5 10\u664218\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 7 November 2019, the 9th IGF Spain annual meeting ran seven roundtables at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid under the theme &#8216;Conflict on the Net?&#8217;.<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,732],"class_list":["post-14913","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-spainigf2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14913","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=14913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}