{"id":14924,"date":"2024-06-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/20\/en-spain-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:00:00","slug":"en-spain-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/20\/en-spain-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"14th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2024) \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-2024-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2024 \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-2024-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2024 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 26-27 November 2024, the 14th IGF Spain annual meeting, &#39;Our transformation, our future&#39;, ran as a hybrid at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It debated implementing the newly in-force EU AI Act, building a Spanish-language foundational model, protecting minors through digital identity, and digital governance in a multipolar world.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The meeting took stock of Spain&#39;s position: leadership in 5G and fibre connectivity, lagging rural areas, and the push to strengthen European digital sovereignty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>14th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2024)<\/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-2024-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2024 \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>14th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2024)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>14th Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>26\u201327 November 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid: ETSIT-UPM (Madrid) and online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>&#39;Our transformation, our future&#39;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>7 (Seven main sessions per the conclusions page (the archive counts nine roundtables))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Speakers<\/td>\n<td>Over 50 speakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Coordinated by Jorge P\u00e9rez; opened with Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Villacampa (deputy DG for the Digital Society, Ministry for Digital Transformation) and UPM vice-rector Antonio Hidalgo; supported by UPM, Telef\u00f3nica, Google, TikTok and the 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-2024-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2024 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. AI in Spanish \u2014 Can a Foundational Model Be Built in One&#39;s Own Language?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables on developing AI in Spanish and its IP impact, and on implementing AI regulation \u2014 is a Spanish foundational model possible?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Against English-dominated AI development, panellists debated regulation and development of AI adapted to Spanish and the feasibility of a Spanish-language foundational model [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The unresolved global question of training data versus intellectual-property rights was examined in the Spanish-speaking context [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Implementing the EU AI Act, in force since August 2024, was tied to clear rules and ethical responsibility [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Connectivity&#39;s Light and Shade \u2014 Rural Gaps in a 5G Leader<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Governing digital infrastructures&#39; (26 November)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spain&#39;s top-tier 5G and broadband connectivity was set against rural areas still left behind [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Panellists discussed AI&#39;s role in network densification and emerging technologies, insisting adoption comes with clear norms and ethical responsibility [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening European digital sovereignty, common regulation and data security \u2014 without choking innovation \u2014 framed the way forward [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Protecting Minors and Digital Identity \u2014 Making Age Assurance Work<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Protecting minors&#39; rights: the importance of digital-identity systems&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital-identity and age-assurance systems were framed as key to protecting minors online \u2014 at a time when Spain&#39;s government was preparing a minors-protection bill and an age-verification app [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Panellists also stressed digital-rights protection, energy-efficient algorithms, tech accessibility, and involving youth and civil society in policy design [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Digital Governance and Disinformation in a Multipolar World<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables on digital governance for a multipolar world, freedom of information versus disinformation, and data governance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Panellists debated redesigning digital governance for an increasingly multipolar world and balancing free expression with counter-disinformation [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Data governance had its own session, with institutional debates already pointing to the WSIS+20 review the following year [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 as the first annual meeting after the EU AI Act took effect, it set the next agenda: how to implement the rules and how to grow AI in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does a &#39;Spanish foundational model&#39; matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Foundation models are trained mostly on English data, raising linguistic and cultural bias concerns. Whether 500 million Spanish speakers can have their own model is a test of digital sovereignty and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter elsewhere?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The same sovereign-LLM debate is running in Japan, France and beyond, and age assurance for minors has become a global regulatory front line.<\/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-2024-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2024 \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 2024 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-2024\/\">IGF Spain 2024 \u2013 Nuestra transformaci\u00f3n, Nuestro futuro<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/conclusiones-igf-spain-2024\/\">Mensajes del 14\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\u670810\u65e5 8\u664257\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 26-27 November 2024, the 14th IGF Spain annual meeting, &#8216;Our transformation, our future&#8217;, ran as a hybrid at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid.<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,569],"class_list":["post-14924","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-spainigf2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14924","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=14924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}