{"id":14926,"date":"2025-06-01T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/01\/en-spain-igf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:00:00","slug":"en-spain-igf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/01\/en-spain-igf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"15th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2025) \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-2025-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2025 \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-2025-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2025 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 18-19 November 2025, the 15th IGF Spain annual meeting ran as a hybrid at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid, with senior figures from regulator CNMC and data authority AEPD on stage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It debated the WSIS+20 review, redefining &#39;digital infrastructure&#39; to span submarine cables, satellites and AI data centres with cyber-resilience built in, AI and geostrategy, and protecting minors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Held in the year of the UN IGF in Lillestr\u00f8m, it charted the next decade: consolidating national forums within a public-private cooperation model.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>15th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2025)<\/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-2025-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2025 \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>15th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum Spain (IGF Spain 2025)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>15th Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>18\u201319 November 2025<\/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;20 years driving a more open, sustainable and inclusive Internet&#39;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>6 (Six main sessions per the conclusions page (the archive counts nine roundtables, including the Youth IGF Spain programme and the sponsors&#39; panel))<\/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 Mart\u00ednez; opened with Secretary-General for Telecommunications Mat\u00edas Gonz\u00e1lez, CNMC vice-president \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda Castillejo, AEPD deputy Francisco P\u00e9rez Bes, deputy DG Vanesa S\u00e1nchez Rojo and UPM manager V\u00edctor Robles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>A roadmap, &#39;Hoja de Ruta IGF Spain 2026-2035&#39;, is published on the forum&#39;s site<\/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-2025-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2025 \u30de\u30c9\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. WSIS+20 and the Future of Governance \u2014 Institutionalising National Forums<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables on the WSIS+20 review and digital cooperation in the Internet ecosystem<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Following the WSIS 20-year review, participants agreed governance forums must adapt to new digital realities and consolidate within countries as public-private cooperation structures [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>A published &#39;Roadmap 2026-2035&#39; set out the forum&#39;s own design for the next decade [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Redefining Digital Infrastructure \u2014 Cables, Satellites and AI Data Centres<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;From protecting critical infrastructure to digital resilience&#39; and related sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital infrastructure, panellists argued, must now be conceived beyond telecom networks to include submarine cables, satellites and AI data centres [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Greater investment in cyber-resilience \u2014 critical infrastructure secure and resilient by design \u2014 was urged, echoing the UN IGF&#39;s submarine-cable agenda the same year [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. AI and Geostrategy \u2014 Can Europe Lead Without Surrendering Its Values?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtables &#39;AI and geostrategy: can Europe lead in technology without renouncing its values?&#39; and &#39;Data governance&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel confronted whether Europe can exercise technological leadership amid US-China AI competition while holding to human rights and democratic values [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Paired with the data-governance session, it tested the sustainability of a European model combining regulation with competitiveness [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Protecting Minors \u2014 In a Digital Space Continuous with the Physical World<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Roundtable &#39;Protecting minors without compromising adults&#39; privacy: is it possible?&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Child protection, panellists argued, must assume digital and physical life are interwoven rather than treat the online world separately [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>The session title itself posed the core age-assurance dilemma: protecting minors without compromising adults&#39; privacy [1][2][3]<\/li>\n<li>With AEPD and CNMC leadership in the opening, the issue was framed as one cutting across regulators [1][2][3]<\/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 in the year of the UN&#39;s WSIS+20 review it committed to consolidating the national forum as a standing public-private structure, publishing a 2026-2035 roadmap.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the central issue?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The definition of infrastructure itself: submarine cables, satellites and AI data centres reframed as critical digital infrastructure requiring resilience by design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Submarine-cable protection and AI data-centre siting are now economic-security issues everywhere, and the minors-versus-privacy dilemma is the same one confronting regulators worldwide.<\/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-2025-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Spain IGF 2025 \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 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:\/\/igfspain.org\/igf-spain-2025\/\">IGF Spain 2025 \u2013 20 a\u00f1os impulsando un Internet m\u00e1s abierto, sostenible, e inclusivo<\/a> \u2014 igfspain.org (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igfspain.org\/conclusiones-igf-spain-2025\/\">Mensajes del 15\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:\/\/igfspain.org\/programa-igf-spain-2025\/\">Programa IGF Spain 2025\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u4e00\u89a7\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\u670812\u65e5 8\u664220\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 18-19 November 2025, the 15th IGF Spain annual meeting ran as a hybrid at ETSIT-UPM in Madrid, with senior figures from regulator CNMC an<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,2666],"class_list":["post-14926","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-spainigf2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14926","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=14926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}