{"id":15002,"date":"2025-08-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/08\/16\/en-chile-igf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:00:00","slug":"en-chile-igf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/08\/16\/en-chile-igf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF Chile 2025 \u2014 Annual Event of the Internet Governance Forum Chile \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-chile-igf-2025-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Chile IGF 2025 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-chile-igf-2025-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Chile IGF 2025 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 11\u201313 June 2025 the IGF Chile annual event toured &#39;three days, three universities, three regions&#39; \u2014 Santiago, Concepci\u00f3n and Valpara\u00edso \u2014 capping seven webinars run since April.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Santiago debated connectivity and digital services, telecom regulation, and the Global Digital Compact and WSIS+20; Concepci\u00f3n took AI in healthcare and meaningful connectivity; Valpara\u00edso, inclusion for consumers and SMEs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Explicitly framed as national preparation for the global IGF in Norway two weeks later, its touring multi-city design is a ready-made reference for decentralising any national IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF Chile 2025 \u2014 Annual Event of the Internet Governance Forum Chile<\/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\/08\/en-chile-igf-2025-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Chile IGF 2025 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \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>IGF Chile 2025 \u2014 Annual Event of the Internet Governance Forum Chile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>11\u201313 June 2025 (First announced in April as the week of 9\u201313 June; the final 4 June notice and post-event coverage fix the annual event proper at 11 June (Santiago), 12 June (Concepci\u00f3n) and 13 June (Valpara\u00edso))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Santiago (Sal\u00f3n Enrique Sazi\u00e9, Casa Central, Universidad de Chile) \u2192 Concepci\u00f3n (Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad del B\u00edo-B\u00edo) \u2192 Valpara\u00edso (Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Valpara\u00edso); three-city hybrid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>The IGF Chile board (NIC Chile, ISOC Chile, CONADECUS and others \u2014 nine organisations) with the three host universities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Seven webinars (April\u2013June) plus the three-city annual event, framed as national preparation for the global IGF in Norway and the WSIS+20 year<\/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\/08\/en-chile-igf-2025-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Chile IGF 2025 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. &#39;Three Days, Three Universities, Three Regions&#39; \u2014 the Touring National IGF<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The annual event across Santiago (11th), Concepci\u00f3n (12th) and Valpara\u00edso (13th)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official notice pitched it plainly: &#39;three days, three universities and three regions&#39; hosting talks on telecoms, governance and the internet [2][5]<\/li>\n<li>All venues were universities, with registered in-person seats and full YouTube streaming [2][5]<\/li>\n<li>It extended 2023&#39;s Temuco+Santiago format \u2014 decentralisation is now the series&#39; signature [2][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Connectivity and Resilience \u2014 the Road to a &#39;Secure Digital Hub of the Southern Hemisphere&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Santiago opening panel on connectivity and digital services (11 June; moderator Jos\u00e9 Miguel Piquer)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Chile has a great opportunity to position itself as the most secure and stable digital hub of the southern hemisphere \u2014 but that requires a systemic vision, resilient connectivity and modern internet governance (translated from Spanish)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Iv\u00e1n Zilic (CTO, PIT Chile)<\/strong> [4][3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>PIT Chile&#39;s CTO acknowledged coverage gains while flagging persistent gaps in remote and vulnerable areas, urging reliability, security and human-centred design over mere expansion [4][3]<\/li>\n<li>In quake-prone Chile, network resilience was framed as disaster infrastructure [4][3]<\/li>\n<li>A follow-on panel put telecom regulation to industry principals including COTEL&#39;s Daniel Halpern and Chile Telcos president Alfie Ulloa [4][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. WSIS+20 and the Global Digital Compact \u2014 a Dress Rehearsal Two Weeks Before Norway<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Santiago panel on the Global Compact and WSIS+20 (11 June, 12:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carolina Aguerre (Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Uruguay, an IGF 2025 MAG member) and NIC Costa Rica&#39;s Rosal\u00eda Morales unpacked the WSIS+20 review [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>The panel was built as preparation for the 23\u201327 June global IGF in Norway \u2014 the 20th-anniversary, mandate-renewal edition [3][1]<\/li>\n<li>The April\u2013June webinars (digital development goals, Latin American telecom governance, generative AI for consumers) bridged the global agenda and Chilean context [3][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. The Regional Days \u2014 from AI in Healthcare to SME Inclusion<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Concepci\u00f3n (12 June, U. del B\u00edo-B\u00edo) and Valpara\u00edso (13 June, U. de Valpara\u00edso)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concepci\u00f3n covered AI governance in healthcare, the environmental cost of data structures, and meaningful connectivity [3][5][4]<\/li>\n<li>Valpara\u00edso debated governance, AI and digital inclusion for consumers, SMEs and users \u2014 where consumer group CONADECUS&#39;s board seat paid off [3][5][4]<\/li>\n<li>Post-event coverage (PIT Chile, 30 June 2025) confirms the three days took place as scheduled [3][5][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Why tour three cities?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. To keep the national IGF from being a capital-only affair: three universities each hosted a day, with agendas tuned to each region. It extends the two-city format piloted in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. How did it connect globally?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It ran two weeks before the 20th-anniversary global IGF in Norway, with a dedicated panel rehearsing WSIS+20 and Global Digital Compact positions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Chile&#39;s &#39;secure digital hub of the southern hemisphere&#39; ambition mirrors digital-infrastructure strategies elsewhere, and the university-hosted touring format is easy to copy.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Chile IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-chile-igf-2025-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Chile IGF 2025 \u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4 \u2014 About Chile IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Chile 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:\/\/www.nic.cl\/anuncios\/20250422-igfchile.html\">NIC Chile invita al ciclo de webinars 2025 del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Chile\uff087\u672c\u306e\u30a6\u30a7\u30d3\u30ca\u30fc\u30686\u67089\u301c13\u65e5\u9031\u306e\u521d\u5831\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NIC Chile (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nic.cl\/anuncios\/20250604-encuentro-igfchile.html\">NIC Chile invita al encuentro anual del IGF Chile los d\u00edas 11, 12 y 13 de junio\uff08\u6700\u7d42\u544a\u77e5: 3\u90fd\u5e02\u30fb\u4f1a\u5834\u30fb\u5404\u65e5\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NIC Chile (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ingenieria.uchile.cl\/agenda\/228838\/encuentro-anual-igf-chile\">Encuentro anual del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Chile\uff08\u30b5\u30f3\u30c6\u30a3\u30a2\u30b4\u4f1a\u5834\u306e\u516c\u5f0f\u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c0: \u30d1\u30cd\u30eb\u30fb\u767b\u58c7\u8005\uff09<\/a> \u2014 ingenieria.uchile.cl (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pitchile.cl\/wp\/esta-chile-listo-para-un-futuro-digital-seguro-y-estable-ivan-zilic-responde-en-el-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet\/\">\u00bfEst\u00e1 Chile listo para un futuro digital seguro y estable? Iv\u00e1n Zilic responde en el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet\uff08\u4e8b\u5f8c\u5831\u9053: \u958b\u50ac\u5b9f\u7e3e\u3068\u30b8\u30ea\u30c3\u30c1\u767a\u8a00\uff09<\/a> \u2014 PIT Chile (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igfchile.cl\/actividades-2025\/evento-anual-igf-chile\/\">Evento anual IGF Chile 2025\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u30da\u30fc\u30b8: 3\u65e5\u9593\u30fb3\u5927\u5b66\u30fb3\u5730\u65b9\u306e\u8a2d\u8a08\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igfchile.cl (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/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\u5e748\u670811\u65e5 19\u664222\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 11\u201313 June 2025 the IGF Chile annual event toured &#8216;three days, three universities, three regions&#8217; \u2014 Santiago, Concepci\u00f3n and Valpara\u00edso \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,3,19,11],"tags":[163,2700,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-15002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chile-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-chileigf2025","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15002","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=15002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}