{"id":15025,"date":"2017-06-14T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/06\/14\/en-denmark-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-06-14T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:00:00","slug":"en-denmark-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/06\/14\/en-denmark-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Days &#038; Danish Internet Governance Forum 2017 (Internetdagen &#038; Dansk IGF 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\/08\/en-denmark-igf-2017-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Denmark IGF 2017 \u30b3\u30da\u30f3\u30cf\u30fc\u30b2\u30f3 \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-denmark-igf-2017-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Denmark IGF 2017 \u30b3\u30da\u30f3\u30cf\u30fc\u30b2\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 12 September 2017, &#39;Internetdagen &amp; Dansk IGF 2017&#39; filled the Tivoli Hotel in Copenhagen under the theme &#39;NEXT&#39;, with four parallel tracks: technology, business, law and Dansk IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keynotes came from AI researcher Thomas Bolander (&#39;Artificial intelligence \u2014 will humans become superfluous?&#39;) and author Claus Skytte (&#39;From humanity to information flow&#39;), alongside 16 sessions spanning 5G, GDPR, and fake news versus democracy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Folding a national IGF track on cybercrime and data protection into a full-scale tech conference, it showed the mature Danish model of combining industry event and policy dialogue.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Internet Days &amp; Danish Internet Governance Forum 2017 (Internetdagen &amp; Dansk IGF 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\/08\/en-denmark-igf-2017-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Denmark IGF 2017 \u30b3\u30da\u30f3\u30cf\u30fc\u30b2\u30f3 \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>Internet Days &amp; Danish Internet Governance Forum 2017 (Internetdagen &amp; Dansk IGF 2017)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>12 September 2017 (08:30\u201316:50)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Tivoli Hotel &amp; Congress Center (Arni Magnussons Gade 2), Copenhagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>NEXT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tracks<\/td>\n<td>Four parallel tracks: Teknik (technology), Erhverv (business), Jura (law) and Dansk IGF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Opening<\/td>\n<td>Opening remarks by Henrik Udsen (DIFO chair) and Katrine Winding (Director General, Danish Business Authority)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>DIFO (Danish Internet Forum) and the Danish Business Authority<\/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-denmark-igf-2017-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Denmark IGF 2017 \u30b3\u30da\u30f3\u30cf\u30fc\u30b2\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Keynotes \u2014 Will AI Make Humans Superfluous?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Keynotes: Claus Skytte, &#39;From humanity to information flow&#39; (09:05) and Thomas Bolander, &#39;Artificial intelligence \u2014 will humans become superfluous?&#39; (16:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI and logic researcher Thomas Bolander mapped the state and limits of artificial intelligence, closing the day around the question of whether humans will become superfluous [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>Author-entrepreneur Claus Skytte described a &#39;third Internet wave&#39; in which humanity itself is folded into the information stream; the organisers later republished both talks as the year&#39;s twin keynotes [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Dansk IGF Track \u2014 Cybercrime, GDPR, and Fake News versus Democracy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Dansk IGF track (Pjerrot room): &#39;Cybercrime \u2014 threats and reality&#39;, &#39;Unreflective youth culture or crime?&#39;, &#39;GDPR \u2014 the data authorities&#39; role&#39;, &#39;The battle between fake news and democracy&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Successive sessions examined the reality of cybercrime threats, young people&#39;s online behaviour and criminal liability, and the role of data protection authorities on the eve of GDPR&#39;s 2018 entry into force [2]<\/li>\n<li>The closing session tackled the fight between fake news and democracy, bringing 2017&#39;s election-interference debates into the national IGF context [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. 5G, IoT and White-Hat Hackers \u2014 The &#39;NEXT&#39; Technology Agenda<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Technology track: &#39;5G \u2014 the network of the future&#39;, &#39;White-hat hackers: society&#39;s digital helpers&#39;, &#39;Use robots and AI better&#39;, and more<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Headline topics included handling the data deluge from 5G and IoT, business collaboration with white-hat hackers for robust systems, monetising metadata, and the business value of e-sports [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The business and law tracks debated &#39;data as the new gold&#39;, trust services, liability for posted content and the fight against digital crime \u2014 the intersection of regulation and industry [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 it is Denmark&#39;s national IGF-style dialogue, co-hosted by the .dk registry foundation DIFO and the Business Authority, where experts, business and opinion leaders debate digital development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the hottest topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. AI and fake news: a keynote asking whether humans will become superfluous, and a session on fake news versus democracy in the year election interference shook the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The pre-GDPR debate on data authorities shaped privacy regimes far beyond Europe, and the four-track format shows how a national IGF can reach mainstream tech audiences.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Denmark IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-denmark-igf-2017-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Denmark IGF 2017 \u30b3\u30da\u30f3\u30cf\u30fc\u30b2\u30f3 \u2014 About Denmark IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Denmark 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=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260414093724\/https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/internet-days-danish-internet-governance-forum-2017\">Internet Days &amp; Danish Internet Governance Forum 2017<\/a> \u2014 Digital Watch Observatory\uff08DiploFoundation, Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170912010037\/https:\/\/internetdagen.dk\/program\/\">Program \u2013 Internetdagen 2017 og Dansk IGF 2017\uff08\u958b\u50ac\u5f53\u65e5\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 internetdagen.dk\uff08DIFO\u30fbErhvervsstyrelsen, Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190824072857\/https:\/\/internetdagen.dk\/keynotes-fra-internetdagen-og-dansk-igf-2017\/\">Keynotes fra Internetdagen og Dansk IGF 2017\uff08\u57fa\u8abf\u8b1b\u6f14\u306e\u4e8b\u5f8c\u516c\u958b\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 internetdagen.dk\uff08DIFO\u30fbErhvervsstyrelsen, Wayback Machine\uff09 (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\u67082\u65e5 14\u664248\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 12 September 2017, &#8216;Internetdagen &#038; Dansk IGF 2017&#8217; filled the Tivoli Hotel in Copenhagen under the theme &#8216;NEXT&#8217;, with four parallel trac<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,17,3,11],"tags":[163,161,2709,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-15025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-denmark-igf","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-denmarkigf2017","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15025","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=15025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}