{"id":15135,"date":"2019-08-15T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/08\/15\/en-panama-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-08-15T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:00:00","slug":"en-panama-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/08\/15\/en-panama-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Internet Governance Forum of Panama (II Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Panam\u00e1 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\/08\/en-panama-igf-2019-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Panama IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \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-panama-igf-2019-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Panama IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The second Internet Governance Forum of Panama met on 24 July 2019 at the Ciudad del Saber convention centre in Panama City, reviving the forum after a year&#39;s pause since the 2017 debut.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Four tracks \u2014 cybersecurity\/IoT\/AI, biometrics and personal data, digital learning platforms, and .pa domains and entrepreneurship \u2014 drew speakers from the electoral tribunal, the innovation authority AIG, universities and ICANN.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its recommendations were carried to LACIGF in Bolivia the next month and to the global IGF in Berlin at year&#39;s end \u2014 a textbook run of the IGF&#39;s national-to-regional-to-global escalator.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Second Internet Governance Forum of Panama (II Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Panam\u00e1 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\/08\/en-panama-igf-2019-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Panama IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \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>Second Internet Governance Forum of Panama (II Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Panam\u00e1 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>Second edition \u2014 the University of Panama&#39;s report calls it the &#39;II Foro&#39;; there was no 2018 edition, and the catalogue&#39;s earlier &#39;first edition&#39; claim is wrong (the debut was 24 October 2017)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>24 July 2019, 9:00\u201315:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Convention Centre (Building 184), Ciudad del Saber, Clayton, Panama City<\/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>IPANDETEC (secretariat; series coordinator to the UN IGF Secretariat: L\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez) and the IGF Panam\u00e1 working group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>The forum&#39;s recommendations were handed to Panama&#39;s delegates to LACIGF 2019 (6\u20138 August, La Paz, Bolivia) and the global IGF 2019 (25\u201329 November, Berlin)<\/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-panama-igf-2019-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Panama IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Cybersecurity, IoT and AI \u2014 Starting from a Ten-Year Vision<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Track 1: &#39;Cybersecurity, IoT and Artificial Intelligence&#39;, moderated by N\u00e9stor R\u00edos (Fundaci\u00f3n Vida Segura)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Neuman (Vida Digital), Silvia Batista (innovation authority AIG), Donna Roper (University of Panama) and Carlos Alvarado (Fronteras Security) spanned security and emerging-technology challenges [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The forum&#39;s stated aim was to set out a ten-year vision for Internet governance, aligning technological change with society&#39;s pace [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Coordinator L\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez (IPANDETEC executive director) framed it as the meeting of every sector involved in Panama&#39;s Internet security \u2014 private, academic, government, civil-society and technical [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Biometrics and Personal Data \u2014 With the Electoral Tribunal at the Table<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Track 2: &#39;Biometrics and personal-data integrity&#39;, moderated by L\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez (IPANDETEC)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Palm (Electoral Tribunal), Juan Carlos Reynardus (Panama Legal Group) and Ra\u00fal Mil\u00e1n (ISOC Panam\u00e1) examined biometric-data handling and personal-data integrity [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>With Panama&#39;s data-protection law (Law 81) enacted that March, speakers urged learning from regional precedents to regulate coherently and lead Central America [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Learning Platforms and .pa Domains \u2014 Implementing Inclusion and Entrepreneurship<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Tracks 3 and 4: digital learning platforms (mod. Gustavo D\u00edaz, University of Panama) and .pa domains in entrepreneurship (mod. Daniel Fink, ICANN)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The learning-platforms panel \u2014 Iv\u00e1n Chanis (Fundaci\u00f3n Iguales), Margorie Merel (Creative Commons), Anabelle Broce (AIG) and others \u2014 discussed education technology for access and inclusion [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The .pa panel, moderated by ICANN&#39;s Daniel Fink, brought UTP\/NIC.pa, Credicorp Bank, The Blockchain Space and small-business agency AMPYME together on the ccTLD as an entrepreneurial asset [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Awareness of healthy technology use across generations, and digitalising micro and small businesses \u2014 &#39;the engine of every economy&#39; \u2014 were pressed as national priorities [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. From National to Regional to Global \u2014 The Pipeline to LACIGF and Berlin<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Closing and outcome consolidation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The forum&#39;s conclusions were packaged as recommendations for Panama&#39;s delegates to LACIGF 2019, held 6\u20138 August in La Paz, Bolivia [1]<\/li>\n<li>A further hand-off to the global IGF in Berlin (25\u201329 November) was announced \u2014 the national-regional-global escalator working as designed [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was discussed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Four tracks: cybersecurity\/IoT\/AI, biometrics and personal data, digital learning platforms, and using the .pa domain for entrepreneurship \u2014 plus how to apply Panama&#39;s brand-new data-protection law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why was there no 2018 edition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. No record or press trace of a 2018 meeting exists; the second forum came two years after the 2017 debut \u2014 a breathing space common to young national IGFs before they settle into an annual rhythm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It executed the IGF&#39;s three-stage relay faithfully: national conclusions handed as recommendations to the regional LACIGF and then the global IGF in Berlin \u2014 a model for linking local dialogue to international negotiation.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Panama IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-panama-igf-2019-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Panama IGF 2019 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3 \u2014 About Panama IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Panama 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=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190721173345\/http:\/\/www.igfpanama.pa\/2019\/07\/18\/ii-foro-de-gobernanza-de-internet-panama-2019\/\">II Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Panam\u00e1 2019\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u544a\u77e5: 7\u670824\u65e5\u30fbCiudad del Saber 184\u68df\u30fb9:00\u301c15:00\u30012019-07-21\u6642\u70b9\u306eWayback Machine\u4fdd\u5b58\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF Panam\u00e1\uff08igfpanama.pa\u3001Internet Archive\u7d4c\u7531\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launiversidad.up.ac.pa\/node\/886\">Realizan II Foro de Gobernanza de Internet Panam\u00e1 2019\uff08\u4e8b\u5f8c\u5831\u9053: 4\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u30fb\u5168\u767b\u58c7\u8005\u30fbLACIGF\/\u30d9\u30eb\u30ea\u30f3\u3078\u306e\u5f15\u304d\u7d99\u304e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u30d1\u30ca\u30de\u5927\u5b66\u5e83\u5831\u300cLa Universidad\u300d (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ipandetec.org\/2019\/07\/01\/foro-de-gobernanza-internet\/\">Foro de Gobernanza de Internet\uff082019\u5e747\u6708\u306e\u7b2c2\u56de\u958b\u50ac\u3092\u4e88\u544a\u3059\u308bIPANDETEC\u8a18\u4e8b\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IPANDETEC (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\u670813\u65e5 18\u664219\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>The second Internet Governance Forum of Panama met on 24 July 2019 at the Ciudad del Saber convention centre in Panama City, reviving the fo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,131,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,717,164],"class_list":["post-15135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-panama-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-panamaigf2019","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15135","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=15135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}