{"id":15222,"date":"2015-09-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/09\/22\/en-southafrica-igf-2015-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-09-22T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T07:00:00","slug":"en-southafrica-igf-2015-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/09\/22\/en-southafrica-igf-2015-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"South African IGF 2015 \u2014 ‘The Evolution of Internet Governance in South Africa: Empowering Sustainable Development’ (Internet governance day at iWeek 2015) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. On 11 September 2015, the final day of South Africa's internet-industry conference iWeek 2015 at the Spier Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, a full-day internet governance forum was held \u2014 hosted by ISOC's Gauteng Chapter and co-hosted with ZADNA and ISPA.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Titled 'The Evolution of Internet Governance in South Africa: Empowering Sustainable Development,' it ran four sessions: multistakeholder cooperation, the internet and human rights, the internet economy and access, and cybersecurity and trust.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. As the un-numbered precursor to the ZAIGF's official 2016 launch, its significance lies in keeping the national IGF flame alive by piggybacking on an industry event \u2014 a pattern the 2016 relaunch, also held at iWeek, repeated.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on South African IGF 2015 \u2014 'The Evolution of Internet Governance in South Africa: Empowering Sustainable Development' (Internet governance day at iWeek 2015)<\/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

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    📍 ISPA's releases describe the venue as 'Spier Hotel in Cape Town'; the estate itself is in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nSouth African IGF 2015 \u2014 'The Evolution of Internet Governance in South Africa: Empowering Sustainable Development' (Internet governance day at iWeek 2015)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n11 September 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nSpier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch (near Cape Town)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n4 (Enhancing Multistakeholder Cooperation (9:00) \/ The Internet and Human Rights (11:00) \/ The Internet Economy and Access (13:30) \/ Cybersecurity and Trust (15:30))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted by the Gauteng Chapter of the Internet Society, co-hosted with ZADNA and ISPA; iWeek 2015 itself was co-organised by ISPA, ZACR and INX-ZA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. An IGF Inside an Industry Week \u2014 Four Sessions Filling iWeek's Final Day<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Friday 11 September, all-day plenary: 'The Evolution of Internet Governance in South Africa \u2013 Empowering Sustainable Development'<\/p>\n