{"id":15236,"date":"2022-06-06T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/06\/en-switzerland-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:00:00","slug":"en-switzerland-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/06\/en-switzerland-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss IGF 2022 (7th Swiss Internet Governance Forum) \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-switzerland-igf-2022-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30eb\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-switzerland-igf-2022-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 7th Swiss IGF met in hybrid form at Welle 7 in Bern on 2 June 2022 \u2014 the first in-person edition since 2018 \u2014 with plenaries on AI regulation, platforms, and the data-based society and political sovereignty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its AI verdict: corporate ethics standards are not enough, binding legal rules are needed \u2014 while Switzerland should chart a more open course akin to the US, UK, Japan and Singapore rather than copy the EU.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Framing the EU AI Act as a single-market instrument, and citing Japan among flexible-approach references, makes this a revealing outside view of Japan&#39;s AI policy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Swiss IGF 2022 (7th Swiss Internet Governance Forum)<\/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-switzerland-igf-2022-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30eb\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>Swiss IGF 2022 (7th Swiss Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>2 June 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid: Welle 7 (Schanzenstrasse 5, Bern) and Zoom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>6 (Three plenaries (AI regulation; platforms; data-based society and sovereignty) plus three workshops (sustainability; cybersecurity; digital participation))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Multistakeholder steering group under OFCOM patronage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>The &#39;Messages from Bern 2022&#39;, submitted to the UN IGF and EuroDIG<\/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-switzerland-igf-2022-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. AI Regulation \u2014 Ethics Standards Won&#39;t Suffice, But No EU Copy-Paste Either<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary 1 &quot;&#39;Regulation&#39; of artificial intelligence \u2013 What is Switzerland doing?&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulation is needed \u2014 and waiting for EU standards puts Switzerland at a disadvantage; the right course is active involvement in international fora (especially the Council of Europe) while developing national solutions [1]<\/li>\n<li>Corporate self-set ethical standards are not sufficient: binding legal rules are needed, combining international technical standards with technology-neutral national law on liability and non-discrimination [1]<\/li>\n<li>The EU&#39;s draft AI regulation should be understood as safeguarding the single market; Switzerland should adopt a more open approach (like the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore), with publicly funded independent supervisory bodies, an observatory or AI auditing entities conceivable [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Platform Regulation \u2014 Disciplining the Outsourcing of Fundamental Rights<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary 2 &#39;Platforms: Political-economic challenges and their regulation&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social media increasingly shapes opinion formation, especially among the young; platforms&#39; own measures fall short \u2014 more needs to be done [1]<\/li>\n<li>Where fundamental rights are concerned \u2014 e.g. restrictions on freedom of expression \u2014 the outsourcing of state tasks must be regulated in a nuanced way, weighing proportionality and context such as voting campaigns [1]<\/li>\n<li>Access to platform data and understanding of how platforms work are insufficient; better access is needed, especially for researchers, as is happening at European level [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Data-Based Society and Political Sovereignty \u2014 &#39;Switzerland Must Not Miss the Boat&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary 3 &#39;Data-based society and political sovereignty&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a deeply interconnected digital world, classical sovereignty is hard to insist on; trade-offs \u2014 efficiency through centralisation versus security through decentralisation \u2014 must be weighed [1]<\/li>\n<li>Economies of scale make platform monopolies likely; once systemically relevant, they displace traditional players \u2014 raising the question of democratic control [1]<\/li>\n<li>With the EU&#39;s Data Governance Act in place, &#39;Switzerland must not miss the boat&#39;: an OFCOM\/FDFA report envisages, among other things, a code of conduct for dataspace operators [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Sustainability and Cyber Competence \u2014 Rebound Effects and the Skills Gap<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Workshop 1 &#39;Digitalisation and sustainability&#39; \/ Workshop 2 &#39;Cybersecurity and cyber competence&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digitalisation offers big efficiency potential, but rebound effects risk wiping out the gains; with most Swiss-caused emissions generated abroad, life-cycle-wide data and transparency are needed [1]<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity is a process, not a state \u2014 and the basis of successful digital transformation; investment in skilled staff from interns to CEOs is needed to close the skills gap [1]<\/li>\n<li>The paradox of building secure systems from insecure components was flagged; approaches from voluntary labels to binding standards were recommended beyond critical infrastructure, and the risk of machine-learning systems misdirected by distorted input data was debated [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did it decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing binding \u2014 the &#39;Messages from Bern 2022&#39; went to the UN IGF and EuroDIG, built on AI, platforms and data sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Most contentious point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Switzerland&#39;s AI stance: binding legal rules yes, automatic EU alignment no \u2014 with the USA, UK, Japan and Singapore cited as the open-approach references.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is a rare documented moment of a European forum citing Japan&#39;s flexible AI-governance approach as a model worth considering.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Switzerland IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/en-switzerland-igf-2022-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2022 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 About Switzerland IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Switzerland 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 2022 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:\/\/igf.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwissIGF_Messages-from-Bern-2022_en.pdf\">Messages from Bern (Swiss IGF 2022, final version)<\/a> \u2014 Swiss IGF (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.swiss\/en\/swiss-igf-2022\/\">Swiss IGF 2022\uff08\u5927\u4f1a\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 igf.swiss (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.swiss\/en\/about-the-swiss-igf\/\">About the Swiss IGF<\/a> \u2014 igf.swiss (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260217071529\/https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/western-european-and-others-regional-group-weog\">National IGFs \u2014 Western European and Others Regional Group (WEOG)<\/a> \u2014 \u56fd\u9023IGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08Wayback\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\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\u67081\u65e5 20\u664202\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 7th Swiss IGF met in hybrid form at Welle 7 in Bern on 2 June 2022 \u2014 the first in-person edition since 2018 \u2014 with plenaries on AI regul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11,107],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,699],"class_list":["post-15236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-switzerland-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-switzerlandigf2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15236","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=15236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}