{"id":15239,"date":"2024-06-22T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/22\/en-switzerland-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T14:00:00","slug":"en-switzerland-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/22\/en-switzerland-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss IGF 2024 (9th 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-2024-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2024 \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-2024-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2024 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 9th Swiss IGF met in hybrid form at Welle 7 in Bern on 5 June 2024 \u2014 over 500 participants, the largest ever \u2014 with eight sessions including three on AI, plus new Lightning Talks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Federal Administration&#39;s plan to map AI regulatory approaches by end-2024 framed the debate: direct transposition of the EU AI Act was widely rejected, while human control over AI was declared indispensable.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Its counterintuitive disinformation finding \u2014 authenticating sources matters more than labelling AI content \u2014 is directly usable in content-authenticity debates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>Swiss IGF 2024 (9th 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-2024-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2024 \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 2024 (9th Swiss Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>5 June 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hybrid: Welle 7, Bern, and online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>500 (Official press release: more than 500 participants on- and offline \u2014 the largest in the conference&#39;s history)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>8 (Eight sessions plus the newly introduced Lightning Talk format)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>A committed multistakeholder community under OFCOM patronage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>The &#39;Messages from Berne 2024&#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-2024-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2024 \u30d9\u30eb\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The International AI-Regulation Race \u2014 Involve All Nations, Watch the Whole Stack<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 1 &#39;Regulation of AI \u2013 Insights into the international race&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All nations, regardless of political system and economic power, should be involved in international coordination on AI governance, aiming at long-term harmonisation that respects different contexts and use cases [1]<\/li>\n<li>Human control is indispensable for safe AI use \u2014 its form to be defined by industry and use case, with expertise built up quickly across all relevant organisations [1]<\/li>\n<li>Regulation should address not only AI models and applications but the entire tech stack \u2014 a comprehensive view of all levels and stakeholders is needed to tackle safety effectively [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Switzerland&#39;s AI Path \u2014 Sectoral or Horizontal, but No EU Transposition<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 3 &#39;Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By end-2024 the Federal Administration will draw up an interdepartmental overview of possible AI regulatory approaches, examining which areas are already sufficiently regulated and where gaps exist [1]<\/li>\n<li>Opinions split on sectoral versus horizontal regulation \u2014 tending toward sectoral for detail, horizontal for abstract principles; direct autonomous transposition of the EU AI Act was widely rejected [1]<\/li>\n<li>Sandboxing was well received yet noted as possibly indicating over-restrictive rules; employee protection, AI-related copyright challenges and the missing technical-implementation perspective were also discussed [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Net Zero and Digital Transformation \u2014 Digital Sufficiency as the Courage to Say No<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 4 &#39;Net zero and digital transformation, a contradiction?&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital technologies bring dematerialisation gains \u2014 but data centres&#39; impact on national power demand will keep growing rapidly with the exponential rise of digital applications [1]<\/li>\n<li>After decades of efficiency optimism, net reduction targets are still not being met; rebound effects and ecological costs must now be accounted for, holding developers, society and politics to account [1]<\/li>\n<li>Digital sufficiency means using technology selectively and strategically where it delivers proven added value \u2014 the courage to say no \u2014 aiming for a win-win-win for society, planet and industry [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. AI and Disinformation \u2014 Authenticate Sources, Don&#39;t Just Label AI Content<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 5 &#39;AI and disinformation: counteracting the loss of trust in reporting&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Authenticating sources and authorship is more important than labelling AI content as such; the challenge includes consumers \u2014 media and news literacy need promotion, especially positive examples of identifying reliable sources [1]<\/li>\n<li>Legal certainty is needed on platforms&#39; moderator role: society must decide quickly and clearly how disinformation is handled in the digital space [1]<\/li>\n<li>Researchers urgently need data access for more and better disinformation research \u2014 not least to objectify the debate and prevent general uncertainty fuelled by over-excited deepfake coverage [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. E-ID and Digital Rights \u2014 Surveillance Fears and a Rejection of Social Scoring<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 8 &#39;Digital rights: security and efficiency versus freedom and privacy protection&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Swiss E-ID can improve online security and efficiency, but the 3D video facial images required for issuance could open new avenues for state surveillance; the general rise of compulsory identification and data collection was criticised [1]<\/li>\n<li>No consensus on how relevant social scoring already is for Switzerland \u2014 but agreement that such systems are incompatible with fundamental values and the kind of society people want to live in [1]<\/li>\n<li>Growing state surveillance fuels new fears: the loss of freedom and privacy may be irreversible, and the state&#39;s active rejection of modern encryption to keep surveillance loopholes open was criticised [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 Berne 2024&#39; went to the UN IGF and EuroDIG. With 500+ participants it was the largest Swiss IGF ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Most contentious point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Sectoral versus horizontal AI regulation \u2014 with near-unanimous rejection of transposing the EU AI Act wholesale into Swiss law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. &#39;Authenticate the source, don&#39;t just label the AI&#39; is becoming the global direction for disinformation policy \u2014 this forum said it plainly.<\/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-2024-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"Switzerland IGF 2024 \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 2024 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\/2024\/06\/20240617_SwissIGF_Messages-from-Berne-2024-EN.pdf\">Messages from Berne 2024 (Swiss IGF 2024)<\/a> \u2014 Swiss IGF (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SwissIGF_2024_PressRelease_EN.pdf\">Largest Swiss Internet Governance Forum held since its foundation (Press Release)<\/a> \u2014 Swiss IGF (accessed 2026-07-23)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.swiss\/en\/swiss-igf-2024\/\">Swiss IGF 2024\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<\/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\u67089\u65e5 21\u664237\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 9th Swiss IGF met in hybrid form at Welle 7 in Bern on 5 June 2024 \u2014 over 500 participants, the largest ever \u2014 with eight sessions inclu<\/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":[163,161,160,162,164,759],"class_list":["post-15239","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-switzerlandigf2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15239","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=15239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}