Hi everyone, I hope everyone is keeping safe and well. GigaNet are closely monitoring the evolving COVID-19 situation and hope that the physical meeting in Katowice can go ahead as planned. Should that change due to a prolongation of the pandemic restrictions, we will make arrangements to move the symposium online. However, we decided to extend the deadline for the submissions of abstracts to 22nd of May. As of now, GigaNet 2020 is planned to be held alongside the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Katowice, Poland. We expect our symposium to take place on “Day 0” of the IGF, which is Monday, 2 November. Papers on any Internet/data governance-related topic are welcome. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. There will be the possibility of a focused subset of accepted papers to be fast-tracked for publication in a relevant journal. GigaNet encourages emerging scholars to submit their work to the symposium. Proposals should be submitted in English. Participation in the GigaNet symposium is free of charge. For submission, the extended abstract must be uploaded to the Easychair website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2020) by 22 May 2020. Important dates: • NEW extended abstracts submission: 22 May • Notification to authors of acceptances/rejections: 15 June • Accepted authors confirm attendance: 10 July • Full papers due: 15 September • GigaNet Symposium: 2 November ________________________________ GigaNet is an international association of academic researchers founded in 2006 to support multidisciplinary research on Internet governance. Its membership includes researchers from all over the world who are contributing to local, national, regional, and international debates on Internet governance. More information on GigaNet’s organizational structures and activities can be found on its website at https://www.giga-net.org<https://www.giga-net.org/>. Stay healthy and take care! All the best, Dr. Elinor Carmi, Postdoc Research Associate - Digital Media & Society, Department of Communication and Media, Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences, School of the Arts, Liverpool University, UK. https://elinorcarmi.com<https://elinorcarmi.com/> Twitter: @Elinor_Carmi