Re: [Air-L] WEBCAST JUN 12 – Atlantic Council – Why the UN’s Internet Governance Forum still matters twenty years on

Transcribed and summarized. " Survive, evolve, innovate." *LIVESTREAM <https://youtu.be/3wQM99xzTGk> | TRANSCRIPT <https://archive.org/download/atlanticcouncil-igf20/atlanticcouncil-igf20.EN.TRANSCRIPT.pdf> | SUMMARY <https://archive.org/download/atlanticcouncil-igf20/atlanticcouncil-igf20.EN.SUMMARY.pdf> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19443>* On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:

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On *Thursday, June 12, 2025*, at *09:00 EDT* (13:00 UTC), the *Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative <https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/digital-forensic-research-lab/democracy-and-tech-initiative/>*will host *a conversation <https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/why-the-uns-internet-governance-forum-still-matters-twenty-years-on/>* on the importance of the *Internet Governance Forum <https://intgovforum.org/>* (IGF) and the role it has played for the past twenty years in providing an open, inclusive, and diverse space for discussing internet policy and governance. This event, held in the lead up to the 2025 IGF, will highlight the value of the annual forum and why digital democracy depends on keeping the internet open, global, and inclusive. The conversation will also showcase the Atlantic Council’s work to champion a free and open internet.

*SPEAKERS* *Vint Cerf* – Chair, IGF Leadership Panel / Chief Internet Evangelist, Google *Anriette Esterhuysen* – Senior Advisor on Global and Regional Internet Governance, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) *Jason Pielemeier* – Executive Director, Global Network Initiative (GNI) *Chengetai Masango* – Head of Office, United Nations Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum

*MODERATOR* *Konstantinos Komaitis* – Resident Senior Fellow, Democracy + Tech Initiative

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