This is underway. As you might imagine, conversation is mostly in Armenian, however the last two sessions will likely be all English. * <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=95b8f376fdf1183541996efb6c9d823b411665119d0ebec75ecf32365a239877&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18535&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=91697a63a9ab3e3f309d534fbbfe0e0d&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9pc29jLmxpdmUvMTg1MzU>* * <https://isoc.live/18542>* [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/18542>On *Tuesday November 5 2024* the *9th Armenia Internet Governance Forum <https://armigf.am/en/forum2024/>* (ArmIGF) will be convened in Yerevan, with the theme ‘*Cyber Reality and Secure Digital Future*‘. The forum is organized by the *Ministry of High-Tech Industry <https://hightech.gov.am/en/>*, *Internet Society NGO, <http://isoc.am/>* and *Internet Society Armenia Chapter NGO <https://www.isocchapter.am/>*. *AGENDA https://armigf.am/en/forum2024/ <https://armigf.am/en/forum2024/>* (All times AMT = UTC+4) *10:00 Opening ceremony* *Gevorg Mantashyan* – First Deputy Minister of High Tech Industry, RA *H.E. Mr. John Gallagher* – British Ambassador to Armenia *Igor Mkrtumyan* – Chair of the Board, Internet Society NGO *Mikhail Anisimov* – Head of Global Stakeholder Engagement for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, ICANN *Vahan Hovsepyan* – Senior Community and Public Policy Advisor, RIPE NCC / Member, Internet Governance Council of RA *Nick Hyrka* – Community engagement manager European region, Internet Society *Ralph Yirikian* – General Director, Ucom *Andrey Vorobyov* – Director, Coordination Center for .RU/.РФ TLD *10:45 Armenia at a Digital Crossroad – how to build and lead the Armenian Digital Navy?* *Gevorg Mantashyan* – First Deputy Minister of High Tech Industry, RA *Hrachya Arzumanian* – Expert on national security issues Moderator: V*ahan Hovsepyan* – Senior Community and Public Policy Advisor, RIPE NCC / Member, Internet Governance Council of RA *12:00 Issues of Personal Data Protection in Newly Adopted Legal Acts: Challenges and Solutions* *Samvel Martirosyan* – Director, ArmSec Foundation / co-founder, CyberHub *Hakob Sununu* – Director, Quality Management & Risk Control, UCOM *Artur Sargsyan* – Senior law adviser, ISAA Moderator: *Gevorg Hayrapetyan* – Personal data protection expert, CyberHub, dpHub 14:00 Cybersecurity Challenges and Issues: Global Best Practices and International Collaboration *Nerses Yeritsyan* – Director, Information Systems Agency of Armenia *Karen Gasparyan* – Executive Director, INFOSEC LLC *Hayk Mkrtchyan* – Head , Division of Combating Cybercrimes, RA Ministry of Internal Affairs Police *Markko Kunnapu* – Ministry of Justice, Estonia / Adviser, Criminal Policy Department Moderator: *Armine Arzumanyan* – AUA College of Science and Engineering *15:00 WSIS+20 updates in the frames of events on 2024, Future of the IGF, Global Digital Compact and analysis of the Summit of the future* *Aleksey Sandikov* – member IGC / member, RA Parliament *Chris Buckridge* – Senior Strategy Advisor ,Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) *Veni Markovski* – Vice-President for UN engagement, ICANN *Amrita Choudhury* – Chair IGFSA / Chair APRALO Moderator: *Mikhail Anisimov* – Head, Global Stakeholder Engagement for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, ICANN *16:15 National Content and ccTLDs: Strategies for Growth and Overcoming Challenges* *Kristina Hakobyan* – Board Vice Chair, Internet Society” NGO .am/.հայ registry *Irina Danelia* – deputy director, Coordination Center, .RU ccTLD/.РФ *Sophie Khidasheli* – Senior Specialist, .GE ccTLD Registry *Dejan Dukic* – CEO, RNIDS.RS *Azizbek Kadirov* – .uz ccTLD administration / UZINFOCOM Moderator: *Maria Kolesnikova* – Chief Analyst, Coordination Center, RU TLD *17:00 Wrap up, closing* *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/DjxtjQoT78g <https://youtu.be/DjxtjQoT78g>* *TWITTER #ArmIGF2024 <https://bit.ly/3UEezLU> #ArmIGF @isocarmchapter @IsocArmenia @Hti_Armenia* *#ArmIGF2024 MASTODON <https://mastodon.social/tags/ArmIGF2024> | BLUESKY <https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ArmIGF2024> | INSTA <https://www.instagram.com/explore/search/keyword/?q=%23ArmIGF2024>* *** ISOC.LIVE is a free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - ISOC LIVE is currently unfunded - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor - contact support@isoc.live *** -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -