Always a great event! Starting shortly. As we know, hybrid events are technically hard to pull off, so tolerance, please! [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/15505%20>On *Tuesday-Wednesday June 14-15 2022* the *8th Annual Gambia National Internet Governance Forum <https://www.facebook.com/gambiaigf>* will be convened, with the theme ‘*Digital Sustainability: Data Innovations for Post-Covid Recovery - The Gambia Context*’, with 3 subthemes. The Internet Governance Forum serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues related to the Internet. The Forum is organized to represent all key stakeholders in the Gambia through a National Steering Committee coordinated by the *Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy <https://www.moici.gov.gm/>* (MOCDE). The event will be hybrid - both online and face-to-face on site. The livestream is provided by the* Internet Society Gambia Chapter <https://www.facebook.com/isocgambiachapter/>*. *PROGRAM* (all times UTC) *Tuesday June 14 2022* *10:00* Opening *11:45* Main Theme: Digital sustainability: data innovations for post covid recovery The Gambia Context *12:30* Subtheme 1: Digital Inclusion and Access to Information Act *14:45* Subtheme 2: Data Innovation & Privacy *Wednesday Jun 15 2022* *10:00* Report on Day 1 *11:45* Cybersecurity and Trust *12:30* UN Global Digital Compact Submission *13:00* Communique Drafting *15:00* Closing *AGENDA* https://archive.org/download/gmigf2022/gmigf2022_agenda.pdf *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gmigf2022 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gmigf2022>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM* T.B.D. *TWITTER #gmigf2022 <https://bit.ly/gmigf2022> @gambia_forum @isocgm #TheGambia #Gambia #IGF* *SIMULCASTS*_ *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/gambiaigf <https://www.facebook.com/gambiaigf>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/isocgambiachapter/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocgambiachapter/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/gmigf2022 <https://archive.org/details/gmigf2022>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -