Ulalo at the 28th Annual Internet GovernanCE FORUM
Ulalo is joining the 18th annual Internet Governance Forum, under the overarching theme “Internet We Want – Empowering All People”, taking place from 8-12 Oct 2023 in a hybrid format, accommodating participants onsite in Kyoto, Japan, and online.
Ulalo is represented by our Founder and Executive Director James Gondwe onsite at the Kyoto International Conference Centre.
Established by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2006, the Internet Governance Forum serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet. Learn more about IGF here.
A big shout out to partners the World Association of Christian Communications and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) for making our in-person participation possible.
At the Internet Governance Forum, Ulalo will actively join and participate in various sessions on digital inclusion, meaningful access agenda, and public policy discussions, specifically on Edtech and community networks.
Notable sessions
Agents of Inclusion: Community Networks and Media Meet-up
Sunday, 8th October at 14:00-16:00 JST
WS 2 – Room A
Our Founder and Executive Director James Gondwe – will be speaking at this session.
The meet-up will bring together local community champions eager to share their learnings and practical solutions for a truly inclusive digital world. Practitioners from ten community-centered projects of the Global Majority – some of them on-site, others joining virtually – will explore digital inclusion along the “4C Framework”: What does it mean to design computing, connectivity, content, and (human) capacity with local community members in the driver’s seat? What does it take to customize and sustain crucial hardware and software on a local level? How can offline networks and global access models be combined to serve community needs? Where does the platform economy end and reliable content creation start? What capacities and shared resources are key to living up to digital rights?
Our founder and Executive Director, James Gondwe will share multiple issues from how providing digitized content of school curricula, quality education is expanded to remote areas and to best practices on Policy engagements for the creation of conducive licensing, regulatory, and financing framework for community networks in bridging the divide derived from our “Catalyzing Better Policy, Regulatory and Financing framework for Community Networks in Malawi” implemented in partnership with the ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM), Mzuzu University – ICT Department (Mzuni ICT), and UmozaNet. This project is co-funded by the World Association of Christian Communications, with the support of Bread for the World-Germany and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) under their Connecting the Unconnected initiative.
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Apart from this session, Ulalo will join and participate in the following other sessions, in person and virtually and we extend an invitation for you to register and join these sessions:
Financing Broadband Networks of the Future to Bridge Digital
Sunday, 8th October at 09:00-10:30 JST,
WS 2 – Room A
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Digital Commons for Digital Sovereignty
Sunday, 8th October at 10:40-12:10 JST
WS 3 – Annex Hall 2
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Looking ahead to WSIS+20: Accelerating the Multistakeholder Process
Sunday, 8th October at 13:45-15:45 JST
Plenary Hall
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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Scoping Civil Society Engagement in Digital Cooperation
Sunday, 8th October at 13:30-15:30 JST
WS 10 – Room I
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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African AI: Digital Public Goods for Inclusive Development
Monday, 9th October at 17:45-18:45 JST
WS 5 – Room B-2
Pollicy
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Advocacy to Action: Engaging Policymakers on Digital Rights
Tuesday, 10th October at 8:30-9:30 JST
WS 1 – Annex Hall 1
Foundation for Media Alternatives
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WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event: Open Consultation Process Meeting
Tuesday, 10th October at 11:00-12:00 JST
WS 8 – Room C-1
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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Global Digital Compact & Beyond: A Multistakeholder Perspective
Tuesday, 10th October at 13:30-15:00 JST
Plenary Hall
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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WSIS at 20: Successes, Failures and Future Expectations
Tuesday, 10th October at 15:15-16:45 JST
WS 6 – Room E
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and IT for Change
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All hands on deck to connect the next billions
Wednesday, 11th October at 14:45-16:15 JST
Room B-2
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Policy Network on Meaningful Access: Meaningful Access to Include and Connect
Wednesday, 11th October at 17:30-19:00 JST
Main Hall
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Digital Democracy and Future Realities
Wednesday, 11th October at 08:45-10:15 JST
WS 5 – Room B-2
Pollicy
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Viewing Disinformation from a Global Governance Perspective
Wednesday, 11th October at 13:00-14:30 JST
WS 5 – Room B-2
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Digital Rights Foundation
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What is the Nature of the Internet? Different Approaches
Wednesday, 11th October at 14:45-16:15 JST
WS 7 – Room K
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and IT for Change
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UNECA Role in the Internet Ecosystem in Africa
Thursday, 12th October at 10:15-14:45 JST
WS 4 – Room B-1
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Disrupt Harm: Accountability for a Safer Internet
Thursday, 12th October at 13:30-14:30 JST
WS 7 – Room K
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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We are here too! African perspectives on social media futures
Thursday, 12th October at 11:40-12:10 JST
WS 7 – Room K
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
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Global Digital Value Chain: Africa’s Status and Way Forward
Thursday, 12th October at 13:00-14:30 JST
WS 3 – Annex Hall 2
Africa ICT Alliance
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