IIGF 2022: Program Schedule

“Leveraging Techade for Empowering Bharat”

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Day 1 (9-Dec-2022)
Time
Session Details
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Hybrid
Physical Venue –
Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Center, New Delhi

High Level Panel 1 : Leveraging Techade for Empowering Bharat: How do we do it right?  (Virtual)
Moderator:

  • Mr. Ashmit Kumar, Deputy Editor, CNBC-TV 18

Panelists:

  • Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur
  • Mr. Sunil Abraham, Public Policy Director, Meta
  • Ms. Paula Mariwala, Founding Partner, Aureolis Ventures
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM Change-over time
12:30 PM – 01:00 PM
Hybrid
Physical Venue –
Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Center, New Delhi

Fireside Chat 1 A : Privacy Regulation in India  (Virtual)
Moderator:

  • Mr. Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director, The Dialogue

Speaker:

  • Ms. Shahana Chatterji, Partner, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
01:00 PM – 01:10 PM Change-over time
01:10 PM – 01:40 PM
Hybrid
Physical Venue – Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Center, New Delhi

Fireside Chat 1 B : India’s success in Digital Payments   (Virtual)
Moderator:

  • Ms. Amrita Choudhury, Director, CCAOI

Speaker:

  • Mr. Denny Thomas, Head, Rupay & Products
1:40 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch @ IHC
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM
Virtual

Workshop 1: Feminist Perspective to the evolution of responsible AI in India
Moderator:

  • Shruti Shreya, Programme Manager, The Dialogue

Panelists:

  • Asna Siddiqui, Head – INDIAai, NASSCOM
  • Nidhi Singh, Panel Counsel, Delhi High Court
  • Laura Galindo-Romero, AI Policy Manager, Open Loop, Meta
  • Aayushi Bhotica, Lead Designer, Wadhwani AI

Workshop 2: India to the World: Leading the Agenda on Inclusion through Public Digital Platforms
Moderator:

  • Dr Deepak Mishra, Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER

Panelists:

  • Dr. Sarayu Natarajan, Founder, Aapti Institute
  • Nita Tyagi, Director, Partnerships e-Gov Foundation
  • Devendra Damle, Senior Manager, Policy, Open Network for Digital Commerce
  • Anaita Singh, Program Officer, Digital Health, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
3:20 PM – 3:30PM Change-over time
3:30 PM – 4:20 PM
Virtual

Workshop 3: Policy Roadmap for the Development of Metaverse and Web 3.0
Moderator:

  • Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director, The Dialogue

Panelists:

  • Prof. A. Damodaran, Member of Parliament, IIM Bangalore
  • Prachi Bhatia, Public Policy Manager, Meta India
  • Huzefa Tavawalla, Head, Disruptive Technologies Practice Group, Nishith Desai and Associates

Workshop 4: A Stakeholder Approach To Envisioning Citizen-Centric ODEs
Moderator:

  • Savita Muley, Chief Product Officer, Aapti Institute

Presenters:

  • Ava Haider, Research Analyst, Aapti Institute
  • Aishwarya Narayan & Lakshay Narang, Dvara Research

Panelists:

  • Kriti Mittal, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Omidyar Network India
  • Gautham Ravichander, Head of Strategy and Investment, e-Governments Foundation
  • Shreyana Bhattacharya, Economist, World Bank
  • Venkatesh Hariharan, India Representative, Open Invention Network
Opening Ceremony
5:30 PM – 6:20 PM
Hybrid
Physical Venue-
FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi

Welcome Note:

  • 5:30 PM – Mr. Anil Kumar Jain, Chair, IIGF 2022 & CEO, NIXI

Speakers:

  • 5:30 PM – Ms. Tripti Sinha, Board Chair, ICANN
  • 5:40 PM – Mr. Shivnath Thukral, Public Policy Director, India at Meta
  • 5:45 PM – Shri Subhrakant Panda, President Elect, FICCI

Vote of Thanks:

  • 5:50 PM – Shri TV Ramachandran, Vice Chair, IIGF 2022

Conclusion and Dinner: 6:00 PM

Day 2 (10-Dec-2022) – Webex Password for all sessions – 12345
10:00 AM -10:50 AM
Virtual

Workshop 5: Future of Digital Lending in India: Next step Forward to Ease the Access to Credit
Moderator:

  • Ayush Tripathi, Programme Manager, The Dialogue

Panelists:

  • Ms. Ketaki Gor Mehta, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
  • Ms. Beni Chugh, Research Manager, Future of Finance Initiative, Dvara Research
  • Mr. Hardeep Singh, Public Policy Counsel, CRED
  • Ms. Shalini Shingari, Vice President – Digital Lending, Pine Labs

Workshop 6: Secured Technologies for Empowering Bharat and Safe Internet
Moderator:

  • Amrita Choudhury, Director, CCAOI

Panelists:

  • Dr. Sarayu Natarajan, Founder, Aapti Institute
  • Rajnesh Singh, Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific Internet Society
  • Amol Kulkarni, Director (Research), CUTS International
10:50 AM -11:00 AM Change-over time
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Virtual

Workshop 7: My Accessible Content: Skills for a Digital World
Moderator:

  • Dipendra Manocha, Founder & Managing Trustee, Saksham Trust

Panelists:

  • George Abraham, CEO, Score Foundation
  • Garima Avtar, Social Media Influencer
  • Monica Desai, Global Head , Meta
  • Mandy Gupta Vasudev, Programme Coordinator, Saksham Trust

Workshop 8: What’s next in Data Protection: Emerging Market for Privacy-tech in India
Moderator:

  • Deeksha Bhardwaj, Journalist, Hindustan Times

Panelists:

  • Kamesh Shekar, Programme Manager, The Dialogue
  • Aditya Vuchi, Founder, Doosra
  • Beni Chugh, Research Manager, Dvara Research
  • Prof. Debayan Gupta, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University.

Workshop 9:Digital India Act: Principle-Based Approach To Regulating India’s Digital Economy
Moderator:

  • Aditi Chaturvedi, Head of Legal, Koan Advisory Group

Panelists:

  • Mahesh Uppal, Founder, ComFirst India
  • Deepak Jacob, President, Dream11
  • Ashutosh Chadha, Director and Country Head Government Affairs and Public Policy, Microsoft
  • Ranjana Adhikari, Partner, Indus Law
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Virtual

Main Panel 1 : Digital Bharat: Connecting the unconnected
Moderator:

  • Dr Rajat Kathuria, Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University

Panelists:

  • Ms. Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Director, Saksham
  • Mr. Sunil Abraham, Public Policy Director, Meta
  • Mr. Satish Babu, inSIG
  • Dr. Shiv Kumar , Principal Advisor, BIF
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Virtual

Fireside Chat 2: Role of Startups in Digital Transformation
Moderator:

  • Mr. Anil Kumar Jain, Chair, IIGF 2022 & CEO, NIXI

Speaker:

  • Ms. Shradha Sharma, Founder & CEO at YourStory Media
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM Change-over time
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM
Virtual

Workshop 10: Youth empowerment amidst digital transformations: Opportunities and challenges
Moderator:

  • Purnima Tiwari, Organising Committee, Youth IGF India

Panelists:

  • Ihita Gangavar apu, Steering, Committee, Youth IGF India
  • Shivam Shankar Singh, Best-selling Author on politics and information warfare
  • Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari, Empowerment Program Specialist, Internet Society
  • Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, Socio-tech Researcher, Mozillian

Workshop 11: Online Harrasement as a tool for exclusion
Moderator:

  • Rattanmeek Kaur, Fellow, SFLC

Panelists:

  • Bishakha Dutta, Co-Founder, POV
  • Sairee Chehal, Founder, Sheroes
  • Mishi Choudhary, Founder, SFLC
  • Geeta Seshu, Independent Journalist

Workshop 12: Online safety combat: Exploring the journey of self-regulation in India
Moderator:

  • Dr Sarayu Natarajan, Founder, Aapti Institute

Panelists:

  • Apar Gupta, Executive Director, Internet Freedom Foundation
  • Major Vineet Kumar, Founder and CEO, Cyber Peace Foundation
  • Ava Haider, Research Analyst, Aapti Institute
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM Change-over time
3:30 -4:20 PM
Virtual

Workshop 13: Leveraging Competition Policy for growth of Digital Markets
Moderator:

  • Saksham Malik, Programme Manager, The Dialogue

Panelists:

  • Unnati Agrawal, Partner, Induslawa
  • Rahul Rai, Partner, Axiom5
  • Aditya Bhattacharjea, Professor – Economics, Delhi University

Workshop 14: Internationalized Domain Names – Challenges of Universal Acceptance and Opportunities in Digital Economic landscape for Small Businesses
Moderator:

  • Ms. Sarika Gulyani, Director, FICCI
  • Akshat Joshi, Director, Think Trans Technologies Private Limited

Panelists:

  • Dr. Ajay Data, Chair, UASG
  • Mr. Mahesh Kulkarni, Director, Evaris Systems Private Limited
  • Ms. Pitinan Kooarmornpatana, Senior Manager, IDNs Programs, ICANN
  • Mr. Harish Chowdhary, Research Scholar & Faculty, Internet Governance, Cybersecurity, NFSU, MHA, Gol
  • Dr. U. B. Pavanaja , Co-chair UASG, Vishwakannada and UASG

Flash Talks

1. Central Bank Digital Currencies and Financial Inclusion: A Systematic Review

2. Koo: Building Safe Online Space, Fostering Inclusion & Empowering Communities

3. Software Patents in India

4:20 PM – 4:30 PM Change-over time
4:30 PM – 5:20 PM
Virtual

Workshop 15: Last-mile internet connectivity in India
Moderator:

  • Karishma Mehrotra

Panelists:

  • Sunil Kumar Singhal, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India
  • Osama Manzar, Founder-Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
  • T. V. Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum
  • Rekha Jain, Retired Professor, IIM Ahmedabad

Workshop 16: Standards Ensures Resiliency
Moderator:

  • Anupam Agrawal, Specialist- ICT Legislation & Standards, TCS

Panelists:

  • Ashish Tiwari, Scientist D, BIS
  • Amitabh Singhal, Founder & Director, Telxess Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
  • Anand Raje, Trustee, IIFON
  • Mr. Harish Chowdhary, Research Scholar, NFSU
Day 3 (11-Dec-2022)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Virtual

Fireside Chat 3 A: Future of Interactive Streaming Commerce
Moderator:

  • Anupam Agrawal, Specialist- ICT Legislation & Standards, TCS

Speaker:

  • Ms. Saumya Singh Rathore, Founder, Winzo
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Virtual

Workshop 17: Digital Governance and Technological Standards for Responsible Gaming
Moderator:

  • Mr. Joy Bhattacharjya, Director General, FIFS

Panelists:

  • Mr. Arvind Gupta, Founder, Digital India Foundation
  • Ms. Aruna Sharma, Former IT Secretary, Government of India,
  • Mr. Rameesh Kailasam, CEO, Indiatech

Towards a Multilingual Internet: Tools, Content & Enabling Policy in South Asia
Moderator:

  • Mr. Samiran Gupta, Senior Director, Public Policy and Philanthropy, Twitter Communications India Pvt. Ltd.

Panelists:

  • Mr. Harsha Wijayawardhana, Srilanka
  • Shri. Subhash Dhakal, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal
  • Prof. Girish Nath Jha, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University & Chairman, Commission for Scientific and Technical Teminology
10:50 AM -11:00 AM Change-over time
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Virtual

Main Panel 2 : Building Trust Online for a Digitally Empowered South Asia
Moderator:

  • Ms. Aditi Agrawal, Special Correspondent, Newslaundry

Panelists:

  • Mr. Sami Ahmed, Managing Dirctor, Startup Bangladesh Limited
  • Dr. Gulshan Rai, Former National Cyber Security Coordinator Prime Minister’s Office , Government of India
  • Mr. Anand Raj Khanal, Former Senior Director, Nepal Telecommunication Authority and past MAG Member
  • Mr. Jayantha Fernando, Director, Sri Lanka CERT & General Counsel, iCTA Chairman, National Data Protection Law Drafting Committee
  • Mr. Sumon Ahmed Sabir, Chief Technology Officer, Fibre@Home Limited, Bangladesh & Executive Council Member APNIC
12:00 PM – 12:20 PM
Virtual

Fireside Chat 3 B: Digital Platform Infrastructure
Moderator:

  • Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Vice Chair, IIGF 2022

Speaker:

  • Mr. Abhishek Singh, IAS, MD & CEO, Digital India Corporation
12:25 PM – 12:55 PM
Virtual
IIGF 2022 Open Mic and Feedback Session
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Hybrid
Physical Venue –
FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi

High Level Panel 2 : India’s Priorities for next 5 years
Moderator:

  • Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Author & Economic Analyst

Panelists:

  • Prof. Huzur Saran, IIT Delhi
  • Mr. Ashwani Rana, Chief Public Policy Officer, Zupee
  • Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Vice Chair, IIGF 2022
  • Ms. Mishi Choudhary , Technology Lawyer, Founder SFLC.in
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM Tea Break @ FICCI
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
Hybrid
Physical Venue –
FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi

Closing Ceremony
Welcome Note:

  • 4:15 PM – Shri T.Santhosh, Scientist E, MeitY

Speech:

  • 4:20 PM – Mr. Dilsher Malhi, Founder, Zupee
  • 4:25 PM – Mr. N. G. Subramaniam, COO, TCS
  • 4:30 PM – Mr. Paul Mitchell, IGF Chair
  • 4:35 PM – Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MeitY
  • 4:45 PM – Dr. Vint Cerf, Chair IGF Leadership Panel
  • 4:50 PM – Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble MoS MeitY and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, GoI

Vote of Thanks by:

  • 5:15 PM – Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Vice Chair, IIGF 2022

Conclusion and High Tea: 5.20 PM

5:20 PM – 5:50 PM Hi Tea and Networking @ FICCI
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