India IGF2024: Program Schedule
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Venue – Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
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Day 1 (9-Dec-2024) Day 1 Live Stream Room MR 19 : https://youtube.com/live/nqoCmHlq_TE Live Stream Room MR 15 : https://youtube.com/live/wGymiPLtkW0
Webex Link MR 19: https://nixi1.webex.com/nixi1/j.php?MTID=mb718da50bda6afa8b71de6482b04aff3 Webex Link MR 15: https://nixi1.webex.com/nixi1/j.php?MTID=m1165bfad968fd5daff5d005ce501e587
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Time
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Session Details |
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Inauguration Room No.: MR 19
- Dr. Devesh Tyagi, CEO, NIXI (Chairman, Coordination Committee, IIGF) – Opening Remarks
- Ms. Amrita Choudhury, Director, CCAOI – Recap of IIGF 2021 – 2023
- Mr. Chengetai Masango, Head of UN Secretariat for the IGF- Address from UN IGF (online)
- Mr. Dilsher Singh Malhi, Founder & CEO, Zupee
- Mr. Shivnath Thukral, Vice President, Public Policy, Meta India
- Prof. Rekha Jain, Senior Visiting Professor, ICRIER (online)
- Shri Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India
- Shri. S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
- Shri. Jitin Prasada, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce & Industry & Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India (Keynote Address)
- Prof Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Gandhinagar (Vice Chairman, Coordination Committee, IIGF) – Vote of Thanks
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11:30 AM – 11:45 AM |
Change-over time |
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
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Main Panel 1: India AI Mission: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Future Room No.: MR 19 Moderator: Mr. Rakesh Maheshwari, Independent Consultant and Former Sr. Director Group Coordinator, MeitY Panelists:
- Shri Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, MeitY
- Mr. Sunil Abraham, Public Policy Director – Data Economy and Emerging Tech at Meta India
- Mr. Dipendra Manocha, Managing Director, Saksham Disability
- Dr. Sarayu Natarajan, Founder, Aapti Institute
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12:45 PM – 01:45 PM |
Lunch Break |
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
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Workshop 1: Enabling AI for all, By all Room No.: MR 19
Workshop Proposer: Surbhi Arul, International Innovation Corps
Moderator: Gaurav Sharma, International AI Policy and Advocacy Advisor
Panelists ● Ajai Garg, Advisor, Koan Advisory and Director, Digital Tech & Law Group, Anand & Anand Associates ● Aparajita Bharti, Partner, The Quantum Hub ● B. Shadrach, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (Online) ● Charu Chadha, Tech Policy Expert ● Kirti Seth, Ex-CEO, IT-ITES Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM ● Sonia Dosanjh, Associate Director, Head of AI & Analytics, C-DAC Mohali (Online)
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Workshop 2: Report Launch and Discussion- ICT for Empowering Accessibility/Inclusion: The Impact of Digital Integration on the Lives of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) Room No.: MR 15
Workshop Proposer: Mira Swaminathan, BIF
Moderator: Osama Manzar, Founder and Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Panelists
- Pradeep Anirudhan, CSS, Director, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Dr. Praveen Misra, Chair, ISOC Accessibility Standing Group
- Nipun Malhotra, Co-Founder, Nipman Foundation
- Rohit Kumar, Head, Public Policy Government Affairs, Zoom
- Dr. Arpita Kanjilal, Manager, Digital Empowerment Foundation
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02:45 PM – 03:00PM |
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03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
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Workshop 3: Regulating Digital Media: Navigating Content Governance in India – Shiksha Dahiya, Chase India
Room No.: MR 15
Moderator: Shiksha Dahiya , Manager, Public Policy, Chase-India
Panelists
- Dr Satyanarayanan, Director HRD & Digital Economy Division
- Ms. Aditi Aggarwal, Technology Journalist, Hindustan Times
- Mr. Sunil Abraham, Public Policy Director – Data Economy and Emerging Tech at Meta, India
- Dr. Vagheshwari Deswal, Professor, Faculty of Law, Delhi University
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Workshop 4: Intersection of Competition Law and Artificial Intelligence – Saksham Malik, The Dialogue Room No.: MR 19
Moderator: Saksham Malik, The Dialogue
Panelists:
- Ms. Modhulika Bose, Partner,Chandhiok & Mahajan,
- Mr. Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director, The Dialogue
- Dr. Sachin Kumar, Asst. Prof, University of Delhi
- Mr. Sandeep Aurora, Group Director & Head Public Policy and Government Affairs
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04:00 PM – 04:15 PM |
Tea |
04:15 PM – 04:45 PM |
Community Engagement – Showcase Session |
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Room No. MR 15 : AIORI Initiative Room No. MR 19 : Core-AI |
05:00 PM – 06:00 PM |
Main Session 2: Resilient Internet Infrastructure Room No.: MR 19
Moderator: Mr. Anupam Agrawal, Chairman, India Internet Foundation
Panelists:
- Prof. Rekha Jain, Senior Visiting Professor, ICRIER (online)
- Shri G Narendranath, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat
- Mr. Osama Manzar, Founder, Director, DEF
- Ms. N.S. Nappinai, Advocate, Supreme Court & Founder, Cyber Saathi
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End of Day 1 |
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Day 2 (10-Dec-2024) Live Stream Room MR 19: https://youtube.com/live/HG-iX1vh5mM Live Stream Room MR 15 : https://youtube.com/live/evnCBbhfbc0 |
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Workshop 5: The Evolution of Harm in the Digital Age: Blurring Lines Between Online and Offline Harms and Violence Room No.: MR 19
Workshop Proposer: Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari, The Dialogue
Moderator: Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari, Senior Programme Manager, Platform Regulation and Gender & Tech, The Dialogue, Secretariat, ACTS
Panelists
- Allan Asher (Virtual Speaker) – Vice President, Competition & Consumer Policy, Australian Risk Policy Institute
- Jyoti Vadehra, Lead, Digital Safety & Online Wellbeing, Centre for Social Research India Secretariat, ACTS
- Vakasha Sachdev, Senior Manager (India), Government Affairs & Communications, Logically
- Preethi Rao, Director, Partnerships & Outreach, LEAD at Krea University
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Workshop 6: Enabling Open-Source AI Access for the Global South – Meghna Bal, Esya Centre Room No.: MR 15
Moderator: Ms. Meghna Bal, Director & Head of Research, Esya Center
Panelists:
- Aalekh Sharan, Head Enterprise AI & Strategy, Sarvam Al
- Sunil Abraham, Director Public Policy, Meta
- Swapna Sen, DGM Data Science, AreeteAl
- Shivaramakrishnan R Guruvayur, Research Advisor, CERAI,
- Sanket Kashyap, Lead ML Engineer, Level AI
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10:30 AM -10:45 AM |
Change-over time |
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
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Workshop 7: Responsible AI Innovation Workshop Proposer : Mira Swaminathan, BIF Room No.: MR 15
Moderator: Shashank Mohan, Associate Director, Tech & Society, CCG-NLUD.
Panelists:
- Prachi Bhatia, Public Policy Manager, Meta
- Ujjwala Jeremiah, Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google
- Saurabh Singh, Leader, Technology Policy, Amazon Web Services
- Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Country-Manager, BSA- The Software Alliance
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Workshop 8: Trust and Safety in Online Gaming: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges of a Digital Playground –
Workshop Proposer : Ayushi Karn, E-Gaming Federation Room No.: MR 19
Moderator: Priyanka Gulati, Partner, GT Bharat
Panelists
- Sunita Mohanty, Chief Investment Officer, Invest India
- Marie-Claire Isaaman, CEO, Women In Games (Remote)
- Sharmila Ray, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF
- Gowree Gokhale, Legal Counsel
- Devhuti Bakshi, Director – Public Policy, EGF
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11:45 AM -12:00 PM |
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12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Main Panel 3: Role of Multistakeholder Community to build a digitally empowered India Room No.: MR 19
Moderator: Mr. Amitabh Singhal, Director, ICANN Board
Panelists:
- Shri Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY
- Ms. Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for change (Online)
- Mr. Dhruv Dhody, IAB Member
- Ms. Ihita Gangavarpu, Youth IGF
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1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Workshop 09 : Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure for Digital Inclusion Workshop Proposer: Saksham Malik, The Dialogue Room No.: MR 19
Moderator: Kamesh, Senior Program Manager, The Dialogue
Panelists:
- Maya Sherman, Expert & Project Co-Lead OCED-GPAI
- ISha Suri, Research Manager, CIS
- Abhishek Venkateswaran, National Project Officer, UNESCO.
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Workshop 10: Open Source AI: Powering India’s Ethical and Inclusive Digital Future Workshop Proposer: Dhruv Garg, Indian Governance &Policy Project Room No.: MR 15
Moderator: Dhruv Garg, Indian Governance & Policy Project
Panelists:
- Major General (Dr.) Pawan Anand, AVSM, (Retd.)
- NIsh Perera, First Secretary, Australian High Commission
- Prof. (Dr.) Chetan Arora, IIT Delhi
- Sunil Abraham, Director Public Policy, Meta
- Dr. Aparajita Bhatt, Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Cyber Laws, National Law University Delhi
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03:00 PM -03:15 PM |
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03:15 PM – 04:15 PM
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Workshop 11: AI Governance for India’s FinTech Sector Workshop Proposer: Sameer Gahlot, NIXI Room No.: MR 19
Moderator: Sameer Gahlot, NIXI
Panelists:
- Abhishek Varshney, Sahamati
- Sugandh Saxena, CEO, FACE
- Shehnaz Ahmed, Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Center for Legal Policy
- Vikas Kanungo, Senior Consultant, AI & Digital Transformation, The World Bank
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Workshop 12: India’s IoT Revolution: Secure, Smart, and Skill-Ready
Workshop Proposer: Ihita Gangavarpu, Youth IGF India Room No.: MR 15
Moderator: Ihita Gangavarpu, Youth IGF India
Panelists:
- Dr. Leena Vachhani, Prof. IIT Bombay
- Pranav Singh, IDEMIA
- Suresh Chandra, Scientist G, IT & eGovernance Group, STQC
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4:15 PM – 4:30 PM |
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4:30 PM – 5:30 PM |
Main Panel 4: Building Green and Sustainable Internet Room No.: MR 19
Moderator: Ms. Ambika Khurana, Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer and Chief External Media ; CSR Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited
Panelists:
- Dr. Deepak Mishra, Director & CE, ICRIER
- Ms. Shilpi Kapoor,CEO, Barrier Break Technologies
- Mr. Manoj Misra, Director Regulatory Affairs, Indus Towers
- Mr. Suresh Krishnan, IAB Member (online)
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5:30 PM – 5:45 PM |
Change-over time |
5:45 PM – 6:45 PM |
Valedictory
Welcome Remarks – Shri Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY Overview of India IGF 2024 – Satish Babu, Chair, India IGF Research Committee Key Note Address – Shri Bhubnesh Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY Vote of Thanks – Dr. Devesh Tyagi, CEO NIXI & Chair India IGF Coordination Committee
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