Agenda


India IGF2024:  Program Schedule
Venue – Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

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



Time
Session Details
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM Change-over time
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM



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

12:45 PM – 01:45 PM Lunch Break
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM



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)



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
 



02:45 PM – 03:00PM Change-over time
03:00 PM – 04:00 PM

 

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

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

04:00 PM – 04:15 PM Tea
04:15 PM – 04:45 PM Community Engagement – Showcase Session
  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
  End of Day 1
 
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

09:30 AM -10:30 AM


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

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

10:30 AM -10:45 AM Change-over time
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM



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





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
 

11:45 AM -12:00 PM Change-over time
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
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM



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. 

 

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

03:00 PM -03:15 PM Change-over time
03:15 PM – 04:15 PM



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





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


4:15 PM – 4:30 PM Change-over time
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)
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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