Program

Date

Time

Session

Speakers

a03 Oct 2020

11:00 – 13:00

Introduction to inSIG: Meet & Greet

inSIG Steering Committee Members and Fellows

A07 Oct 2020

18:30 – 19:20

Inaugural Session

18:30 – 18:40

Welcome Address

Shveta Kokash, President, ISOC India Mumbai Chapter

18:40 – 18:55

Keynote Address 1

Maarten Botterman, Chair of Board, ICANN

18:55 – 19:10

Keynote Address 2

Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, ORF

19:10 – 19:20

Concluding Remarks

Satish Babu, Chair, ICANN APRALO & President, APSIG

19:30 – 20:00

Thematic Session 1.1: Internet Governance: Current State and Future Perspectives

Dr. Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair, UK Chapter of Internet Society (ISOC) & Past Chair, ALAC, ICANN

20:00 – 20.30

Thematic Session 1.2: History of IG In India

Dr. Govind, Former CEO, NIXI & Vice-President, APSIG

a8 Oct 2020

14:15 – 15:00

Special Session: Internet Governance In Asia Pacific

Jia Rong Low, VP and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, ICANN;
Aftab Siddiqui, Senior Manager, Internet Technology – APAC , ISOC

15:10 – 16:00

Thematic Session 2: Introduction to Core Internet Technologies

Srinivas Chendi (Sunny); Senior Advisor – Policy and Community Development/South Asia Liaison Officer, APNIC
Champika Wijayatunga, Regional Technical Engagement Office, Asia Pacific (APAC), ICANN

16:15 – 17:15

Thematic Session 3: Emerging Internet Technologies, Trends And Security

Pablo Hinojosa, Director, Strategic Engagement, APNIC
Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Senior Director, Policy Strategy and Development at the Internet Society
Ambassador Latha Reddy, Co-Chairman, Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace
Narendra Nath Gangavarapu, Joint Secretary, Security Council Secretariat, Government of India

A9 Oct 2020

14:30 – 15:00

Thematic Session 4.1: Internet, Gender and Diversity

Anriette Esterhuysen, Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group; Senior Advisor, Internet Governance, Policy Advocacy & Strategic Planning, APC

15:00 – 15:30

Thematic Session 4.2: The Internet for Better Health and Well-being

Dr. Ashok Hemal, Chief of Uro-Oncology & Professor,
Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, USA

15:45 – 16.45

Thematic Session : 5 Governance of Online Content

Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice Chancellor,
National Law School of India University
Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama

17:00 – 17.15

Perspectives-I

Dr. Ajay Data, Chair, Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), ICANN

17:15 – 17:30

Dr. Sarbani Belur, Asia Regional Coordinator, Community Networks, APC, Senior Research Scientist, IIT-Bombay

17:30 – 17:45

Subhashish Bhadra, Principal, Omidyar Network

A10 Oct 2020

11:00 – 12:00

Social Session: Virtual City Tour of Mumbai

Shveta Kokash, Sneha Tambe and Nandita Koshal,
ISOC India Mumbai Chapter

17:00 – 17:45

Thematic Session 6: Engaging With The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Abhijan Bhattacharya, Consultant & Sr. Scientist,
Tata Consultancy Services
Dhruv Dhody, Lead Architect, Huawei and Secretary, IIESoc
Dr. Monowar Bhuyan, Assistant Professor, Umeå University, Sweden

17:45 – 18:00

Perspectives-II

Glenn Mckinght, Co-Founder, ISOC Canada

18:00 – 18:15

Reena Garg, Head (Electronics & IT Department),
Bureau of Indian Standards

18:15 – 18:30

Mathew Joji, Head, Strategic Communications & Development, International Justice Mission, Kolkata

18:45 – 19:00

Thematic Session 7: Concluding Session

Special Remarks: Anil Jain, CEO, NIXI

19:00 – 19:30

Quiz

19:30 – 19:35

Update on India Youth IGF

Ihita Gangavarapu, India YIGF Team

19:35 – 19:45

Way forward and Vote of Thanks