The program schedule for inSIG2021 is provided below. Please note that all times are in IST (UTC +05:30).
Start (IST) | End (IST) | SESSION NAME | SPEAKERS |
Day 0 – Sunday : 14-Nov-21 | |||
11.00 AM | 1.00PM | Introduction to inSIG: Meet & Greet | inSIG Steering Committee Members+ Fellows |
Day 1 – Friday : 19-Nov-21 | |||
6.30 PM | 7.15 PM | INAUGURAL SESSION | |
5 min | Welcome Address | Dr.Sudha Bhuvaneswari Narayanaswamy President Internet Society Chennai |
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5 min | Message | Vint Cerf Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google |
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10 min | Keynote Address 1 | Anriette Esterhyusen Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group |
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15 min | Keynote Address 2 | T Santhosh Scientist F, MeitY |
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7.10 PM | 5 min | Concluding remarks | Satish Babu Chair, APRALO |
7.15 PM | 7.30 PM | BREAK | |
7.30 PM | 8.00 PM | THEMATIC SESSION 1.1: Internet Governance (IG): Perspectives on the Current and Future | Dr. Olivier Crepin-Leblond Chair of UK Chapter of Internet Society ( ISOC)& Ex Chair, ALAC, ICANN |
8.00 PM | 8.45 PM | THEMATIC SESSION 1.2: Journey of IG in India | Dr. Govind Former CEO, NIXI & Vice-Chair, APSIG and Deepak Maheshwari, Public Policy Consultant |
Day 2 – Saturday : 20-Nov-21 | |||
2.00 PM | 2:45 PM | SPECIAL SESSION: Internet Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region | Rajneesh Singh Regional Vice President for the Asia-Pacific, Internet Society Samiran Gupta Head of India, ICANN Joyce Chen Senior Advisor – Strategic Engagement,APNIC |
2:45 PM | 3:30 PM | THEMATIC SESSION 2: Introduction to the Core Internet Technologies | Sunny Chendi Senior Advisor – Policy and Community Development / South Asia Liaison Officer, APNIC |
3:30 PM | 3:45 PM | Break | |
3:45 PM | 4:45 PM | THEMATIC SESSION 3: Emerging Technologies: Trends and Security | Sheetal Kumar Head of Global Engagement and Advocacy at Global Partners Digital Dr Gulshan Rai Distinguished Fellow at ORF and Chief Information Security Officer at the Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India. |
4:45 PM | 5:30 PM | Perspectives: Privacy, Data Protection | N.S.Nappinai Advocate, Supreme Court, Founder-Cyber Saathi |
5:30 PM | 5:45 PM | Competition issues in the Digital Economy | Mansi Kedia Research Fellow, ICRIER |
5:45 PM | 6:15 PM | SPECIAL Session: Digital Policy Legislations in India | Rakesh Maheshwari Scientist G, MeitY |
Day 3 – Sunday : 21-Nov-21 | |||
11.00 AM | 12.00 PM | Social Session | Internet Society Chennai Chapter |
5.00 PM | 5.45 PM | THEMATIC SESSION 6: Perspectives on India’s Participation in IETF | Shraddha Hegde Principle Engineer, Juniper Networks Abhijan Bhattacharyya Consultant, Sr. Scientist TCS Research Anand Raje Chair, Internet Society Kolkata |
5.45 PM | 6.30 PM | Gender and Diversity on the Internet | Osama Manzar Founder & Director at Digital Empowerment Foundation Gayathri Khandatai Asia policy regional coordinator, APC |
6:30 PM | 6:45 PM | Break | |
6:45 PM | 7:15 PM | Special Session Pandemic and Recovery: Role of Technology | Siddharth Sinha NITI Aayog |
7:15 PM | 8:00 PM | Concluding Session 1. Welcome 2. Closing Keynote 3. Special Address 4. Update from India Youth IGF 5. Message from VSIG 6. Vote of Thanks |
Satish Babu Chair, APRALO Maarten Botterman ICANN Board Anil Jain CEO NIXI Ihita Gangavarapu Youth IGF India Glenn McKnight Information Officer at Virtual School of Internet Governance K Mohan Raidu President, Internet Society Hyderabad |