inSIG 2026 Program Schedule
Day 1, Saturday 5 September 2026
| Start | End | Duration | Session Type | Session Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | 9:00 | 0:30 | Registration | Registration and Networking with Tea |
| 9:00 | 10:15 | 1:15 | Main Session (M1) | Inaugural Session Moderator: Ms. Amrita Choudhury, CCAOI Welcome: Mr. Anupam Agrawal, IIFON Lighting the Lamp Overview of 10 years of inSIG (Video) Speaker 1 – Ms.Jennifer Chung, UN IGF MAG Chair Speaker 2 – Prof. Ravi Gudi, Deputy Director (FIA), IIT B Speaker 3 – Dr. Vinish Kumar Kathuria HOD , ADCPS, IITB Speaker 4 – Dhruv Dhody, IAB Chair (Remote) Vote of Thanks: Mr. Adarsh Umesh, inSIG |
| 10:15 | 11:00 | 0:45 | TEA BREAK & PHOTO SESSION | – |
| 11:00 | 11:45 | 0:45 | Talk (T1) | Governance of Digital Technologies Moderator: Anupam Agrawal Talk by: Dr. Sundeep Oberoi, Adjunct Professor, ADCPS, IIT B |
| 11:45 | 13:00 | 1:15 | Panel (P1) | Introduction to the IG Ecosystem: ICANN, IETF, RIRs Moderator: Anand Raje, IIFON Samiran Gupta, ICANN Srinivas Chendi, APNIC Dhruv Dhody, IAB Chair(Remote) |
| 13:00 | 14:30 | 1:30 | LUNCH BREAK | – |
| 14:30 | 16:00 | 1:30 | Roleplay (R1) | IP Go Game Mr. Srinivas Chendi, APNIC |
| 16:00 | 16:30 | 0:30 | TEA BREAK | – |
| 16:30 | 17:30 | 1:00 | Panel (P2) | Digital Inclusion of the Next Billion- How do we shape it? Moderator: Ms.Vertika Misra, Nasscom Prof. Kameswari Chebrolu, IIT B Rupesh Shrestha, SANOG ChairMr.Abner Manzar, DEF |
| 17:30 | 18:30 | 1:00 | Panel (P3) | Shaping Data Governance: Trust, Protection, and Value Creation Moderator: Ms. Gowree Gokhale, Independent Lawyer Mr. Rakesh Maheshwari, Advisor, Cyber Laws and Tech Policy Prof. Shishir Kumar Jha, IIT B |
| DAY 1 SESSION ENDS FOLLOWD BY SOCIALS | ||||
| 19:00 | 22:00 | 3:00 | – | Social Dinner |
Day 2, Sunday 6 September 2025
| Start | End | Duration | Session Type | Session Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | 10:30 | 1:30 | Panel (P4) | What does Internet Resilience mean for a Digital Economy? Moderator: Mr. Saikat Datta, Deepstrat Mr. Ram Mohan, Identity Digital (Remote) Mr. Rama Vedashree (Remote) Mr. G. Narendra Nath, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat, GoI (Remote) |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | 0:30 | TEA BREAK | – |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | 1:00 | Session (S1) | Building Resilience: Preventing and Protecting Citizens from Financial Frauds Moderator: Anupam Agrawal Session by: Adv. (Dr.) Prashant Mali , President – Cyber Law Consulting |
| 12:00 | 13:15 | 1:15 | Roleplay (R2) | Cybersecurity Roleplay Leads: Mr. Anand Raje, Mr. Anupam Agrawal & Mr. Saikat Dutta |
| 13:15 | 14:30 | 1:15 | LUNCH BREAK | – |
| 14:30 | 15:45 | 1:15 | Panel (P5) | Safeguarding the Internet’s Core: Addressing DNS Abuse Moderator: Mr. Edmon Chung, DotAsia Ms. Justine Chew, APRALO (Remote) Mr. Ajith Francis, PIR (Remote) Mr.Vivek Goyal, LdotR Ms. Gowree Gokhale, Independent Lawyer |
| 15:45 | 16:15 | 0:30 | Activity (A1) | To Ban or Not to Ban: Protecting Children in the Digital Age Lead: Ms. Swati Shinde, CCAOI |
| 16:15 | 16:45 | 0:30 | TEA BREAK | – |
| 16:45 | 17:30 | 0:45 | Talk (T2) | The IGF’s Permanent Mandate: What It Means for the Future of Internet Governance Moderator: Ihita Gangavarapu Talk by: Ms. Joyce Chen, APNIC |
| 17:30 | 18:00 | 0:30 | Talk (T3) | Balancing innovation and sustainability Moderator: Vatsla Srivastav Talk by: Dr. Vinish Kumar Kathuria HOD , ADCPS, IITB |
| DAY 2 SESSION ENDS FOLLOWD BY SOCIALS | ||||
| 19:00 | 22:00 | 3:00 | – | Social Dinner |
Day 3, Monday 7 September 2025
| Start | End | Duration | Session Type | Session Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | 10:00 | 1:00 | Panel (P6) | Governing AI Opportunities and Implications Moderator: Ms. Nidhi Singh, Carnegie India Dr. Anupam Guha , IIT Bombay Dr. Sunita Sarawagi, IIT Bombay Ms. Shahana Chatterjee, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | 1:00 | Panel (P7) | Building Internet Resilience: Approaches, Pathways, and Priorities Moderator: Mr. Anand Raje, IIFON Mr. Champika Wijayatunga, ICANN Ms. Jofan Yu, MD &CEO TWNIC |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | 0:30 | TEA BREAK | – |
| 11:30 | 12:15 | 0:45 | Talk (T4) | Internet Governance in the era of Digital sovereignty Moderator: Anupam Agrawal Talk by: Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, Diplo Foundation |
| 12:15 | 12:45 | 0:30 | Talk (T5) | What next: Participation in IG Ecosystem & Opportunities Ms. Ihita Gangavarpu, Youth IGF India |
| 12:45 | 13:15 | 0:30 | Open Mike (A2) | Reflections from Participants Mr. Jay Paudyal & Ms. Shveta Kokash – Fellowship Commitee Chairs |
| 13:15 | 14:20 | 1:05 | LUNCH. BREAK | – |
| 14:20 | 15:20 | 1:00 | Main Session (M2) | Valedictory Session Moderator: Ms. Amrita Choudhury, CCAOI Mr. Jia Rong Low, DG APNIC Address: Dr. Vinish Kumar Kathuria, Host & ADCPS Head, IIT B Address by Dr. Devesh Tyagi, CEO, NIXI Certificate Distribution: Coordination by Mr. Jay Paudyal & Ms. Shveta Kokash – Fellowship Commitee Chairs Vote of thanks: Mr. Anupam Agrawal, IIFON |
| 15:20 | 15:20 | – | – | Tea and Close of inSIG2026 |
| CLOSING of INSIG 2026 | – | – | – | – |