Agenda for inSIG 2024 (All Times are IST, UTC + 05:30)

Day 1, Tuesday 1 October 2024

Start Time End Time Duration Session # Session Topic Speaker
8:00 8:30 0:15   Registration and Networking inSIG Team
8:30 9:15 0:45 M1 Inaugural Session

MC for Inaugural Session: Ihita G
Welcome by Rajan Srivastava, ISOC Bangalore (5 minutes)
Welcome message by Prof. M Jayadev, Dean Administration, IIM-B (10 mins)
Remark by Devesh Tyagi CEO NIXI (10mins)
Key remarks by Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY (10 Minutes)
Concluding remarks, (3 mins)

9:15 10:15 1:00 M2 Evolving Nature of the Internet Governance -Global and Indian Perspectives Moderator: Satish Babu
Speakers: Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board Dr. Govind, APSIG
10:15 11:00 0:45   Tea Break and Photo Session  
11:00 12:15 1:15 P1 Introduction to the IG Ecosystem: ICANN, RIRs, ISOC,IGF, Moderator: Anupam Agarwal PTI Board
Speakers:
Samiran Gupta ICANN;
Pablo Hinojosa, APNIC,
Noelle Francesca De Guzman Internet Society
12:15 13:15 1:00 M3 Fireside Chat Moderator: Anupam Agarwal PTI Board
Speakers :
Tridip Mukherjee, Chief Data Science & AI Officer, Games24x7, 
Josey George, General Manager – Secure AI & Emerging Cyber Tech at Wipro Limited
13:15 14:15 1:00   Lunch break  
14:15 15:45 1:30 T1 Cybersecurity Roleplay Lead: Anupam Agrawal and Satish Babu
15:45 16:45 1:00 M4 DNS and its Future Moderator: Sabarinath Pillai
Speaker: Champika Wijayatunga, ICANN
16:45 17:15 0:30   Tea break  
17:15 18:15 1:00 P2 Enhancing Multistakeholderism for Future Governance of the Internet Moderator Amrita Choudhury:
Speakers: Samiran Gupta, ICANN
Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board
Devesh Tyagi, NIXI
Noelle Francesca De Guzman Internet Society
18:15 18:45 0:30 T2 Drafting Workshop Proposal Lead: Amrita Choudhury & Adarsh Umesh
18:45       End of Day 1  
20:00       Socials and Dinner  

Day 2, Wednesday 2 Oct 2024

Start Time End Time Duration Session # Session Type Speaker
7:45 8:15 0:30 S1 Future of inSIG:
Closed Door Strategic Meeting I: of inSIG Organisers
 
9:00 10:00 1:00 P3 Addressing the Digital divide: Access, Inclusion, building Security &Trust Moderator: Patrick Peisker, Mitel
Panelists:
Dr. Nirmita Narsimhan, Saksham,
Shivangi Narayan, IT For Change
Amitabh Singhal, Telxess Consulting Services
10:00 11:00 1:00 P4 Digital Economy- Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities Moderator – Prof. Manaswini Bhalla, IIM-B
Panelist:
Kriti Trehan, Data & Co – Law & Policy Advisors.
Dr. Sarayu Natarajan, Aapti,
Rakesh Maheshwari, Independent Consultant, Former Sr. Director and Gr Coordinator, Cyber Laws and Data Governance, MeitY
11:00 11:30 0:30   Tea Break  
11:30 13:00 1:30 P5 Key Regulatory Issues being discussed in India Moderator: Dr. Govind
Speakers: Kriti Trehan, Data & Co – Law & Policy Advisors.
Rakesh Maheshwari, Independent Consultant, Former Sr. Director and Gr Coordinator, Cyber Laws and Data Governance, MeitY
Vivan Sharan, Koan Advisory
13:00 14:00 1:00   Lunch Break  
14:00 15:00 01:00 T3 Shut Down: Role Play Lead: Dr. Govind & Adarsh Umesh
15:00 15:30 0:30   Tea Break  
15:30 17:00 1:30 P6 Governance of AI & Emerging Tech Moderator : 
Jameela Sahiba Core AI
Speakers :
Rakesh Maheshwari, Independent Consultant, Former Sr. Director and Gr Coordinator, Cyber Laws and Data Governance, MeitY
Monami Dasgupta, D91 Labs (Setu)
Tanveer Hasan, Centre for Internet and Society
Sundar Narayanan, AI and Tech Ethics

17:00 18:30 1:30 T4 Flash talks Lead: Jay Paudyal & Md. Pervaiz Ansari: 5 minutes by Fellows on their topic of interest
18:30       End of Day2  
18:30 19:00 0:30 S2 Future of inSIG:
Closed Door Strategic Meeting II: of inSIG Organisers
 
17:30       Dinner  

Day 3, Thursday 3 Oct 2024 

Start Time End Time Duration Session # Session Type Speaker
8:00 8:45 0:45 T5 Presentation on Proposals Lead: Amrita Choudhury & Adarsh Umesh
8:45 9:45 1:00 M5 Internet Standards and RFCs: Processes and the Present Status Moderator :
Mini Ulanat
Speaker : 
Dhruv Dhody, IAB Board
9:45 10:45 1:00 P6 India’s Cybersecurity Requirements Moderator: Anupam Agarwal
Paneists:
K.Venkatesh Murthy, Senior Director, DSCI;
Nehaa Chaudhari Ikigai Law
Karthik Bapannad, Independent Consultant
10:45 11:15 0:30   Tea Break  
11:15 12:00 0:45 P7 What next :Participation in IG Ecosystem Moderator: Shubham Saran NIXI*
Panelists :
Yash Agarwal ICANN
Ihita G, YIGF
Dhruv Dhody,
Noelle Francesca De Guzman Internet Society
12:00 12:30 0:30 M6 Reflections from Participants Lead: Jay Paudyal
12:30 13:30 1:00 M7 Closing Session

MC for closing session :  Adarsh Umesh
Ihita G, YIGF (8 min)
Prof Anil B. Suraj IIM Bangalore (8 min)
Shubham Saran, NIXI ( 8 mins)
T. Santhosh MeitY (8 mins)
Certification distribution
Vote of Thanks by Adarsh Umesh (8 min)

13:30 14:30 1:00   Lunch and Close of inSIG2024