Programm Swiss IGF 2023, hybrid
Programm as PDF (Status 16.05.2023): not yet available
The sessions will be broadcast on the Swiss IGF website on the day of the conference at www.igf.swiss/live.
Conference management and overall moderation: Jacques Beglinger (Beglinger LPC) and Livia Walpen (BAKOM International Relations), Swiss IGF Co-Secretariat
00:00
( Previous day 12.6.2023 Swiss Youth IGF )
08:30-09:00
Registration (Welle 7, Bern) and login
09:00-09:15
Opening session
With Bernard Maissen, Director of the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
Parallel sessions:
09:15-10:30
Session 1: Digital governance and the multistakeholder approach in 2023: a new reality?
In the face of a more hostile geopolitical environment and more state involvement in digital governance, long-standing institutions such as an open and harmonised internet or the multistakeholder approach to digital governance are increasingly under pressure. Which issues are particularly important for the internet and digital governance this year and where and how will they be negotiated?
Input: Konstantinos Komaitis (Lisbon Council), Stephanie Borg Psaila (DiploFoundation), Pascal Fouquet (Piratenpartei), Livia Walpen (BAKOM), Johannes Fritz (Digital Policy Alert)Moderation: Nicolas Zahn (Digital expert, f0t1 GmbH)09:15-10:30
Session 2: Fundamental rights and ethics in the digital age
How can human dignity and personal freedom be realised on- and offline?
Increasing blurring of the real and virtual world and its consequences for fundamental rights.
Digital discrimination and the right to exclusion in the information society.
Fundamental rights as ethical minimum standards: How can these be translated into the digital age?
Legal possibilities of enforcement and compensation for victims of digital violence or discrimination
Input: Peter Kirchschlaeger (Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University Lucerne), Benedikt Wechsler (FDFA), Anne-Marie Buzatu (ICT4Peace)
Moderation: Evelyne Tauchnitz (Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University Lucerne)
Coordination: Evelyne Tauchnitz (Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University Lucerne)10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Session 3: Data Policy: Understanding Data as a Commons
How should the framework conditions for data ecosystems be designed so that all stakeholders can benefit – to which end can a “framework law for the secondary use of data” contribute?
Input: André Golliez (HSLU, National data infrastructure for tourism)Moderation: Jonas Bärtschi (Swiss Data Alliance)10:45-12:00
Session 4: Political Opinion Formation and Debates in the Digital Public Sphere - How resilient is the digital public sphere in Switzerland with regard to the election year 2023?
The digital structural change offers great opportunities for Swiss democracy, but also risks. Social media have made an unprecedented democratisation of the public possible, especially in the formation of political opinion. At the same time, there is growing concern that hate speech, disinformation and microtargeting are destroying or manipulating political debates.
How can freedom of information and opinion be guaranteed in the run-up to the 2023 elections, while at the same time addressing the risks of the digital public sphere? What digital policy approaches are there?
Input: Sophie Achermann (Public Discourse Foundation), (tbc)Moderation: Flurina Wäspi (BFH)Coordination: Riccardo Ramacci (Stiftung Mercator Schweiz)12:00-13:30
Lunch Break
Lunch at Welle 7
13:30-14:45
Session 5: Artificial Intelligence: How to regulate?
The rapid progress of AI is leading to notable achievements such as ChatGPT, the sophisticated language model. This presents citizens and governments worldwide with the dual challenge of harnessing the potential of AI while mitigating its risks. Together with members of the National Council, we will discuss the AI Act of the EU, the AI Convention of the Council of Europe and the role of Switzerland.
Moderation: Nicolas Zahn13:30-14:45
Session 6: Digital Currency, Digital Identity, and the Metaverse
Digital currencies, electronic identities as well as extended existences in the metaverse are closely intertwined concepts that increasingly extend the usual physical modes of behaviour into the virtual sphere. But new technologies are shifting social balances. Focusing on digital currencies, this session looks at the risks and opportunities of this coming transformation, emphasising the technical implementation as well as the legal aspects of it.
Input: Christian Grothoff (Bern University of Applied Sciences), Anita Lamprecht (Liquid Legal Institute e.V.)Coordination: David M. Sommer (Zühlke)14:45-15:00
Break
15:00-16:15
Session 7: National platform regulation in a globalized world?
Digital services enable and facilitate communication, interaction, and transactions. At the same time, they raise questions, for example, about market dominance, about how to deal with disinformation and hate speech, and about the preservation of fundamental values. What are the possibilities for national regulation? Which regulatory aspects are unnecessary and harmful or, on the contrary, necessary? And what does the introduction of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act mean for Switzerland?
Moderation: Anna Jobin (Uni Fribourg, HIIG Berlin)15:00-16:15
Session 8: What are the impacts of AI on information quality and knowledge?
With the arrival of text and image generators directly accessible from our personal and professional computers, the question of their impact on the quality of information is becoming increasingly relevant. How can we detect and prevent the spilling of fakes and deepfakes into our information channels? What are the concrete impacts of AI on the quality of information throughout its life cycle, from the work of the journalist to that of the institutions responsible for ensuring access to information and knowledge and their preservation for future generations (libraries or archives)?
Input: Jeannette Frey (Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne), Beat Estermann (Bern University of Applied Sciences), Murat Karaboga (Fraunhofer Institut; author of the TA-SWISS study on deepfakes), Catherine Gilbert (Keystone-ATS)Moderation: Sindy Schmiegel Werner (swiss academies of arts and sciences)16:15-16:30
Break
16:30-16:45
Presentation of the "Swiss Youth Messages"
The Swiss Youth IGF presents the “Youth Messages” that were adopted the day before at the first Swiss Youth IGF. They will also be forwarded to the global Youth IGF and the European Youth IGF.
16:45-17:15
Wrap-up & and adoption of the "Messages from Berne"
The “Messages from Berne” summarise the main points of the sessions at the Swiss IGF 2023 in a short, concise and neutral way. They will then be submitted to the global UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) to feed into the discussions in these forums.
17:15
End of the conference