The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2016 is the 11 IGF hosted by the United Nations. The United Nations Secretary-General formally announced the establishment of the IGF in July 2006 and the first meeting was convened in October/November 2006.
This year the IGF2016 has been themed ‘Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’ which is being organized at the PALCCO Centre from 6-9 December 2016 in Jalisco,
Mexico.
The IGF 2016 is an open platform for consultation with the growing IGF multistakeholder community, with an aim to enhance capacity building and participation from stakeholders from developing countries, youth and those joining the IGF online.
This year the IGF secretariat has changed its format introducing new segments like:
1. Newcomers Track: The IGF 2016 Newcomers Track aims to help participants attending the IGF annual meeting for the first time, to understanding the IGF processes and to foster the integration of all new-coming stakeholders into the IGF community.
2. New session Format:These session include various sub-session
a. 20-MINUTE LIGHTNING SESSIONS :Lightning sessions are intended as quicker, more informal versions of full-length talks or presentations. High-scoring workshop proposals with compatible formats which were not originally selected during the IGF 2016 workshop evaluation process have been brought in and re-formatted for the lightning sessions programme.
b. CORNER SESSIONS: Corner sessions take place simultaneously in four corners of a room. They emerge based on what the participants present most want to talk about: issues are proposed on post-its placed on a board, and the most popular ones move on to discussion into the corners of the room.
c. UN-CONFERENCE SESSIONS: Un-conference sessions are talks which are not pre-scheduled. Participants reserve a speaking slot by signing themselves up on a scheduling board on a first-come, first-serve basis on the day of the Un-conference.
There were 272 workshops or sessions in IGF 2016, In the course of four days, more than 2000 delegates from 83 countries participated with thousands more stakeholders actively engaging online.
This year the IGF2016 has been themed ‘Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’ which is being organized at the PALCCO Centre from 6-9 December 2016 in Jalisco,
Mexico.
The IGF 2016 is an open platform for consultation with the growing IGF multistakeholder community, with an aim to enhance capacity building and participation from stakeholders from developing countries, youth and those joining the IGF online.
This year the IGF secretariat has changed its format introducing new segments like:
1. Newcomers Track: The IGF 2016 Newcomers Track aims to help participants attending the IGF annual meeting for the first time, to understanding the IGF processes and to foster the integration of all new-coming stakeholders into the IGF community.
a. 20-MINUTE LIGHTNING SESSIONS :Lightning sessions are intended as quicker, more informal versions of full-length talks or presentations. High-scoring workshop proposals with compatible formats which were not originally selected during the IGF 2016 workshop evaluation process have been brought in and re-formatted for the lightning sessions programme.
b. CORNER SESSIONS: Corner sessions take place simultaneously in four corners of a room. They emerge based on what the participants present most want to talk about: issues are proposed on post-its placed on a board, and the most popular ones move on to discussion into the corners of the room.
c. UN-CONFERENCE SESSIONS: Un-conference sessions are talks which are not pre-scheduled. Participants reserve a speaking slot by signing themselves up on a scheduling board on a first-come, first-serve basis on the day of the Un-conference.
There were 272 workshops or sessions in IGF 2016, In the course of four days, more than 2000 delegates from 83 countries participated with thousands more stakeholders actively engaging online.
