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Internet Governance Council (IGC) of the Republic of Armenia invites on november 10 to the 7th Armenian Internet governance forum — ArmIGF-2022.
The forum is organized by the Ministry of High-Tech Industry, Internet Society NGO and Internet Society Armenia Chapter NGO.
ArmIGF-2022 will be held in a hybrid format: online and onsite.
The forum will take place at Congress hotel, Italia str.1, Yerevan.
The registration is open from October 3 till November 3.
The forum is open for all stakeholder groups who are interested in Internet governance issues.
Topics for discussion
Regulation of information on the Internet
Fragmentation of the Internet
Infrastructure and satellite internet service
Accessibility and other issues
Organizers
Program
Registration — welcome coffee
10:00 — 10:30 | Opening ceremony
- Internet Governance council — MHI of the RA
- Igor Mkrtumyan — «Internet Society» NGO board chair
- Danko Jevtović — ICANN, Board Vice-Chair
- Anja Gengo — Internet Governance and policy advisor at the IGF secretariat
- Vahan Hovsepyan — RIPE NCC, External relations officer
- Kristina Hakobyan -«Internet Society» NGO board member
- Hayk Chobanyan — «Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises» NGO
- Davit Sahakyan — Ministry of High -Tech Industry of RA, deputy minister
- Hamlet Mkrtchyan — Ministry of Economy of RA, deputy CEO at national center for innovation and entrepreneurship
- Davit Grigoryan — “DevSoft” , head of the company
Discussion
11:30 — 12:30 | Regulation of information on the Internet, legal regulations
- Liana Doydoyan — «Freedom of Information» NGO, expert
- Davit Margaryan — Head of the Legal and Licensing Department of the RA TV and Radio Commission
- Samvel Martirosyan — ArmSec Foundation Director
- Arshak Kerobyan — Ministry of HTI of RA, Head of digitalisation department
- Grigori Saghyan — Internet Society NGO board Vice-chair
- Hayk Mkrtchyan — Head of Division on Combating High-Tech Crimes
Discussion
12:30 — 13:30 | Fragmentation of the Internet. «Clean Network» or «New IP»?
- Grigori Saghyan (moderator) — Internet Society NGO board Vice-chair
- Vahan Hovsepyan — RIPE NCC, External relations officer
- Thomas Mazejian — CIO at MTS Armenia
Discussion
13:30 — 14:30 | Lunch
14:30 — 15:30 | Internet infrastructure in Armenia and Starlink services
- Vahan Hovsepyan — RIPE NCC, External relations officer
- Igor Mkrtumyan — «Internet Society» NGO board chair
- Dan York — Internet Society, «Low Earth Orbit satellite» Project leader / online
- Karen Grigoryan — Ministry of HTI of the RA, Head of communication Division
- Gevorg Gevorgyan — PSRC, head of telecommunications department
- Armen Muradyan — «Union of operators» NGO, board chair
Discussion
15:30 — 16:30 | NFT domains: competition or cooperation?
- Arthur Varderesyan — «Menq Consulting» managing partner, IP & IT consultant.
- Vigen Arushanyan — President of the Armenian Blockchain Association Panelists
- Davit Arakelyan — Crypto Development Armenia NGO, CEO
- Alain Durand — ICANN, Principal Technologist / online
- Arman Arzumanyan — Brandon LLC, CEO
Discussion
16:30 — 17:00 | Coffee break
17:00 — 18:00 | Internet accessibility, support for vulnerable groups of Internet users, children online safety
- Kristine Gyonjyan — «Union of operators» NGO CEO
- Yuri Avetisyan -«Armenian association of the blind» NGO of the disabled
- Gevorg Gevorgyan — PSRC, head of telecommunications department
- Arshak Kerobyan — Ministry of HTI of RA, Head of digitalisation department
- Lusine Grigoryan — Media Initiatives Center , media literacy expert
- Lusine Muradyan — RA Ararat region, secondary school named after Levon Ghazaryan, teacher of informatics
- Ministry of Education and Science
Discussion
18:00 — 18:30 | Summary
ArmIGF — history and objectives
Armenia joined the global IGF in 2015.The first Armenian internet governance conference was organized. ArmIGF is an open, inclusive, transparent platform for dialogue and cooperation.
It is an annual meeting with the participation of representatives of the state, public and private sectors.
Issues related to Internet governance are discussed, information and best practice is presented.
Contributes to the development of the Internet’s opportunities, to confronting emerging risks and challenges, as well as to the universal understanding and solution of problems.
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