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IGF 2016 Schedule

Web Foundation team members Sonia Jorge (Executive Director, A4AI – @SoniaA4AI), Yacine Khelladi (Regional Coordinator for Latin America & the Caribbean, A4AI – @YacineWF), and Nanjira Sambuli (Digital Equality Advocacy Manager – @NiNanjira) are in Guadalajara, Mexico this week for Internet Governance Forum 2016.

 

Are you or your colleagues also attending IGF? Come say hello! Members of the A4AI and Web Foundation teams will be participating in the following sessions:

 

Monday, December 5

 

13:00-18:00

Advancing Solutions for Connectivity: Improving Global Coordination and Collaboration

Nanjira Sambuli will participate in panel discussion

 

Tuesday, December 6

 

10:45-11:45

Exploring Demand Side Drivers of Internet Adoption

Sonia Jorge will participate in panel discussion

 

15:05-15:25

Lightning Session | Research and Policy Advocacy Tools for #WomensRightsOnline

Presented by Nanjira Sambuli (Digital Inclusion Advocacy Manager)

 

Wednesday, December 7

 

9:00-11:00

Linking Connectivity, Human Rights, & Development

Sonia Jorge will participate in panel discussion

 

10:15-11:45

Best Practice Forum | Gender & Access

Nanjira Sambuli will participate in panel discussion

 

14:40-15:00

Lightning Session | Redefining Broadband Affordability for a More Inclusive Internet

Presented by Yacine Khelladi

 

15:00-16:30

Competition in the Digital Age: Between Status Quo and the Unknown

Sonia Jorge will participate in panel discussion

 

Thursday, December 8

 

10:00-13:00

Human Rights: Broadening the Conversation

Nanjira Sambuli will participate in panel discussion

 

12:30-13:30

Open Forum | Improving Coordination and Collaboration around Internet Access Initiatives, hosted by World Economic Forum

Nanjira Sambuli will participate in panel discussion

 

Friday, December 9

 

10:00-11:30

IGF Best Practice Forums (BPFs) and Policy Options for Connecting the Next Billion(s)

Yacine Khelladi to participate in panel discussion

 

10:15-11:15

Open Forum | EQUALS: Progress to Close the Gender Digital Divide with UN Women & ITU

Nanjira Sambuli to participate in panel discussion

 

12:00-13:00

Analyzing the Causes & Impacts of Internet Shutdowns

Nanjira Sambuli will participate in panel discussion