Georgian Internet Governance 6th Virtual Forum

AGENDA

2 December

10.30–11.00 Opening and Welcome

Akaki Saghirashvili, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Deputy Minister
Londa Toloraia, The State Inspector
Natalia Voutova, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia
Jane Coffin, Senior Vice President, Internet Society (ISOC)
Chris Buckridge , RIPE NCC, Head of External Relations
Göran Marby , CEO and President of the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Merab Katamаdze, Communications Commission, Commissioner

11.00-11.10 Signature of MoU between the Communications Commission and ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

11.10-11.15 Break

11.15-12.30 Panel: Gigabit society and Georgia

Moderator: Dr. Natia Kuprashvili, Chairman at Journalism Resource Center, CEO Alliance of Broadcasters
Online Moderator: Sophio Tvalavadze, ICT department, Ministry of Economy and sustainable Development of Georgia

Eka Kubusidze, head of ICT department, Ministry of Economy and sustainable Development of Georgia
 Massimiliano Stucchi, Europe and CN Project Lead, Internet Society (ISOC)
Ekaterine Imedadze, Head of the Telecommunications Market Regulation Department of the Communications Commission
Mariam Sulaberidze, CEO, OpenNET
Levan Ardoteli, Guest House Ardoti, owner
Ucha Seturi, chair, Telecom Operators Association of Georgia (TOA)

12.30-12.45 Break

12.45-14.00 Panel: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Personal Data Protection

Moderator: Sophio Jiadze, Deputy State Inspector

Online Moderator: Giorgi Prozorov, Deputy head of Information technology and monitoring department, State Inpstector’s
Service

Yannick Meneceur - Head of Digital Development Unit, Council of Europe

Beka Kenkadze – Senior Lawyer of Private Sector Oversight department, State Inspector’s Service
Giga Chokheli – Developer and AI engineer
Khatuna Burkadze – Professor of Business and Technology University
Mariam Sharangia - Head of Strategic Development Department, Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency
Dachi Choladze – CEO of Pulsar

14.00-15.00 Break
15.00–16.15 Panel: Georgian top level domain .ge-zone Challenges

Moderator: Mzia Gogilashvili, Communications Commission

Online Moderator: Davit Aspanidze, Telecom Operators non commercial Unity

Champika Wijayatunga, ICANN, DNSSEC

Khatuna Shubitidze, Caucasus Online
David Birman, Domenebi.ge
Konstantin Karosanidze, Cloud9

16.15-16.30 Break

16.30-17.45 Panel: The Child Code and Internet

Moderator: Mariam Gogosashvili, Executive Director of the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics
Online Moderator: Natalie Saginashvili, Telecom Operators Association TOA

Ivane Makharadze - Head of Audiovisual Media Services Regulation Department, Communications Commission
Tamta Muradashvili - Director, Mtavari Channel LLC
Nikoloz Simonishvili - Manager of the media project, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
Brian O’Neill - Professor of Media and Communications and Director of Research, Enterprise & Innovation, Technological
University Dublin (Ireland)
17.45-17.50 Break

17.50-19.00 Panel: Covid19 and Rights of Digital Citizens and Media Literacy

Moderator: Nini Shengelia, Head of Digital Democracy Center, Representative of International University for Communications
“Alterbridge”, Invited Lecturer at Tbilisi State University
Online Moderator: Giorgi Jokhadze, Master Student (TSU Mass communication and Media studies)

Lauri Palsa -Senior adviser in National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI) Ministry of Education and Culture
Gvantsa Chkheidze - Communications Ombudsman
Nicola Iorio - Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Italy in Georgia
Archil Javelidze - Deputy Head of a Private Sector Oversight Department, the State Inspector’s Service

19.00 End of the day One