Swiss Internet Governance Forum

The Swiss Internet Governance Forum (Swiss IGF) provides a forum for open and democratic dialogue among stakeholder groups from government, administration, business, science and civil society. They exchange views on the most pressing issues surrounding digitalisation, ranging from artificial intelligence, platform regulation and data management tothe protection of fundamental rights in the digital age. The Swiss IGF aims to advance the development of the internet as an open space for the good of all.

The 2023 Swiss IGF

The last Swiss IGF took place on Tuesday 13 June 2023 as a hybrid event, virtually and in person at the Welle 7 in Bern. Participation was free of charge and open to all interested parties. The programm design for the Swiss IGF were based on a call for issues. As such, the content of the programme and the topics to be covered were determined not by the organisers but by all interested attendees in a participatory bottom-up process. Further information about Swiss IGF 2023 is available at Swiss IGF 2023 | igf.swiss.

National spin-off of a global process

The Swiss IGF is the national spin-off from the global process of the UN Internet Governance Forum, in which all stakeholders agree on the definition of rules of the internet (internet governance). The Global Internet Governance Forum was created in 2005 at the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Since 2006, more than 120 regional and national forums have been set up spontaneously. The largest regional forum is the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG). The Swiss IGF was set up in 2015 and generally takes place on an annual basis. Interested parties can participate in and actively contribute to IGF processes.

OFCOM's role

The Swiss IGF is led and supported by a steering group consisting of around a dozen volunteers from the worlds of politics, administration, business, science and civil society. It is under the patronage of the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM).

 

 
 

Last modification 04.05.2023

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