Get involved with Organizing a Session
Each year the IGF-USA community selects 8 sessions on the most pressing issues facing the Internet, nationally and globally. Based on the results of the 2020 survey and discussion of the IGF-USA Steering Committee, the following sessions have been selected for the IGF-USA 2020:
- Encrypting our communications and data: Should governments get a back door?
- What citizens want to see in data governance and privacy solutions
- The impact of Infrastructure security on the end user
- Should online platforms moderate and be accountable for user-created content?
- How should we be preparing for Artificial Intelligence?
- Winning the Race to IoT and 5G
- Digital Inclusion in the age of COVID-19
- Did America’s Tech Industry Deliver for Americans during COVID-19
- How will COVID-19 affect the evolution of Internet governance?
With these selections, the IGF-USA Steering Committee (SC) has kicked off the panel organizing process, which is open to anyone that wants to participate.
If you sign-up to participate, please familiarize yourself with the IGF-USA Principles. This list provides an overview of what volunteers can expect:
- Time commitment:
- Panel Leads: 2 hours/week on average (higher workload during first few weeks and leading up to the conference)
- Team members: 2 hours/week on average (higher workload during first few weeks and leading up to the conference)
- Tasks
- Joining Team Calls: Approximately one call every 2-3 weeks (Actual frequency is determined by the team)
- Contribute to the drafting of Title, Description, and supporting materials (if necessary)
- Suggesting and recruiting panelists
- Develop the session report for the IGF-USA 2020 report
- Suggesting panelists, question formation, building the narrative for the session, reporting, outreach
- Scope: The topics of the session should be addressed from a perspective that takes into account Internet governance and policy.