LACIGF 17

LACIGF 2024 announces venue in Santiago, Chile

We announce that the 17th edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF) will be held in Santiago, Chile. This event, which brings together the community interested in Internet governance, will take place between November 4 and 8, 2024 (date subject to change), along with parallel activities.

Among the current developments for this event, the LACIGF Workshop Selection Committee (CST) has been formed, which will be responsible for choosing the workshops to be held this year as part of the agenda of the annual event. Seventy-four people from 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the call for the formation of this committee. The LACIGF Multi-Stakeholder Committee (CMPI) conducted a selection process considering experience and geographic, multisectoral and gender diversity.

CMPI and Colnodo as the LACIGF Secretariat thank all those who applied to be part of the CST, valuing and highlighting their interest in supporting this multi-sectoral dialogue process.

We extend a cordial invitation to follow closely the news, activities and calls of the Forum that will take place throughout this year.

The composition of the Workshop Selection Committee for this year 2024 can be consulted here: https://lacigf.org/en/conformation/

Definition of LACIGF work topics for the year 2024

For the celebration of the 2024 edition, the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF) extended an invitation to all interested parties to propose relevant topics for the discussion of Internet governance from regional and local perspectives.

A total of 91 responses were received from 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries. They prioritized among the proposed topics and suggested new topics in an open manner.

The selected topics are:

– AI and Emerging Technologies
– Human Rights
– Cybersecurity
– Universal Access and Meaningful Connectivity
– Digital Governance and Cooperation
– Environment and sustainability
– Education and digital literacy
– Gender and diversity
– Ethical and legal challenges

More detailed information on the consultation can be found at: See document.

Call for Sessions

As of July 15, 2024, the Call for Session Nominations for LACIGF 2024 is now open.

For the first time and according to the mandate of the new LACIGF statutes, the 17th edition of the Forum will include sessions proposed by the Latin American and Caribbean community, which will be selected by the Workshop Selection Committee.

Read the Call for Sessions.

Call for Sessions 17 LACIGF