[Air-L] WEBCAST NOV 5 - Armenia Internet Governance Forum 2024

[Joly MacFie]

This is underway. As you might imagine, conversation is mostly in Armenian,
however the last two sessions will likely be all English.



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[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/18542>On *Tuesday November 5 2024*
 the *9th Armenia Internet Governance Forum
<https://armigf.am/en/forum2024/>* (ArmIGF) will be convened in Yerevan,
with the theme ‘*Cyber Reality and Secure Digital Future*‘. The forum is
organized by the *Ministry of High-Tech Industry
<https://hightech.gov.am/en/>*, *Internet Society NGO, <http://isoc.am/>*
 and *Internet Society Armenia Chapter NGO <https://www.isocchapter.am/>*.

*AGENDA https://armigf.am/en/forum2024/ <https://armigf.am/en/forum2024/>* (All
times AMT = UTC+4)

*10:00 Opening ceremony*
*Gevorg Mantashyan* – First Deputy Minister of High Tech Industry, RA
*H.E. Mr. John Gallagher* – British Ambassador to Armenia
*Igor Mkrtumyan* – Chair of the Board, Internet Society NGO
*Mikhail Anisimov* – Head of Global Stakeholder Engagement for Eastern
Europe and Central Asia, ICANN
*Vahan Hovsepyan* – Senior Community and Public Policy Advisor, RIPE NCC /
Member, Internet Governance Council of RA
*Nick Hyrka* – Community engagement manager European region, Internet
Society
*Ralph Yirikian* – General Director, Ucom
*Andrey Vorobyov* – Director, Coordination Center for .RU/.РФ TLD

*10:45 Armenia at a Digital Crossroad – how to build and lead the Armenian
Digital Navy?*
*Gevorg Mantashyan* – First Deputy Minister of High Tech Industry, RA
*Hrachya Arzumanian* – Expert on national security issues
Moderator: V*ahan Hovsepyan* – Senior Community and Public Policy Advisor,
RIPE NCC / Member, Internet Governance Council of RA

*12:00 Issues of Personal Data Protection in Newly Adopted Legal Acts:
Challenges and Solutions*
*Samvel Martirosyan* – Director, ArmSec Foundation / co-founder, CyberHub
*Hakob Sununu* – Director, Quality Management & Risk Control, UCOM
*Artur Sargsyan* – Senior law adviser, ISAA
Moderator: *Gevorg Hayrapetyan* – Personal data protection expert,
CyberHub, dpHub

14:00 Cybersecurity Challenges and Issues: Global Best Practices and
International Collaboration
*Nerses Yeritsyan* – Director, Information Systems Agency of Armenia
*Karen Gasparyan* – Executive Director, INFOSEC LLC
*Hayk Mkrtchyan* – Head , Division of Combating Cybercrimes, RA Ministry of
Internal Affairs Police
*Markko Kunnapu* – Ministry of Justice, Estonia / Adviser, Criminal Policy
Department
Moderator: *Armine Arzumanyan* – AUA College of Science and Engineering

*15:00 WSIS+20 updates in the frames of events on 2024, Future of the IGF,
Global Digital Compact and analysis of the Summit of the future*
*Aleksey Sandikov* – member IGC / member, RA Parliament
*Chris Buckridge* – Senior Strategy Advisor ,Global Forum on Cyber
Expertise (GFCE)
*Veni Markovski* – Vice-President for UN engagement, ICANN
*Amrita Choudhury* – Chair IGFSA / Chair APRALO
Moderator: *Mikhail Anisimov* – Head, Global Stakeholder Engagement for
Eastern Europe and Central Asia, ICANN

*16:15 National Content and ccTLDs: Strategies for Growth and Overcoming
Challenges*
*Kristina Hakobyan* – Board Vice Chair, Internet Society” NGO .am/.հայ
registry
*Irina Danelia* – deputy director, Coordination Center, .RU ccTLD/.РФ
*Sophie Khidasheli* – Senior Specialist, .GE ccTLD Registry
*Dejan Dukic* – CEO, RNIDS.RS
*Azizbek Kadirov* – .uz ccTLD administration / UZINFOCOM
Moderator: *Maria Kolesnikova* – Chief Analyst, Coordination Center, RU TLD

*17:00 Wrap up, closing*

*LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/DjxtjQoT78g <https://youtu.be/DjxtjQoT78g>*

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