FROM THE
YOUTH IGF

AGENDA

February 22, 2024/ 12:00-2:00pm CET
European Parliament Brussels Room A5E3 & Online

INVITATION TO THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST YOUTH IGF EU

HOSTED BY THE MEP Cristian-Silviu BUSOI, ITRE COMMITTEE CHAIR

Born from the outcomes of the UN Internet Governance Forum 2023 Open Forum event co-organised by the EU Delegation to the IGF and the Youth IGF and the growing number of requests from the global Youth IGF community, the Youth IGF EU has been created by a group of young leaders. It aims to raise the awareness of the young in the EU countries on Internet Governance and helps to create the next generation of the EU digital leaders.

*the format might have changes depending on the onsite facilities.

12:00-12:30 - Debate. MEPs Cristian-Silviu BUSOI & Marina KALJURAND answer the questions of the young leaders

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12:30-13:00 - Opening & Interventions from MEPs

AI Act, Cybersecurity Act and recent EU priorities

MEP Cristian-Silviu BUSOI, EPP, ITRE Committee Chair.
MEP Brando BENIFEI, S&D. Rapporteur on the AI Act.
MEP Marina KALJURAND, S&D. Shadow rapporteur on the DSA Act.
MEP Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, S&D. Rapporteur on the European strategy for data.
Introduction of young Leaders/ Q&A.

13:00-13:30 - Capacity-building session

Anja Gengo, UN IGF Secretariat
Esteve Sanz, EU Commission, Head of Sector Internet Governance and Multi-stakeholder Dialogue
Prof. Pedro Inácio, Pro-Rector for the Digital University, UBI.
IEEE Senior member
Dr. Regina Filipová Fuchsová, EURid/.eu, Industry Relations Manager
Nadia Tjahja, EuroDIG youth coordinator, TBC
Ass. Prof. Joanna Kulesza, University of Lodz, Lodz CyberHub

13:30-14:00 – Youth discussion/ Q&A

The Youth IGF EU main objective is to allow the voice of young people to be heard by Information Society leaders on issues related to Internet Governance and to help young people to take an active part in the decision-making processes in the EU countries.