2023 Events

NAIGF 2023

2023 NORTH AFRICAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM (NAIGF)

Future of the Internet and virtual reality challenges and opportunities

Tripoli, Libya, Radisson Blue Hotel, 19-21 May 2023

Program

DAY 1 – Friday 19 May

09:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:00
Openning Session
Session (1)

Internet of Tomorrow: Opportunities and Threats

Moderator: Omar Shuran

Panelists:
  • Anja Gengo, UN IGF Secretariat
  • Ming Kuok Lim, UNESCO
  • Sally Costerton, ICANN

11:00 – 11:30 

Break
AM Coffee

11:30 – 12:30

Session (2)

Privacy & Data Protection Versus the OTT Policies

Moderator: Tijani BEN JEMAA

Panelists:
  • Xianhong Hu, UNESCO
  • Mohamed Higazi
  • Mohamed Farahat
  • Wafa Dahméni

12:30 – 14:00 

Break
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Session (3)
Towards the adoption of a Cybersecurity Regional Strategy

Moderator: Martin Koyabe

Panelists:
  • Mohamed Farahat
  • Haytham El Mir
  • Khaled Gammou
  • Ahmed Abdelhafez
15:00 – 15:30 
Break
PM Coffee
15:30 – 16:30
Session (4)
New Technologies: Lessons learned, Opportunities & Threats alleviation

Moderator: Aroua Hedhili

Panelists:
  • Mohamed El Bishty
  • Fayçal Bayouli
  • Idriss Abdelhedi

DAY 2 – Saturday 20 May

09:00 – 10:00
Session (5)
National and Regional Legal Framework for Internet Governance

Moderator: Wafa Dahméni

Panelists:
  • Mohamed Farahat
  • Mohamed Higazi
  • Hanane Boujami
  • Shaban Okash
  • Taher Abu El Eid

10:00 – 10:30 

Break
AM Coffee
10:30 – 11:30











11:30 – 12:30
Session (6)











Session (7)
Industrial Revolution between 4.0 and X.0 generations and its impact on the future of public policies

Moderator: Aicha Jeridi

Panelists:
  • Aroua Hedhili
  • Houssine Saf
  • Khaled Koubaa
  • Ehab Khalifa
Role of the private sector in trade & digital economy and their impact on the Region’s States & communities

Moderator: Abdallah Radwan

Panelists:
  • Samar Bagouri
  • Karim Zitouni
  • Mohamed Alaswad
  • Bashir Badi

12:30 – 14:00 

Break
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Session (8)
Social effects of digital media and social media on the family

Moderator: Khaled Gulam

Panelists:
  • Ahmed Farag
  • Hawa Alfoghi
  • Fawzia Ginaw
  • Saleh Alhawij

15:00 – 15:30 

Break
PM Coffee
15:30 – 16:30
Session (9)
Towards the launch of the North African Youth Internet Governance Forum

Moderator: Aicha Jeridi

Panelists:
  • NASIG Alumni

DAY 3 - Sunday 21 May

09:00 – 10:00

Session (10)
National IGFs: Challenges, lessons learned and reinforcement

Moderator: Tijani Ben Jemaa

Panelists:
  • Khaled Koubaa, Tunisia
  • Houssine Saf, Morocco
  • Younes Grar, Algeria
  • Shahir Boshra, Egypt
  • Mohamed Lamine Salihi, Mauritania

10:00 – 10:30 

Break

AM Coffee

10:30 – 12:30






12:30 – 13:15
Session (11)






Closing Session

High Level Panel: Towards a Coordinated Policy on
Internet Governance in North Africa (Possibility, Requirements …….)

Moderator: Khaled Gulam

Rapporteur: Aicha Jeridi
Panelists: Representatives of the 7 North African Governments

Tripoli Declaration on Harmonized Internet Governance Policy in North Africa

Speakers

NAIGF-Speakers (3)