The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) will be hosting two virtual sessions on 2-3 November 2020 at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Join us on zoom, participate online, or follow the live stream via the interactive schedule or the IGF website.
Cyberstability Stocktaking of Norms and Institutional Dialogues
MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2020 | 09:35 – 11:05 CET
Commissioners will present the findings and developments of the GCSC Report “Advancing Cyberstability” and engage with government actors to reflect
back at the main outcomes and ongoing work of the UN OEWG and GGE, the UNSG High Level Panel, the Paris Call and similar initiatives working on cyber norms. It will explore ways
in which to advance a concerted multistakeholder approach that advances the development, implementation and adherence to norms.
Speakers:
- Latha Reddy, Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, Former Deputy National Security Advisor of India
- Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola, Executive Chairman of Consultancy Support Services Ltd., Founding & Steering Committee Member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation – Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT)
- Khoo Boon Hui, former President of INTERPOL from 2008-2012, Senior Fellow of the Civil Service College and the Home Team Academy, advisor to INTERPOL
- Frederick Douzet, Professor at the French Institute of Geopolitics at Paris 8 University, chairwoman of the Castex Chair of Cyber Strategy
- Christopher Painter, President of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise Foundation, Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues, U.S. State Department
- Jürg Lauber, Chair of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security (UN OEWG)
- Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Chair of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing responsible State behaviour in cyberspace in the context of international security (UN GGE)
- Heli Tiirmaa Klaar, Ambassador at Large for Cyber Diplomacy, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Regine Grienberger, Cyber Ambassador, Federal Foreign Office of Germany
- Paul Zajac, Deputy Director for Strategic Affairs and Cybersecurity, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
- David Koh, Chief Executive of the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore
- Moderated by Alexander Klimburg, Director of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace Initiative and Secretariat
Protecting the Public Core of the Internet: from Formulation to Implementation
TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2020 | 09:00 – 10:10 CET
Threats to the DNS system highlight the need to protect the core Internet functionalities. In 2017, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) issued its
flagship norm to protect the public core of the Internet, which is now part of EU law, adopted by the Paris Call, and included in the pre-draft of the UN OEWG report. This
session will give an overview of recent developments and explore ways in which to advance a concerted multistakeholder approach to advance this norm.
Speakers:
- Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google.
- Jeff Moss, Founder and Creator of Black Hat and DEF CON
- Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor Emeritus, University of Aarhus, former member on the ICANN Board of Directors, and former Special Ambassador of the NETMundial Initiative
- Marietje Schaake, International Director of Policy at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center, President of the CyberPeace institute. Former member of European Parliament.
- Anriette Esterhuysen, Director of Global Policy and Strategy, Association for Progressive Communications.
- Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation and Chair of CyFy.
- Nathalie Jaarsma, Ambassador at-Large for Security Policy and Cyber, Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Serge Droz, Chair, Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST).
- Sheetal Kumar, Senior Programme Lead, Global Partners Digital.
- Moderated by Alexander Klimburg, Director of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace Initiative and Secretariat
