9th Georgian Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
14 December Rooms Hotel Tbilisi, 14 Merab Kostava Street

Registration
09.00- 10:00

Forum Opening
10:00am–10.30am
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Guram Guramishvili – Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
David Tsiklauri – USAID Senior Private Sector Development Advisor
Natia Kukuladze– Member of the National Communications Commission of Georgia

USAID report on Georgia Digital Ecosystem- Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA)
10.30am – 10.45am
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Mikael Baker-Senior Digital Development and Cybersecurity Advisor (DDA), USAID/Georgia

E-Commerce Governance Georgia
10.45am – 11.45am
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Moderator:
Tamar Buadze, GoG Capacity Building Component Lead, The USAID Economic Governance Program
Giorgi Papava, Practice Head, Private sector development, ISET Policy Institute, E-Commerce Reform-Progress Assessment
Panel Discussion:
E-Commerce Reform – Eka Kubusidze – Head of Department, Communications, Information and Modern Technologies Department at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia;
David Zukhbaia – Head of Department, Support Division of Dispute Resolution Commission at the National Bank of Georgia;
Lado Kandelaki – Chairman, E-Commerce Association – Georgia

Coffee Break
11.45am – 12.15pm

Georgia at the crossroads of international data connections and the new challenges of Internet fragmentation
12.15pm – 13.15pm
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Moderator:
Dr. Vladimer Svanadze – Doctor in Public Administration, Affiliated Professor at the Business and Technology University (BTU)
Panelists:
Eka Imedadze– Member of the National Communications Commission of Georgia
Eka Kubusidze – Head of the Communications, Information and Modern Technologies Department, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Vahan Hovsepyan – External Relations Officer, RIPE NCC
Himmat Singh Sandhu – Digital Development Specialist, WB

New Law on PDP and EU standards and Georgia
13.15pm – 13.30pm
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Ketevan Kukava, Head of the Personal Data Protection Special Interest Group at “Internet Society Georgia Chapter” – New Law on Personal Data Protection and the Importance of Implementing European Standards for Georgia

Lunch Break
13.30pm – 14.20pm

Internet Fragmentation Challenge
14.20pm – 14.30pm
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Mikhail Anisimov, Global Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager Eastern Europe & Central Asia Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Internet Infrastructure Development – 5G, Infrastructure sharing new law, IXP in Georgia and other trеnds
14.30pm – 15.30pm
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Moderator
Sandro Karumidze – Head of Spectrum and Technology Department, ComCom
Panelists
Eka Kubusidze – Head of ICT Department at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Mariam Sulaberidze – Director, Open Net
Eka Sichinava – Head of Competition and Market Regulation Department, ComCom
Rati Akhvlediani – General Director, InexPhone Telecom
Ucha Seturi – Chairman of the Board, Internet Exchange Association of Georgia

Digital governance and technology law challenges, ethical and legal standards of artificial intelligence
15.30pm – 16.30pm
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Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Zviad Gabisonia, Head of Ph.D. Program of Digital Governance and AI in Public Sector, Business and Technology University
The panelists:
Tamila Shabashvili, Head of the Staff of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, Parliament of Georgia
Tamar Rostiashvili, Head of the Analytical Department, Ministry of Justice
Prof. Dr. George Khatidze, LL.M., Dean of the Faculty of Law, Caucasus International University

Coffee Break
16.30pm – 16.45pm

Digital Literacy Education in Georgia – results and challenges; cyber-education on the academic level: Digital Citizenship Index
16.45pm – 17.45pm
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Moderator:
Marika Sikharulidze, expert on Digital Literacy
Panelists:
Natia Kukuladze – Member of the Communication Commission
Nikoloz Gagnidze – USAID National Governance Program
Dali Osepashvili –The Black Sea International University
Vladimer Svanadze – Business and Technology University
David Kiziria – Institute for Digital Society
David Shavgulidze – Institute for Digital Society

Forum Summary and Closure
17.45pm – 18.00pm
9th Georgian Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
14 December Rooms Hotel Tbilisi, 14 Merab Kostava Street

Registration
09.00- 10:00

Forum Opening
10:00am–10.30am
See More
Report
Video
Guram Guramishvili – Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
David Tsiklauri – USAID Senior Private Sector Development Advisor
Natia Kukuladze– Member of the National Communications Commission of Georgia

USAID report on Georgia Digital Ecosystem- Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA)
10.30am – 10.45am
See More
Report
Video
Mikael Baker-Senior Digital Development and Cybersecurity Advisor (DDA), USAID/Georgia

E-Commerce Governance Georgia
10.45am – 11.45am
See More
Report
Video
Moderator:
Tamar Buadze, GoG Capacity Building Component Lead, The USAID Economic Governance Program
Giorgi Papava, Practice Head, Private sector development, ISET Policy Institute, E-Commerce Reform-Progress Assessment
Panel Discussion:
E-Commerce Reform – Eka Kubusidze – Head of Department, Communications, Information and Modern Technologies Department at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia;
David Zukhbaia – Head of Department, Support Division of Dispute Resolution Commission at the National Bank of Georgia;
Lado Kandelaki – Chairman, E-Commerce Association – Georgia

Coffee Break
11.45am – 12.15pm

Georgia at the crossroads of international data connections and the new challenges of Internet fragmentation
12.15pm – 13.15pm
See More
Report
Video
Moderator:
Dr. Vladimer Svanadze – Doctor in Public Administration, Affiliated Professor at the Business and Technology University (BTU)
Panelists:
Eka Imedadze– Member of the National Communications Commission of Georgia
Eka Kubusidze – Head of the Communications, Information and Modern Technologies Department, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Vahan Hovsepyan – External Relations Officer, RIPE NCC
Himmat Singh Sandhu – Digital Development Specialist, WB

New Law on PDP and EU standards and Georgia
13.15pm – 13.30pm
See More
Report
Video
Ketevan Kukava, Head of the Personal Data Protection Special Interest Group at “Internet Society Georgia Chapter” – New Law on Personal Data Protection and the Importance of Implementing European Standards for Georgia

Lunch Break
13.30pm – 14.20pm

Internet Fragmentation Challenge
14.20pm – 14.30pm
See More
Report
Video
Mikhail Anisimov, Global Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager Eastern Europe & Central Asia Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Internet Infrastructure Development – 5G, Infrastructure sharing new law, IXP in Georgia and other trеnds
14.30pm – 15.30pm
See More
Report
Video
Moderator
Sandro Karumidze – Head of Spectrum and Technology Department, ComCom
Panelists
Eka Kubusidze – Head of ICT Department at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Mariam Sulaberidze – Director, Open Net
Eka Sichinava – Head of Competition and Market Regulation Department, ComCom
Rati Akhvlediani – General Director, InexPhone Telecom
Ucha Seturi – Chairman of the Board, Internet Exchange Association of Georgia

Digital governance and technology law challenges, ethical and legal standards of artificial intelligence
15.30pm – 16.30pm
See More
Report
Video
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Zviad Gabisonia, Head of Ph.D. Program of Digital Governance and AI in Public Sector, Business and Technology University
The panelists:
Tamila Shabashvili, Head of the Staff of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, Parliament of Georgia
Tamar Rostiashvili, Head of the Analytical Department, Ministry of Justice
Prof. Dr. George Khatidze, LL.M., Dean of the Faculty of Law, Caucasus International University

Coffee Break
16.30pm – 16.45pm

Digital Literacy Education in Georgia – results and challenges; cyber-education on the academic level: Digital Citizenship Index
16.45pm – 17.45pm
See More
Report
Video
Moderator:
Marika Sikharulidze, expert on Digital Literacy
Panelists:
Natia Kukuladze – Member of the Communication Commission
Nikoloz Gagnidze – USAID National Governance Program
Dali Osepashvili –The Black Sea International University
Vladimer Svanadze – Business and Technology University
David Kiziria – Institute for Digital Society
David Shavgulidze – Institute for Digital Society

Forum Summary and Closure
17.45pm – 18.00pm