The Road to Internet Governance Forum 2023

At the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) from October 8 to 12 in Kyoto, Japan, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications & Information, Alan Davidson, will join government officials from the European Commission, Kenya, and IGF host Japan to convene a multi-stakeholder dialogue on how to realize the principles enshrined in the Declaration for the Future of the Internet (DFI). The DFI reasserts a vision of the global Internet as a platform for openness and innovation, while promoting and protecting human rights. Further, Assistant Secretary Davidson will also open a roundtable discussion focusing on Digital Inclusion Through a Multilingual Internet, which will take a deep look at the role of Universal Acceptance in promoting Internet multilingualism and how multilingualism is a key component of meaningful connectivity. Also, NTIA will participate in a range of programming on artificial intelligence (AI) and will work to advance Japan’s leadership of the G7 Hiroshima Process on AI, which includes promoting AI governance guided by democratic values.  The NTIA supports bottom-up processes like the IGF—where government, the private sector, technical community, and civil society come together to address issues in a timely and flexible manner—that have been an important key to the past success of the Internet and is critical to its future.