Thank you again to all that attended the UK IGF in December 2025. We’re pleased to share that the report from the meeting has now been published. You can read the report and catch up on recordings of the sessions on our website: https://t.co/dGXCqxItSm
Thanks again to everyone that attended UK IGF 2025 in December. If you missed the event, or just want to recap any of the sessions, you can now find the recordings over on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/3Zh5J1utJx
Thank you to the participants, speakers, and partners who made this year's UK IGF 2025 possible.
Revisit the highlights and key discussions in our recap video: https://t.co/okkZ71o6AX
Our great compères, Esther Jaromitski from DSIT and Matthew McDermott from Access Partnership, close today’s event with a summary of today’s insightful discussions.
Thank you to our speakers, attendees, and all involved for another successful UK IGF.
"[Children are] growing up in an extremely complicated world" - Mark Russell opens a panel on how the internet industry can protect and support the rights of children and young people online.
He's joined by Jen Persson, Dr Kim Ringmar-Sylwander, and Sonia Livingstone OBE FBA.
Our next session focuses on the topic of a UK Digital ID - how can we ensure a balance of power between the citizen and the state. Our chair, Wendy Grossman is joined by Professor Mirca Madianou, Karla Prudencio and David Birch.
Speaking on the UN World Summit on the Information Society, Paul Blaker, DSIT, says that "there is a request for the IGF to report to other parts of the UN system, which I think will give it greater influence".
.@CeciliaRikap explores how cloud giants subsume AI start-ups into their networks of control via ownership, and how this power is a rights issue - "The cloud is like the Tesco of internet technologies"
With our lives transformed by AI - how to ethically manage AI is a hot topic. Our Ethics of AI Workshop conveners Sal Mohammed and Stacie Chan looked at what AI could look like in 2030 with input from our audience in the room and online.
Our panel discusses Digital Fragmentation from a User Perspective, with comment from Izaan Khan, Rachel Coldicutt, Alice Taylor and Sheetal Kumar, who says: "Some countries only get one way to connect to the internet. It’s better here in the UK - but there are still restrictions”
Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE, Minister for the Digital Economy, DSIT and Department for Business and Trade kicks off #UKIGF25 with a fantastic keynote, highlighting how "The internet is a shared resource, and its governance should reflect that diversity".
Welcome everyone to this year’s #UKIGF25!
Elaine Quinn, Director of Corporate Affairs, @Nominet opens this year’s event, introducing this year's global theme, "Building Digital Governance Together", and what this means for the future of internet governance.
In-person registration for this year’s UK IGF has now closed due to capacity.
You can still join us virtually on Thursday 11th December to hear from an exclusive panel on digital IDs, including what we can learn from other countries: https://t.co/fuXikzrTpy
Join us at the UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) on Thursday 11th December for a timely update on the 20-year review of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
There's still time to register to join us online.
Sign up now: https://t.co/VNbVIFHBw1
Are you interested in AI ethics?
Join us online at the UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) on Thursday 11th December to take part in a hands-on workshop on AI ethics and share your ideas.
Sign up now to get involved: https://t.co/SNAUSkreBF
Join us at this year’s UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) on Thursday 11th December in London or online as we explore digital fragmentation from a user perspective, both in the UK and beyond.
Don’t miss out – secure your place now: https://t.co/G26sniatxn
With just a few key players dominating the tech landscape, how can we think about power concentration as a rights issue?
Join us at this year’s UK Internet Governance Forum on 11th December at Kings Place in London or online to find out: https://t.co/SI9tM17itT
Join us on Thursday 11th December at Kings Place in London or online to discover what children’s rights online look like in 2025 and beyond. We’ll be exploring freedom of expression, access to information and privacy.
Sign up now: https://t.co/PUtFAeOEYy
Join us at the 2025 UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) on Thursday 11th December at Kings Place in London or online to hear from DSIT Minister, Baroness Liz Lloyd CBE on the digital policy agenda.
Sign up now: https://t.co/5C9J5oCt3K
There’s still time to sign up for the 2025 UK Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Meeting on Thursday 11th December at Kings Place in London.
Join us either in-person or remotely to explore topical issues in digital policy: https://t.co/iYr51CTrMQ