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<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px;color:rgb(16,21,23)"><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="https://isoc.live/15774" style="color:#0675c4;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/fiforum2022-2-300x169.png" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:24px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Thursday September 29 2022</strong> at <strong>10:00-16:30pm EEST</strong> (07:00 – 13:30 UTC) the <strong><a href="https://internetforum.fi/2022/09/15/finnish-internet-forum-2022/" style="color:#0675c4;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Finnish Internet Forum</a></strong> will convene at the University of Helsinki to discuss three topical issues: future of the freedom of expression on the Internet in cross pressures from governments and tech giants; new and future regulation by European Union; and the role of national and regional internet for a in the preparations for the Global Digital Compact. </span><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>The two first topics are discussed in Finnish, the last one in English.</b></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px">The Finnish Internet Forum is an annual multistakeholder event, set up in 2010 to discuss internet-related issues from a Finnish perspective.</p>
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<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span></strong><strong style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">10.00/07.00 OPENING REMARKS + KEYNOTE</strong><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(FI)</span></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>Suna Kymäläinen</strong>, Chair of the Committee on Transport and Communications, Finnish Parliament<br><strong>Timo Harakka</strong>, Minister of Transport and Communications<br><strong>Miapetra Kumpula-Natri</strong>, Member of European Parliament</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>10.40/07.40 PANEL</strong> (FI)<br>Are the giants of platform economy the best thing that happened to freedom of expression since Gutenberg, or are they a threat worse than imagined by Orwell? Do the attempts by governments to control discussion on the Internet threaten the freedom of expression, or do they save it from all evil?<br><strong>Yrsa Gruene-Luoma</strong>, Chair, Reporters Without Borders, Finland Chapter<br><strong>Heidi Jern</strong>, Director, Public Affairs, Google Finland<br><strong>Stefan Lindström</strong>, Ambassador (Digitalization/Technology Affairs)<br><strong>Dr. Matti Nelimarkka</strong>, Lecturer, Centre for Social Data Science, University of Helsinki<br><strong>MODERATOR</strong><br><strong>Tapani Tarvainen</strong>, Electronic Frontier of Finland.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>13.00/10.00 PANEL</strong> (FI)<br>Internet is in the focus of renewed regulatory efforts of the European Union, but what is the meaning of it all for Finland?<br><strong>Meeri Toivanen</strong>, LLM, Specialist in Fair Data Economy at the Finnish Innovation Fund (SITRA)<br><strong>Marième Korhonen</strong>, Senior Safety and. Security Specialist, Ministry of Transport and Communications<br><strong>Iiro Ihanamäki</strong>, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment<br><strong>Kreetta Simola</strong>, Senior Ministerial Adviser Ministry of Transport and Communications</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>15.00/12.00 DISCUSSION – Towards Global Digital Compact</strong> (EN)<br>Internet Governance fora at all levels – global, regional, national – have a key role in the preparations for the Global Digital Compact (GDC), proposed by the U.N. Secretary General to be adopted at the Summit on the Future of the U.N. General Assembly 2023.<br><strong>Sandra Hoferichter</strong>, Secretary-General, EuroDIG<br><strong>Anja Gengo</strong>, National and regional initiatives. IGF Secretariat<br><strong>Lisa Fuhr</strong>, Director General, ETNO<br><strong>Juuso Moisander</strong>, Counselor, Permanent Mission of Finland in Geneva<br><strong>MODERATOR</strong><br><strong>Yrjö Länsipuro</strong>, ISOC Finland</p>
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