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The first Armenian Internet Governance Forum (ArmIGF) was held on 7-8 September, 2015 in Yerevan, Armenia. ArmIGF 2015 is organized by the multistakeholder Internet Governance Council (IGC) of the Republic of Armenia with the support of the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MTC) and the Internet Society NGO (ISOC Armenia). The main objectives of the forum were: to provide an open and transparent platform for all stakeholder groups; to bring up and discuss the Internet governance related issues; to give the floor to the wide community;to deliver the messages to the policy makers. The event was webcast live in English.
Agenda: http://armigf.am/schedule/
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Session 1 – Opening + Presentations (61 mins)
Opening Keynotes РPrime Minister / Minister; Fr̩d̩ric Donck, Director European Regional Bureau, Internet Society; Fadi Chehad̩, President and CEO, ICANN; Igor Mkrtumyan, President, Internet Society Armenia.
Multi-Stakeholder Model of Internet Governance for Armenia – Grigori Saghyan, VP, ISOC AM
.Õ°Õ¡Õµ Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) for Armenia – Lianna Galstyan, Board Member, ISOC AM
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Session 2 – Presentations (82 mins)
Universal Acceptance: Recent Achievements – DuÅ¡an Stojicevic, Chair, Serbian National Internet Domain Registry RNIDS
Digital Public Library of Armenia: a Dream or a Reality – Tigran Zargaryan, Director, National Library of Armenia
Internet of Things: Big Data and Big Opportunities for Economies – Vahan Hovsepyan, Director, ARMIX Foundation
ICANN accountability and IANA transition – Michael Yakushev, VP Stakeholder Engagement, ICANN
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Session 3 – New Media (86 mins)
Keynote Speakers: Boris Navasardyan, President, Yerevan Press Club; Samvel Martirosyan, New Media Expert
Key participants: Ara Ghazaryan, Lawyer; Tigran Kocharyan, Information Security Specialist.
Moderator: Petros Ghazaryan, Journalist. Rapporteur: Lusine Movsisyan, Journalist
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Session 4 – Network Neutrality (89 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Holly Raiche, ICANN ALAC ALT
Key participants: Vahan Hovsepyan, Director, ARMIX Foundation; Thomas Mazejian, Information Systems Department Manager, K-Telecom CJSC, (VivaCell-MTS); Armen Muradyan, Director, Arpinet LLC; Public Services Regulatory Commission representative
Moderator: Grigori Saghyan, VP, ISOC AM; Rapporteur: Misak Khachatryan, GNC Alfa Administrator
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Session 5 – E-tools for e-Society (80 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Hayk Chobanyan, UITE Armenia
Key participants: Ali Almeshal, ISOC Bahrain Chapter; Arman Atoyan, Founder, Director, X-TECH; Armen Manukyan, Masis company; Vahagn Poghosyan, Instigate;
Armen Nazaryan, ISOC AM Manager of Blinds Program.
Moderator: Artur Tunyan, EKENG Director; Rapporteur: Anna Karakhanyan, ISOC AM Board Member
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Session 6 – Presentations (104 mins)
Children Safety on the Internet – Narine Khachatryan, Safer Internet Armenia
Problems of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) – Vladimir Sahakyan, NAS RA
Intellectual Property Rights and Free Access to Internet Resources – Sarkis Knyazyan, Intellectual Property Rights Center of Armenia (IPRC)
The impact of Internet on further development of Armenian SMEs – Gagik Sargsyan, Noy Firm
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Session 7 – Cyber Security (62 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Bagrat Ghazinyan, Head of Legislative Department, Ministry of Justice
Key participants: Karen Gasparyan, Head of IT Security, UCom; Vaagn Toukharian, Director, OWASP; Gagik Makaryan, President, Republican Union of Employers of Armenia;
Moderator: Ruben Muradyan, CIO, PanArmenian Media Group; Rapporteur: Inna Kholodova, Board Member, ISOC AM, CERT-AM Administrator
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Session 8 – Content (69 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Sargis Darbinyan, RU BlackList Lawyer
Key participants: Arpine Hovhannisyan, Minister of Justice of RA; Mher Bekaryan, “Wikimedia Armenia†Scientific-Educational NGO Co-Founder, Board Member; David Alaverdyan, Mediamax; Samvel Hovsepyan,Police of RA; Haykaz Baghyan, Director, Media Education Center;
Moderator: Petros Ghazaryan, Journalist; Rapporteur: Siranush Vardanyan, ISOC Armenia Board Member, ICANN At-Large APRALO Chair
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Session 9 – Conclusions and final remarks
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