3rd Regional Internet Governance Forum will be organized in Baku

Baku. 1 December. REPORT.AZ/ The 3rd Regional Internet Governance Forum (RIGFAZ-2015) on “Creating Regional Development Environment of ICT Innovations" will be held on December 3-4, 2015. 

Report informs citing the Baku branch of the UNO, RIGFAZ-2015 will be joinly organized by the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, UNDP Azerbaijan and ADA University. It should be noted that Annual Regional Internet Governance Forum is an outcome of the 7th Internet Governance Forum held in Baku in 2012.

The purpose of the event is to foster joint cooperation and exchange of experience between National ICT participants and international specialists, at the same time to ensure involvement of regions in the Regional Internet Governance of Azerbaijan which is a regional hub of the ICT development. In the framework of the event, interesting topics on “Transforming Education with Technology”, “Cyber Security for Privacy and Innovation - Initiatives of the Regional Cyber Security Alliances”, “Computer Science Education” etc. will be discussed. About 250-300 representatives of the Government and other foreign countries, business representatives, academic institutions and members of civil society will come together to discuss current issues related to the Internet in upcoming two days.

NAR is the general sponsor of the event.