In preparation for the Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto (IGF Kyoto 2023), the Domestic IGF Activity Revitalization Team was formed. The team has continued to meet since the event and will hold a study session on Monday, March 17, 2025. Professor Toshiaki Tateishi of the Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (KCGI) will give a lecture on the topic regarding “Approaches to Building a Clean, Safe, and Secure Internet Environment in Dot Kyoto”. This study session will be the held for the second time following the team’s regularly held meetings regarding Internet governance. Those who are interested in the lecture topic can participate for free. The study session will be held in a hybrid format with a local venue in Tokyo and online via Zoom. Please see the session details below and apply if you would like to attend.
Professor Tateishi is the Vice President and Executive Director of the Japan Internet Providers Association, as well as the Representative Director of the Internet Content Safety Association. In his lecture, he will introduce the efforts being made to promote the construction of a cyber space for Kyoto and the further strengthening of the brand power of “Kyoto in the World” through the collaboration of industry, government and academia, with the aim of contributing to the enhancement of the value of the entire Kyoto Prefecture.
As the administrator of the “.kyoto” domain, KCGI has achieved a clean domain with high reliability and security, with the support of Kyoto Prefecture and the approval of ICANN, the international domain management organization. Additionally, in conjunction with IGF Kyoto 2023, a United Nations sponsored event where stakeholders discuss all issues related to the Internet, the first School on Internet Governance (SIG) secretariat in Japan was established on campus. Even after IGF Kyoto 2023, the event “SIG Japan” continues to be discussed from various perspectives with the Cyber Kyoto Laboratory (CKL) supporting the activity.
