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Join us this July at the first-ever Youth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) USA!

The Youth IGF USA is a virtual event organized by young people for young people. It is aimed at uniting, empowering and preparing the next generation of young Internet Governance experts with the tools needed to contribute to the rapidly growing conversation.

It will take place as a day-zero event preceding IGF-USA 2022, giving the participants an overview about the Internet Governance and its current challenges, a sneak-peak into IGF-USA 2022, and a networking opportunity with other young professionals in the space.

If you are a person aged 18-35, or a newcomer to the Internet Governance space, check out the sessions below and register here!

See you (virtually) on July 20, 2022!

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Wednesday, July 20 • 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Internet Governance: what is this all about?

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Tech law and policy have been in the spotlight in the last few years. But what is Internet Governance? Who are the main actors? What challenges and opportunities lie ahead?

Nick Merrill and Melinda Clem will discuss these and many other fascinating questions, followed by audience Q&A.

Session Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83629159553?pwd=emlRMk5hZndQakNNNXhlemdIZ3Mwdz09

Session Livestream:  http://livestream.com/internetsociety/youth-igf-usa
Moderators
avatar for Meri Baghdasaryan

Meri Baghdasaryan

Legal Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Meri Baghdasaryan is an attorney from Armenia, currently working on human rights issues at the intersection of law and technology as a legal fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She is an active member of various Internet governance communities, such as the IGF, EuroDIG... Read More →
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Jeremy Bernick

Jeremy Bernick (they/them) is an incoming first-year law student (Juris Doctorate) at the University of Arizona, School of Law. They are a current Quantum Society Fellow at the National Science Foundation’s Center for Quantum Networks, a current ICANN 75 Fellow, and a member of... Read More →

Speakers
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Melinda Clem

Co-Chair, IGF-USA
Melinda Clem is an experienced leader in the internet infrastructure and technology markets. She covers disciplines of corporate development, strategy and marketing where her work includes creating and executing growth strategies in competitive markets, evaluating policy impacts on... Read More →
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Nick Merrill

Research Fellow, UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
Dr. Nick Merrill is a research fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity where he directs the Daylight Lab (https://daylight.berkeley.edu/). His lab's threat identification processes have been adopted by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and at Meta (formerly Facebook), and his lab's machine learning bias curriculum has been taught in universities and businesses around the world... Read More →

Wednesday July 20, 2022 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
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