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SUMMARY:IGF 2026 Kenya
DESCRIPTION:December 14-18\, 2026 \nKenyatta International Convention Centre \nFor more than four decades\, the Internet has demonstrated remarkable resilience through open standards\, interoperability\, distributed architectures and voluntary cooperation among technical\, operational and policy communities. As societies become increasingly dependent on digital services\, the Marconi Society Internet Resilience Institute has shown that Internet resilience is the foundation for creating justifiable trust in the digital society. Its Phase 1 work—the Life of a Packet Mapping Framework and the Business Resilience Guide—demonstrates that resilient digital services depend on understanding hidden technical\, operational and organizational interdependencies and translating that understanding into practical implementation. The Internet is now entering a new phase of evolution. Originally designed to connect people\, it is increasingly becoming an environment in which autonomous AI agents discover services\, exchange information and make operational decisions on behalf of people and organisations. This fundamentally changes the requirements for Internet resilience and governance. Building on the outcomes of the WSIS Forum 2026 session Operationalizing Digital Resilience\, this workshop explores how resilience principles can enable justifiable trust for both humans and AI through dependency mapping\, operational best practices\, trusted operational Internet intelligence and continuous verification. Through interactive 2035 scenarios\, participants will examine how hidden interdependencies influence AI-assisted decisions in critical services and infrastructure. Discussions will address what information Internet operators should expose\, how AI can distinguish resilient from fragile infrastructure\, where accountability lies when AI acts on inaccurate operational data\, and how organizations can safely delegate decisions to autonomous systems. Holding this discussion at IGF 2026 in Nairobi is particularly important. Africa’s rapidly growing digital economy\, mobile-first infrastructure and expanding AI ecosystem offer unique perspectives on resilience. Ensuring that diverse regional experiences and real-world failure scenarios inform future resilience frameworks is essential for creating globally relevant Internet governance and building justifiable trust in an Internet increasingly shared by humans and autonomous AI agents. \nHybrid Format: The workshop will use a dual-moderation model\, combining an experienced on-site moderator with a dedicated online moderator to ensure balanced participation. On-site participants will use room microphones\, while remote participants will engage through the virtual platform’s hand-raising and chat functions\, actively managed by the online moderator \nRegister here: https://indico.un.org/event/1024890/
URL:https://marconisociety.org/event/igf-2026-kenya/
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