<div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Dear members of the IRPC, </span><br><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The IGF 2024 in Riyadh (and online) is going to start in a few days (15-19 December 2024). See here for more details: </span><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024</a><br><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The Coalition’s steering committee put together a set of workshops and meetings for the IGF.</span><br><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">Due to a number of cancellations due to illness and declined funding this year, we need to re-arrange the plans made for the IGF. The hybrid </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">annual meeting </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">of the IRPC will now occur as a </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">new year event</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> in mid-January, taking stock of the IGF24. We will send around details later and we will offer two separate timings, covering many time zones. Some sessions, such as the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">0-Day event </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">“Fit-for-future? A visioning exercise on digital cooperation” with IT for Change, the Global Digital Justice Forum, the Digital Constitutionalism Network and the Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility (DCPR), or the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Dynamic Coalitions Main Session</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">, will move forward just with online-participation or moderation by IRPC SC members. </span><br><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">However, most crucially, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">two planned sessions of the IRPC are at risk</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> as no member of the IRPC steering committee (SC) is able to attend the IGF 2024 in person. </span><br><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><span id="m_-3456824072915292933gmail-docs-internal-guid-83a4b6ec-7fff-3043-1461-005c2941cd47"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">We would cordially invite any member of the IRPC, who is going to be in Riyadh on-site, to support our two sessions, which are currently not able to go ahead due to lack of in-site moderator/organizer. These are:</span></p></span><div><br><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IGF 2024 AI and Disinformation: Safeguarding Elections</span><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wednesday December 18, 2024 16:45 - 17:45 GMT+03 </span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contact: Dennis Redeker (</span><a href="mailto:dennisredeker@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">dennisredeker@gmail.com</a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span></li></ul><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IGF 2024 DCPR Information Integrity: Human Rights & Platform Responsibilities. </span><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thursday December 19, 2024 13:15 - 14:45 GMT+03</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contact: Yasmin Curzi (</span><a href="mailto:yasmincurzi@virginia.edu" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">yasmincurzi@virginia.edu</a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font></div></div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">These sessions are planned and come with speakers, both online and on-site. The SC (and the DCPR) is able to support remotely, as rapporteurs and online moderators. However, it is essential to have someone in the room to make arrangements with the technical team and who can facilitate physical interactions in the room. </span><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">If you are in Riyadh and able to support us, please reach out to Dennis or Yasmin (DCPR) respectively. </span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Best wishes,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The IRPC Steering Committee</span></div></div>