Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF) 2025

The Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF), formerly known as NetThing, is an annual event which brings a diverse multidisciplinary community of stakeholders together and facilitates discussions on governance and public policy issues pertaining to the Internet in Australia.

Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF)

Registrations are open for the Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF) 2025. Join us in Adelaide or online from 23 - 24 September.

Adelaide Convention Centre

The Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF) will take place in Adelaide from 23 - 24 September 2025.The overarching theme of the event is Global visions, local impact: The future of Australia's digital governance.This year's event will be held as a hybrid forum at the Adelaide Convention Centre, providing both in-person and online participation options.The auIGF 2025 will bring together diverse voices from across sectors to discuss the policies, technologies and global dynamics shaping Australia’s digital future; and Australia's role in the global information society.

<h3>About the Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF)</h3><h3> </h3>The Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF) began in 2012 and ran annually until 2016, providing a crucial platform for discussing internet-related public policy issues in Australia. After a two-year hiatus, key figures from the internet and domain name sectors came together, with the support of the Australian Cyber Ambassador, to consider reviving this important forum. This led to the creation of a new forum, later referred to as NetThing, which successfully operated from 2019 to 2023.In 2024, the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee (MSSC) that convened NetThing decided to reinstate its original name as the Australian Internet Governance Forum to reaffirm the connection to the global IGF structure.The auIGF aims to:<ul><li>Build Australia’s internet community so that it includes a diversity of interests, experiences and views</li><li>Gather together the Australian multistakeholder community and hold interactive and participative internet policy discussions</li><li>Have those policy conversations provide a foundation for robust and visionary government, industry and community decision making in Australia as well as giving Australia-based participants a strong basis for contributing to global policy making.</li></ul>To stay up to date, <a href="https://auigf.au/#44a7774d-d14f-4114-b351-14ddbeb3e325" title="https://auigf.au/#44a7774d-d14f-4114-b351-14ddbeb3e325" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">register for our mailing list</a> or visit the <a href="http://auigf.au" title="http://auigf.au" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">auigf.au</a>.We look forward to your participation and contributions to the auIGF 2025!

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