[Chapter-delegates] TODAY! – Hawaiʻi School on Internet Governance

[Joly MacFie]

[image: The HiSIG logo is centered near the top of an off-white graphic,
combining a globe of curved orange, yellow, blue, and green bands with
“HiSIG” in blue and black lettering. Below, large dark blue text reads
“2026 Hawaiʻi School on Internet Governance (HiSIG).” The date “4 September
2026” appears at the lower left. A cropped decorative wave and
circuit-board design in blue, teal, beige, and coral extends into the
lower-right corner.]
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On Friday, 4 September 2026 at 09:00 – 16:00 HST (19:00 UTC – 02:00 UTC on
5 September), the inaugural Hawaiʻi School on Internet Governance
<https://www.hisig.org/> (HiSIG) convenes at the Servpac
<https://servpac.com/> Activity Room, Mililani Tech Park, under the
theme ‘Navigating
Global Digital Governance‘, chaired and emceed by Burt Lum.  HiSIG aims to
build digital capacity across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific and empower regional
leaders to shape a secure, inclusive digital future while strengthening the
community’s ‘pilina’ (connections) within the global governance landscape.

09:15 HST (19:15 UTC) — KEYNOTE: STATE OF THE INTERNET
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

10:15 HST (20:15 UTC) — UNDERSTANDING INTERNET GOVERNANCE
Fiona Alexander – American University, IGF MAG
Ron da Silva – IGF-USA

11:15 HST (21:15 UTC) — THE MULTISTAKEHOLDER MODEL
Naela Sarras – ICANN
Jen Chung – VP Policy, DotAsia
Avri Doria – Technicalities

13:00 HST (23:00 UTC) — INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Sharayah Lane – Internet Society
Leimomi Bong – Office of Indigenous Knowledge
Olin Kealoha Lagon – Serial Social Entrepreneur
Richard Ng – IndigiDAO

14:00 HST (00:00 UTC, 5 Sep) — DIGITAL EQUITY AND INCLUSIVE INTERNET ACCESS
Colin Rhinesmith – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Monique Tate – Community Tech New York
Burt Lum – Internet Society Hawaii

15:00 HST (01:00 UTC, 5 Sep) — TRUST, SAFETY, AND RISK IN A CONNECTED AI
WORLD
Edmon Chung – DotAsia
Graeme Bunton – NetBeacon
David Huberman – ICANN

CHAIR & MC
Burt Lum – Chair and Master of Ceremonies, HiSIG 2026

#HiSIG #InternetGovernance #DigitalEquity #Hawaii


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