Internet Intelligence Governance Workshop (IIGW)


Call for Papers


Important Dates

Manuscript Submission Due:               27th October 2024 (AoE)
Notification of Acceptance:                 3rd December 2024
Camera-ready Submission:                 10th December 2024
Workshop Date:                                     6th January 2025

The India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) is an initiative associated with the UN Internet Governance Forum (UN IGF), established in 2006. The IGF is a multi-stakeholder governance group that aims to enable a platform for policy dialogue on issues of Internet Governance. Through an open and inclusive process, IIGF brings together all stakeholders in the Internet Governance ecosystem in the country – including Government, Industry, Civil Society, Academic Community, and social minorities – as equal participants in the larger Internet Governance discourse. The IIGF aims to provide a platform to facilitate discussions between experts from industry, academia, and research to express their vision and their findings related to the next generation Internet.

Traditionally, a technical conference is organized with IIGF. From last year, the technical conference is organized as a workshop collocated with COMSNETS. The workshop shall provide a platform to present the research work on the topics of interest and shall provide an effective networking stage. The following key points are aimed as objectives at IIGW:

Papers will be invited from the researchers in the areas listed below. The workshop shall provide a platform to present the research work on the topics of interest and shall provide an effective networking stage.

  • To Cover a broad range of digital governance issues, including civil society, artificial intelligence impact of India's Internet, and data privacy.
  • To help in understanding the greater initiatives on smart cities, public policy on the internet and gaps to address in civil society with advanced technologies.
  • To automate solutions to problems faced by various industries like agriculture, health services, energy, security, disaster management, etc, by using next-generation networks.
  • To provide a platform to discuss ongoing implementation support to various initiatives on public policies on intelligent internet, including critical efforts at multilingualism and multistakeholderism.
  • Strengthen capacities for participation in digital policymaking at all levels of expertise and backgrounds, including advanced research.

Topics of interest

  • Internet
    • Multilingual Internet
    • Rural Connectivity
    • Universal access and meaningful connectivity
    • Affordable Internet
    • ICT infrastructure
    • Energy Efficient Technologies
    • Satellite Broadband
    • Edge & Cloud Computing/Networking, CDN
    • Digital Divide and Online Inequality
    • Public policy on the Internet
  • Security and Data Privacy
    • Data and Identity Protection
    • Cybersecurity
    • Cryptography: Enabling Technologies
    • Ethical use of next-gen Technologies
    • Cyber Hygiene for all
    • Trust, Security, Stability
    • DNS Security
    • Cross border Data Flows
  • Advanced Technologies
    • Big Data, machine learning and AI for Internet
    • Internet of Things
    • Next Generation Internet and services
    • Internetworking protocol and Internet applications
    • Blockchain and application
    • Visible Light Communications
    • Metaverse
  • Standards and Policies
    • 5G and beyond standards
    • Open 5G stack
    • Open RAN (O-RAN)
    • Wireless LANs
    • Internet resilience
    • Heterogeneous Networks
    • Ethics of Internet
    • Inclusive Internet
    • Indian stack for services and applications
  • Applications
    • Online Education
    • Smart cities
    • Health care
    • Agriculture
    • e-commerce
    • Banking and Finance
    • Disaster management

Submission Guidelines

  • The IIGW invites submission of original work not previously published or under review at another conference or journal.
  • Submissions (including title, author list, abstract, all figures, tables, and references) should not exceed 6 pages.
  • Reviews will be double-blind: authors name and affiliation should not be included in the submission.
  • Submissions must follow the formatting guidelines as given on IEEE Website, and those that do not meet the size and formatting requirements will not be reviewed.
  • All papers must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and submitted through the IIGW Workshop submission site on EDAS.
  • All workshop papers will appear in conference proceedings and be submitted to IEEE Xplore and other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

Papers can be submitted through HOTCRP: <TBA>.

For any queries please contact us at [email protected]

Technical Program Committee

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India Internet Governance Workshop Co-Chairs

Anand Baswade

Anand Baswade

Indian Institute of Technology
Bhilai, India

Koteswararao Kondepu

Koteswararao Kondepu

Indian Institute of Technology
Dharwad, India



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