The three-day Bangladesh School of Internet Governance (bdSIG) 2023 drew to a close in the capital on Saturday. The seventh edition of the fellowship programme brought together 61 fellows – youth and professionals from the private sector, government, academia, civil society, and media – to help them shape the future of the internet by bridging the gap between technology and policy. The bdSIG, a community development initiative of the Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF), began at the Daffodil International University (DIU) in Dhaka's Savar on Thursday with sessions on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, the internet of things, big data, AR, and VR. DIU lecturers Arid Hasan conducted the session "Artificial Intelligence in Natural Language Processing," Musabbir Hasan "Data Science," and Assistant Professor Apurba Ghosh ran the session "Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Technology." DIU Vice-Chancellor Professor M Lutfar Rahman, AHM Bazlur Rahman, founder of the BIGF, and Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu, founder and secretary general of the forum, spoke at the final session of the day. On Friday, at the YWCA Guest House and Training Center in Mohammadpur, Bazlur, also CEO of the Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Community, gave the fellows presentations about key internet issues, including the internet ecosystem; political, legal, economic, sociocultural, and technical dimensions of internet governance as well the local point of intersection of internet governance and Sustainable Development Goals. He also had interactive conversations about the key actors in internet governance, digital infrastructure and adoption, digital rights, human rights, digital economy, digital divide, and geopolitical positioning. Rezaul Islam, quality assurance manager of the BGD-eGOV CIRT, talked about cybersecurity and Bangladesh's preparedness. Mamunur Rashid, consultant at the Enhancement of Bangla Language, conducted the session "Bangla Language in the Digital World." Also, Anu discussed the activities of the BIGF and its communities, including the Bangladesh Women IGF, Bangladesh Youth IGF, and Bangladesh Kid's IGF.

The 7th Bangladesh School of Internet Governance (bdSIG) 2023 started Thursday. The three-day programme began at the Daffodil International University (DIU) in Savar with sessions on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, AR, and VR. Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu, secretary general of the Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF), welcomed the participants. DIU lecturers Arid Hasan conducted the session "Artificial Intelligence in Natural Language Processing," Musabbir Hasan "Data Science," and Assistant Professor Apurba Ghosh conducted the session "Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Technology." DIU Vice-Chancellor Professor M Lutfar Rahman, AHM Bazlur Rahman, CEO of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Community (BNNRC), and Anu spoke at the final session of the day. On the second day of the programme at the YWCA Guest House and Training Center in Mohammadpur Friday, Bazlur discussed governance, internet governance, and digital governance. Rezaul Islam, quality assurance manager of BGD-eGOV CIRT, talked about cyber security and Bangladesh's preparedness. Mamunur Rashid, consultant at Enhancement of Bangla Language, conducted the session "Bangla Language in the Digital World." Also, Anu discussed the activities of the BIGF and its communities. He highlighted the aims and objectives of the bdSIG and briefed the participants about the school's sessions from 2017 to now. Faisal Ahmed Bhubon, secretary general of the Bangladesh Youth IGF, discussed the activities of his platform in the last two years. Nazmul Hasan Majumder, vice-chair of the bdSIG, discussed the activities of the school in the past three years. Ashrafur Rahman Piaus, secretary general of the bdSIG, discussed international fellowship opportunities for the participants.