Special Address: United NationsSecretary-General

Programme

Table of Contents

Opening Ceremony

High-Level Opening Session

Ministerial Round Table (MRT)

WSIS+10 (Plenary I and Plenary II)

HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

HLD1 Governance of Cyberspace and Cyberpeace
HLD2 Advancing the Green Agenda
HLD3 Women and Girls in ICT
HLD4 ICTs for Post Conflict Reconstruction

Interactive Facilitation Meetings

WSIS Action Lines
Action Line: C4 Capacity Building Leverage mobile learning platforms for the benefit of Human Capacity Building (ITU) and Action Line:C7 ICT Applications: E-Learning C7 Cellphones, tablets, digital textbooks, and what’s more? (UNESCO)
Action Line: C2 ICT Infrastructure Innovative Technologies and New Opportunities providing Access to ICT: Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial TV and Digital Dividend (ITU)
Action Line: C9 Media Freedom of Expression on Internet and Social Media (UNESCO)
Action Line: C8 Culture - The relationship between Local content, Internet Development and Access Prices (UNESCO) (OECD) (ISOC)
Action Line: C5 Building confidence and Security in the use of ICTs (ITU)
Action Line: C3 Access to Information and Knowledge Innovative use of ICTs for Accessible Education(UNESCO)
Action Line: C6 Enabling environment Smarter regulation of the information society: ICTs as an enabler for better governance(ITU)
Action Line: C7 -ICT Applications: E-business Promoting the Domestic ICT Sector (UNCTAD/ITC)
Action Line: C7 ICTs Applications: E Agriculture Strengthening the Agricultural Value Chain with ICT (FAO)
Action Line: C7 ICT Applications: E-environment benefits in all aspects of life (ITU/UNEP/WMO)
Action Line: C7 Applications: benefits in all aspects of life (WHO/ITU)
Action Line: C7 ICT Applications: E-science (UNESCO)
Action Line: C10 Ethical dimensions of the Information Society (UNESCO)
Action Line: C1/C7 E- government /C11(UNDESA)

Interactive Sessions

Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (ITU/Partners) Monitoring the WSIS Targets
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (ITU/Partners) Measuring E Waste
WSIS Stocktaking: WSIS Project Prices Showcasing- Part 1 & Part 2
WSIS 2013 Review Event (UNESCO)
Imagining the Past: ICT Innovations in 2015 (ITU)
Remote Participation at WSIS Forum 2012 (ITU)
United Nations Regional Commissions
Remote Participation (ITU/Partners)

WSIS Action Line Facilitators’ Meeting

UNGIS (High-Level Meetingand Working Level Meeting)

Country Workshops

South Africa
Building of the Information Society and Development of EGovernment in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Experience and Achievements (Kazakhstan)
UAE Success Stories, Commitment and Dedication (UAE)
"First step of adults 50+ into digital world!” – Poland’s success story in realization of C4 WSIS Action Line (Poland)
Oman’s ICT Capacity Building for Women and Girls, (Information Technology Authority and Ministry of Education, Sultanate of Oman)
ICT Measurement in Iran: Lessons Learned and Future Plans (Iran)
Spanish digital solutions for global health/Soluciones digitales españolas para la salud global (Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo ,SETSI, RED.ES)
Actions to promote social coverage and access, (Ministry of Communications and Transportation, Mexico)
Bangladesh
Afghanistan Country Workshop (National ICT Alliance of Afghanistan)
Connecting villages with town centers by the optical fiber in the regions of sub-Saharan Africa (Ministère des Postes et Nouvelles Technologies de la Communication/RDC Cellule Technique des Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication)

Thematic Workshops

King Abdullah Initiative for Arabic Content (Saudi Arabia)
ICT Innovation in Emerging Economies (ITU/Partners)
Reaching the Third Billion – Arriving at Affordable Broadband to Stimulate Emerging Markets Transformation (Intel Corporation)
E-Transformation & Integration; Key Perspectives in Growing Government Entities (UAE)
Enhancing Public/Private Cooperation for Sustainable Growth (WITSA)
Connecting the World, Linking People (Belgium-Liege Workshop)
Smart Cities (Hewlett-Packard)
e-Government Program: Achievements & Directions (Saudi Arabia)
Illicit use of ICTs
ICT's role in Poverty Eradication (CONGO)
Affordable Internet Access in the Developing World (U.S. Department of State)
Oman’s Municipality Services On the Go: SMS Parking Services and Integrated app with Fix my Street from Muscat Municipality for Increased Efficiency and Effectiveness (Information Technology Authority and Muscat Municipality, Sultanate of Oman)
Data Privacy on a Global Scale: Keeping Pace with an Evolving Environment (ISOC)
Future Government: A Global Perspective in Connection to Open Government Data and Citizen Engagement (UNDESA/ITU)
Illicit Use of ICTs: Satellite Imagery and the Risks of Illicit Use
UNEP/Secretariat of the Basel Convention)
World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) Information Session (ITU)
Anakbut: The UAE Advanced National & Education Network
Matching the Speed of the Running Code: Public Awareness and Digital Identity Management (OISTE)
Climate Change Monitoring and Disaster Risk Reduction (ITU, (UNEP/DEWA/GRID, WMO)
Literacy, Digital literacy, and Disability Barriers and Solutions to ICT use in Developing Countries (Raising the Floor – International/ Partners)
Open Educational Resources and Practices (UNESCO, University of Jyväskylä)
ICT’s for Post Conflict Reconstruction (World Bank/ICT for Pesce)
Arabic Domain Names – the Saudi Arabian Experience (Saudi Arabia)
Girls in ICT Day 2012 Showcase (ITU)
Improving Economic Development, Regional GDP, Innovation, Education, Skills, Sustainability and Security by creating and growing a professional ICT workforce (f IP3)
Social Networks, Information and Power: (IGUC, GIS)
Disability Agendas in ICT Policies and Strategies: from Rhetoric to Reality (CTO and Partners)
Global Internet Governance for Development (University of Zurich)
Using the Capabilities Approach in ICT4D Research and Practice (Centre in ICT4D/UNESCO Chair, RHUL/ IICD)
Television White Spaces-Open Spectrum for development(APC)
Driving Open Source Application Quality and Security (COVERITY)
Role of Telecentres (Telecentre.org/ Sudan Telecentre (GDCO))
IT & Inclusion: The digital dividend of interactivity & empowerment (WSA)
Freedom of expression and the Internet: how to reconcile practice and principles? (Internet Society/Association for Progressive Communications)
The Protection of the Pedagogical Content Online: For Secure and Safe Use (AL Awael)
Preparing for the Digital Challenge: The Social Aspects (eWorldwide Group ( eWWG) )
Strategic Uses of ICT’s for Development (GKP)
ICT and National Competitiveness Cyber-Resilience (WEF)
WSIS Stocktaking Briefing
Rethinking the Agenda for Development: Open Access Policies and Practice (IFLA, EIFL, SPARC and COAR)
Net-Map: multistakeholder negotiations made easy(NewMinE Lab – Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano(CH)

Knowledge Exchanges

Child Online Protection Partners Summit (Closed Meeting)
Exploring strategies to elevate and integrate the role of ICTs at the national planning level for economic and social development- Perspectives of International Organizations and Nation States (ECAE)
IMPACT Partners Meeting (Closed meeting)

Publications Release and Briefs

Social Networking eventsat WSIS Forum 2012

Reception Sponsored by Intel

Ceremonial Coffee by Ethiopia

Networking Coffee: Sponsored by the Republic of Azerbaijan

Networking Coffee: Sponsored by Raising the Floor - International / CLOUD4All : "Helping to build a Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure"

Public Opening of the ICT Discovery/ Reception

Exhibition

Internet Governance Forum

Closing Ceremony