Session Summaries

Official Opening Segment

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 1: WSIS action lines and the 2030 agenda

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 2: Bridging digital divides

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 3: Bridging digital divides

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 4: Enabling environment

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 5: WSIS action lines and the 2030 agenda / Financing for development and role of ICT

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 6: Bridging digital divides

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 7: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 8: Inclusiveness – access to information and knowledge for all

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 9: ICT applications and services

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 10: Inclusiveness – access to information and knowledge for all

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 11: ICT applications and services

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 12: Gender mainstreaming

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 13: Digital economy and trade

Moderated High-Level Policy Session 14: Knowledge societies, capacity building and e-learning / Media

High-Level Policy Statements: Concluding Session

Closing Ceremony

Ministerial Round Table

An End to Electronic Waste, UN Environment, ITU and the EMG

Promoting Internet Universality Indicators as a comprehensive tool for achieving SDGs, UNESCO

The Skills Mismatch: the digital skills employers are looking for, ITU/ILO

2008-2018: A decade of the COP Initiative – Priorities for the future of youth empowerment online, ITU

WSIS Action Line Facilitators Meeting, ITU

UNGIS Leaders High-level Breakfast Meeting, UNGIS

UNGIS Working level Meeting, UNGIS

Towards a Single African Digital Market: Challenges and Opportunities, Rwanda

Iran Country Workshop, Iran National Committee for WSIS, Iran Ministry of ICT

Saudi Vision 2030 and the future smart education, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Transforming an LDC into a Digital Nation Powered by an Innovation Ecosystem: A story of Development Leapfrogging, Government of Bangladesh

Accelerating Smart Gov Services, UAE

E-Environment: Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems and Role of ICT, ITU/WMO

Building ICT Skills for Social Entrepreneurs, ITU

ALFM Action Line C7 E Health, WHO/ITU

Action Line C6: Enabling Environment, ITU

Facilitation Meeting for Action Lines C1, C7 eGov, C11, UNDESA

Action Line C7 - Building a Framework for Digital Innovation in Agriculture, FAO / ITU

ALFM Action Line C9: Strengthening the role of media and social media in relation to the SDGs, UNESCO

Action Line C7. E-business and financial inclusion as a catalyst for the formalization and growth of MSMEs, UNCTAD / ITC / UPU

ALFM Action Line C5: Blockchain as an enabler of security and trust, ITU

Information and Communication Infrastructure towards the Sustainable Development Goals, ITU - Action Line C2 Facilitator

Measurement of progress towards the SDGs through ICT indicators, Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development

UN Regional Commissions Meeting Round Table, UN Regional Commissions

WSIS Stocktaking and WSIS Prizes, ITU

WSIS Prizes 2018: Champions Ceremony, ITU

IoV (Internet of Vehicle) technology, TIAA

Community networks: How the unconnected connect themselves, APC / ISOC

Inclusive Information Accessibility Service Environment Enables the Fruits of Technology Development Shared by All, ISC

Challenge-Based Learning for the SDGs, UNIGE

Rural Women and ICTs against Poverty, COLLECTIF DES FEMMES POUR LA PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE L'ENFANT (COFEPRE)

Linking Education with ICTs for Capacity Building and Employability, CMAI Association of India

Megaconstellations offering new technology for an inclusive access to rural areas of the LDCs, INWES & AB5 Consulting

Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems - Session1: An insight into “ICT-centric economic growth, innovation and job creation”, ITU

Enabling Policy Environment for Digital Transformation, Business at OECD (BIAC)/OECD

Social interpreter: ICT literacy, languages, migrations, SEMANTIS

ICTs for Safety & Security, MEDICI

Digital Equity and Inclusion for ICT in Disaster Risk Reduction, IFIP

Performance of Progress of Schools in UK and UAE with regards to online safety, UK Safer Internet Centre / SWGfL

Identifying and addressing problems that block women in ICTs, OCAPROCE Internationale

Building information foundation for knowledge societies in China, Posts and Telecom Press

ICT Access and Use in the LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, ITU & UNCTAD

Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems- Session 2: Good Practices for Accelerating Digital Transformation, UKE/ITU

ICTs and Public Health: Reaching the last mile in Resource Constrained Environments, RBM Partnership to End Malaria, iKure, IIMC

Cyber security best practices for the 2030 SDGs, ICC

Global and local women technopreneurs; journey to success, eWWG

Oral History of the Internet (OHI), Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication in Shantou University

Youth, Access to Knowledge and SDGs: Strategy for Building  Youth Skills in Digital Technologies, UNESCO

The Make Listening Safe Initiative, WHO and ITU

AI For Good Global Summit, ITU

Impact on Society through Digital Innovation, World Summit Awards

Machine Learning for 5G, ITU

e-Science: Global Change Research Data Publishing and Sharing for All, Chinese Academy of Sciences

African Coordination meeting on WSIS Implementation, ITU, UAT/AUC, and UNECA

From the Last to First Mile - Community Networks, ISOC APC

Women in STEM as a business case for a better society, INWES

ICT Professional’s Duty of Care in protecting everyone in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, IFIP IP3

Maximising impact for sustainable development: how core business activities can achieve a multiplier effect through equal opportunity sourcing from women owned businesses., ITU/ ITC/ UN Women/ WeConnect

Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems: High Level Session, ITU

Youth, Access to Knowledge and SDGs Strategy for Building Youth Skills in Digital Technologies, UNESCO

How to apply and achieve the 17 SDGs in a world where the evolution of technology is exponential and where nearly all social and economic models are disrupted?, IFIP - G4 - Social IN3

Arab Inter-Regional Consultation meeting on Digital technologies for Sustainable Development 2030 and related regional processes, ESCWA

“Free Flow of Data: Panacea or Danger?" AND "Concentration in Internet Services”, APIG/JNC

IEEE and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IEEE HAC

Cyberlaw Trends of 2018, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON CYBER SECURITY LAW

Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, National Digital Strategy, Mexico

A Dialogue on different cooperation models for approaches to Internet Public Policy development, ICANN

Creating impact with open data within agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems: Session 4 Financing Mechanisms for Accelerating Digital Transformation, ITU

Global Framework for Digital Skills, UIS

IST-Africa/mHealth4Afrika, IST-Africa/mHealth4Afrika

Is Africa ready for a Digital Transformation ?, ACSIS

Promotion of the ideals and principles of the United Nations among the youth, GIMUN

The Need for An Evidence-Based Approach to Tackle the Gender Digital Divide, EQUALS

Achieving an inclusive society by designing and implementing accessible ICTs, ITU-T JCA-AHF

ICT Solutions for SDGs: Focus on Apps and Online Technology, ITU/Partners

Universal Design as a Mechanism for Sustainable Development, OsloMet

We Need Trust!, Patrick D. Amon

Collaboration Between Stakeholders to Ensure a More Secure and Stable Cyberspace, Access Partnership

How can technology be a force for good in Africa?, RIA / ADPP

Broadband Commission Dialog at WSIS Forum, The Broadband Commission Secretariat

Free To Air as the enabler of original local content, EBU/WIPO/UNESCO

UNESCO OER Recommendation, UNESCO

How Can We Prepare Kids For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet?, STEP Academy

Youth Engagement on Leveraging ICTs, AIESEC

Recipes for success: The funding dimensions of capacity development, Diplo / GIP

Smart cities : Policies and regulatory frameworks to better align smart cities strategies with SDGs, Arianous ICTD

Multistakeholder Decision Making in Global Internet Governance, NCUC

Facilitating the next generation of business online, CentralNic PLC

Internet use in the Central African Republic and young people, SPJ Labs

Cross-Border e-Science and Research Partnerships for Shaping Better Information and Knowledge Societies, ICT-SIS

Future of Work/Decent Jobs for Youth, UN MGCY

How to set the standard for cyber security? Guidelines and good practices, GFCE

UNESCO OER Recommendation, UNESCO

ICT Solutions for SDGs: Focus on Robots, Drones & Virtual & Augmented Reality, ITU/Partners

International decision-making in ICT. Where are the Women?, ITU/ UNESCO Chair in ICT4D

E-Trade for Impact: Turbo-charge the SDGs with Digital, ITC

Connecting communities by building digital skills – a way towards the SDGs, ICC BASIS

Discussion on the Technical Standards of Industrial Internet, CICSCERT

Future and Emerging Technologies: Economic Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), ITU and MGI

Achieving the SDGs through Ethically Aligned Design, IEEE

ICANN, Data Protection and the GDPR, ICANN

ICT Solutions for SDGs: Women Entrepreneurs and innovators, ITU/Partners

ICANN, the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) and Capacity Building, ICANN

Open Earth Observations for the benefit of Humankind, GEO / UNIGE

Child Online Protection Ecosystem: Platforms, Services and Tools, Iran National Committee for WSIS, Iran Ministry of ICT

ICTs as a tool for promoting resilience and reducing risks, UN MGCY

Practical applications of ICTs supporting inclusion and access to information and services, livelihoods for People with Disabilities, eWWG

Zero Waste Living: speaking the language of a new generation for sustainable habits, Rogue Gone Vogue (YouTube Channel)

Showcasing Innovation, Science and Technology related Research Capacity in IST-Africa partner countries, IST-Africa Institute

VR, AR, Game Development, AI, Smart City - what's next, virtualinfocom

Artificial Intelligence, Justice, and Human Rights in the digital age, Responsible Business Initiative, OPTIC

Central Bank Issued Digital Currency: Challenges for Security and Interoperability, ITU

The role of International Standards and of the Basel Convention in tackling e-waste and achieving a Circular Economy, UNEP/BRS and ITU

Paradigm shift to develop genuine global civilization and the role of ICT, EMLSRI

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) awareness to Information Technology Sector and Cyber Space, JITD

The Fourth Technological & Industrial Revolution, Yemen NIC

Organising Monitoring of SDG based on the three principles (transparency, inclusiveness, participation) and following wikipedia methods using ground truth ICT techniques, CSEND

Internet of Things (IoT) and Block Chain, Center of Information Technology ( CIT )

WSIS Forum 2018 Exhibition Inauguration

World Café – 15 Years of implementation of Geneva Plan of Action – Looking towards 2025, ITU

Cloud Café – Youth Engagement in the WSIS Process, ITU

WSIS Forum 2018 Hackathon: Hack Against Hunger/Geneva, ITU and FAO, facilitated by Impact Hub Geneva

WSIS Forum 2018 Hackathon: Hack Against Hunger, ITU and FAO, facilitated by Impact Hub Geneva

Open Space Talks, ITU and Geneva Primary Schools ; Institute on Disability and Public Policy ; Kiwi Campus ; Hackathon Participants ; Inmarsat and the UK Space Agency

Open Space Talks, Ministry of Informatization and Communication of the Republic of Tatarstan ; Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Buenos Aires City Government ; Tambo Indonesia ; IST-Africa Institute

Open Space Talks, Job in Rwanda ; MALAYSIAN ADMINISTRATIVE MODERNIZATION AND MANAGEMENT PLANNING UNIT

WSIS Forum Hackathon 2018 Inspiring Pitches from the Winners on Hack against hunger, ITU / FAO / ImpactHub

Experience a live Demonstration on Virtual Reality for Development, ITU

Experience a live demonstration on Virtual Reality

Press Conference

TEDxGeneva Talks, TEDxGeneva

IGF MAG Orientation Session, IGF

IGF MAG Meeting, IGF

IGF MAG Meeting, IGF

WSIS Forum 2018 Donors Dinner, Sponsored by the Republic of Poland

WSIS Forum 2018 Reception, Sponsored by the Swiss Confederation

High-Level Gala Dinner, Sponsored by the UAE