WSIS Forum 2020: High-Level Opening Ceremony of the Virtual WSIS Forum 2020 Workshops and Special Tracks

12:00–13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00), Monday, 22 June 2020 Real-time human captioning High-Level Opening Session

Session Recording

Mr Houlin Zhao Secretary-General, ITU will open the Virtual WSIS Forum 2020 Workshops and Special Tracks

Chairman Designate: H.E. Mr. Gustavo Montalvo, Minister of the Presidency, Dominican Republic

Moderator: H.E Ms. Katrina Naut, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Mission Dominican Republic, Geneva
Panellists : High-Level Track Facilitators

Panellists

Mr Houlin Zhao Secretary-General International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

H.E. Mr. Gustavo Montalvo Chairman Designate: WSIS Forum 2020 Minister of the Presidency, Dominican Republic

H.E. Ms. Katrina Naut Ambassador Permanent Representative, Mission Dominican Republic, Geneva

Mr. David Wright Director UK Safer Internet Centre, Civil Society

Ms. Betty Bonnardel CEO & Founder Swiss Engineering and AB5 Consulting LTD, Civil Society

Mr. Giacomo Mazzone Head of Institutional Relations and Member Relations South EBU Operating Eurovision and Euroradio, Civil Society

Ms. Timea Suto Knowledge Manager International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Private Sector

Dr. Abdulkarim Oloyede Senior Lecturer Department of Telecommunications Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, Academia

Ms. Supavadee Aramvith Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Academia

Mr. Juan Peirano Senior Policy Advisor Global Policy Development, Internet Society (ISOC), Technical Community

Mr. Babusi Nyoni Chief Executive Officer Sila Health, Private Sector)

WSIS Action Lines

C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
C2. Information and communication infrastructure
C3. Access to information and knowledge
C4. Capacity building
C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
C6. Enabling environment
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-government
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-business
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-learning
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-health
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-employment
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-agriculture
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-science
C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
C9. Media
C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
C11. International and regional cooperation

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

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