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22 March – 26 March

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Monday 22 March

Opening of the High-level Track - Appointment of the Chairman of the WSIS Forum 2021 // High-Level Policy Session 1: Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC+01:00)
12:00-12:05 Mr Houlin Zhao Secretary-General, ITU will open the High-Level Policy Sessions of the WSIS Forum 2021and appoint the Chairman of the WSIS Forum 2021 12:05-12:10 Chairman Designate: H.E. Mr. Maxim Parshin, Deputy-Minister, Ministry of…
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High-Level Policy Session 2 : Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00)
About half the world's people access and use the Internet. The other half do not. Many of the unconnected live in least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states. Globally, over 1 billion new internet…
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Tuesday 23 March

High-Level Policy Session 3 : Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:15 (UTC+01:00)
About half the world's people access and use the Internet. The other half do not. Many of the unconnected live in least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states. Globally, over 1 billion new internet…
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High-Level Policy Session 4: ICT Applications and Services /e-Environment/ Climate Change
WSIS
WSIS
13:00 – 14:15 (UTC+01:00)
ICT Applications and Services "The usage and deployment of ICTs should seek to create benefits in all aspects of our daily life. ICT applications are potentially important in government operations and services, health care and health information,…
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High-Level Policy Session 5 : Building Confidence and Security in the use of ICTs
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+01:00)
In this digital age, trust is everything. Cybersecurity is crucial to ensuring universal, trustworthy, and equitableaccess to connectivity.While the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) enables better management and…
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Wednesday 24 March

High-Level Policy Session 6 : Digital Economy and Trade/ Financing for Development and role of ICT
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:15 (UTC+01:00)
Digital Economy and Trade Technology is supporting and changing how we organize our governing systems, our economies, and ourcultures in unprecedented ways. There are several opportunities for partnerships and collaborations between countries and…
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High-Level Policy Session 7 : Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All / Media
WSIS
WSIS
13:00 – 14:15 (UTC+01:00)
Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All The ability for all to access and contribute information, ideas and knowledge is essential in an inclusive Information Society. The sharing and strengthening of global knowledge for…
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Thursday 25 March

High-Level Policy Session 8 : Knowledge societies, Capacity building and e-Learning
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:15 (UTC+01:00)
Each person should have the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge in order to understand, participate actively in, and benefit fully from, the Information Society and the knowledge economy. Literacy and universal primary education…
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High-Level Policy Session 9 : WSIS Action Lines and 2030 Agenda / Enabling Environment
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00)
WSIS Action Lines and 2030 Agenda The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a ground-breaking Summit, held in recognition of the vast, sweeping changes digital technologies would wreak on our society, economy and way of life. The Summit…
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Friday 26 March

High-Level Policy Session 10 : Ethical Dimensions of Information and Knowledge Societies
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:00 (UTC+01:00)
"The Information Society should respect peace and uphold the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, shared responsibility, and respect for nature. We acknowledge the importance of ethics for the Information Society, which…
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High-Level Policy Session 11 : ICTs and Gender Mainstreaming
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are tools through which gender equality and women's empowerment can be advanced and are integral to the creation of societies in which both women and men can substantively contribute and…
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