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WSIS Forum 2023 is scheduled to be held from 13–17 March 2023 at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva, with the support of remote participation. Learn more »

Agenda and Programme

The WSIS Forum 2022 will be held starting in March, featuring a weekly programme, including a series of thematic/country workshops, high-level policy sessions, special tracks on various thematic areas, knowledge café, a Hackathon, and exhibition addressing issues that are critical to WSIS implementation and follow-up in a multistakeholder setting. The final week of the WSIS Forum 2022 will take place on 30th May – 3rd June 2022, consisting of policy statements, interactive high-level dialogues, a WSIS Prize ceremony, a ministerial round table as well as a series of WSIS Action Line facilitation meetings.

The WSIS Forum programme is completely crowdsourced, the engagement of governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, the technical community and intergovernmental organizations in the preparatory process ensures broad ownership and continual improvements of the Forum. The Agenda and Programme for the Forum is built on the basis of official submissions received during the Open Consultation Process on Shaping the Themes and Format of WSIS Forum 2022.

23 May – 27 May

Monday 23 May

Past Sessions

ICT Accessibility Capacity Building
Qatar Assistive Technology Center - Mada
Qatar Assistive Technology Center - Mada
13:00 – 14:30 (UTC+02:00)
It is essential that people in the region and beyond, have the required competencies to use and develop universally accessible ICTs, in particular in Arabic language, as well as appropriate assistive technologies, and make it part of their…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Sign language interpretation Interpretation: EN/AR Strategic Partner: Gold Thematic Workshop

Tuesday 24 May

Past Sessions

The Digitized and Datafied Classroom
UNESCO and the Broadband Commission Secretariat
UNESCO/BBCOM
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+02:00)
This online session will highlight the work of the Digital Learning and Data for Learning working groups of the Broadband Commission. The event will be moderated by Borhene Chakroun, Director of UNESCO’s Division for Policies and Lifelong Learning…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop

Wednesday 25 May

Past Sessions

Cyber Security Salon: Building Cyber Resilience through Cyber Security and Collaboration
Huawei
Huawei
10:30 – 12:00 (UTC+02:00)
As we are a world constantly transformed and challenged by both pandemic and rapid digitalization, it is crucial for all the stakeholders to build future-ready capacities from deepening collaboration, thereby getting us marched on the right way…
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Session recording available Partner for Specific Activities Cybersecurity Thematic Workshop
Connecting innovations to persons with disabilities in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals: an overview of the innovation ecosystem from Mada
Qatar Assistive Technology Center - Mada
Qatar Assistive Technology Center - Mada
13:00 – 14:30 (UTC+02:00)
Since it’s established in 2010, Mada Center has been steadily progressing towards its vision of digital accessibility and inclusivity for persons with disabilities. Throughout the years with its staff of experts in this field and its unique…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Sign language interpretation Interpretation: EN/AR Strategic Partner: Gold Thematic Workshop
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