Agenda

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum is a multistakeholder platform to coordinate implementation activities, exchange information and knowledge, showcase innovation, share best practices and foster partnerships to ensure ICTs remain a key enabler in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Under this year's theme, 'ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs', the WSIS Forum continues to highlight the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines in accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. 

The WSIS process is aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is highly dependent on ICTs for its implementation. 

The Opening Segment will inaugurate the Final Week of the WSIS Forum 2022 and will consist of opening statements from the WSIS Forum 2022 co-organizers, UN partners, sponsors, and representatives of stakeholders engaged in the WSIS Process.

09:30-10:30 Opening Ceremony

• Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
• Ms. Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
• Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
• Mr. Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (RBPPS), United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)
• H. E. Engineer Majed Sultan Al Mesmar, Director General of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), United Arab Emirates (Platinum Partner)
• H.E. Dr. Mohammed Saud Al Tamimi, Governor, Saudi Arabia (Gold Plus Partner)
• Mr. Masahiko Metoki, Director General, UPU
• Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, ITC
• Mr. Edward Kwakwa, Assistant Director General, WIPO
• Rev. Dr. Liberato “Levi” C. Bautista, President, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), USA

10:30–10:40 Remarks by the Chairman of the WSIS Forum 2022 and Announcement of the High-level Track Facilitators

• Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
• Chairman Elect: H.E. Mr. Isa Ali Ibrahim, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Nigeria

- Mr. Guy Ryder, Director General, ILO (video message)

- Mr Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary General, UN DESA (video message)

10:40-11:40 High-level Strategic Dialogue with Partners: ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs

• Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU (Moderator)
• Ms. Mashael Ali Yousef Al Hammadi, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of Government Information Technology Affairs, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Qatar (Gold Partner)
• Mr. Yoichi Kanda, Director, Global Strategy Division, Global Strategy Bureau, Japan – Partner for Specific Activities
• Mr. Alpesh Shah, Senior Director of Global Business Strategy & Intelligence Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Partner for Specific Activities
• Dr. Zhong Luo, Chair, ITU-T SG16 VP, Standards & Industry Development, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China, Partner for Specific Activities
• Ms. Janet Umutesi, Senior Manager, Quality Assurance - RURA & ITU Direct Focal Point, Rwanda - Contributing Partner 
• Ms. Constance Bommelaer de Leusse, Vice President, Institutional Relations and Empowerment, Internet Society (ISOC) – Contributing Partner (remote participation)

- Mr. Antonio Vitorino, Director General, IOM (video message)

- Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN Habitat (video message)

11:40-12:40  High-Level Strategic Dialogue – WSIS+20: Multistakeholder Digital Cooperation for global development (WSIS Action Lines to achieve the SDGs)

• Mr. Mario Maniewicz, BR Director (Moderator)
• H.E. Mr. Kwame McCoy, MP, Minister, Within Office of the Prime Minister of Guyana, Guyana
• H.E. Mr. Chris Philp, Minister for Technology and the Digital Economy, United Kingdom – Supporting Partner (video message)
• Ms. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Acting Envoy on Technology, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology UN Tech Envoy (video message)
• Mrs. Maitseo Ratladi, Director Broadband & Universal Access and Services, Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA)
• Mr. Mansour Al-Qurashi, Chair, CSTD 
• Mr. Michael Hodin, GCOA – Supporting Partner
• Ms. Moira de Roche, Vice President, IFIP – Supporting Partner 

- Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women (video message)

-  Ms. Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UN ECE (video message)

- Ms. Armida Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary, UN ESCAP (video message)

- Mr. Nikhil Seth, Executive Director, UNITAR (video message)