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Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meetings

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Final Week
30 May – 3 June

Monday 30 May

Past Sessions

Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Digital Transformation Policies through Capacity Building
UNESCO
UNESCO
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00)
This WSIS stakeholder workshop will build on the findings of UNESCO reports on “The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women” and “Multistakeholder AI Development: 10 building blocks for inclusive policy design”. It aims at fostering important…
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WSIS ALFM C7: E-Environment
WMO/ITU/UNEP
WMO/ITU/UNEP
09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+02:00)
Underscored by the IPCC 2021 Working Group I report, the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change, there is an urgent need to combat and mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change. It is clear that limitation in the availability and…
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WSIS ALFM C1, C7: E-Government, C11
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
UN DESA
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) serves as a facilitator for the implementation of and follow-up to the action lines: C1 - The role…
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WSIS ALFM C7: E-business
UNCTAD/ International Trade Centre/ Universal Postal Union
UNCTAD/ITC/UPU
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
The topics of data ownership, usage and sharing are receiving increasing attention from policymakers, who are looking at promoting data driven innovation while ensuring that data security and privacy is respected, that the value of the data is…
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WSIS Action Line C2: Network Innovation for Connecting Remote Communities
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Digital technologies are recognized as one of the key enablers for achievement of SDGs, allowing for more equitable access to education, public services, healthcare, among others. However, this cannot happen without digital connectivity. Yet, despite…
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WSIS Action Line C5: Privacy-Preserving Techniques
International Telecommunication Union
ITU
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Key Concepts Homomorphic Encryption, Federated Learning, Government angle, Post-quantum Abstract Recent years have brought digital technologies to the forefront, and with sensitive data such as medical data often being crucially important. Yet at the…
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Thursday 2 June

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WSIS ALFM C7: E-Agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and International Telecommunication Union
FAO and ITU
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
The world is emerging from a global pandemic and is facing a food crisis and climate change threatening to derail the achievements of sustainable development goals. The emerging global economy is increasingly getting digital. Policy makers are…
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WSIS Action Line C10: High-level interaction on implementing ethical AI globally
UNESCO
UNESCO
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a frontline technology with profound implications for human beings, cultures, societies and the environment. AI has the potential to be our ally in the struggle for a more equitable, fair, and sustainable future. It is…
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Friday 3 June

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WSIS Action Line C9: Digital Challenges to Press Freedom, Media Viability and Safety of Journalists
UNESCO
UNESCO
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
The proliferation of digital technologies in the media sector has brought innovation and renewal to the journalistic profession. Data journalism, verification tools, and an unprecedented ease to interact with sources are but a few examples. However,…
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WSIS ALFM C7: E-Health: How can digital be the enabler for health care of today and tomorrow
ITU/WHO
ITU/WHO
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
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WSIS ALFM C7: E-Science
UNESCO
UNESCO
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
The session shall address issues as below: o What is the state of affairs for climate change and natural resource consumption data in citizen communication processes? o How is the endless plethora of details and subsets of climate-consumption…
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