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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.

18 April – 22 April

Tuesday 19 April

Past Sessions

Empodera.ORG: Collective intelligence platform to achieve the 2030 Agenda and to enhance citizen participation for the SDGs
Fundación Cibervoluntarios
CIBERVOLUNTARIOS
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
Empodera.ORG: Collective intelligence platform to achieve the 2030 Agenda and to enhance citizen participation for the SDGs. Empodera.org is a collective intelligence platform that makes it easier for citizens to create challenges and concrete…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
The Global Call to Action on Emergency Alerting
Alert-Hub.Org CIC (Community Interest Company)
Alert-Hub.Org
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+02:00)
Despite today's amazing telecommunications services, too many people in harm's way still do not get timely and effective emergency alerts so they can protect lives and livelihoods. This is largely because traditional emergency alerts are bulletins or…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop

Wednesday 20 April

Past Sessions

Urgently penetrating low-cost dependable broadband to isolated communities
Global Plan Inc.
Global Plan Inc.
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC+02:00)
The latest findings from the ITU estimate that 37 percent of the world’s population – or 2.9 billion people – have never used the Internet, of which 96% live in developing countries. Before connecting all the world’s population to the Internet, the…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop
WSIS Action Line C9: Rethinking UNESCO Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Governmental Public Domain Information
UNESCO
UNESCO
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
The purpose of the Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Governmental Public Domain Information is to build on this impetus to help develop and promote information in the public domain at the government level, with particular…
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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
E-Waste and what solutions can young people generate (Part 1)
WSIS/Geneva Youth Call
WSIS/Geneva Youth Call
14:30 – 17:30 (UTC+02:00)
In this session, young participants will aquire further knowledge about the main challenges around Electronic Waste, know what has been done in the past, what the stakeholders have been building to develop the situation we are in now. Joost de…
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Session recording available ICTs and Youth Thematic Workshop

Thursday 21 April

Past Sessions

E-Waste and what solutions can young people generate (Part 2)
WSIS/Geneva Youth Call
WSIS/Geneva Youth Call
10:30 – 15:45 (UTC+02:00)
In this session, Pascal Leroy from the WEEE Forum will share his vision and answer to the participants interrogations during the workshop. Rachel Weiser and Gaëlle Mogli will bring their expertise around their role in ConnectAid. Project managing,…
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Session recording available ICTs and Youth Thematic Workshop
WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize - Meeting the Finalists
WSIS/GCOA
WSIS/GCOA
15:00 – 16:30 (UTC+02:00)
The Finalists for the second WSIS Forum Healthy Ageing Prize will be sharing their products and services with our esteemed Judges in this exciting program. More than 100 entries from around the world have vied for a place in this line up, and the…
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Session recording available ICTs and Older Persons WSIS Special Prize

Friday 22 April

Past Sessions

Intellectual Property and Youth: Innovating for a better future
World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO
12:00 – 13:00 (UTC+02:00)
Millions of young people around the world use ICTs to communicate, learn and engage with cultural and creative content. The intellectual property (IP) system plays an important role in incentivizing the production and dissemination of the wealth of…
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Session recording available ICTs and Youth Thematic Workshop
Showcasing Local Libraries' Input to SDG's Achievement
Electronic Information for Libraries
EIFL
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) has invited six inspiring libraries that won EIFL Public Library Innovation Awards, and librarians who took part in the Initiative for Young African Library Innovators to showcase creative uses of…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop
Harmonisation of the Digital Covid Certificate across Africa
European Union
EU
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+02:00)
In the context of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, the EU has issued an open-source standard for the Digital Covid Certifcate (DCC) which, when correctly applied, facilitates international travel. This event will therefore present the EU’s open source…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop
Time-Sensitive Networking
IEEE
IEEE
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+02:00)
Scope: Imagine the opportunities possible if networking was instant and reliable, between people and things that matter, when and where it matters most. Background: Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) makes it possible to carry data traffic of…
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Session recording available Partner for Specific Activities Thematic Workshop
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