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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.

25 April – 29 April

Monday 25 April

Past Sessions

Civil Servant 2.0
Polylat/UNESCO
Polylat/UNESCO
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
The challenges of digital-era governance require a new set of skills and competencies from civil servants, ICT ministries and digital units in government. From designing inclusive public policies to improving the quality of public services, emerging…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Five perspectives for future optical fibre cable and infrastructure technologies
ITU-T Study Group 15
ITU-T SG15
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+02:00)
Since the first international Recommendation for an optical fibre was established in 1980, optical fibre cable technology and associated international standards have significantly evolved. Optical communication continues to be deployed worldwide,…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop

Tuesday 26 April

Past Sessions

Round Table on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity
International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity
International Conference on Cyberlaw,…
12:00 – 13:00 (UTC+02:00)
The Thematic Workshop entitled “Round Table on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity” aims to examine the current developments in the area of Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity as well as connected legal and policy issues during the…
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Session recording available Cybersecurity Thematic Workshop
Advancing Internet Universality to support sustainable development, digital collaboration and the WSIS+20 review
UNESCO
UNESCO
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
UNESCO is organizing an 1-hour  session on  Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators    at  World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2022, on April 26th 2022 to underline the synergies between the WSIS +20 review and the Internet…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Five perspectives for future optical fibre cable and infrastructure technologies
ITU-T Study Group 15
ITU-T SG15
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+02:00)
Since the first international Recommendation for an optical fibre was established in 1980, optical fibre cable technology and associated international standards have significantly evolved. Optical communication continues to be deployed worldwide,…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop

Wednesday 27 April

Past Sessions

The impact of ICT development in urban or rural areas: smart villages and smart cities
ICT Research Institute
ICT Research Institute
12:00 – 13:00 (UTC+02:00)
In this workshop, the impact of information technology as an enabler infrastructure in sustainable development is examined. The study of cities from the use of information technology and smart infrastructure is first examined and then the impact of…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
WSIS Forum 2022 Hackathon: ICTs for Indigenous Languages - Mentoring Session 1
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC+02:00)
More information on the hackathon available here: https://icts-for-indigenous-languages.hackerearth.com/
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Session recording available Hackathon
A holistic framework for understanding digital-environmental interaction
DESC, INIT, WWRF
DESC, INIT, WWRF
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
There is much current research and practice on ways through which digital technology can be used to reduce carbon emissions and thus have a positive impact on reducing "climate change". Far less work is done on mitigating the harmful impacts of…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop

Thursday 28 April

Past Sessions

The Digital Access Technology for Poverty Alleviation and Recovery in Post Covid-19 Era
CCIT - CAST / BUPT
CCIT - CAST / BUPT
12:00 – 13:00 (UTC+02:00)
Since the 2020’s Covid-19 Pandemic, digital access technology has been proved important for sustainable development of human.The information infrastructures of general connectivity, safe and reliable support thousands of terminal devices to access…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop
Innovation in Shared and Public Access for Digital Inclusion
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IFLA
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
2020, 2025 and 2030 are among the key deadlines set out for achieving universal connectivity and digital inclusion targets – expressed in such metrics as internet penetration, its use and affordability, and digital skills among the world’s…
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Girls in ICT Global Dialogue
International Telecommunication Union
ITU
14:00 – 15:30 (UTC+02:00)
Background Science, technology, and innovation are key drivers of our increasingly global and digital society. But less than 30% of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) professionals are women. Globally, in tertiary institutions,…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Special Session
Digitalisation and the future of work through inter-generational collaboration
Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND)
Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development…
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+02:00)
Studies have shown that enterprises need to manage better the inter-generational aspects of an age-mixed work force. Older employees should be considered as knowhow resources who have accumulated skills, knowledge and network links to clients and…
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Friday 29 April

Past Sessions

Older Women and Digital financial Services for Healthy and Active Ageing
ADA Lovelace Software Private Limited, India
Autonomy, Communication, Education,…
12:00 – 13:00 (UTC+02:00)
Older generations have different needs for Digital financial services than younger ones and they face different challenges in digital access and usage. Aging is a Universal global phenomenon. Aging poses challenges for Digital financial inclusion.…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Digital Technologies, Inequality, and Development in the context of South-South Migration
Royal Holloway, University of London
RHUL
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
Digital technologies and migration are inextricably linked and feature widely in the SDGs. This session aims to share good practices and make recommendations concerning migrant use of digital tech. Considerable research has highlighted the positive…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
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