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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.

Final Week
30 May – 3 June

Monday 30 May

Past Sessions

Ambassadors’ High-Level Briefing
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room E
Ambassadors only
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Coffee will be offered during the session Ambassadors Round Table
Digital Government Transformation of the State of Qatar (Lucky Draw during workshop)
Qatar
MCIT
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Exploring the history of the digital transformation in Qatar and the future of smart Qatar (TASMU), stating the biggest millstones and achievements in infrastructure, applications and e-services, as well as highlighting the support of technology on…
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Session recording available Coffee will be served before the session Strategic Partner: Gold Country Workshop
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
How to create your crypto-wallet?
World XR
World XR
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
WSIS and NGOs--Indispensable Cooperation (in implementing the WSIS Action Lines)
Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO)
CoNGO
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
This thematic session focuses on the role and responsibilities of civil society, in particular non-governmental organizations, in the development of policy and the prospering of "information society" and "knowledge society". The session will…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop
Exhibition Inauguration
WSIS
WSIS
10:45 – 11:00 (UTC+02:00) Exhibition Space
We are pleased to inform that the final week of the WSIS Forum will feature exhibits on ICTs for Sustainable Development Goals from WSIS stakeholders and partners at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Join us and the Secretary-General for the…
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Exhibition Inauguration
The Future of the Internet: Towards more inclusive and effective governance
Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, United Kingdom
DCMS
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
The evolution of the Internet and the technologies that make up this network-of-networks will bring many critical opportunities in the coming decade. The global multistakeholder governance community of the Internet is also changing. As stakeholders,…
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Session recording available Supporting Partner Country Workshop
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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Session recording available Covid-19 related Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
Open Space WSIS TalkX
WSIS
WSIS
11:30 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) Exhibition Space
WSIS TalkX Sessions are Open Space Sessions dedicated for stakeholders to share their experiences and insights on the application of ICTs as key enablers for sustainable development. Stakeholders from all over the world, across the private sector,…
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Open Space Talks
The Path Towards Truly Digital Nation
UAE
UAE
11:45 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
The UAE shares its experience in accelerating its transformation into a True Digital Nation by providing key highlights of its ambitious goals & initiatives across various sectors. UAE Digital Government: presents its Truly Digital Program…
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Session recording available Strategic Partner: Platinum Covid-19 related Country Workshop
Mayors High-Level Lunch
WSIS/Geneva Cities Hub
WSIS/Geneva Cities Hub
12:45 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00)
Mayors only
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High-Level Lunch
Knowledge Café: WSIS+20
WSIS
WSIS
13:00 – 14:30 (UTC+02:00) ICT Discovery
Light lunch will be served. Limited to 90 seats, first come first served basis. This knowledge café will provide opportunity for stakeholders to share their views, insights, and to reflect on the evolution of WSIS implementation process. This session…
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Light meals will be offered to attendees during the session Knowledge Café
Accelerating Progress on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
With under 10 years to go, an ambitious global effort is underway to deliver the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda promise - by mobilizing stakeholders and calling on all entities to make the Global Goals their own. In response to the Decade of…
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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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
Interactive High-Level Dialogue with Mayors on Smart Cities, Drivers of Innovative Sustainable Development
WSIS/Geneva Cities Hub
WSIS/Geneva Cities Hub
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
This Interactive High-Level Dialogue on “Smart Cities, Drivers of Innovative Sustainable Development” will gather mayors and experts who will be sharing their progress in driving smart innovation in the city environment followed by an open,…
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Session recording available Interpretation: EN/FR Thematic Workshop
The "Monster” that is threatening global destruction can transform into the world’s saviour.
IFIP IP3
IFIP IP3
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
This session includes presentations on the following topics: Hi-tech to the rescue: resolving the problems of climate change and unequal school education. The Role of Governments in the Metaverse The Metaverse’s USD12 Trillion Economy Powering…
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Session recording available Supporting Partner Thematic Workshop
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
Breaking barriers to universal meaningful connectivity
International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Support the Information Society
ICC BASIS
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
The imperative to harness the power of technology as a force for good in the world and chart a digital future that works for everyone, everywhere cannot be understated. To this end, enormous progress has been made in the past years to bring all…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Upcoming Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day celebration 2022 and ITU SME Awards 2021 winner spotlight
WTO/ITU Telecom SME Programme
WTO, ITU
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00)
In celebration of the 6th edition of the UN's MSME Day to raise awareness of the contribution of micro-, small and medium enterprises to sustainable development and the global economy, this session brings together past winners of the ITU Telecom SME…
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WSIS Forum 2022 Highlights and Key Outcomes
WSIS
WSIS
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
Since the launch of the WSIS Forum 2022 in March, the Forum has garnered a lot of interest and discussion on information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable development. This session will provide an opportunity for the workshop…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop

Tuesday 31 May

Past Sessions

UNGIS Leaders High-Level Breakfast Meeting
WSIS
WSIS
08:00 – 09:00 (UTC+02:00) Satellite Room
UNGIS members only
The nineteenth meeting of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) will provide an opportunity to advance the Group’s objectives and coordinate policy issues facing the United Nations system in the implementation of the outcomes of…
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UNGIS
WSIS Forum 2022 Opening Segment
WSIS
WSIS
09:30 – 12:40 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
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…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Opening Ceremony
High-Level Lunch (sponsored by UAE)
UAE
UAE
12:30 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00) ICT Discovery
On invitation only
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Strategic Partner: Platinum High-Level Lunch
WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize 2022 and WSIS Photo Contest 2022
WSIS
WSIS
13:45 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
The WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize is an exceptional international recognition of WSIS Stakeholders as leaders for their excellence in supporting innovation that brings sustainable solutions for the ever-increasing global population of older…
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Information Session
High-Level Policy Session 1: Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Globally, over 1 billion new Internet users have been added over the last five years. Yet under half the world's people (3.7 billion) do not use the Internet. Many of them live in least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 2: WSIS Action Lines and the 2030 Agenda / Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All / Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
WSIS Action Lines and the 2030 Agenda The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a ground-breaking Summit, held in recognition of the vast, sweeping changes digital technologies would wreak on our society, economy and way of life. The…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 3 : Building Confidence and Security in the use of ICTs
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
In this digital age, trust is everything. Cybersecurity is crucial to ensuring universal, trustworthy, and equitable access to connectivity. While the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) enables better management and increased…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 4 : Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Globally, over 1 billion new Internet users have been added over the last five years. Yet under half the world's people (3.7 billion) do not use the Internet. Many of them live in least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 5: ICT Applications and Services
WSIS
WSIS
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
"The usage and deployment of ICTs should seek to create benefits in all aspects of our daily life. ICT applications are potentially important in government operations and services, health care and health information, education and training,…
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Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 6: Climate Change/Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Climate Change Governments, in cooperation with other stakeholders are encouraged to use and promote ICTs as an instrument for environmental protection and the sustainable use of natural resources. Government, civil society and the private sector are…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning High-Level Policy Session
WSIS Prizes 2022 Ceremony
WSIS
WSIS
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
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Session recording available WSIS Prizes
Official Reception / Ceremony for Partners
Switzerland / WSIS
Switzerland / WSIS
18:30 – 20:30 (UTC+02:00) Cafeteria
The WSIS Forum 2022 partners are: · UAE as the Platinum Partner · Saudi Arabia as the Gold Plus Partner · Qatar as the Gold Partner · Japan, IEEE, Huawei as Partners for Specific Activities · Rwanda, Switzerland, EY (TBC), and…
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Social Event

Wednesday 1 June

Past Sessions

High-Level Policy Session 7: Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All / Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All The ability for all to access and contribute information, ideas and knowledge is essential in an inclusive Information Society. The sharing and strengthening of global knowledge for…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 8: Enabling Environment
WSIS
WSIS
10:00 – 11:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
"An enabling environment at national and international levels is essential for the Information Society. ICTs should be used as an important tool for good governance. The rule of law, accompanied by a supportive, transparent, pro-competitive,…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 9: Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All/WSIS Action Lines and 2030 Agenda/Bridging Digital Divide
WSIS
WSIS
10:00 – 11:00 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Inclusiveness, Access to Information and Knowledge for All The ability for all to access and contribute information, ideas and knowledge is essential in an inclusive Information Society. The sharing and strengthening of global knowledge for…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
Academia Round Table
WSIS and Academia
ITU
10:00 – 11:30 (UTC+02:00) Room G2 (with remote participation)
Academia only
The semi-structured open roundtable will include stakeholders from academia and WSIS to discuss opportunities for collaboration and mutual support on ICTs and the sciences (between academic stakeholders, ITU, and the WSIS forum). This will, for…
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Thematic Workshop
Inter-Agency Working Group on AI- Bringing together the UN System expertise on AI ( closed session )
The International Telecommunication Union and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
ITU and UNESCO
10:00 – 11:30 (UTC+02:00) Room G3 (with remote participation)
This session will present an overview of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (IAWG-AI). It will introduce current and new workstreams within the IAWG-AI. Colleagues from 40 UN agencies will have the opportunity to present their…
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Special Session
WSIS Prize Champion Ceremony
WSIS
WSIS
10:30 – 11:45 (UTC+02:00) Exhibition Space
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WSIS Prizes
High-Level Policy Session 10: Digital Economy and Trade/ Financing for Development and role of ICT
WSIS
WSIS
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Digital Economy and Trade Technology is supporting and changing how we organize our governing systems, our economies, and ourcultures in unprecedented ways. There are several opportunities for partnerships and collaborations between countries and…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
High-Level Policy Session 11: Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content/Ethical Dimensions of Information and Knowledge Societies/Media/ICTs and Gender Mainstreaming
WSIS
WSIS
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content Cultural and linguistic diversity, while stimulating respect for cultural identity, traditions and religions, is essential to the development of an Information Society based on…
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High-Level Lunch (sponsored by Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC+02:00) ICT Discovery
On invitation only
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Gold Plus Partner High-Level Lunch
Ministerial Round Table
WSIS
WSIS
13:30 – 15:30 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
Ministers only
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Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR Covid-19 related Ministerial Round Table
High-Level Dialogue: ICTs for Developing Countries (and LDCs)
ITU/UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries
ITU/UN Technology Bank for Least Developed…
14:00 – 15:30 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
Connectivity has become a critical component to the socio-economic development yet of the 2.9 billion people who remain offline globally, a significant proportion live in the LDCs. In terms of internet access, the LDCs have a usage gap of 56% and a…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning High-Level Dialogue
High-Level Dialogue: Indigenous Languages
UNESCO / ITU
UNESCO / ITU
14:00 – 15:30 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
In the framework of the International Decade, UNESCO, in cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and in the context of the 2022 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, will organize a High-level dialogue on 1…
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From the lab to the real world: Artificial Intelligence and the decade action
ITU
ITU
15:30 – 17:00 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming all aspects of our lives, economies and societies, in both visible as well as unforeseen ways. Predictive analysis and use of big data is now driving insights and actions…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning High-Level Dialogue
High-Level Dialogue on the Transforming Education Summit and the 2023 GEM Report on technology and education
UNESCO
UNESCO
15:30 – 17:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Poor, inadequate or no education leads to calamitous consequences, appearing in the form of violence, climate disasters, poverty, inequalities, discrimination and threats to global peace. In turn, these consequences are threatening education itself.…
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Coffee sponsored by WSIS Forum 2022 Chairman Elect
Nigeria
Nigeria
16:30 – 16:45 (UTC+02:00) Exhibition Space
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Coffee will be offered during the session Coffee Break
Closing of High-Level Policy Sessions ceremony
WSIS
WSIS
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
This session will conclude the WSIS Forum 2022 High-Level Policy Sessions. Each High-Level Track Facilitator will provide an oral summary of the main outcomes of their respective session, followed by a final summary by this year's Chairman. The…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Policy Session
Cocktail and Gala Dinner
WSIS
WSIS
19:30 – 22:00 (UTC+02:00) Four Seasons Hotel
On invitation only
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Social Event

Thursday 2 June

Past Sessions

Academic perspectives on WSIS & SDGs
WSIS and Academia
ITU
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
As part of this thematic workshop, academic stakeholders across disciplines will present their views on how the WSIS forum can contribute or has been contributing to the SDGs.
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Cybersecurity for the future: Deep dive on Cyber Defence Centers
ITU Study Group 17
SG17
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
As digital transformation accelerates, people, organizations and systems are more and more connected thus more and more exposed to dynamic cyber-attacks, data and privacy breaches. In this changing landscape, Active Defence is becoming a top…
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Session recording available Cybersecurity Thematic Workshop
IEEE Knowledge Cafe
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
IEEE
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) ICT Discovery
Light breakfast will be served. With the WSIS Action Line C6 Enabling Environment serving as the backdrop, the conversation at this Knowledge Cafe is set in the context of translating technological solutions into innovations that enable a sustainable…
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Light meals will be offered to attendees during the session Partner for Specific Activities Knowledge Café
Open Space WSIS TalkX
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) Exhibition Space
WSIS TalkX Sessions are Open Space Sessions dedicated for stakeholders to share their experiences and insights on the application of ICTs as key enablers for sustainable development. Stakeholders from all over the world, across the private sector,…
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Open Space Talks
Towards a common approach to countering disinformation online
Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Japan, Delegation of the European Union in Geneva
Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Japan,…
09:30 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
Introduction and context Disinformation has been broadly recognized among major modern threats. It affects societies and the functioning of democracies all over the world and, with the profusion of communication channels and advances in digital…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Country Workshop
UAE Healthcare Digital Transformation
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
UAE implementing new disruptive technologies to aid the delivery of world class healthcare services for its nation and Citizens during and post Covid. Travel and hear the story of UAE digital Health transformation in the past, present and the future…
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Session recording available Strategic Partner: Platinum Country Workshop
Assurance and conformity assessment of digital products and services
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
The panel will discuss the challenges that arise when performing assurance or conformity assessment of digital products and services. We will review what can be learnt from the existing audit profession and the work that various government, standards…
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ICTs, women entrepreneurs and climate change adaptation: a path to sustainability
WOMENVAI
WOMENVAI
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
The session will be moderated by Denisse Salas, entrepreneur in ICTs and member of the Swiss Engineering Geneva board. It will discuss solutions to climate change adaptation and sustainable development in two Parts.Part1: Disruptive Technologies at…
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Parliamentarians Role in Advancing WSIS Action Lines
WSIS and Hon. Neema Lugangira (MP, Tanzania)
WSIS and Hon. Neema Lugangira (MP, Tanzania)
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00)
For the first time, WSIS has partnered with a Parliamentarians, Hon. Neema Lugangira (MP, Tanzania) to organise a dedicated session to discuss the Parliamentarians Role in Advocating WSIS Action Lines. It is without a doubt that to accelerate the…
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Promoting knowledge creation in the digital era: wisdom for young people
Wisdom Accelerator for Youth / WSIS Youth Campaigners
WAY
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room G3 (with remote participation)
Promoting knowledge creation in the digital era: wisdom for young people. With approximately 1.2 billion people aged 15-24 years accounting for 16% of the global population, young people must be at the forefront of the social change required to…
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WSIS Gender Trendsetters
WSIS
WSIS
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
As part of WSIS' work on gender mainstreaming, WSIS Gender Trendsetters have been appointed to act as trailblazers and take action in strengthening gender equality. Each Trendsetter has chosen a specific challenge or pledge to advance gender…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Intergenerational Knowledge Café
WSIS/GCOA/GIMUN
WSIS/GCOA/GIMUN
13:00 – 14:30 (UTC+02:00) ICT Discovery
First part - ICTs and Healthy Ageing Why is intergenerational discussion important for healthy ageing? How can we accelerate digital uptake with older persons? How will this impact young people? From a digital perspective, when is the right time to…
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Light meals will be offered to attendees during the session Knowledge Café
High-Level Dialogue: WSIS +20 – WSIS Beyond 2025
WSIS
WSIS
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Through the Summit’s first phase in 2003, a framework for an inclusive information society was created as set out in the Geneva Plan of Action. Since 2015, the WSIS Process and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are being aligned by…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning High-Level Dialogue
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
IPR 4 ICT – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow A Prospective towards Young Think-Tanks
International Young ICT Group, International Federation for Information Processing
IFIP, INTERYIT
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Room C2 (with remote participation)
The fundamental goals of the intellectual property (IP) have always encouraged new technologies and creative works, and to create a sustainable economic basis for invention and creation. The wide use of AI technologies will define established IP…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
ITU, UNCTAD, UN DESA
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
The Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative that was launched in 2004 to improve the availability and quality of ICT data and indicators, particularly in developing countries. The initiative is a…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
International Conference on Digital Infrastructural Transformation & Education: Road towards SDG 4
CMAI Association of India
CMAI
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00)
Covid 19 has changed the world and way human lives. For Registration and Nomination in Awards please feel free to contact Mr. Navtesh at +91 9711869771 and email at navteshgoyal@yahoo.com. Life Time opportunity to get Honored for the Excellence work…
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Launch of the GovStack CIO Digital Leaders Forum
Germany, Estonia, International Telecommunications Union and the Digital Impact Alliance
GIZ/BMZ, EE, ITU & DIAL
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
The GovStack CIO Digital Leaders Forum, is a year-long knowledge sharing program with workshops in the form of webinars. Each episode of the forum will host a Government CIO to share his/her country's experience in digitization of government services…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
WSIS Regional Commission Meeting
WSIS
WSIS
16:30 – 18:15 (UTC+02:00) Room G3 (with remote participation)
UN regional representatives only
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Thematic Workshop
WSIS TalkX: Inspirational ICT Stories
WSIS
WSIS
19:30 – 22:00 (UTC+02:00) ICT Discovery
The WSIS TalkX were launched during the WSIS Forum 2019 and has continued with great success to be held in virtual format during the 2020-2022. Coming back to the ITU HQ, this year’s WSIS TalkX evening session will be another opportunity to hear from…
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Friday 3 June

Past Sessions

UNGIS working level meeting
UNGIS
UNGIS
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room E (with remote participation)
UNGIS members only
The nineteenth meeting of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) will provide an opportunity to advance the Group’s objectives and to coordinate substantive and policy issues facing the United Nations system in the implementation…
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UNGIS
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
WSIS Stocktaking and WSIS Prizes
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
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Session recording available WSIS Prizes
SDGzine - Collaborative publication and projects on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Addictlab/SDGzine
Addictlab/SDGzine
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C1 (with remote participation)
Addictlab is a creative international think tank originated in 1997. It is a bottom-up and self-managed cultural platform, that guests creative thinkers from all disciplines and cultures, aiming to create a global display for cultures and ideas…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
WSIS Multistakeholder Alliance on ICTs and Older Persons
WSIS and stakeholders
WSIS and stakeholders
09:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Open Space WSIS TalkX
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 15:30 (UTC+02:00) Exhibition Space
WSIS TalkX Sessions are Open Space Sessions dedicated for stakeholders to share their experiences and insights on the application of ICTs as key enablers for sustainable development. Stakeholders from all over the world, across the private sector,…
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Open Space Talks
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
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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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
1st Episode of the GovStack CIO Leaders Forum
Germany, Estonia, International Telecommunications Union and the Digital Impact Alliance
GIZ/BMZ, EE, ITU & DIAL
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Join the 1st Episode of the GovStack CIO Leaders Forum where Government CIOs from Estonia and India will share their country's experience in digitization of government services using a building block approach. CIO's will present their country’s…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Internet Governance Forum 2022 Outreach Session
United Nations Internet Governance Forum Secretariat
IGF Secretariat
11:00 – 12:45 (UTC+02:00) Room A (with remote participation)
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF), convened by the United Nations Secretary-General, brings ‎people together from various stakeholder groups as equals in discussions on public policy issues ‎relating to the Internet. While there is no negotiated…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Knowledge Café: Bridging the digital gender divide
WSIS and stakeholders
WSIS and stakeholders
13:00 – 14:15 (UTC+02:00) ICT Discovery
As part of WSIS' work on gender mainstreaming, WSIS Gender Trendsetters have been appointed to act as trailblazers and take action in strengthening gender equality. Each Trendsetter has chosen a specific challenge or pledge to advance gender…
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Light meals will be offered to attendees during the session Knowledge Café
WSIS Action Line Facilitators Meeting
WSIS
WSIS
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
Action Line Facilitators Pursuant to Article 109 of the Tunis Agenda, the seventeenth meeting of the UN WSIS Action Line Facilitators will take place within the framework of the WSIS Forum 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to assess the general…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Action Line Facilitators Meeting
Closing Ceremony of the WSIS Forum 2022
WSIS
WSIS
16:30 – 17:30 (UTC+02:00) Popov Room (with remote participation)
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Closing Ceremony
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