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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Special Track

Monday 27 May

Past Sessions

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WSIS+20 Visioning Challenge - WSIS towards the Summit of the Future/GDC and beyond

WSIS

12:00 – 14:00 (UTC+02:00) Room C

First come, first served

The Knowledge Café is a dynamic and interactive space designed to facilitate collaborative discussions and the exchange of ideas among participants seated around round tables. While these discussions will address various topics, the primary objective…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Knowledge Café

400

Leaders TalkX: WSIS towards the Summit of the Future/GDC and beyond

WSIS

14:00 – 14:30 (UTC+02:00) Main Stage, Room D

In this session, we explore how the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) serves as a cornerstone for implementing effective global digital governance processes. As we navigate the complexities of the digital age, WSIS emerges as a pivotal…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Leaders TalkX

Tuesday 28 May

Past Sessions

151

Roll up, Roll Up and learn "How can digital development accelerate the achievement of the SDGs and help the work of the WSIS process in this space?

Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom

DSIT and FCDO

09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+02:00) Room 14

This session will look at how digital development strategies can leverage the WSIS Action Lines, in particular Lines 1, 4, 6 and 11, to do more to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Contributing Partner Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Partner's Insight

Wednesday 29 May

Past Sessions

141

WSIS+20: Reclaiming a people-centred information society – priorities for the global South

Association for Progressive Communications

APC

09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+02:00) SDG Stage

Session topic and goal WSIS+20: Reclaiming a people-centred information society – priorities for the global South. This session is oriented to provoke reflection to stimulate, contribute to and help frame the deliberations in upcoming WSIS+20 events…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

468

Digital Governance 3.0

Fundação Getulio Vargas (Getulio Vargas Foundation) CyberBRICS Program

FGV

10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C

2024 is a pivotal year for enhancing global digital cooperation and development. From the first UNGA AI resolution to the EU AI Act, from the cybercrime treaty to the Digital Compact, we will take stock of the latest digital policy development around…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

198

Towards the WSIS+20 Review: Driving technical community engagement

Canadian Internet Registration Authority

CIRA

11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+02:00) SDG Stage

Over the past six months, the future of the internet—and its governance—has featured in multilateral and multistakeholder discussions around the world. From NETmundial+10 to the Global Digital Compact, these dialogues have increasingly seen…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

209

Sharing business perspectives on the road to the WSIS+20 review

International Chamber of Commerce

15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+02:00) Room 9

The workshop aims to assess the private sector’s role in driving forward the WSIS Action Lines, based on the experience and best practices shared by participants. It will also discuss what policy and regulatory considerations should be in place to…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

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WSIS Action Lines: Why they are still relevant?

The Atlantic Council

15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+02:00) Room C

The World Summit on Information Society is celebrating 20 years next year and it is up for a review. The focus of the review will be weather its action lines -- the targets WSIS identified 20 years ago -- have been met and whether they are still…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

176

Towards a human-centric approach to connectivity that leaves no one behind

IFLA - UNESCO - IT for Change - GSMA

17:00 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) Room 11+12

Connectivity has become the source of progress on earth. With progress comes the responsibility of ensuring that the advantages of technologies including new and emerging are beneficial to users and are shared equally. While the Internet has…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

Thursday 30 May

Past Sessions

333

The GDC and the WSIS+20 Processes: What's in it for Africa

Kenya Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva

15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+02:00) Room K1

2024 and 2025 are critical years in the global digital governance ecosystem, with two key UN processes presenting an unique opportunity to reflect on how humanity can truly benefit from digital technologies in an inclusive, safe and secure way: the…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

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Stocktaking exercise of the Global Digital Compact process and how to link it to the WSIS +20 process

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Organisation internationale de la…

17:00 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) SDG Stage

This session will examine how WSIS features in the current versions of the Global Digital Compact, and how to ensure an effective role for WSIS in the follow up of the GDC. The session will also examine how the issue of cultural and linguistic…

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Digital Governance Processes: WSIS, GDC/ Summit of the Future Interactive Session

Friday 31 May

Past Sessions

147

WSIS at 20: Beyond “Tech Imperialism’’

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

ITIF

09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+02:00) Innovate Space

A narrative has taken hold in both advanced and emerging economies that puts the blame for a range of societal ills -- from intensifying inequality, to job losses, to consumer harm -- on advanced technology and the people and companies that bring it…

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