IGF 2025: ITU Call for Inputs on the WSIS+20 Review
ITU and South Africa
Session 504
Thursday, 26 June 2025
10:00–10:45 (UTC+02:00)
Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation
NOVA Spektrum, Lillestrøm, Norway
Internet Governance Forum
This session will take place in Workshop Room 6, in Lillestrøm, Norway.
This session, organized by ITU and South Africa, will be chaired by Ms. Cynthia Lesufi, Chair of the ITU Council Working Group on WSIS&SDG, invites stakeholders to share their perspectives on ITU’s contributions to the WSIS+20 review. The discussion will address key areas, including progress and challenges since the Geneva Plan of Action, the alignment of the WSIS Process with the 2030 Agenda, and the future of WSIS beyond 2025. The session will highlight on the implementation of WSIS over the past two decades.
More information of this session on IGF 2025 session page.
Panellists

Ms. Gitanjali Sah
Strategy and Policy coordinator
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Ms. Cynthia Lesufi
Chair of ITU Council Working Group on WSIS&SDG
South Africa
Moderator

Ms. Mina Seonmin Jun
Vice-Chair of ITU Council Working Group on WSIS&SDG
South Korea

Ms. Renata Figueiredo Santoyo
Telecommunication Regulation Expert
Anatel, Brazil

Dr. Swantje Jäger-Lindemann
Head of Division for Multilateral Digital Policy and Multi-Stakeholder Processes
Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation of Germany

Mr. William Lee
Assistant Director
Australia

Mr. Yoichi Iida
Special Policy Adviser
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan