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Session Outcome Documents
Monday 07 July, 12:15
IEEE Knowledge Cafe: Strong Sustainability by Design, Place-based Policy and the SDGs
Session 149 by:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Knowledge Café: Youth building the digital future - WSIS+20 Review and Beyond 2025
Monday 07 July, 13:00
Public-Private Partnerships for AI-Enabled Transformation of Public Sector Delivery in the Arab region
Session 500 by:
UNDP Egypt and the Applied Innovation Center
Roundtable: Young Professionals-- Enhancing Your Career Skills in the Internet Governance Space
Global Classrooms, Local Action: Empowering Youth with Digital Tools to Address Real-World Challenges
Monday 07 July, 14:00
Multilateral Intergenerational High-Level Dialogue: Youth Special Track
Bridging Visions: Aligning the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and WSIS+20 Overall Review by the UN GA
Session 254 by:
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs / Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government
Disinformation and Misinformation in Online Content and its Impact on Digital Trust
Session 158 by:
INTA - International Trademark Association
AI (and) education: Convergences between Chinese and European pedagogical practices
Session 155 by:
Beijing Institute of Technology; DiploFoundation / Geneva Internet Platform
Monday 07 July, 15:00
Partner2Connect High-Level Dialogue
WSIS Action Line C7 E-learning
Data and Trust For Health and Wellness SDG3 with a reference to Climate Change
Session 199 by:
IGF Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies
International Gender Champions (IGC) Digital and New Emerging Technologies Impact Group: Advancing Equity in the Digital Era
Intergenerational Dialogue: Technology for Innovation and Global Resilience
Offline, underserved and left behind? - The overlooked intermediaries that are mitigating digital exclusion
Session 166 by:
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions & Universal Postal Union
Monday 07 July, 16:00
Empowering Women and Girls through Digital Technology
Innovation and A.I. for a better information to citizens and more accurate EWS
Between free market and public digital infrastructure: intersections of media viability and public interest journalism
Promoting Education and Youth Development through Information Technology
Session 403 by:
International Competence Development Committee (ICDC), The Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy (CSEDS)
Monday 07 July, 16:30
Community-centered connectivity: Empowering local champions to expand Internet access for all
Monday 07 July, 17:00
AI Use Cases to Increase Healthy Life Longevity for Children & Elderlies
Session 192 by:
HiNounou - WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize 2022 / Technology Pioneers of the World Economic Forum
Media and Education for All: Bridging Female Academic Leaders and Society towards Impactful Results
Youth contributing to digital and outcomes of the special track
Monitoring and controlling sand movement in urban areas, agricultural lands and roads using artificial intelligence for a sustainable environmental future
Tuesday 08 July, 09:00
Harnessing Innovation and Balancing Risks and Opportunities in the Digital Space: Country Insight - Georgia’s Experience
Session 371 by:
Georgian National Communications Commission
Action Line C9 Media: Towards a Resilient Information Ecosystem
Defending Our Voice: Global South Participation in Digital Governance
Digital tech and the most marginalised: what still needs to be done?
Session 306 by:
ICT4D Collective and Microsoft (UN and International Organisations UNIO) (supported by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication , ICT4D.at , and YouthIGF)
Centering People and Planet in the WSIS+20 and beyond
Session 370 by:
Global Digital Justice Forum, IT for Change and Association for Progressive Communications
Tuesday 08 July, 10:00
AI for All? Inclusion, bias, and opportunity for persons with disabilities
Human Rights-Centered Global Governance of Quantum Technologies: Implications for AI, Digital Rights, and the Digital Divide
Session 176 by:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , European University Institute (EUI), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)/ Quantum Delta
Futurizing Democracy. Threats and Opportunities in the Digital Age
Tuesday 08 July, 10:15
Multilingualism in the Digital Age: Inclusive Strategies on Cultural Diversity for a People-Centered Information Society
Tuesday 08 July, 11:00
Collaborative Innovation Ecosystem and Digital Transformation: Accelerating the Achievement of Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Session 411 by:
China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
WSIS Action Line C7 E-environment
Session 392 by:
United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization, International Telecommunication Union
WSIS Action Line C7 E-business: Building an inclusive digital economy
Session 380 by:
International Trade Centre, Universal Postal Union, UN Trade and Development, in collaboration with UN Industrial Development Organization
Governments and Technical Community: A Successful Model of Multistakeholder Collaboration for Achieving the SDGs
Session 331 by:
The Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) and the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in Jordan (TRC)
Back to the Future: Putting the “I” (individual) back into A.I
Session 187 by:
Institute for Digital Culture, University of Leicester
Tuesday 08 July, 11:30
Global Standards for a Sustainable Digital Future
Session 350 by:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Tuesday 08 July, 12:00
Knowledge Café: WSIS+20 Consultation: Two Decades of WSIS: Advancing Digital Cooperation Through Action Lines
Tuesday 08 July, 13:00
Joining forces against disinformation: humanitarian, peace and media actors' perspectives
Tuesday 08 July, 14:00
Safe Smart Cities and Climate Frustration
WSIS Action Line C6: Digital Ecosystem Builders in action: Redefining the role of ICT regulators
fAInance for Good: Harnessing AI to AImprove the Global Financial Systems
Session 178 by:
ainitiative – to aimprove (y)our future
Harnessing digital public goods and fostering digital cooperation: a multi-disciplinary contribution to WSIS+20 review
Tuesday 08 July, 15:00
What Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence Means for Information Integrity?
The Power of Satellites in Emergency Alerting and Protecting Lives
Session 339 by:
Global Satellite Operator's Association and International Telecommunication Union
Strengthening Multistakeholder Internet Governance: How The Technical Community Can Help
Session 209 by:
Canadian Internet Registration Authority
Tuesday 08 July, 15:15
Celebrating 20 Years of Multistakeholder Engagement: WSIS Forum, IGF, and the Road Ahead
Tuesday 08 July, 16:00
Leaving No One Behind in the Citiverse
Session 284 by:
International Telecommunication Union and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Cibervoluntarios Network: Global Alliance for Inclusive Digital Adoption
Resilient infrastructure for a sustainable world
Session 267 by:
International Electrotechnical Commission
Tuesday 08 July, 17:00
Strengthening Corporate Accountability on Inclusive, Trustworthy, and Rights-based Approach to Ethical Digital Transformation
Championing A New WSIS Action Line For PeaceTech
Session 281 by:
SocialTech Lab; Institute of Social Ethics, University of Lucerne
Wednesday 09 July, 09:00
The Digital Imperative: The Critical Role of School Connectivity
Bridging the Digital Skills Gap: Strategies for Reskilling and Upskilling in a Changing World
Wednesday 09 July, 10:15
WSIS Action Lines C4 and C7:E-employment: Emerging technologies in the world of work: Addressing challenges through digital skills
Wednesday 09 July, 12:15
Knowledge Café: WSIS+20 Consultation: Strenghtening Multistakeholderism
Wednesday 09 July, 14:00
Empowering Workers in the Age of AI
Wednesday 09 July, 16:45
High Level Dialogue: Strengthening the Resilience of Telecommunication Submarine Cables
WSIS+20 Overall Review multistakeholder consultation with co-facilitators
Thursday 10 July, 09:00
WSIS Action Line: C3 Access to information and knowledge: “Investing in Equitable Knowledge Access: Diamond Open Access”
WSIS Action Line C10: Ethics in AI and converging technologies
Shaping Africa’s ICT Future: The Role of Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Beyond WSIS +20
Shaping the Global Digital Future: Bridging Divides, Empowering Communities, and Ensuring Ethical Innovation
Untangling the Red Tape: WSIS Champions Brainstorm and Offer Solutions
How .POST powered services build Cyber Resilience within the global Postal and Logistics Sector
Thursday 10 July, 10:00
Enhanced Cooperation in the Digital Age: From Concept to Commitment at WSIS+20
Developing capacities for bottom-up AI in the Global South: What role for the international community?
Session 423 by:
DiploFoundation/Permanent Mission of Kenya/Microsoft/IT for Change
Digital Humanism: People first!
Thursday 10 July, 11:00
Connecting the Unconnected in the field of Education Excellence, Cyber Security & Rural Solutions and Women Empowerment in ICT
AI for Digital Inclusive Development
Session 185 by:
Internet Society of China / Estrategia Latino-Americana de Inteligencia Artificial
Thursday 10 July, 13:00
Thursday 10 July, 14:00
Digital Cooperation and Empowerment: Insights and Best Practices for Strengthening Multistakeholder and Inclusive Participation
Session 425 by:
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Digital Transformation for all: An Information Society that respects and protects human rights
Session 263 by:
African Union, European Union and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
How to Transition Online Service to Passwordless at No Cost
Revamping Decision-Making in Digital Governance and the WSIS Framework
Session 212 by:
CGI.br - Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
Thursday 10 July, 15:00
Beyond International Aid: Investing in Community Connectivity and Making it Self-Sustainable
Session 338 by:
Association for Progressive Communications
Global adoption, global progress: Managing the challenges of AI inclusion
Thursday 10 July, 15:15
EQUALS Research Report 2025: Launch & The Path Forward
Session 259 by:
EQUALS, KAIST, ITU, Research ICT Africa, NIC.br
Digital identity solutions: opportunities and challenges in the pursuit of inclusiveness
Session 235 by:
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, United Nations International Computing Centre
Thursday 10 July, 16:00
Strengthening global cooperation in ICT for peace, security, ethical AI, revenue, governance, and the betterment of humanity in life and the afterlife promotes sustainable development and social progress.
Session 237 by:
Internal Resources Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh
Communication is Humanitarian Aid
Session 224 by:
World Association for Christian Communication/Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities Network
Shall governments have access to encrypted messaging apps content?
Thursday 10 July, 16:30
Driving meaningful participation of women in cyber through policy and practical action
Session 261 by:
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, Association for Progressive Communication
Thursday 10 July, 17:00
The Trust Dilemma: AI across sectors
Key factors and design features - successful national sustained relevant digital inclusive education
Session 227 by:
International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP)
Reshaping the world : Mapping opportunity with AI disruption
Session 190 by:
Jaipuria Institute of Management noida/Open Health Network/Mykolas Romeris University
Friday 11 July, 09:00
How a growing space ecosystem can be better leveraged to achieve the SDGs?
WSIS Action Line C7: e-Science for Inclusive Futures: Access, Collaboration, and Foresight for the Next Decade
Strengthen Digital Governance and International Cooperation to Build an Inclusive Digital Future
Friday 11 July, 10:00
Utilizing Digital Technologies as a Tool to Strengthen Sustainable Development Practices
Session 239 by:
Global Youth Leadership Development Council (GYLDC) and the Global SDGs and Leadership Development Center
Friday 11 July, 10:15
High-Level Dialogue: The role of parliaments in shaping our digital future
Friday 11 July, 11:00
UNGIS working-level meeting
Bridging the Digital Divide: Inclusive ICT Policies for Sustainable Development
Session 413 by:
International Standard University/City University Bangladesh
Friday 11 July, 11:30
Law, Tech, Humanity, and Trust
Session 508 by:
International Committee of the Red Cross
Global Strategies for Child Online Protection and Tackling Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
Friday 11 July, 12:00
Knowledge Café: WSIS+20 Consultation: Towards a Vision Beyond 2025
Friday 11 July, 15:00
Charting the Path Forward for the WSIS+20 Review: A conversation with the WSIS+20 Co-Facilitators
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