Agenda | WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025

Agenda and Programme

The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by ITU and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD. The Agenda and Programme for the Event are built based on official submissions received during the Open Consultation Process (OCP).

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Emerging Technologies Special Track

Monday 7 July

223

Innovation and A.I. for a better information to citizens and more accurate EWS

Eurovisioni and WBU

16:00 – 16:45 (UTC+02:00) Room L

Disasters provoked by climate change will be more numerous, bigger in intensity and in their impact. In order to save lives, will be crucial to improve the quality and the accuracy of Early Warning systems on one side, and the capacity to convey…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

192

AI Use Cases to Increase Healthy Life Longevity for Children & Elderlies

HiNounou - WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize 2022 / Technology Pioneers of the World Economic Forum

17:00 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) Room G

HiNounou is honored to host a discussion under the theme: "AI Use Cases to Increase Healthy Life Longevity for Children & Elderlies." This session brings together an exceptional panel of public and private sector leaders who are pioneering the…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

Tuesday 8 July

176

Human Rights-Centered Global Governance of Quantum Technologies: Implications for AI, Digital Rights, and the Digital Divide

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , European University Institute (EUI), Delft University of Technology…

10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room F

The potential of quantum technologies promise transformative advancements in encryption, privacy, security, and computational power, which has fueled significant investments in quantum technologies. As with artificial intelligence (AI), quantum…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

187

Back to the Future: Putting the “I” (individual) back into A.I

Institute for Digital Culture, University of Leicester

11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+02:00) WSIS+20 Open Space

NOTE: THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH HIGH LEVEL OF AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION BEING SOUGHT AND WELCOMED Have your voice heard in this session........ which will be by way of an open/roving microphone method ..... The session is Chaired/facilitated…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

317

La régulation du numérique et de l’IA dans l’espace francophone comme inspiration et bonne pratique internationale

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

13:00 – 13:45 (UTC+02:00) Room K

International digital and AI governance is now at a crossroads. The institutional calendar makes 2025 a crucial year, that of the implementation of the recommendations of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and the ongoing reconfiguration of the global…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

177

Governance and assessment of AI systems for reliable service delivery

EY (Ernst & Young LLP)

14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+02:00) Room K

AI tools and products are increasingly being adopted in mission-critical elements of service delivery both in the public and private sector. To manage the potential risks from this use of AI, policymakers, civil-society and business leaders are…

Contributing Partner Emerging Technologies Partner's Insight

178

fAInance for Good: Harnessing AI to AImprove the Global Financial Systems

ainitiative – to aimprove (y)our future

14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+02:00) Room L

In an era where 1.4 billion adult people remain unbanked* and financial inequality widens, AI offers unprecedented opportunities to re-imagine our financial systems. This high-impact session explores how intelligent technologies can create more…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

175

What Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence Means for Information Integrity?

Latvian Mission to UN

15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+02:00) Room E

The Global Digital Compact introduces commitments on information integrity - access to relevant, reliable and accurate information and knowledge essential for an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space. The Compact also encourages advancement…

Emerging Technologies Country's Insight

Wednesday 9 July

478

High Level Dialogue: Strengthening the Resilience of Telecommunication Submarine Cables

ITU/Portugal/Nigeria

16:45 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) Room L

Over 99% of global Internet traffic is carried by submarine telecommunications cables—forming the critical backbone of international digital communications. As our global dependency on digital services accelerates, these infrastructures face mounting…

Emerging Technologies High-Level Dialogue

Thursday 10 July

423

Developing capacities for bottom-up AI in the Global South: What role for the international community?

DiploFoundation/Permanent Mission of Kenya/Microsoft/IT for Change

10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room F

Used responsibly, AI has the potential to turbocharge progress in support of the SDGs and drive significant economic growth and opportunities. But a significant AI divide persists, with many underserved communities facing challenges in developing,…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

324

Building a Digital Society, from Vision to Implementation

National AI Task Force of Jamaica. Office of the Prime Minister

11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+02:00) Room F

Small-island developing states (SIDS) face a paradox: our size makes us vulnerable to global shocks, yet it also lets us pivot quickly when new technologies emerge. Jamaica’s journey since the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2015…

Emerging Technologies Country's Insight

185

AI for Digital Inclusive Development

Internet Society of China / Estrategia Latino-Americana de Inteligencia Artificial

11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+02:00) Room L

As algorithmic systems mediate ever more dimensions of daily life, interpretative asymmetries have emerged between technology creators and users—an issue that disproportionately affects marginalized and vulnerable populations in the Global South and…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

189

Global adoption, global progress: Managing the challenges of AI inclusion

International Chamber of Commerce

15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+02:00) Room E

As AI reshapes economies and societies, there is a growing urgency to ensure its benefits are accessible to all. This session will explore what inclusive AI means in practice, and the actions needed to achieve it, focusing on issues including…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

179

Embedding Human Rights in AI Standards: From Principles to Practice

Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…

16:00 – 16:45 (UTC+02:00) Room E

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming societies at an unprecedented pace. While they offer vast opportunities, they also pose risks to the enjoyment of human rights. Technical standards, as foundational elements…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

320

Children & Robots

Ethic Minds Institute

16:30 – 17:30 (UTC+02:00) Room K

What does data provenance, cryptography, quantum computing, and AI-powered robots have to do with children? Come discuss just this. As we move closer to AI-powered humanoid robots becoming part of the societal landscape, it is imperative that we…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

181

International Artificial Intelligence Frameworks for Safeguarding Human Rights and Dignity

Globethics

17:00 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) Room E

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems continue to advance and permeate key aspects of social, economic, and political life, the urgency to ensure they are developed and deployed in ways that respect human rights and protect human dignity has never…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

190

Reshaping the world : Mapping opportunity with AI disruption

Jaipuria Institute of Management noida/Open Health Network/Mykolas Romeris University

17:00 – 17:45 (UTC+02:00) Room F

This session explores how AI tools and digital innovations are transforming education by enhancing intercultural communication, preserving traditions, and fostering social change in the digital era. As globalization accelerates, diverse cultural…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

Friday 11 July

475

How a growing space ecosystem can be better leveraged to achieve the SDGs?

International Telecommunication Union

09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+02:00) Room K

Satellite technology is now very often quoted as having a crucial role to play in providing connectivity and bridging the digital divide. The Plan of Action adopted at the end of the first session of the World Summit on the Information Society…

Emerging Technologies High-Level Dialogue

322

Importance of Professional standards for AI development and testing

International Federation for Information Processing

10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+02:00) Room G

AI is part of the skillset for ICT Professionals. What is their role in ensuring that standards and ethics codes are adhered to when working with AI, especially considering that data is used differently in various situations / siloes? ICT…

Supporting Partner Emerging Technologies Partner's Insight

244

Driving the Future: Opportunities and Challenges of Autonomous Vehicles

The Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University, Globethics, Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (TUM)

11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+02:00) Room L

Autonomous driving technology has not only redefined modes of transportation, but also provided humanity with a brand-new digitalized living experience. As a brilliant fusion of artificial intelligence and the transportation sector, autonomous…

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

313

A fair communication/ Une communication équitable

Universal Esperanto Association

13:00 – 13:45 (UTC+02:00) Room F

What is Esperanto? "L'Espéranto en 20 tableaux". The use of Esperanto in LItterature and science, in meetings and congresses, to reach a fair communication. Esperanto in multicultural families, Esperanto for native speakers.

Emerging Technologies Interactive Session

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