Sessions Outcomes

Sessions Outcome Documents


  • Monday 06 July, 09:00
  • The Action Line C7 on E-business Beyond WSIS+20
    Session 299 by: International Trade Centre, Universal Postal Union, UN Trade and Development
  • AI for Educational Transformation and Youth Development: Opportunities and Risks
    Session 130 by: International Competence Development Committee (ICDC), The Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy (CSEDS)
  • Redefining Digital Citizenship: Safeguarding and Empowering Citizens in the AI Age
    Session 126 by: United Nations Development Programme Egypt Country Office (UNDP)
  • Strengthening health data governance legislative frameworks: The foundation of trusted digital health and AI
    Session 127 by: Transform Health
  • AI for Good at Scale: The Community-Led Impact Flywheel
    Session 571 by: Interlai Foundation
  • Scientists as Bridge-Builders: Contributing Research to Global Digital Public Goods
    Session 530 by: Global Youth Development Alliance
  • Monday 06 July, 10:00
  • Control Systems for Excellence: Data & Processing Systems (specific reference to bionic eyes)
    Session 156 by: IGF Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies
  • Democratizing Innovation: Citizen Data, Indigenous Knowledge & Participatory STEM
    Session 321 by: Women in Technology in Nigeria - WITIN & Nigeria Data Protection Commission – NDPC
  • Meaningful Connectivity by Design - The Role of Technical Standards in Connecting the Unconnected
    Session 518 by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
  • Beyond the Access Gap: Gendered Realities of Digital Inclusion in Africa with Evidence from Four Countries
    Session 162 by: Research ICT Africa
  • Accessible digital educational environments: transferring research knowledge
    Session 155 by: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Monday 06 July, 11:00
  • Closing the Connectivity Gap in the Age of AI and E‑Governance
    Session 193 by: Paradigm Initiative
  • Anchoring AI Evolution in Humanity: Pathways for Ethical, Inclusive, and Cross‑Boundary Collaboration
    Session 191 by: Zhu Consulting
  • Case Studies on Connectivity: Young Practitioners in the Forefront
    Session 195 by: IEEE-Innovation Partner
  • Building an Inclusive Digital Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Digital Futures, Leadership and Diversity in Decision Making
    Session 166 by: OTDEC - TACTIC - Ana Gabriela Valdiviezo Black
  • Monday 06 July, 13:00
  • WSIS Action Line C1: WSIS+20 in Action: Implementation, Cooperation and Review – Part I
    Session 334 by: UNDESA
  • Governing the Systemic Impacts of AI Where Regulation Doesn't Reach: Standardised Commitments and Lateral Requirements across Value Chains
    Session 337 by: AI Commons (AIC) Framework Working Group, Centre Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies (CLEA), Free University of Brussels (VUB)
  • The role of humans in the cyber age
    Session 141 by: EC MEDICI Framework of cooperation
  • Monday 06 July, 14:00
  • WSIS Action Line C7 E-agriculture - Advancing Trusted Data Governance, Inclusive AI, and Digital Public Goods to enable scalable DPI and collaborative, Multilingual Innovation Ecosystems for Agrifood Systems Transformation
    Session 304 by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Measuring what matters: Embedding gender equality in AI governance through gender-specific indicators
    Session 271 by: The Gender in Digital Coalition (GiDC)
  • Building E-waste Management Systems
    Session 272 by: The Communications, Space & Technology Commission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the International Telecommunication Union
  • Monday 06 July, 15:00
  • Children First: Empowering the Next Generation with a Holistic Digital Code of Conduct
    Session 170 by: eWorldwide Group
  • Dialing up Mobile Phone Data for Official Statistics
    Session 171 by: (ITU/ World Bank/UN-CEBD Task Team on Mobile Phone Data (MPD)
  • Monday 06 July, 16:00
  • WSIS Action Line C7 E-government Inclusive e-government services: Reaching the hardest to reach through multi-channel service delivery
    Session 298 by: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Universal Postal Union
  • Transforming Global Education through Digital Innovation: Bridging Access, Skills, and Leadership
    Session 167 by: Nation Builders University
  • Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World
    Session 347 by: ICT4D Collective
  • From Ideas to Action: the integration of the Sao Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines within the broader digital governance processes
    Session 173 by: CGI.br - Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. OFCOM - Swiss Federal Office of Communications. FOC – Freedom Online Coalition. GPD – Global Partners Digital.
  • Monday 06 July, 17:00
  • Beyond State vs. Corporate: Community Data Governance Models from the Global Majority
    Session 175 by: Tech Global Institute, Paradigm Initiative, InternetLab
  • Poland’s Model for Digital Resilience: Secure Schools, Skilled Citizens, Strong Society
    Session 176 by: NASK – National Research Institute
  • Tuesday 07 July, 09:00
  • Bridging the Intelligence Divide: AI Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing for the Global South
    Session 183 by: CAST UN Consultative Committee on Information Technology (CCIT)
  • Business Perspectives on Furthering the Outcomes of the WSIS+20 Review
    Session 255 by: International Chamber of Commerce - ICC Basis
  • Tuesday 07 July, 10:00
  • WSIS ActionLine C6 Enabling Environment
    Session 295 by: International Telecommunication Union
  • I.T.U. – leaving no one behind…. I need a Telephone to connect to yoU
    Session 352 by: Institute for Digital Culture, University of Leicester
  • The Future of Education and Research in the AI Era: Equipping Young People for Tomorrow
    Session 541 by: International Telecommunication Union
  • Tuesday 07 July, 11:00
  • AI, Digitalisation and the Transformation of Jobs: Ensuring Decent Work
    Session 296 by: International Labour Organisation
  • Strengthen Digital Capacity-Building to Create an Inclusive and Secure Digital-Intelligent Future Beneficial to All
    Session 357 by: Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies
  • AI and Healthcare: Building the Foundations of Intelligent Health Systems
    Session 566 by: United Nations Development Programme Egypt Country Office (UNDP)
  • Tuesday 07 July, 13:00
  • Structural Asymmetry: Addressing the Sovereign Risk of AI Labor Displacement
    Session 196 by: Santiago & Company
  • Tuesday 07 July, 14:00
  • WSIS Action Line C9: Media - Towards Resilient Information Ecosystems in Times of Crisis: Rethinking ‘Preparedness’ in Digital Governance
    Session 309 by: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • Scaling trust: from Digital Proof-of-Life to a UN Digital Identity ecosystem
    Session 528 by: United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, United Nations International Computing Centre, United Nations Development Programme, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Helping SMEs Succeed in Digital Trade: Lessons from European & ASEAN Trade Promotion Organisations
    Session 368 by: UN International Trade Centre
  • Deep Skilling for the Quantum Age: A Global Education Model for Women and Girls
    Session 222 by: Innovation Network Global; Innovation Network Canada, Dynamic Coalition on Emerging Technologies (DC-ET), UN Internet Governance Forum
  • Smart Hydrology: Data, AI and the Future of Water Management
    Session 366 by: WMO
  • Tuesday 07 July, 15:00
  • WSIS Action Line C7 E-environment
    Session 303 by: ITU/WMO/UNEP
  • I Thought AI Was Only for Tech Experts: A Practical Introduction to Engaging with AI for Women
    Session 318 by: International Council of Women
  • Tuesday 07 July, 16:00
  • Enhancing CEDAW Accountability through AI Governance and Tech Value Chains
    Session 215 by: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - UN Women - International Telecommunication Union
  • Competition Policy, Platform Ecosystems, and Fair Opportunities for Small Developers: Building an Inclusive App Economy
    Session 212 by: Association for Competitive Technology
  • Promoting and enhancing cybersecurity among small and medium-sized enterprises for the sustainable development: trends and best practices
    Session 206 by: Kaspersky
  • Tuesday 07 July, 17:00
  • Science in the Age of AI: Knowledge, Data, and Trust
    Session 216 by: International Science Council & Committee on Data of the ISC
  • Whose Wallet, Whose Future? Operationalizing Multistakeholder Financing for Digital Development
    Session 224 by: Tech Global Institute, Research ICT Africa, Factum, Foundation for Media Alternatives
  • Wednesday 08 July, 07:30
  • 2nd Business Roundtable
    Session 568 by: International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Support the Information Society (ICC BASIS) and United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
  • Wednesday 08 July, 11:00
  • Enabling Inclusive Digital Development: Regulatory Capacity-Building through Multilingual Peer-to-Peer Learning between EU and Sub-Saharan Africa
    Session 158 by: Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER), Stockholm University
  • Whole-of-Society Approaches to Countering Digital Scams
    Session 384 by: United Nations Development Programme
  • Investing in what already works: Public access institutions as drivers of digital equity
    Session 199 by: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, UNESCO, Universal Postal Union
  • Putting data justice at the heart of AI governance
    Session 385 by: IT for Change
  • Wednesday 08 July, 12:00
  • Knowledge Café - Meaningful Connectivity by Design: Exploring Practical Pathways and Solutions Together
    Session 445 by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
  • Wednesday 08 July, 13:00
  • Human-Centred Model for Global AI Governance: What Can Be Learned from the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence (Vilnius Convention)
    Session 229 by: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania
  • Tool or Takeover? AI, Music, and Creative Ownership
    Session 317 by: Lindsey Mastis, Blue Moves Media
  • Wednesday 08 July, 13:15
  • The 2nd Interregional Dialogue on Digital Cooperation: Regional and Inter-regional pathways for the WSIS 2035 and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance
    Session 388 by: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt and The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, The UN Economic Commission for Africa, The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, The UN Economic Commission for Europe
  • Wednesday 08 July, 14:00
  • Connected and coherent: the Yin and Yang of digital education
    Session 327 by: ITU, UNICEF, UNESCO
  • Wednesday 08 July, 16:00
  • Beyond Ethics and Regulation: Compassionate AI for a Just and Sustainable World
    Session 574 by: Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion (SMGC)
  • Rethinking skills in the AI age
    Session 582 by: MSIT Korea/OECD
  • Wednesday 08 July, 17:00
  • High-Level Dialogue on Financial Mechanisms for Digital Development
    Session 468 by: International Telecommunication Union
  • Thursday 09 July, 10:00
  • The Politics of Knowledge in the AI Age: Empowering Human Agency through Standards, Human Rights, and the Role of Corporations
    Session 395 by: International Telecommunication Union, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Harvard Kennedy School Carr-Ryan Center
  • Thursday 09 July, 11:00
  • From local to global Internet governance
    Session 393 by: ISOC France
  • Thursday 09 July, 13:00
  • Advancing Quantum Safe Transitions: Ethical, Legal, Social, and Policy Dimensions
    Session 207 by: Data Economy Policy Hub (DepHUB), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Information for All Programme (IFAP), and Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU
  • Measuring What Matters: Revisiting ICT Core Indicators for the WSIS Vision
    Session 266 by: Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
  • Who Certifies the AI That Moves Among Us? Building Independent Safety Assurance for AI in the Physical World
    Session 208 by: Responsible AI for Safety and Ethics (RAISE)
  • Thursday 09 July, 14:00
  • Preventing Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse: Global Responses to Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
    Session 397 by: SWGfL
  • Thursday 09 July, 15:00
  • Sustainable financing for digital development
    Session 116 by: Association for Progressive Communications and the Swiss Federal Office of Communication
  • When digital systems fail: Understanding the Risk of a Global Digital Pandemic
    Session 408 by: ITU/UNDRR/SciencesPo
  • Operationalizing Digital Resilience
    Session 235 by: GNKS Consult; Marconi Society Resilience Institute
  • Thursday 09 July, 16:00
  • Common But Differentiated Responsibilities – How can we realize this principle in WSIS implementation?
    Session 237 by: Global Digital Justice Forum
  • Better Data for AI – A Possible Task
    Session 239 by: UN-CCSA/ UNCTAD/ITU/ Colombia, Norway, UK
  • Thursday 09 July, 17:00
  • From Dialogue to Practice: NRI-Driven Multistakeholder Labs for WSIS Implementation
    Session 425 by: AGID - Italy, APC , LAC IGF, IGF Secretariat and other stakeholders
  • AI and Energy for Sustainable Digital Development: Governance, Infrastructure, and Global Cooperation
    Session 421 by: The EnergyPact Foundation
  • Rethinking learning for the AI era
    Session 250 by: DiploFoundation/Geneva Internet Platform, Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Digital Inclusion as a Driver of Community Development
    Session 355 by: ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau, Rhizomatica and Association for Progressive Communications
  • How can we articulate Global AI Governance with Human Rights and Multistakeholder Engagement?
    Session 424 by: Data Privacy Brasil
  • Friday 10 July, 09:00
  • Making AI Safe in the Real World: From Governance Principles to Operational Tools
    Session 241 by: Council of Europe
  • Inclusion Without Safety Is Not Empowerment: Automation Is Scaling Harm Faster Than We Can Respond
    Session 243 by: Away from Keyboard Inc, Soroptimist International, Women 4 STEM
  • Building fit-for purpose networks: Emergency Telecommunications in Action
    Session 428 by: ITU/GSMA
  • Friday 10 July, 10:00
  • WSIS+20 in Action: Implementation, Cooperation and Review – Part II
    Session 314 by: UN DESA
  • Rethinking capacity building and digital learning for today and tomorrow's world (WSIS Action Line C4 session)
    Session 293 by: International Telecommunication Union, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • Safe at Scale: Translating the UN Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Regulation into Global Action
    Session 245 by: The Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University
  • Building Digital Trust: The Role of International Standards in Inclusive Digital Transformation
    Session 246 by: The British Standards Institution
  • Sovereign Health Systems and the Collective Privacy Gap: What the World's First Indigenous-Sovereign AI Health Initiative Reveals About the Limits of Current Governance
    Session 488 by: Innovation Network Global (ING), Innovation Network Canada, Dynamic Coalition on Emerging Technologies, UN IGF
  • Friday 10 July, 10:15
  • High-Level Dialogue Parliamentarian: Parliamentary Dialogue on Digital Governance
    Session 429 by: Inter-Parliamentary Union, International Telecommunication Union, United Nations Development Programme, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
  • Friday 10 July, 11:00
  • Developing strategies for AI literacy in action
    Session 136 by: TikTok
  • Friday 10 July, 11:15
  • Building Trust and Protection for Essential Digital Services
    Session 436 by: ICRC
  • Friday 10 July, 13:00
  • High Level Dialogue: Strengthening the Resilience of Telecommunication Submarine Cables
    Session 476 by: ITU/Portugal/Nigeria
  • Friday 10 July, 16:00
  • Closing Ceremony and Chair’s WSIS Forum 2026 Summary
    Session 533 by: WSIS/ITU