We invite you to join the final week of the WSIS Forum 2020, which will take place from Monday 7th of September to Thursday 10th of September with Opening segments, WSIS Prizes 2020 Award Ceremony, High-Level Dialogues and many more fascinating sessions!
SPECIAL ISSUE — SEPTEMBER 2020
WSIS FORUM 2020
Dear WSIS Stakeholders,
We are happy to invite you to join the final week of the WSIS Forum 2020, which will take place from Monday 7th of September to Thursday 10th of September with Opening segments, WSIS Prizes 2020 Award Ceremony, High-Level Dialogues and many more fascinating sessions!
This year’s virtual edition of the WSIS Forum garnered a lot of interest and excitement across the world – with a cumulative attendance of around 12,000.
In the sessions organized high-level officials, academics, government officials, ICTs experts, private sector, United Nations, youth, business, and civil society leaders engaged in addressing issues on ICTs for development. Over 770 key speakers participated throughout the weeks in more than 130 virtual sessions organized by WSIS stakeholders.
Participants joined from over 150 countries around the world; with 35% login in from Asia and Australasia, 21% from Africa, 18% from Western Europe, 17% from the Americas, and 9% from the region of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
Of all the participants, 32% work in Government, 21% in the Private Sector, 14% in Academia, 9% from International Organization, 8% from Civil Society, 5% from the United Nations and 11% Other.
In the Forum overall, 45% of the participants were women, and 55% men.
