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WSIS Forum 2023 is scheduled to be held from 13–17 March 2023 at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva, with the support of remote participation. Learn more »

Agenda and Programme

The WSIS Forum 2022 will be held starting in March, featuring a weekly programme, including a series of thematic/country workshops, high-level policy sessions, special tracks on various thematic areas, knowledge café, a Hackathon, and exhibition addressing issues that are critical to WSIS implementation and follow-up in a multistakeholder setting. The final week of the WSIS Forum 2022 will take place on 30th May – 3rd June 2022, consisting of policy statements, interactive high-level dialogues, a WSIS Prize ceremony, a ministerial round table as well as a series of WSIS Action Line facilitation meetings.

The WSIS Forum programme is completely crowdsourced, the engagement of governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, the technical community and intergovernmental organizations in the preparatory process ensures broad ownership and continual improvements of the Forum. The Agenda and Programme for the Forum is built on the basis of official submissions received during the Open Consultation Process on Shaping the Themes and Format of WSIS Forum 2022.

14 March – 18 March

Tuesday 15 March

Past Sessions

WSIS Forum 2022: Inauguration Ceremony
WSIS
WSIS
13:00 – 14:15 (UTC+01:00)
13:00-13:20: WSIS Forum 2022: Inauguration Ceremony and Opening Remarks by Co-organisers of the WSIS Forum 2022 13:20-14:15: High-Level Dialogue partners: ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Opening Ceremony

Wednesday 16 March

Past Sessions

Opening of the ICTs and Youth Special Track
ITU and WSIS Youth Campaigners
ITU and WSIS Youth Campaigners
13:00 – 15:15 (UTC+01:00)
Opening of the ICTs and Youth Special Track During the previous WSIS Forum events, we have been able to spark many youth communities and their representatives to join the discussions on the implementation of the WSIS process, and numerous…
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Session recording available ICTs and Youth Thematic Workshop
Web Dialogue on Focus Area 2 of the Partner2Connect Digital Coalition - ADOPTION: Empowering communities
International Telecommunication Union
ITU
14:00 – 15:30 (UTC+01:00)
The digital divide continues to be a challenge particularly for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). As a response to this challenge, in close cooperation with the…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Thematic Workshop

Thursday 17 March

Past Sessions

Transformation for Sustainability: Carbon Neutrality in SMEs
WSIS
WSIS
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+01:00)
China has set a goal in achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. For many SMEs with relatively lower level of resource comparing to those big corporations, finding their parts in this transition has indubitably become a huge challenge. With the…
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Session recording available ICTs and Youth Thematic Workshop
Hack the Accessibility Gap
World Summit Awards
WSA
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+01:00)
Hack the Accessibility Gap Across the globe around one billion people have a disability, and accessibility issues go far beyond the physical environment. We are living in the age of innovation – the way we interact with technology is evolving,…
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Session recording available Sign language interpretation Thematic Workshop
Digital Twin and its role in healthcare: personalized care, drug development, and more
Open Health Network
Open Health Network
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+01:00)
In this session we will discuss the concept of a Digital Twin. Potential use of Digital Twin in healthcare: drug development, personalized, adaptive care and beyond. We will give examples of real life deployment of Digital Twin concept in healthcare.…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop

Friday 18 March

Past Sessions

Tech4Good: AIoT Open Source Innovations for Carbon Neutrality, Climate Change, Wildlife Conservation, and Sustainable Communities
Seeed Studio
Seeed Studio
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+01:00)
How will the AIoT open source hardware and software transform the whole landscape of achieving the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? For many years, Seeed Studio has been promoting the idea of using open tech communities’…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
Digital financial services and blockchain technologies
Independent ICT Consultant
Expert
14:00 – 14:30 (UTC+01:00)
The session is based on the subject areas and the conceptual frameworks of the digital financial services and the blockchain technologies. The detailed description of the design and development of the product solutions built on the theories of the…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop
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