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The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event is scheduled to be held from 27 to 31 May 2024, co-hosted by the Confederation of Switzerland in Geneva. Learn more »

Agenda and Programme

The WSIS Forum 2023 will be held from 13–17 March 2023 at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, with the support of remote participation. Virtual sessions will continue in April & May. The Forum will feature a programme including a series of thematic/country workshops, 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. It will also include a high-level track 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 2023.

13 March – 19 March

Monday 13 March

Past Sessions

348
Ambassadors Roundtable Discussion
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:30 (UTC+01:00) Geneva Room
Ambassadors only
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Real-time human captioning Coffee will be served after the session Light meals will be offered to attendees before the session Covid-19 related Ambassadors Round Table
161
Can cyber tech be resilient and green?
EC MEDICI Framework
MEDICI
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
Can cyber technology be resilient and green?There are some key events that have characterised the recent period one of these is the so-called digital transformation considered the natural evolution of the current society in the light of a pervasive…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Cybersecurity Thematic Workshop
172
Smart and Sustainable cities - Sustainable energy in uncertain times, helped by ICT
Partner360.net
Partner360.net
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
The U4SSC is the United Nations United for Smart and Sustainability initative. The State of Geneva (canton de Genève) recently passed the UN ITU U4SSC audit for Smart and Sustainable cities. We will share key findings from this verification. We will…
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Session recording available ICTs and Clean Tech Thematic Workshop
174
KIDsVAI Train-the-trainers session to break gender stereotypes in STEM
WOMENVAI and Swiss Engineering Geneva
WOMENVAI, SE GE
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
Since over five years, our Swiss partner Swiss Engineering Geneva has experienced a few workshops in classrooms at primary schools in Geneva, targeting young girls and boys aged 10-12 years. The objective is to raise awareness on gender stereotypes…
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ICTs and Gender Mainstreaming Open Space Talks
169
Use of technologies to improve healthcare in underserved communities around the world
Open Health Network
Open Health Network
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
The healthcare needs of people in underserved communities around the world are vast and urgent. Addressing these needs requires a multifaceted approach that includes improving access to healthcare services, addressing maternal and child health…
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Covid-19 related Open Space Talks
181
Strengthening the Collaboration of Digital Literacy for Disabilities
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Indonesia
Indonesia
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room F
A survey conducted by the Central Statistics Bureau (BPS) Indonesia reveals that the number of people with disabilities in Indonesia reached around 22.5 million people in 2022. This number has increased from 2021 which amounted to 16.5 million.…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning ICTs and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and Specific Needs Country Workshop
179
Supporting the Transition to a Stronger, Greener, and Sustainable Future Through Standards and Best Practices
IEEE – Partner for Specific Activities
IEEE – Partner for Specific Activities
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room B
What are standards developers and users doing today to address sustainability and climate change? There is a technological transformation underway that inspires pioneering opportunities and encourages evolutionary innovation. Global standards…
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Session recording available Partner for Specific Activities Thematic Workshop
400
Mayors High-Level Presentations
International Telecommunication Union & Geneva Cities Hub
International Telecommunication Union &…
10:00 – 12:00 (UTC+01:00) Room C
This High-Level session will provide an opportunity for Mayors to present scalable best practices and challenges of digital solutions for climate change adaptation and energy transition.
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Session recording available High-Level Substantive Session
257
Robotics & The Medical Internet of Things (MIoT)
United Nations IGF (DESA) Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies
UN IGF DC DDHT
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
A public engagement on the topic of robotics in health care. The Medical Internet of Things MIoT will bring advanced technological devices into the home. Hospital @ home care is here. Robotics are being used in hospitals, rehabilitation and research…
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Session recording available Covid-19 related Thematic Workshop
260
Interactive, Immersive and Accessible Storytelling
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
UAB
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
Education plays a vital role in preparing children and young people for the future, equipping them with important skills, knowledge, and values. However, complex subjects such as diversity, sustainability can be difficult to teach. Storytelling helps…
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ICTs and Clean Tech Open Space Talks
262
Responsible AI governance and the challenges of general purpose AI
EY
EY
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
Building on our workshop panel from 2022 that focused on assurance and conformity assessment of emerging digital products and services, such as AI, we will continue the theme of discussion around practical considerations for regulations, standards…
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Open Space Talks
255
Exhibition Inauguration
WSIS
WSIS
10:45 – 11:00 (UTC+01:00) Open Space
The WSIS Forum 2023 will feature exhibits on ICTs for Sustainable Development Goals from WSIS stakeholders and WSIS Forum 2023 partners at the CICG.
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Coffee will be offered during the session Exhibition Inauguration
337
Building Cyber resilience in the humanitarian and development sectors
Cyberpeace Institute
Cyberpeace Institute
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
Technology and innovation play important roles in the delivery, effectiveness and scaling of humanitarian action for people affected by complex emergencies and contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While it is…
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Session recording available Cybersecurity Thematic Workshop
245
How to take care of your elderly parents when you are living far from them? Showcase of the best ICTs innovation
HiNounou, awarded as 2022 WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Winner.
HiNounou
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
In 2020, for the first time of human history, elderlies outnumbered children. The number is projected to grow by 40% before 2030 up to 1.4 Billion and will reach 2 billion older adults in 2050. Among them, 80% are living in low and medium income…
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Session recording available ICTs and Older Persons Thematic Workshop
263
Intellectual Property (IP) in a brave new virtual world
World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
The session will provide an interesting overview of WIPO's recent and planned activities relating to the use of IP in virtual worlds, including in the metaverse and videogames. It will showcase examples of how different tools and mechanisms can be…
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Open Space Talks
254
The Rise of the Machines: Will AI Destroy Your Job ?
World XR
World XR
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
Part 1 : As we move deeper into the age of artificial intelligence, the implications for the job market are becoming more apparent. According to some estimates, AI and automation could eliminate up to 800 million jobs by 2030. This raises important…
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ICTs and Indigenous Peoples and Cultures Open Space Talks
270
The UAE's Digital Journey: From Digital Identity to City SuperApps and Beyond
UAE
UAE
11:15 – 12:15 (UTC+01:00) Room B
Learn about the latest developments in the UAE's digital transformation journey. In this session, you will learn about the Super App of government services, E-participation, latest developments of the national digital identity, capacity building…
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Session recording available Coffee will be served before the session Strategic Partner: Platinum Country Workshop
272
WSIS Action Line C7: e-Employment: Towards decent work in the digital economy for forcibly displaced youth
International Labour Organisation
ILO
11:15 – 12:15 (UTC+01:00) Room E
The session will feature an interactive discussion between experts on issues related to decent work, the digital economy, and people in forced displacement contexts as well as profit from the insights of a refugee that has vast experience in helping…
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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
363
Web3 and how it can further the SDGs
UNITAR/Berexia
UNITAR/Berexia
11:15 – 12:15 (UTC+01:00) Room F
Professionals dedicated to advancing sustainable development are always looking for innovative ways to make a positive impact. With Web3's cutting-edge features, we have the opportunity to drive greater inclusion, transparency, and awareness than…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
360
IEEE Knowledge Café: Beyond Strong Sustainability - Catalyzing a Planet Positive Future for Generations to Come
IEEE - Partner for Specific Activities
IEEE - Partner for Specific Activities
12:30 – 13:45 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
This interactive session will explore opportunities to build a flourishing world that goes beyond sustainability and builds upon the UN SDGs and related declarations. Through a series of open discussions and activities, we will share with each other…
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Light meals will be offered to attendees during the session Partner for Specific Activities Knowledge Café
284
WSIS+20 Multistakeholder Consultation Process
WSIS
WSIS
12:30 – 13:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
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Session recording available Light meals will be offered to attendees during the session Knowledge Café
444
Lunch for the Commonwealth ITU Group
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
12:30 – 13:45 (UTC+01:00) Open Space
Commonwealth countries only
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Social Event
401
Lunch Break
WSIS
WSIS
12:30 – 13:45 (UTC+01:00)
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Lunch Break
282
Mayors High-Level Networking Lunch
Geneva Cities Hub
Geneva Cities Hub
12:30 – 13:45 (UTC+01:00)
On invitation only
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Lunch Break
350
Mayors High-Level Dialogue
WSIS and Geneva Cities Hub
WSIS and Geneva Cities Hub
14:00 – 15:30 (UTC+01:00) Room C
Following the appreciation of WSIS Stakeholders for the first Mayors’ High-Level Dialogue at the WSIS Forum 2022, allowing Mayors and city stakeholders to share their progress in driving smart innovation in the city environment, Geneva Cities Hub…
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Session recording available High-Level Dialogue
446
Cybersecurity at the center of digital transformation in Africa
UN ECA
ECA
14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Cybersecurity is at the center of global security and prosperity as digitalization spurs in developed and developing countries. The challenge is to create a thriving digital society that is resilient to cyber threats and with knowledge and…
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Session recording available Cybersecurity Thematic Workshop
362
Digital payments: Empowering Communities and Knowledge Economy-UPI applications Promote Digital Financial Inclusion.
ADA Lovelace Software Private Limited.
ADA Lovelace Software Private Limited.
14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
Digital financial services lower the cost and increase the security of sending, paying and receiving money. The resulting increase in financial inclusion which is also vital to women’s empowerment. It is most reliable, efficient and secure form of…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
274
A sustainable capacity building strategy for least developing countries (LDCs) & developing countries to address cyber & digital risks
Welchman Keen
WK
14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
This workshop will highlight the challenges in ensuring sustainable and long-lasting impacts of cybersecurity capacity building activities, and how to overcome them. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to address common issues.…
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Cybersecurity Open Space Talks
292
Maximising recycling with data driven decisions to enable smart cities
Xworks Tech
Xworks
14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
The session will be about the journey to net zero, how the team got involved in the waste management world and the birth of a data platform that is designed to gather data and analyse to produce informed decisions around smart cities and companies.…
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Open Space Talks
293
Leveraging new technologies and innovation to accelerate the progress towards achieving the SDGs.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
14:15 – 15:15 (UTC+01:00) Room B
Sustainability has been at the heart of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 since its inception with ambitions to accelerate the energy transition, achieve sustainability goals, and drive new waves of investment. Saudi Arabia has taken an…
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Session recording available Coffee will be served before the session Gold Plus Partner Country Workshop
296
WSIS Action Line C7: e-Business: “Enabling women in eBusiness”
ITC/UNCTAD/UPU
ITC/UNCTAD/UPU
14:15 – 15:15 (UTC+01:00) Room F
The rapid spread of digital technologies after the COVID-19 pandemic has created new opportunities for women and increased their participation in the digital economy. However, women entrepreneurs are still facing various challenges such as…
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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
445
Global Digital Compact Informal Roundtable discussions
Co-Facilitators of the Global Digital Compact
Co-Facilitators of the Global Digital…
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00)
First come, first served
The UN Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda report proposed a Global Digital Compact to be agreed at the Summit of the Future in September 2024 through a technology track involving all stakeholders: governments, the United Nations system, the…
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Special Session
288
Critical elements of successful industry 4.0 policy
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
ITIF
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
This session will explore the information and communications technologies that are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR); how countries, can especially developing ones, can maximize their potential to extract value from ICTs and industries…
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Session recording available ICTs and Emerging Technologies for Industry 4.0 Thematic Workshop
291
Evolution of Social Engineering & Phishing
Swiss-CyberSecurity
SCS
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Social Engineering exists since humans exist - but since we are using omnipresent Information Technology, Social Engineering has come to a next level: phishing, imposter ad business email compromise. A Multi-Billion Dollar industry is now trying to…
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Session recording available Cybersecurity Thematic Workshop
366
GovTech 4 Impact: Executive experience sharing on digital public service development in Europe
International Telecommunication Union
ITU
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
In today's fast-changing world, governments face a challenging and constantly evolving landscape. The disruption generated by new technologies, an abundance of data, and various crises contribute to this complexity. This session aims to bring…
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Open Space Talks
286
The International Standard Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and the UN Action Plan on Early Warnings for All
Alert-Hub Org CIC (Community Interest Company)
Alert-Hub .Org
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
The goal of the UN Action Plan on Early Warnings for All is to ensure that every person on Earth is protected by an early warning system in the next five years. This an expansive vision and a huge undertaking with implications on many aspects of ICTs…
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ICTs and Clean Tech Open Space Talks
305
Bahrain
Bahrain
Bahrain
15:30 – 16:30 (UTC+01:00) Room F
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Session recording available Contributing Partner Country Workshop
281
The future of education: building a digital resilience
Délégation générale Wallonie-Bruxelles à Genève - Mission permanente de Belgique
Délégation générale Wallonie-Bruxelles à…
15:30 – 16:30 (UTC+01:00) Room C
English below Cet atelier veut nourrir une réflexion sur le futur de l’éducation numérique, en facilitant l’échange de bonnes pratiques entre différentes parties prenantes de ce secteur. Les systèmes éducatifs doivent aujourd’hui faire preuve de…
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Session recording available Interpretation: EN/FR Supporting Partner Country Workshop
250
WSIS Action Line C3: Access to information
UNESCO
UNESCO
15:30 – 16:30 (UTC+01:00) Room E
The workshop will discuss the scope of the new version of the Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Governmental Public Domain Information. The aim of the workshop is to gather input, review and update the Policy Guidelines, taking…
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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
370
Technology for Democracy: Lessons learnt and the way forward for technology for democracy and human rights (1st Segment)
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP
15:30 – 16:30 (UTC+01:00) Room B
Digital technology has fundamentally changed and is continuously reshaping the world. While digital transformation opens innovative avenues to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, digital technologies are also used to suppress, limit,…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
203
Data Ethics and the Ethics of Digital and Emerging Technologies
Globethics
Globethics
16:00 – 16:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
How can we build trust in this complex and ambiguous data world? How can digital technologies serve humanity? Data is the magic word of the 21st century. For citizens, data means support in daily life in almost all activities, from using watches to…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
331
Hack the Digital Divide
World Summit Award
WSA
16:00 – 16:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
The multiple crises facing our world need digital, purpose driven solutions with a positive impact.The World Summit Awards work within the UN Framework of the SDGs and the Transformation into the Knowledge Society (WSIS) to select and promote best…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
302
Climate Change and how to promote DRR (Disaster risk reduction)
UNDRR - ABU - ITU - Eurovisioni
UNDRR - ABU - ITU
16:00 – 16:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
The session will present the initiatives currently conducted by UNDRR, ABU/WBU and ITU-T in the field of technologies and learning experience that could help in preventing disasters, in reducing effects of natural and human provoked disasters and…
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ICTs and Clean Tech Open Space Talks
372
Technology for Democracy: Lessons learnt and the way forward for technology for democracy and human rights (2nd Segment)
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP
16:30 – 17:15 (UTC+01:00) Room B
Digital technology has fundamentally changed and is continuously reshaping the world. While digital transformation opens innovative avenues to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, digital technologies are also used to suppress, limit,…
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Session recording available Thematic Workshop
298
WSIS Digital Service Design Special Prize
Germany, Estonia, ITU and the Digital Impact Alliance
Germany, Estonia, ITU and the Digital Impact…
16:45 – 17:45 (UTC+01:00) Room C
As the world gets closer to the 2030 Development Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Global Goals, many of these goals rely on governments’ ability to deliver services to people. Digital public infrastructure (DPI) systems, like ID, payments, and data…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning High-Level Dialogue
306
The Next Frontier: Let's talk Digital Resilience - Cyber and Space
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
16:45 – 17:45 (UTC+01:00) Room E
Digital technologies play a key role in promoting equality and social inclusion, providing new opportunities for economic growth, and helping achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To unleash the potential of these technologies for humanity,…
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Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
392
Online Visibility of Women in Parliament
Omuka Hub
Omuka Hub
16:45 – 17:45 (UTC+01:00) Room F
The Theme for this year's International Women's Day is "DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality", and to achieve true gender equality we need to have more women in politics online. Why is this important? Women in Parliament do…
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Session recording available ICTs and Gender Mainstreaming Thematic Workshop
452
Inauguration Ceremony: Yoga: Wellbeing and mindfulness session with professional instructors
Permanent Mission of India
Permanent Mission of India
18:00 – 18:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
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Session recording available Special Session
451
Evènement convivial francophone
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Organisation internationale de la…
18:00 – 19:00 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
On invitation only
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Supporting Partner Social Event
447
Reception by Poland
Poland
Poland
19:00 – 21:00 (UTC+01:00)
On invitation only
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Social Event

Tuesday 14 March

Past Sessions

153
UNGIS Leaders High-Level Meeting
UNGIS
UNGIS
08:00 – 09:00 (UTC+01:00) Room 9
UNGIS members only
UNGIS serves as an inter-agency mechanism to coordinate substantive policy issues facing the United Nations system’s implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action and Tunis Agenda for the Information Society adopted by the World Summit on the…
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Coffee will be offered during the session UNGIS
157
WSIS Forum 2023 Opening Ceremony
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum is a multistakeholder platform to coordinate implementation activities, exchange information and knowledge, showcase innovation, share best practices and foster partnerships to ensure ICTs…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Opening Ceremony
425
Appointment of Chairperson
WSIS
WSIS
10:00 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room D
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Opening Ceremony
427
Digital cooperation and partnerships for inclusive sustainable development
WSIS
WSIS
10:15 – 11:15 (UTC+01:00) Room D
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Opening Ceremony
159
High-Level Strategic Dialogue: WSIS+20 and the future of WSIS beyond 2025
WSIS
WSIS
11:15 – 12:15 (UTC+01:00) Room D
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR High-Level Dialogue
436
High-Level Lunch (sponsored by UAE) )
UAE
UAE
12:30 – 13:45 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
On invitation only
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Strategic Partner: Platinum High-Level Lunch
429
WSIS Forum 2023 Special Prizes announcement
WSIS
WSIS
13:45 – 14:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
WSIS Forum 2023 Special Prizes announcement:• WSIS Forum 2023 Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize• WSIS Forum 2023 Hackathon• WSIS Forum 2023 Photo Contest
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Session recording available WSIS Special Prize
136
High-Level Policy Session 1 : Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
According to the latest ITU data, roughly one-third of the global population (2.7 billion people) remain unconnected to the Internet. The figure was an improvement from 2021 but revealed a levelling off from the strong connectivity gains made during…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
137
High-Level Policy Session 2 : Enabling Environment
WSIS
WSIS
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
"An enabling environment at national and international levels is essential for the Information Society. ICTs should be used as an important tool for good governance. The rule of law, accompanied by a supportive, transparent, pro-competitive,…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
139
High-Level Policy Session 3 : Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
In this digital age, trust is everything. Cybersecurity is crucial to ensuring universal, trustworthy, and equitable access to connectivity. While the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) enables better management and increased…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
143
High-Level Policy Session 4: Inclusiveness – access to information and knowledge for all / Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 16:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
Bridging Digital Divides According to the latest ITU data, roughly one-third of the global population (2.7 billion people) remain unconnected to the Internet. The figure was an improvement from 2021 but revealed a levelling off from the strong…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
431
Coffee Break sponsored by Japan (Partner for Specific Activities)
Japan
Japan
15:30 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
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Coffee Break
142
High-Level Policy Session 5: Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
Bridging Digital Divides According to the latest ITU data, roughly one-third of the global population (2.7 billion people) remain unconnected to the Internet. The figure was an improvement from 2021 but revealed a levelling off from the strong…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
140
High-Level Policy Session 6: Digital Economy and Trade/Financing for ICT
WSIS
WSIS
16:00 – 17:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
Digital Economy and Trade Technology is supporting and changing how we organize our governing systems, our economies, and ourcultures in unprecedented ways. There are several opportunities for partnerships and collaborations between countries and…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
163
WSIS Prizes 2023 Ceremony: Winners + Champions
WSIS
WSIS
17:15 – 18:30 (UTC+01:00) Room A
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Session recording available WSIS Prizes
433
Official Reception / Certificates for the WSIS Forum 2023 Partners
Switzerland / WSIS
Switzerland / WSIS
18:30 – 20:30 (UTC+01:00)
The WSIS Forum 2023 partners are: Platinum partner: United Arab Emirates Gold Plus partner: Saudi Arabia Partners for Specific Activities: Japan, Huawei, IEEE Contributing Partners: Bahrain, Rwanda, Switzerland, United Kingdom, ICANN, ISOC…
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Social Event

Wednesday 15 March

Past Sessions

145
High-Level Policy Session 7: Ethical Dimensions of Information and Knowledge Societies / Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
Ethical Dimensions of Information and Knowledge Societies "The Information Society should respect peace and uphold the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, shared responsibility, and respect for nature. We acknowledge the…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
147
High-Level Policy Session 8: WSIS Action Lines and the 2030 Agenda/ Climate Change
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
WSIS Action Lines and the 2030 Agenda The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a ground-breaking Summit, held in recognition of the vast, sweeping changes digital technologies would wreak on our society, economy and way of life. The…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
432
WSIS Prize Champion Ceremony
WSIS
WSIS
09:00 – 10:30 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
WSIS Prizes 2023 Champions only
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WSIS Prizes
150
High-Level Policy Session 10 : Bridging Digital Divides
WSIS
WSIS
10:00 – 11:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
According to the latest ITU data, roughly one-third of the global population (2.7 billion people) remain unconnected to the Internet. The figure was an improvement from 2021 but revealed a levelling off from the strong connectivity gains made during…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
149
High-Level Policy Session 9: ICT Applications and Services / Climate Change
WSIS
WSIS
10:00 – 11:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
ICT Applications and Services "The usage and deployment of ICTs should seek to create benefits in all aspects of our daily life. ICT applications are potentially important in government operations and services, health care and health information,…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR/Passive AR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
352
High-Level Policy Session 11: Knowledge Societies, Capacity Building and e-learning / ICT Applications and Services
WSIS
WSIS
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
Knowledge Societies, Capacity Building and e-Learning Each person should have the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge in order to understand, participate actively in, and benefit fully from, the Information Society and the…
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Session recording available Real-time human captioning Interpretation: EN/FR Covid-19 related High-Level Policy Session
396
High-Level Dialogue: Digital Governance and Capacity Building
UNESCO
UNESCO
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
Digital transformations are continuously changing how people live, work and function in their societies. The development and use of digital technologies is also impacting how governments operate and function. Digital transformation, including…
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Interpretation: EN/FR High-Level Dialogue
434
High-Level Lunch (sponsored by Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
On invitation only
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Gold Plus Partner High-Level Lunch
424
Lunch Break
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC+01:00)
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Lunch Break
354
WSIS 2023 Ministerial Roundtable
WSIS
WSIS
13:30 – 15:30 (UTC+01:00) Geneva Room
Ministers only
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399
How New Technologies Can Foster Digital Inclusion: A Multistakeholder Input to the Global Digital Compact
German Federal Foreign Ministry in cooperation with the Office of the UN Secretary-Generals Envoy on Technology, the Government of Mexico and the…
German Federal Foreign Ministry in…
14:00 – 15:30 (UTC+01:00) Room B
The rapid pace of technological change and the increasing importance of digital technologies in our lives have highlighted the need for new frameworks and policies to ensure that these technologies are developed and deployed in a secure, inclusive…
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439
Inter-Agency Working Group on AI- Bringing together the UN System expertise on AI ( closed session )
The International Telecommunication Union and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
ITU/UNESCO
14:00 – 16:00 (UTC+01:00) Room D
On invitation only
This is a closed meeting of the CEB-HLCP Inter-Agency Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (IAWG-AI), comprising over 40 UN agencies and co-led by ITU and UNESCO, to discuss progress and next steps on the work of the IAWG-AI. Items under…
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Covid-19 related Special Session
398
High-Level Dialogue: Implementation of the UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Recommendation
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO
15:00 – 16:30 (UTC+01:00) Room A
This High-Level dialogue will examine how Governments can leverage the 2019 UNESCO OER Recommendation UN instrument. The discussions will centre on how the Recommendation can guide the crucial digital ecosystems needed for the establishment and…
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395
Accelerating Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Digital Development
ITU/South Africa Mission
ITU/South Africa Mission
15:45 – 17:00 (UTC+01:00) Room B
Despite significant investments in ICTs, entrepreneurship and innovation, many countries cannot adapt to the fast-changing digital environment and technological revolutions. Countries need new, more resilient, and forward-thinking approaches to…
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449
Coffee Break sponsored by Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia
16:30 – 17:00 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
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Coffee Break
441
Closing of High-Level Policy Sessions
WSIS
WSIS
17:00 – 18:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
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456
Yoga: Wellbeing and mindfulness session with professional instructors
Permanent Mission of India
Permanent Mission of India
18:00 – 18:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
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Special Session
443
Gala Dinner
WSIS
WSIS
19:00 – 22:00 (UTC+01:00)
On invitation only
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Social Event

Thursday 16 March

Past Sessions

190
WSIS Action Lines C7: e-Learning: Implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)
United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization
UNESCO
09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+01:00) Geneva Room
The session will also emphasize the sharing of information and experience on OER platforms, the importance of partnerships and the perspectives in this area. Guiding questions: 1. How the 2019 UNESCO OER Recommendation can be used as a…
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184
International Conference on Digital Transformation of Education: Road towards SDG 4
CMAI Association of India
CMAI Association of India
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
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268
Localizing Digital Transformation in Ukraine: Use of innovative technologies in bridging the urban-rural divide
Swiss-Ukrainian eGovernance for Accountability and Participation Program, INNOVABRIDGE Foundation, East Europe Foundation
Swiss-Ukrainian eGovernance for…
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
Since 2014, Ukraine has been taking progressive steps in digital acceleration and decentralisation. Yet according to Ukraine`s Ministry of Digital Transformation, more than 5.5 million rural residents in Ukraine (12% of total population) and 17…
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185
Sustaining relevant digital inclusive education for young people (5-18 years of age)
International Federation for Information Processing
IFIP
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Room B
The aim of the IFIP Task Force is to explore how “Sustaining relevant digital inclusive education for young people (5-18 years of age)” has been and can be achieved in countries and locations internationally. In this workshop, members of the Task…
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Session recording available ICTs and Youth Thematic Workshop
187
Combatting Non Consensual Intimate Image Abuse (NCII)
SWGfL
SWGfL
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
StopNCII.org is a free tool that supports adults who are victims of Non-Consensual Intimate Image (NCII) abuse. Often referred to in the media as Revenge Porn, NCII is a catastrophic form of abuse that destroys lives (both sharing or the threat to…
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ICTs and Gender Mainstreaming Open Space Talks
192
Future of e-government assessment in the era of AI: Opportunities and Challenges
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Services
UN DESA
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room E
The session will reflect on global and regional perspectives on digital/e-government development and suggest new tools and models to better measure digital government and utilize e-government to accelerate the 2030 Agenda. It will provide a platform…
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193
WSIS Action Line C8: Cultural diversity: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, and Local Content Promotion
UNESCO
UNESCO
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room C
The objective of this session around Action line 8 is to identify what progress has been made by the different stakeholders, such as international organizations, governments, civil society, and the private sector. The following themes will be…
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383
Capacity Building and Enabling Environments for Meaningful Access in Indigenous and Rural Communities
ITU-D Digital Inclusion, Rhizomatica Communications and Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
ITU-D Digital Inclusion, Rhizomatica…
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room F
The objective of this session is to dialogue around the impact of the capacity building programmes aimed at enabling people living in rural territories or indigenous communities to deploy, operate and manage their own solutions for meaningful access…
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188
AI-powered Open Educational Resources (OER) for ambitious and transformative action to achieve gender equality and quality education
Slovenia
Slovenia
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Over the past decade, the world has seen significant developments in reaching the 2030 Agenda and ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education (SDG4) and achieving gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls (SDG5). The world has…
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197
Applying Internet Universality ROAM-X framework for WSIS+20 review and Global Digital Compact
UNESCO
UNESCO
10:00 – 12:00 (UTC+01:00) Geneva Room
The workshop, which is jointly organized by UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP) and Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), aims to raise awareness and build capacity for Member States and…
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182
Ethics and AI for and with Society: Ethical Design
PROMIS@Service and AI&Society Journal, Springer Nature
PROMIS@Service and AI&Society Journal,…
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
New technology developments which focus on integrating human-centred methods and rules into our use of AI, so that it is transparent, evidence-based and secure, will serve to increase trust in technology, assisting the process of changing Society and…
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194
Driving corporate action on digital inclusion: Ranking 200 most influential tech companies
World Benchmarking Alliance
WBA
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) will launch the 2023 Digital Inclusion Benchmark assessing a total of 200 of the world’s most influential technology companies' contributions towards achieving digital inclusion. The companies have been…
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171
Introduction to the Trustless Computing Certification Body and Seevik Net Initiative
Trustless Computing Association
TCA
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
A new inter-governmental cybersecurity capacity-building and cyber diplomacy initiative will be presented that aims to radically increase the confidentiality, accountability and convenience of the day-to-day non-classified digital mobile…
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368
Setting Standards for Sustainable Development: Adopting a rights-based approach to technical standard setting
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU),…
10:30 – 11:30 (UTC+01:00) Room C
Technical standards are all around us - embedded into digital technologies and related infrastructure, services, protocols and applications in order to enable devices to interact with each other and facilitate the smooth exchange of information…
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460
Empowering Sustainable Healthcare: Innovations in ICT for a Greener, Healthier Future
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
10:30 – 11:30 (UTC+01:00) Room B
As the global demand for healthcare services continues to grow, the need for sustainable solutions that reduce environmental impact and improve patient care has never been more crucial.This panel will delve into the ways UAE is using ICTs to drive…
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Session recording available Strategic Partner: Platinum Country Workshop
206
The UK support to digital development in developing and emerging countries
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
10:30 – 11:30 (UTC+01:00) Room F
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199
GovStack CIO Digital Leaders Forum
Germany, Estonia, ITU and the Digital Impact Alliance
Germany, Estonia, ITU and the Digital Impact…
10:30 – 11:30 (UTC+01:00) Room E
GovStack is a multi-stakeholder initiative led by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) from Germany, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International…
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205
Making the most of quantum computers, inclusively and openly, to accelerate the SDGs and beyond
Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation
GESDA
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
AbstractQuantum technologies have the potential to create profound changes to society, changing entire industries. The last decade has seen major breakthroughs, leading to an increase in investment from the private sector. The quantum pursuit is…
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220
The use of digital tools that facilitate effective intergenerational relationships
Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development
CSEND
11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
One of the key benefits for intergenerational relations could be the mutually beneficial collaboration of developing digital competence. "Digital Competence" is considered to be one of the key competences for lifelong learning representing an…
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369
Universities have a vital role in shaping the future of the society
University of Oslo
UiO
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 9
The panel “Role of Universities in Shaping the Future of the Society” has the goal to broaden the public responsibility for and of Higher Education. It follows the European Standards and Guidelines (ESGs) for institutions in the Higher Education…
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374
WSIS Intergenerational Knowledge Café
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 14:00 (UTC+01:00) Innovate Stage
The WSIS Intergenerational Knowledge Café is an event that aims to bring together individuals from different generations to discuss intergenerational topics and healthy aging. This event provides a great opportunity to meet panelists, network with…
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Knowledge Café
213
Lunch Break
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 14:00 (UTC+01:00)
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Lunch Break
224
WSIS Action Lines C6: Enabling environment
International Telecommunication Union
ITU
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+01:00) Room E
As stated in the ITU Global Digital Regulatory Outlook 2023, the digital transition has characterized the development of communication technologies since telecom sector reform in the early 1990s – voice to data, fixed to mobile, monopoly to…
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Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
336
Enabling digitization for people, planet and prosperity - a business perspective
International Chamber of Commerce
ICC
14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Whether it’s in the underpinning infrastructure for economic and social progress or in providing solutions in sectors as varied as agriculture, energy, healthcare, manufacturing or education, the value of ICTs and digital technologies cannot be…
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222
Generative AI and the Information Society: How IT professionals can ensure that Generative AI supports the Information Society
International Federation for Information Processing - IP3
IFIP IP3
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+01:00) Room B
This will be a very interactive session with lots of audience participation, with videos and demonstrations rather than formal presentations. The thematic focus of the session is emerging technologies that build capacity and can transform jobs.…
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216
ICT Indicators for monitoring international goals and targets
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+01:00) Room C
The Partnership on Measuring ICT for development, a multi-stakeholder initiative launched in 2004, is the direct response to the request made by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to produce official statistics to monitor the…
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462
WSIS Regional Commission
WSIS
WSIS
14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
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376
Hackathon
The Digital Government Authority Saudi Arabia
The Digital Government Authority Saudi…
14:00 – 14:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
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Session recording available Hackathon
378
WSIS Action Line C7: E-Agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO
14:30 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00) Room 9
A wide range of approaches, technologies and practices exist to tackle agrifood systems challenges. Science, technology and innovation underpin them all and are an essential part of assessing risks, identifying trade-offs and finding new solutions to…
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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
233
Accelerating digital development in Europe and Central Asia: On our way to Agenda 2030
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the contribution of the UN Digital Transformation Group for Europe and Central Asia
International Telecommunication Union (ITU),…
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Digital technologies and innovations traverse every sector of our economy and are inherent to our daily life. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can help accelerate progress toward every single one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable…
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380
The importance of meaningful access to information
IFLA
IFLA
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
It is impossible to imagine a society that is able to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals that is not an informed society. The right - and imperative - of access to information, as set out in WSIS Action Line C3 is therefore a precondition…
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406
Gender Mainstreaming Knowledge Café: the Importance of Role Models in Tech
WSIS
WSIS
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
The WSIS Process affirms the importance of promoting and maintaining gender equality and women empowerment, guaranteeing the inclusion of women in the emerging global ICT society, and emphasizes the need to fully integrate gender equality…
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ICTs and Gender Mainstreaming Knowledge Café
335
Multistakeholder Partnership to Empower Digital Literacy Initiatives
ICT WATCH / SIBERKREASI
INA
15:00 – 15:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
Ensuring that all stakeholders have equal representation and involvement during the decision-making process is one of the challenges of multistakeholderism. Because different stakeholders frequently have various degrees of resources and expertise,…
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Covid-19 related Open Space Talks
237
WSIS Action Lines C10: Ethics: The UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Putting ethics at the heart of AI systems
UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector
UNESCO
15:15 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00) Room E
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to be a white-hot area of rapid technological development and innovation. Beside the evident benefits, AI technologies embody great risks. To take a recent example, over the past several months, a range of…
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Session recording available Interactive Action Line Facilitation Meeting
310
AI for Good
International Telecommunication Union
ITU
15:15 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00) Room F
The 2022 United Nations Activities on Artificial Intelligence Report will be released at this session, and an update will be provided on the opportunities for UN partners to be involved in and contribute to the upcoming AI for Good Global Summit in…
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247
Leveraging the power of sports for children’s online safety
ITU
ITU
15:15 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00) Room C
The 60-minute high-level political dialogue will provide an invaluable opportunity for policymakers to explore new ways to engage and reach their communities and audiences around child protection online. Led by a representative from the sports…
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338
Artificial intelligence for Climate Change in Africa
Digital Coalition
DC
16:00 – 16:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents in the world to climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2022, every part of the continent was affected by extreme weather events, ranging from wildfires in…
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Session recording available ICTs and Clean Tech Thematic Workshop
389
Implementing digital technology in education. What are the risks and benefits?
Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford Internet Institute
16:00 – 16:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
The aim is to understand the benefits and risks from the perspectives of different stakeholder groups – the users, producers of EdTech, the regulators, and academics. Digitalisation of education is promoted by national governments, international…
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403
DESC walk
The Digital-Environment System Coalition (DESC)
UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, Royal Holloway,…
16:00 – 18:30 (UTC+01:00)
We experience things differently when we walk, when we talk together, and when we interact with the real physical environment. We feel the fresh air on our faces, smell the vegetation, hear the noise of running water, and touch the rough rocks on…
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Special Session
208
Harnessing emerging technologies for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals: Role of Government
Rwanda
Rwanda
16:30 – 17:30 (UTC+01:00) Room B
1.0. IntroductionThe theme of this workshop focuses on the role of governments in promoting the use of emerging technologies to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With the rapid pace of technological advancements, it…
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Session recording available Contributing Partner Country Workshop
382
Small countries – Global impact: Digital journey tips and tricks from Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania
16:30 – 17:30 (UTC+01:00) Room E
Over the past couple of decades, Lithuania has undergone an impressive digital transformation journey, evolving from a "digital dilettante" in the early 2000s to a nation that now ranks highly in global digital government indexes and boasts numerous…
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408
Closing the digital divide—how capacity building can help communities build sustainable Internet Infrastructure
ISOC
ISOC
16:30 – 17:30 (UTC+01:00) Room C
Nearly 3 billion people are still unconnected, deprived of the possibilities the Internet offers. Communities living in rural, remote, and low-income areas are the most affected. They are building their own solutions to change that, including…
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407
Giga: Defining and Financing Meaningful School Connectivity
Giga (ITU and UNICEF), Government of Switzerland and Government of Spain
Giga (ITU and UNICEF), Government of…
16:30 – 17:30 (UTC+01:00) Room F
Around half of the world’s schools are offline, and 1.3 billion children have no access to the Internet at home (UNICEF and ITU, 2022). This digital exclusion particularly affects the poorest, girls and those with disabilities, denying them access to…
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457
Yoga: Wellbeing and mindfulness session with professional instructors
Permanent Mission of India
Permanent Mission of India
16:45 – 17:30 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
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Special Session
391
Governance and Regulation of Education Technologies: How to ensure EdTech serve in children's best interests?
EDDS
EDDS
17:00 – 17:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
Evidence gathering and multi-stakeholder involvement is needed to achieve consensus around governance, scrutiny, and oversight of the growing dependency of educational institutions on data-intensive proprietary algorithmic systems (education…
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394
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance - Power Session
ITU
ITU
17:00 – 17:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Countries can benefit from cutting-edge approaches to digital innovation, which entail developing locally appropriate capabilities through experimentation and flagship initiatives to nurture an enabling digital environment. The new Innovation and…
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448
Reception on the occasion of Lithuania’s 100 years membership in the ITU
Lithuania
Lithuania
17:30 – 18:30 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
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Social Event

Friday 17 March

Past Sessions

313
The Charter for Digital Public Goods
The Digital Impact Alliance and the Digital Public Goods Alliance
DIAL, DPGA
09:00 – 09:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
This roundtable will engage participants on practical steps for ensuring that digital public goods are a sustainable viable option for digital public infrastructure, so that they can deliver long-term benefits related to lowering costs, promoting…
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314
UNGIS working-level meeting
WSIS
WSIS
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room E
UNGIS members only
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UNGIS
316
WSIS Action Lines C9: Media: Digital platform regulation
UNESCO
UNESCO
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room C
Rationale The internet and social media have empowered societies with enormous opportunities for people to communicate, engage, and learn. The digital world holds potential for marginalized communities, democratizing spaces for communication and…
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387
EQUALS – EU
ITU
ITU
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC+01:00) Room B
EQUALS-EU is a regional initiative under the EQUALS Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age*. This initiative unites 19 organisations from various sectors and aims to build capacity in gender-inclusive innovation in Europe &…
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384
Digital inclusion and social security services: Key challenges and lessons learned
International Social Security Association and United Nation University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance
ISSA, UNU-EGOV
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Problem There is a need for an “...urgent and open debate between governments, the private sector, civil society and others on how we move forward together safely in the age of digital interdependence” - António Guterres, UN Secretary General The…
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204
Reimagining the Interface between Digital Tech and the Physical Environment
DESC/UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, Royal Holloway, University of London
DESC
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
This session will be convened by DESC (the Digital Environment System Coalition - Secretariat provided by the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London), in association with INIT (the Inter-Islamic Network on IT), the WWRF…
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Session recording available ICTs and Environment Thematic Workshop
323
Internet Governance Forum 2023 ‎
United Nations Internet Governance Forum Secretariat
UN IGF Secretariat
10:00 – 10:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 9
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF)[1], convened by the United Nations Secretary-General, brings people together from various stakeholder and regional groups as equals in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet. While there is no…
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Open Space Talks
334
The role of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025 in strengthening country’s autonomy in fast tracking UHC and the health related SDGs
International Telecommunication Union / World Health Organization
ITU/WHO
10:30 – 11:30 (UTC+01:00) Room C
The Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025 In July 2018, the Secretary-General convened a High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation to ad­vance proposals to strengthen cooperation in the digital space among Governments, the private sector, civil…
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333
WSIS Action Lines C7: e-Science: Post truth on Open Data, Disinformation and Climate Change: Can Technology help?
UNESCO
UNESCO
10:30 – 11:30 (UTC+01:00) Room E
The rapid development of Information and Communication Technologies is transforming the way people are exchanging information with each other. It is also resulting in new narrative for information sharing in all aspects of human civilization,…
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328
Qatar to host large scale events - ITU PP 2026 and highlight its ICT potential
Communications Regulatory Authority , State of Qatar
CRA
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Inspire Stage
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Country Workshop
241
Enabling the Net Zero Transition – Harnessing ICT solutions to reduce GHG emissions
ITU
ITU
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 11+12
Organizations across sectors are establishing strategies to increase their decarbonization efforts. Many parties have brought forward the potential of ICT solutions to reduce the GHG emissions of other sectors and foster the transition to Net Zero.…
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329
What migrants want: digital tech, inequality and migration
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Room 14
Digital technologies are both a lifeline and an increasing source of concern for migrants around the world. While these technologies can help address the many inequalities migrants face, they can also exacerbate such inequalities and create new ones.…
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332
Strengthening Africa’s voices in global digital processes
Permanent Missions of Djibouti, Kenya and Namibia; DiploFoundation; Geneva Internet Platform.
Permanent Missions of Djibouti, Kenya and…
11:00 – 11:45 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
As Africa’s digital dynamism grows, its participation in global digital governance must increase. The continent’s involvement in global policy-making needs to more accurately reflect the dynamism of its digital transformation processes, with growing…
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Open Space Talks
340
Lunch Break
WSIS
WSIS
12:00 – 13:30 (UTC+01:00)
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Lunch Break
458
Yoga: Wellbeing and mindfulness session with professional instructors
Permanent Mission of India
Permanent Mission of India
13:00 – 14:00 (UTC+01:00) Collaborate Stage
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Special Session
342
WSIS Action Lines Facilitators Meeting: WSIS+20 Multistakeholder Consultation Process
WSIS
WSIS
14:00 – 15:00 (UTC+01:00) Room A
WSIS Action Lines for building back better and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs. We are now facing the dual task of recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic while making all efforts to face the new economic challenges, an energy crisis and…
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343
Closing Ceremony
WSIS
WSIS
15:15 – 16:15 (UTC+01:00) Room A
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