The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a unique two-phase United Nations (UN) summit that began with the goal of achieving a common vision, desire and commitment to build a people-centric, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information.
The first phase of the WSIS took place in Geneva in 2003 and the second phase took place in Tunis in 2005. Today, annual WSIS Forums are an integral part to the follow-up of the World Summit on the Information Society, which defined a set of targets, recommendations and commitments to build an inclusive, people-centric and development-oriented Information Society.
The forums are open and everyone can take part remotely or in person.
What's Happening Now: WSIS Forum 2012
WSIS Forum 2012 will be held in Geneva from 14th to 18th May 2012 and will provide structured opportunities to network, learn and to participate in multi-stakeholder discussions and consultations on WSIS implementation.
The Internet Society helped organize and will be taking part in a number of workshops, roudtables and other sessions at the 2012 WSIS Forum. You can find out more about the Internet Society's WSIS Forum sessions as well as how to participate remotely here.