World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 Forum High-Level Event 2025

Our team will participate in these WSIS+20 sessions and social events over the course of the week.

WhenWhatSpeaker(s)
Monday, 7 July, 15:00–16:00 (UTC+2), Plenary Room CPartner2Connect High-Level DialogueSally Wentworth
Monday, 7 July, 16:30–17:30 (UTC+2), Room KCommunity-centered connectivity: Empowering local champions to expand Internet access for allYouth Ambassadors
Tuesday, 8 July, 11:00–11:45 (UTC+2), Room LGovernments and Technical Community: A Successful Model of Multistakeholder Collaboration for Achieving the SDGsSally Wentworth
Tuesday, 8 July, 12:00–12:45 (UTC+2), Room FIndigenous Digital Infrastructures and Emerging Technologies: Challenges, Capacities and CommonsAdrian Wan
Wednesday, 9 July, 11:30–12:00 (UTC+2), Plenary Room CLeaders TalkX: Towards a safer connected world: collaborative strategies to strengthen digital trust and cyber resilienceSally Wentworth
Wednesday, 9 July, 12:15–14:00 (UTC+2), Room LKnowledge Café:
WSIS+20 Consultation: Topic 2
Strengthening Multistakeholderism		TBC
Thursday, 10 July, 10:00–10:50 (UTC+2), Plenary Room CGlobal Digital Governance & Multistakeholder Cooperation for WSIS+20Dan York
Thursday, 10 July, 15:00–15:45 (UTC+2), Room LBeyond International Aid: Investing in Community Connectivity and Making it Self-SustainableDawit Bekele
Thursday, 10 July, 15:00–15:45 (UTC+2), Room GFrom Principles to Practice: Operationalizing Multistakeholder GovernanceCarl Gahnberg
Internet Society Community Events
WhenWhatSpeaker(s)
Monday, 7 July, 11:45–12:15 (UTC+2), Internet Society BoothExhibition InaugurationInternet Society and Internet Society Foundation Delegation
Tuesday, 8 July, 7:45–9:00 (UTC+2)In partnership with APC: Breakfast Meeting: Community-Centered ConnectivitySally Wentworth
Tuesday, 8 July, 12:00–14:00 (UTC+2)Alumni Lunch HuddleTBC

 

Date and Time

Monday 07 July 2025 –

Friday 11 July 2025

Location

Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland

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