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From 6 to 10 July 2026 the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Swiss Confederation will host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026 in Geneva. The WSIS Forum serves as the central multistakeholder convening platform mandated to advance the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines and support global digital cooperation. Anchored in the renewed UNGA mandate, the Forum brings together governments, the private sector, civil society, technical communities, academia, youth, and international organizations in a uniquely inclusive environment for dialogue, collaboration, and action.
No webcasts hav been announced, but if there are any they will likely be on WSIS Process YouTube.
AGENDA (All times UTC)
Sunday, 5 July
UNGIS Members Meeting
10:00 – 119 UNGIS High-Level meeting (info)
United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS)
Monday, 6 July
Room H1
07:00 – 299 The Action Line C7 on E-business Beyond WSIS+20 (info)
International Trade Centre, Universal Postal Union, UN Trade and Development
08:00 – 153 WSIS Action Line C2 Information and communication infrastructure (info)
ITU
09:00 – 310 Ethics of the Information Society: Navigating the governance landscape of emerging and converging technologies (info)
UNESCO
11:00 – 334 WSIS Action Line C1: WSIS+20 in Action: Implementation, Cooperation and Review – Part I (info)
UNDESA
12:00 – 304 WSIS Action Line C7 E-agriculture – Advancing Trusted Data Governance, Inclusive AI, and Digital Public Goods to enable scalable DPI and collaborative, Multilingual Innovation Ecosystems for Agrifood Systems Transformation (info)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
13:00 – 301 WSIS Action Line C7 E-learning (info)
UNESCO
14:00 – 298 WSIS Action Line C7 E-government Inclusive e-government services: Reaching the hardest to reach through multi-channel service delivery (info)
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Universal Postal Union
15:00 – 176 Poland’s Model for Digital Resilience: Secure Schools, Skilled Citizens, Strong Society (info)
NASK – National Research Institute
Room H2
07:00 – 530 Scientists as Bridge-Builders: Contributing Research to Global Digital Public Goods (info)
Global Youth Development Alliance
08:00 – 155 Accessible digital educational environments: transferring research knowledge (info)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
09:00 – 191 Anchoring AI Evolution in Humanity: Pathways for Ethical, Inclusive, and Cross‑Boundary Collaboration (info)
Zhu Consulting
11:00 – 141 The role of humans in the cyber age (info)
EC MEDICI Framework of cooperation
12:00 – 272 Building E-waste Management Systems (info)
The Communications, Space & Technology Commission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the International Telecommunication Union
15:00 – 343 Advancing Circular ICT: Eco-design, E-waste and Digital Product Information Systems (DPIS) (info)
ITU, UNEP, BRS Secretariat, One Planet Network
Room L1
07:00 – 139 Public Trust and AI Procurement: (info)
AI & Equality by Women at the Table, University of Cambridge, RC Trust, UA Ruhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Council of Europe
09:00 – 193 Closing the Connectivity Gap in the Age of AI and E‑Governance (info)
Paradigm Initiative
11:00 – 485 All women and girls are architects of a safe digital future (info)
Soroptimist International
12:00 – 254 Catalyzing Youth-Led Digital Public Infrastructure: A Philanthropic Roadmap for Human-Centric AI and Global Equity (info)
Global Youth Philanthropy, Peaceland Foundation
13:00 – 171 Dialing up Mobile Phone Data for Official Statistics (info)
ITU, World Bank, UN-CEBD Task Team on Mobile Phone Data (MPD)
14:00 – 347 Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World (info)
ICT4D Collective
15:00 – 178 From Access to Leadership: AI for Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Growth (info)
Her Symbiosis and 499 Group
Room K1
07:00 – 571 AI for Good at Scale: The Community-Led Impact Flywheel (info)
Interlai Foundation
08:00 – 518 Meaningful Connectivity by Design – The Role of Technical Standards in Connecting the Unconnected (info)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
09:00 – 324 The Global Shield: Collaborative Cyber Resilience for global e-Commerce and logistics (info)
Universal Postal Union
11:00 – 269 Trustworthy Health Evidence in the Age of Generative AI: GEO as a New Capacity for Digital Health Governance (info)
World Digital Technology Academy, Yealth Technology
Room K2
07:00 – 137 Bridging the Digital Divide: Capacity Building for Women in Internet Policy (info)
Internet Society
08:00 – 156 Control Systems for Excellence: Data & Processing Systems (specific reference to bionic eyes) (info)
IGF Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies
09:00 – 326 From Data to Decisions: accelerating meaningful connectivity through the Connectivity Planning Platform (CPP) (info)
ITU
11:00 – 337 Governing the Systemic Impacts of AI Where Regulation Doesn’t Reach: Standardised Commitments and Lateral Requirements across Value Chains (info)
AI Commons (AIC) Framework Working Group, Centre Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies (CLEA), Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Room A
07:00 – 126 Redefining Digital Citizenship: Safeguarding and Empowering Citizens in the AI Age (info)
United Nations Development Programme Egypt Country Office (UNDP)
08:00 – 149 Voices of the Digital Future: Youth High‑Level Dialogue (info)
WSIS/ITU
09:00 – 163 Empowering Voices: Strengthening CSO and Youth Participation in AI Governance (info)
Globethics
12:00 – 146 Science to Society: Youth, Digital Platforms and Trusted Communication for Climate and Food Security (info)
FAO, ITU and WMO
13:00 – 252 Young people’s mental health in an online world (info)
Mission permanente de Belgique – Wallonie-Bruxelles à Genève
14:00 – 144 Youth Digital Well-Being and Mental Health Implications (info)
International Telecommunication Union, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Institute for Training and Research and World Health Organization
Room G1
07:00 – 128 Bridging the global digital divide: ensuring equitable access to digital technologies (MUN) (info)
GIMUN/WSIS
Room L2
07:00 – 265 Data & Indicator Lab: Multistakeholder Dialogue on WSIS Action Lines, Indicators, and Accountability (info)
European University Institute
09:00 – 562 AI-Driven Empowerment for Innovative Climate Finance: Bridging the Global Climate Investment Gap via an Inclusive, Digitally Equitable Just Transition (info)
Global SDGs and Leadership Development Center (GSLDC), United Nations Global Leadership & ESG Programme (UNGLEP), UAE Global 2031 Strategics Partner, Shaikh Hamad Rakadh Salem Rakadh Office, Social Impact Investment Foundation (SIIF)
11:00 – 248 Re-engineering Institutions for Digital Transformation and AI Readiness (info)
Hant International Consulting
Room E
07:00 – 127 Strengthening health data governance legislative frameworks: The foundation of trusted digital health and AI (info)
Transform Health
08:00 – 279 From Negotiation to Implementation: Reimagining the IGF in the WSIS+20 Era (info)
Global Network Initiative and Global Partners Digital
09:00 – 320 WSIS Women and Girls Action Plan (info)
WSIS
10:00 – 330 WSIS Action Lines Roundtable – WSIS Forum 2026 (closed meeting) (info)
WSIS Secretariat-ITU
12:00 – 415 The DPI Opportunity for Women & Girls (info)
Co-Develop
13:00 – 170 Children First: Empowering the Next Generation with a Holistic Digital Code of Conduct (info)
eWorldwide Group
14:00 – 173 From Ideas to Action: the integration of the Sao Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines within the broader digital governance processes (info)
CGI.br – Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, OFCOM – Swiss Federal Office of Communications, FOC – Freedom Online Coalition, GPD – Global Partners Digital
15:00 – 175 Beyond State vs. Corporate: Community Data Governance Models from the Global Majority (info)
Tech Global Institute, Paradigm Initiative, InternetLab
Room G3
08:00 – 151 Human-Centred AI and Cognitive Readiness: Preparing Learners and Entrepreneurs for the Next Digital Economy (info)
Dr Victor (Vik) Perez, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
09:00 – 166 Building an Inclusive Digital Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Digital Futures, Leadership and Diversity in Decision Making (info)
OTDEC – TACTIC – Ana Gabriela Valdiviezo Black
12:00 – 271 Measuring what matters: Embedding gender equality in AI governance through gender-specific indicators (info)
The Gender in Digital Coalition (GiDC)
14:00 – 280 Applying Responsible AI Governance Under WSIS+20: Strengthening Capacity, Ethics, and International Cooperation (info)
CyberInstitute
15:00 – 213 Responsible GenAI in Public Services: From Policy Principles to Deployable Workflows (info)
WomenInGenAI
Room T103
08:00 – 321 Democratizing Innovation: Citizen Data, Indigenous Knowledge & Participatory STEM (info)
Women in Technology in Nigeria – WITIN & Nigeria Data Protection Commission – NDPC
09:00 – 328 The bridges the gap between high-level digital policy and the practical, socio-ecological realities of small-scale food producers in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) (info)
Michael Adedotun Oke Foundation
12:00 – 340 Rising from the Margins: Co-Creating Inclusive Digital Learning for Every Child (info)
Center for programming and digital creativity “KIBERone Banja Luka
14:00 – 167 Transforming Global Education through Digital Innovation: Bridging Access, Skills, and Leadership (info)
Nation Builders University
15:00 – 179 Governing AI for Humanity: Policy, Ethics, and Multistakeholder Pathways to Inclusive Digital Futures (info)
SPAR- Berkeley AI Alignment Initiative
Innovation Hub
07:00 – 130 AI for Educational Transformation and Youth Development: Opportunities and Risks (info)
International Competence Development Committee (ICDC), The Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy (CSEDS)
08:00 – 162 Beyond the Access Gap: Gendered Realities of Digital Inclusion in Africa with Evidence from Four Countries (info)
Research ICT Africa
09:00 – 195 Case Studies on Connectivity: Young Practitioners in the Forefront (info)
IEEE-Innovation Partner
10:00 – 332 Knowledge Café – Youth Participation and Digital Inclusion Action Toward WSIS 2035 (info)
WSIS
12:00 – 274 AI Filmmaking: Navigating Creativity in the Generative Era (info)
LocalhostHQ x Latent Aurum
13:00 – 172 Optimal decision making in the digital age (info)
The Association for Digital Democracy
Tuesday, 7 July
Room H1
07:00 – 302 WSIS Action Line C7 E-health Building Health Systems Resilience and Local Capacity through Digital Foundations, Learning and Partnerships (WHO) (info)
WHO, ITU
08:00 – 295 WSIS ActionLine C6 Enabling Environment (info)
International Telecommunication Union
09:00 – 296 AI, Digitalisation and the Transformation of Jobs: Ensuring Decent Work (info)
International Labour Organisation
12:00 – 309 WSIS Action Line C9: Media – Towards Resilient Information Ecosystems in Times of Crisis: Rethinking ‘Preparedness’ in Digital Governance (info)
UNESCO
13:00 – 303 WSIS Action Line C7 E-environment (info)
ITU/WMO/UNEP
14:00 – 305 WSIS Action Line C7: E-Science in Action: Operationalizing the WSIS+20 Vision through AI, Quantum, and Open Data for the Global South (info)
UNESCO
15:00 – 225 Teaching AI to Speak our Language: A Showcase of Global Efforts to Bridge the ‘Last Mile’ of AI Inclusion for Local Impact (info)
CLEAR Global
Room H2
07:00 – 307 WSIS Action Line C8 Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content (info)
UNESCO
08:00 – 184 Fit for Whom? (info)
Women at the Table/FemTechnology
09:00 – 187 Empowering Individuals and Strengthening Resilience in an AI-Driven Information Environment (info)
Permanent Mission of Latvia
11:00 – 349 AI, Youth and Skills: Building the Workforce of Tomorrow (info)
UNDP
12:00 – 222 Deep Skilling for the Quantum Age: A Global Education Model for Women and Girls (info)
ING, INC, DC-ET, UN IGF
13:00 – 318 I Thought AI Was Only for Tech Experts: A Practical Introduction to Engaging with AI for Women (info)
International Council of Women
14:00 – 206 Promoting and enhancing cybersecurity among small and medium-sized enterprises for the sustainable development: trends and best practices (info)
Kaspersky
15:00 – 379 Empowering the Next Generation: Girls in STEM and AI for Good (info)
WOMENVAI
Room T103
07:00 – 183 Bridging the Intelligence Divide: AI Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing for the Global South (info)
CAST UN Consultative Committee on Information Technology (CCIT)
08:00 – 352 I.T.U. – leaving no one behind…. I need a Telephone to connect to yoU (info)
Dr Fox – IDC
09:00 – 566 AI and Healthcare: Building the Foundations of Intelligent Health Systems (info)
UNDP
12:00 – 366 Smart Hydrology: Data, AI and the Future of Water Management (info)
WMO
14:00 – 212 Competition Policy, Platform Ecosystems, and Fair Opportunities for Small Developers: Building an Inclusive App Economy (info)
Association for Competitive Technology
15:00 – 381 Testing AI Governance Before Deployment: A Multistakeholder Simulation Sandbox for Policy Stress-Testing (info)
Bath Spa University
Room E
07:00 – 283 Who Gets to Shape AI Governance? Youth, the Global South, and the Future of Digital Power (info)
Young AI Leaders – San Francisco
08:00 – 569 Building Accessible and Unbiased AI (info)
Latvia/Google
09:00 – 560 Civil society roundtable (closed meeting) (info)
WSIS Secretariat-ITU, and civil society organizations
11:00 – 196 Structural Asymmetry: Addressing the Sovereign Risk of AI Labor Displacement (info)
Santiago & Company
12:00 – 368 Helping SMEs Succeed in Digital Trade: Lessons from European & ASEAN Trade Promotion Organisations (info)
UN International Trade Centre
13:00 – 373 Operationalizing Digital Sovereignty: The Autonomy Blue Print (info)
RealTyme
14:00 – 374 The Monoculture Problem in Artificial Intelligence (info)
University of Florida (UFL), Geneva School of Diplomacy
15:00 – 218 From Conversation to Co-creation: Fostering Next-Generation Leadership for Sustainable Development through AI Literacy (info)
Navinor/International and Bilingual School Educators Association (IBSEA)
Room A
07:00 – 255 Business Perspectives on Furthering the Outcomes of the WSIS+20 Review (info)
International Chamber of Commerce – ICC Basis
08:00 – 555 Rwanda (info)
Rwanda
09:00 – 185 Advancing WSIS Implementation: Emerging Trends across Governance, Infrastructure, Access, and Capacity (info)
The RIPE NCC
11:00 – 188 AI Empowerment for Older People from a Gender Mainstreaming Perspective (info)
KAIST
12:00 – 528 Scaling trust: from Digital Proof-of-Life to a UN Digital Identity ecosystem (info)
UNJSPF, UNICC, UNDP, IADB
13:00 – 372 Connecting the Unconnected in the field of Education Excellence, Cyber Security & Rural Solutions and Women Empowerment in ICT (info)
CMAI Association of India/CSAI/TEMA
14:00 – 215 Enhancing CEDAW Accountability through AI Governance and Tech Value Chains (info)
CEDAW, UN WGDAW, OHCHR, UN Women, ITU
15:00 – 216 Science in the Age of AI: Knowledge, Data, and Trust (info)
ISC & CODATA
Room G1
08:00 – 285 AI and Virtual Worlds (info)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
11:00 – 197 From Energy Imbalance to Digital Trust: An Early-Warning Governance Approach for AI in Digital Health & Public Services (info)
Yalova University
12:00 – 190 Converging Digital Intelligence for an Accessible Future: Building Sustainable Ecosystems for Information Inclusion (info)
Internet Society of China (ISC)
13:00 – 201 Citizen Digital Sovereignty in Action: From a Civic Declaration to a Global Alliance (info)
Fundación Cibervoluntarios
15:00 – 220 Bridging the Algorithmic Divide: Deploying Offline-First DPI and AI for Universal Disability Inclusion in the Global South (info)
JSE NGO
Room G3
08:00 – 541 The Future of Education and Research in the AI Era: Equipping Young People for Tomorrow (info)
International Telecommunication Union
09:00 – 359 Trust and authenticity in digital communication: enabling transparent and accountable Institutions (info)
Arbor Media
12:00 – 377 Intergenerational Mentorship in the Age of AI (info)
The Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development
13:00 – 203 From Fragmentation to Coherence: The Role of the International Law Association in Global AI Governance (info)
ILA Committee on AI & Tech Law
14:00 – 205 Access, Agency, Voice. (info)
WACC
15:00 – 224 Whose Wallet, Whose Future? Operationalizing Multistakeholder Financing for Digital Development (info)
TGI, RIA, Factum, FMA
Innovation Hub
07:00 – 473 UNIGE Trialogue Remodeling UN (info)
UNIGE
Satellite Room
10:00 – 537 Knowledge café WSIS Action Lines (info)
WSIS Action Lines Facilitators
Wednesday, 8 July
Room C
07:00 – 121 WSIS Forum 2026 Inaugural session (info)
WSIS (ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD)
07:15 – 600 Handover of Chair and the Appointment of Chair of WSIS Forum 2026 (info)
WSIS/ITU
07:25 – 500 WSIS Forum 2026 Inaugural session: Spotlight session (info)
WSIS
07:40 – 501 WSIS Forum 2026 Inaugural session: High-Level Plenary: The Future We Choose: Leadership for an Inclusive Digital World (info)
WSIS-ITU
08:30 – 598 WSIS Forum 2026 co-organisers remarks (info)
WSIS/ITU
09:00 – 382 High-Level Dialogue: Mayors – Localizing the Twin Transition (info)
Global Cities Hub
11:45 – 563 WSIS Prizes Nominees (info)
WSIS
12:00 – 464 Leaders TalkX 1 – From Access to Impact: Leading ICT Infrastructure Development (info)
WSIS
12:30 – 481 Leaders TalkX 2 – Shaping Intelligent Societies: The Role of Multistakeholder Partnerships (info)
WSIS
13:00 – 465 Leaders TalkX 3 – Artificial Intelligence : Policy, Ethics, and Global Cooperation (info)
WSIS
13:30 – 470 Leaders TalkX 4 – Information Without Barriers: Making Knowledge Accessible (info)
WSIS
14:00 – 466 High-Level Dialogue: Connecting Communities, Unlocking Futures: Strengthening Digital Connectivity for Refugees and Host Communities (info)
ITU/GSMA/UNHCR
15:15 – 483 Leaders TalkX 5 – Building Resilience: Secure and Trusted Digital Public Infrastructure (info)
WSIS
15:45 – 471 WSIS Prizes Nominees (info)
WSIS
16:00 – 475 WSIS Prizes Nominees (info)
WSIS
Room B
05:30 – 568 2nd Business Roundtable (info)
ICC BASIS and USCIB
09:00 – 158 Enabling Inclusive Digital Development: Regulatory Capacity-Building through Multilingual Peer-to-Peer Learning between EU and Sub-Saharan Africa (info)
SPIDER
11:00 – 257 Promoting Universal Acceptance (UA) for a Multilingual Internet: Launch of the UNESCO–ICANN UA Policy Brief (info)
UNESCO/ICANN
12:00 – 327 Connected and coherent: the Yin and Yang of digital education (info)
ITU, UNICEF, UNESCO
15:00 – 468 High-Level Dialogue on Financial Mechanisms for Digital Development (info)
International Telecommunication Union
Room K
09:00 – 385 Putting data justice at the heart of AI governance (info)
IT for Change
11:00 – 558 Digital Payments – A tool for Financial Inclusion: Success stories from Dubai Cashless Strategy (info)
Department of Finance, Government of Dubai
12:00 – 490 Beyond Digital: Advancing Digital and AI Transformation in the UAE (info)
United Arab Emirates
13:00 – 492 Inclusivity for an Equitable Future: Towards a Connected, Inclusive and Safe Digital Society (info)
Malaysia
14:00 – 494 The Future of AI in Saudi Arabia: Innovation, Trust, and Partnership (info)
Saudi Arabia
15:00 – 565 Nigeria (info)
Nigeria
Room F
09:00 – 199 Investing in what already works: Public access institutions as drivers of digital equity (info)
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, UNESCO, Universal Postal Union
11:00 – 229 Human-Centred Model for Global AI Governance: What Can Be Learned from the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence (Vilnius Convention) (info)
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania
14:00 – 574 Beyond Ethics and Regulation: Compassionate AI for a Just and Sustainable World (info)
SMGC
Room G
09:00 – 227 Enabling Environment: Tell Your Story – Engaging Citizens in Shaping Regional Digital Public Infrastructure (info)
IEEE
11:00 – 317 Tool or Takeover? AI, Music, and Creative Ownership (info)
Lindsey Mastis, Blue Moves Media
Room E
09:00 – 384 Whole-of-Society Approaches to Countering Digital Scams (info)
United Nations Development Programme
11:15 – 388 The 2nd Interregional Dialogue on Digital Cooperation: Regional and Inter-regional pathways for the WSIS 2035 and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance (info)
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt and The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, The UN Economic Commission for Africa, The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, The UN Economic Commission for Europe
14:00 – 582 Rethinking skills in the AI age (info)
MSIT Korea/OECD
Room L
09:00 – 387 From Data to Implementation: Scaling Digital Tools for Human Rights Monitoring (info)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation & Geneva Human Rights Hub & OHCHR
11:00 – 122 From Digital Inclusion to Digital Sovereignty: Building Capacity, Infrastructure, and Governance for Sustainable Digital Transformation (info)
AISMA; DTA
Room Alpha
10:00 – 445 Knowledge Café – Meaningful Connectivity by Design: Exploring Practical Pathways and Solutions Together (info)
IEEE
11:00 – 284 How Technological innovation could improve Early warning system and traditional media alerts in case of Disasters (info)
Eurovisioni/EBU/ITU
Lobby ABC
06:15 – 496 WSIS Forum 2026 Exhibition Inauguration (info)
WSIS
Thursday, 9 July
Room X
06:00 – 551 Network of Women Ministers and Leaders in ICT Breakfast Meeting (info)
International Telecommunication Union
Room C
07:00 – 442 WSIS Prizes 2026 Winners Ceremony (info)
WSIS
08:15 – 508 Leaders TalkX 6 – Skills for the Future: Leading Inclusive Capacity Building (info)
WSIS
08:45 – 514 Leaders TalkX 7- Frameworks that Enable: Policy Leadership in ICT Development (info)
WSIS
09:15 – 516 Leaders TalkX 8 – Strengthening International Cooperation for the Information Society (info)
WSIS
09:45 – 564 WSIS Prizes Nominees (info)
WSIS/ITU
10:00 – 572 WSIS Prizes Nominees (info)
WSIS/ITU
10:45 – 263 GovStack Women in GovTech Challenge 2026 & Digital Leaders’ Forum (info)
ITU/ GovStack partners
12:00 – 449 UN Leaders Dialogue (info)
WSIS/ITU
13:00 – 478 Leaders TalkX 9 – Cyber Confidence: Enhancing Security in the Digital Age (info)
WSIS
13:30 – 403 Leaders TalkX 10 – Global Perspectives on Emerging Technology (info)
WSIS
14:00 – 410 Leaders TalkX 11 – Digital Government, Digital Citizens: Ensuring Accessibility to Public Services (info)
WSIS
14:45 – 411 WSIS Prizes Nominees (info)
WSIS
15:00 – 454 Hackathon Award Ceremony, WSIS Photo Contest 2026 Award (info)
WSIS
Room B
08:00 – 479 Ministerial Roundtable (info)
WSIS
11:00 – 281 Advancing Universal Acceptance of all Domain Names and Email Addresses (info)
ICANN and UNESCO
12:00 – 520 Regulators Roundtable (info)
WSIS/ITU
14:00 – 399 Foresight for FAIR Cities – Exploring AI Risks and Mitigation Strategies (info)
United Nations University – EGOV
15:00 – 420 High-Level Dialogue – LLDCs (info)
BDT
Room Alpha
08:00 – 147 AI for faster and better targeted humanitarian response (info)
UN Global Pulse, the Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab
09:00 – 513 From GenAI to Agentic Fraud: A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Building Global Digital Trust (info)
International Trademark Association
10:00 – 539 Knowledge Café WSIS Stocktaking – Showcasing Projects (info)
WSIS/ITU
11:00 – 266 Measuring What Matters: Revisiting ICT Core Indicators for the WSIS Vision (info)
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
12:00 – 233 WSIS+20 follow-up – from Milestones to Momentum: what comes next? (info)
ISOC UK; ISOC CH; ISOC RS; ISOC DE.
13:00 – 235 Operationalizing Digital Resilience (info)
Marconi Society
14:00 – 417 From Implementation to Review: WGDT Reflections on next steps for the GDC (closed group meeting) (info)
Working Group on Digital Technologies/ITU/ODET
15:00 – 250 Rethinking learning for the AI era (info)
DiploFoundation/Geneva Internet Platform, Beijing Institute of Technology
Room K
08:00 – 277 Post‑Quantum: Preparing the Internet for Post-Quantum Cryptography (info)
AFNIC
09:00 – 391 Workshop: Network of Women Ministers and Leaders in ICT Leadership Circle Lab 2026 (info)
International Telecommunication Union
11:00 – 208 Who Certifies the AI That Moves Among Us? Building Independent Safety Assurance for AI in the Physical World (info)
Responsible AI for Safety and Ethics (RAISE)
12:00 – 236 Building to Belong – Future of Public AI and Lessons from Local Innovation (info)
United Nations Development Programme
13:00 – 408 When digital systems fail: Understanding the Risk of a Global Digital Pandemic (info)
ITU/UNDRR/SciencesPo
14:00 – 239 Better Data for AI – A Possible Task (info)
UN-CCSA/ UNCTAD/ITU/ Colombia, Norway, UK
15:00 – 355 Digital Inclusion as a Driver of Community Development (info)
ITU-D, Rhizomatica & APC
Room E
08:00 – 395 The Politics of Knowledge in the AI Age: Empowering Human Agency through Standards, Human Rights, and the Role of Corporations (info)
ITU, OHCHR and HKS
09:00 – 261 Tanzania e-Government AI initiatives to enhance service delivery (info)
United Republic of Tanzania
12:00 – 397 Preventing Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse: Global Responses to Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (info)
SWGfL
13:00 – 577 Africa’s Digital Roadmap to 2035: Implementing WSIS+20 Outcomes, Advancing Agenda 2063 and Accelerating Inclusive Digital Transformation (info)
South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda
14:00 – 237 Common But Differentiated Responsibilities – How can we realize this principle in WSIS implementation? (info)
Global Digital Justice Forum
15:00 – 421 AI and Energy for Sustainable Digital Development: Governance, Infrastructure, and Global Cooperation (info)
The EnergyPact Foundation
Room L
09:00 – 393 From local to global Internet governance (info)
ISOC France
11:00 – 210 Building the infrastructure of trust, governance, and scalability for the prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (info)
WHO, ITU, Vital Strategies and REACH Digital
12:00 – 232 Breaking Barriers: Pathways to Accelerate AI‑Enabled Healthcare (info)
Geneva School of Diplomacy
13:00 – 400 Green Digital Action: The road between COP30 to COP31 (info)
ITU/World Bank/GIZ/CODES/UNESCO
14:00 – 416 Delivering ICT’s Climate Impact: Data, Methods and Country Experiences (info)
ITU/GIZ
15:00 – 425 From Dialogue to Practice: NRI-Driven Multistakeholder Labs for WSIS Implementation (info)
Agency for Digital Italy
Room G
11:00 – 396 Digital Agency for Women: Beyond Access in the Age of AI (info)
CARE
12:00 – 401 From Policy to Practice: Implementing AI Governance and Cybersecurity Frameworks in Emerging Digital States (info)
Ministry of Technology&AI Lebanon
13:00 – 116 Sustainable financing for digital development (info)
APC, BAKOM
14:00 – 259 New Technological Deal, or a Global South Digital strategy for impactful ICT Transformation (info)
MTN
15:00 – 424 How can we articulate Global AI Governance with Human Rights and Multistakeholder Engagement? (info)
Data Privacy Brasil
Room F
11:00 – 207 Advancing Quantum Safe Transitions: Ethical, Legal, Social, and Policy Dimensions (info)
DepHUB, UNESCO IFAP, and ITU
12:00 – 407 High-level Roundtable: A Digital Climate-Resilient Future (info)
ITU
13:00 – 453 UN-WSIS Regional Commissions (info)
ITU
14:00 – 413 The Workforce of the Future – Workplace Transition and the role of Education (info)
IFIP
15:00 – 423 WSIS+20 Outcome Document: Fostering Digital Transformation in Africa (info)
Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA)
Friday, 10 July
Room X
05:45 – 511 Ambassadors Roundtable (info)
ITU
Room B
06:00 – 457 Final IAB Meeting on Submarine Cable Resilience (Closed Meeting) (info)
ITU/International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC)
08:15 – 429 High-Level Dialogue Parliamentarian: Parliamentary Dialogue on Digital Governance (info)
IPU, ITU, CPA, UNDP
09:15 – 436 Building Trust and Protection for Essential Digital Services (info)
ICRC
11:00 – 486 Women Leading the Digital Future – Shaping Policy Together (info)
ITU, WLICT
Room Alpha
07:00 – 455 UNGIS working-level meeting (info)
UNGIS
09:00 – 136 Developing strategies for AI literacy in action (info)
TikTok
10:00 – 440 Knowledge Café: WSIS+20 Follow-up towards 2035 WSIS-GDC Coherence (info)
ITU
Room E
07:00 – 268 Ethical and interoperable data and AI governance for health, crisis response, and digital public infrastructure (info)
GCPA/SIDCER/CODATA-IDPC
08:00 – 488 Sovereign Health Systems and the Collective Privacy Gap: What the World’s First Indigenous-Sovereign AI Health Initiative Reveals About the Limits of Current Governance (info)
ING, INC, DC-ET, UN IGF, WPF, TWN
11:00 – 476 High Level Dialogue: Strengthening the Resilience of Telecommunication Submarine Cables (info)
ITU/Portugal/Nigeria
Room L
07:00 – 243 Inclusion Without Safety Is Not Empowerment: Automation Is Scaling Harm Faster Than We Can Respond (info)
AFK, W4S, SI, NCWV, AGEC
08:00 – 246 Building Digital Trust: The Role of International Standards in Inclusive Digital Transformation (info)
The British Standards Institution
09:00 – 430 ITU Contribution to the WSIS Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes (info)
Chair and Vice-Chairs of the ITU Council Working Group on WSIS&SDG
11:00 – 461 Co‑Designing Inclusive and Safe Smart Cities: Public Engagement, Security, and Gender‑Responsive Urban Innovation (info)
Womenvai, UNIBA, CUT, WFEO, EDWIIN, FC, SG
Room K
07:00 – 231 Open Source and AI for Sustainable Development: Digital Infrastructure, Open Data, and Multistakeholder Cooperation (info)
CCOSI; CIC
08:00 – 293 WSIS Action Line C4 Capacity building (info)
ITU, UNESCO
09:00 – 291 WSIS Action Line C3 Access to information and knowledge (info)
UNESCO
Room G
07:00 – 428 Building fit-for purpose networks: Emergency Telecommunications in Action (info)
ITU/GSMA
08:00 – 314 WSIS+20 in Action: Implementation, Cooperation and Review – Part II (info)
UN DESA
09:00 – 282 The Next Byte – Shaping Human-Centred Internet Governance (info)
IGF Secretariat/UNDESA
11:00 – 134 Creative Intelligence: Art in the Age of AI (info)
Swiss Association of Women and Empowerment
Room F
07:00 – 241 Making AI Safe in the Real World: From Governance Principles to Operational Tools (info)
Council of Europe
08:00 – 245 Safe at Scale: Translating the UN Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Regulation into Global Action (info)
I-AIIG
09:00 – 294 WSIS Action Line C5 Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs (info)
ITU
11:00 – 363 Advancing identification of large-scale and high-impact AI risks (info)
Transnational Working Group on AI-World Federalist Movement/IGP
Room C
08:00 – 585 Leaders TalkX 12 – Co‑Creating Tomorrow: Digital and AI in Partnership (info)
WSIS
09:00 – 438 WSIS Prizes Champions’ Ceremony (info)
WSIS
12:00 – 462 WSIS Action Lines Facilitators Meeting (info)
WSIS
13:00 – 531 High-Level Track Facilitators Summary and Certificates (info)
WSIS/ITU
14:00 – 533 Closing Ceremony and Chair’s WSIS Forum 2026 Summary (info)
WSIS/ITU
Room A
10:15 – 522 Knowledge Café (info)
Nigeria
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