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WSIS Forum 2018 DRAFT AGENDA
(As of 6 March 2018)
(Please note that this is a preliminary draft agenda based on the open consultation process/ Please note that the rooms are still not final and can
change.)
MHLPS: Moderated High Level Policy Session / HL: High Level / ALM: Action Line Meetings / ALFM: Action Line Facilitators Meeting /
IS: Interactive Session / TW: Thematic Workshop/ CW: Country Workshop/ MRT: Ministerial Round Table/ KE: Knowledge Exchange
TIME 18 March
Sunday
Badging (for
Hackathon
participants only)
will be located at
ITU Headquarters,
Montbrillant
building (2, rue de
Varembé – CH-1220
GENEVA)
Sunday, 18 March
07:00 – 12:00
TIME 19 March
Monday
(ITU Premises)
Badging will be located
at ITU Headquarters,
Montbrillant building (2,
rue de Varembé – CH-
1220 GENEVA)
Monday, 19 March
08:00 – 12:00 and 13:20
– 17:00
TIME 20 March
Tuesday
(CICG Premises)
Badging will be located at
ITU Headquarters,
Montbrillant building (2,
rue de Varembé – CH-1220
GENEVA)
Tuesday, 20 March 08:00
– 12:00 and 13:20 – 17:00
TIME 21 March
Wednesday
(CICG Premises)
Badging will be located at
ITU Headquarters,
Montbrillant building (2, rue
de Varembé – CH-1220
GENEVA)
Wednesday, 21 March
08:00 – 12:00 and 13:20 –
17:00
TIME 22 March
Thursday
(ITU Premises)
Badging will be located at
ITU Headquarters,
Montbrillant building (2, rue
de Varembé – CH-1220
GENEVA)
Thursday, 22 March 08:00
– 12:00 and 13:20 – 17:00
TIME 23 March
Friday
(ITU Premises)
Badging will be
located at ITU
Headquarters,
Montbrillant building
(2, rue de Varembé –
CH-1220 GENEVA)
Friday, 23 March
08:00 – 12:00 and
13:20 – 17:00
8:00
9:00
UNGIS Leaders High-level
Breakfast Meeting
(Closed meeting for
UNGIS members only)
Internet for All Breakfast
(On invitation only)
7:45-9:00
8:15-
9:00 High-level
Networking Coffee
WSIS Forum 2018
Hackathon: Hack
Against Hunger
(ITU Headquarters
Geneva)
Only for the
participants of the
WSIS Forum 2018
Hackathon
09:00
-
10:45
ALFM
Action Line C7
E-Environment:
Multi-Hazard Early
Warning Systems and
Role of ICT
(WMO, UNEP, ITU)
Room Popov 1
09:00
-
13:00
Official Opening Segment
Opening Ceremony
Opening Session
WSIS Prize Ceremony
Group Photograph
(E/F/R/S/C/A)
Captioning
CICG Room 1
09:00
-12:00
Moderated
HL Policy
Session
(E/F/R/S/C/A)
Captioning
Room 1, CICG
Moderated
HL Policy
Session
(E/F/R/S/C/
A)
Captioning
Room 2,
CICG
09:00
-
10:45
ALFM
Action Line C3
Access to information and
knowledge: Is Software the
key to Access to knowledge
in the Digital age?
(UNESCO)
(E/F)
Room Popov 1
9:00-
10:45
UNGIS Working
level Meeting
(UNGIS Members
Only)
TW
Megaconstellations
offering new technology
for an inclusive access to
rural areas of the LDCs
(INWES)
Room Popov 2
ALFM
Action Line C7
E-agriculture
(FAO/ ITU)
Room H1
CW
Gold Partner
Saudi Arabia
Room C1
IS
WSIS Stocktaking
and WSIS Prize
(ITU)
Room Popov
CW
Best practices and
examples of how FTA
and local production of
contents are intertwined
and linked
(EBU with OMPI-WIPO,
UNESCO and
UNCTAD)
Room K1
TW
Promotion of the ideals and
principles of the United
Nations among the youth
(GIMUN)
Room H2
TW
Safe Listening Audio
Devices
(WHO)
Room H1
TW
Linking Education with
ICTs for Capacity
Building and
Employability
TW
ICT Solutions for SDGs:
Focus on Apps and Online
Technology
(ITU/Partners)
TW
GEO101: Earth
Observations
Information Systems
for Global Good
(CMAI Association of
India)
Room C2
Room K1
(Group on Earth
Observations (GEO))
Room H2
TW
Accelerating Digital
Transformation : Building
Vibrant ICT Centric
Innovation Ecosystems
Session 1: An insight into
“ICT-centric economic
growth, innovation and job
creation”
(ITU and Partners)
Room C1
TW
Child online
Protection ecosystem
in developing
countries
(Iran University of
Science and
Technology)
Room K1
TW
Is Africa ready for a Digital
Transformation?
(African Civil Society on
the Information Society
(ACSIS))
Room Popov 2 TW
Community networks: can
the unconnected connect
themselves?
(Association for
Progressive
Communications (APC))
Room H1
TW
ICANN, the
Government Advisory
Committee (GAC)
and Capacity Building
(ICANN)
Room K2
TW
Enabling Policy
Environment for Digital
Transformation
(BIAC/OECD)
Room H2
TW
mHealth4Afrika
(IIMG)
Room M
TW
South-South
Collaboration Lab for
Development
(ZMQ Development)
Room A
TW
EQUALS Workshop
(ITU)
TW
ICTs and Resilience
Room C2
(UN Major Group for
Children and Youth)
Room M
TW
Inclusive Information
Accessibility Service
Environment Enables the
Fruits of Technology
Development Shared by
All
(Internet Society of China)
Room A
TW
(ESOA)
Room G1
TW
Challenge-Based Learning
for the SDGs
Inviting representatives of
several education
programmes, including the
Geneva Tsinghua Initiative
(University of Geneva)
Room K2
TW
IoV (Internet of Vehicle)
technology
(Telematics Industry
Application Alliance
(TIAA))
Room M
TW
Achieving an inclusive
society by designing and
implementing accessible
ICTs
(ITU)
Room K2
Rural Women and ITC
against Poverty
(COFEPRE)
Room G2
10:45 –
11:00
Break
WSIS Forum 2018
Exhibition Inauguration
** Coffee will be served
during the
Inauguration**
10:45-
11:00
Break 10:45-
11:00
Break
11:00-
13:00
ALFM
Action Line C4
Building ICT Skills for
Social Entrepreneurs
(ITU)
Room C2
11:00 –
13:00 CW
Platinum Sponsor
UAE
Popov 2
11:00-
12:45 TW
Artificial Intelligence,
Justice, and Human
Rights in the digital
age
(Responsible Business
Initiative, OPTIC)
Room K1
TW
"VR, AR, Game
Development, AI,
Smart City - what's
next"
(virtualinfocom)
Room H1
TW
Gold Partner
Saudi Arabia
Room Popov 1
TW
Central Bank Issued
Digital Currency:
TW
Accelerating Digital
Transformation : Building
Vibrant ICT Centric
Innovation Ecosystems
Session 2: Good Practices
for Accelerating Digital
Transformation
Contributing Partner
(ITU and Office of
Electronic
Communications, Poland)
Room C1
Challenges for
Security and
Interoperability
(ITU)
Room K2
TW
Social interpreter: ICT
literacy, languages,
migrations
(SEMANTIS)
Room G2
ALFM
Action Line C6
Enabling Environment
(ITU)
Room H1
TW
Showcasing
Innovation, Science
and Technology
related Research
Capacity in IST-
Africa partner
countries
(IST – Africa
Institute)
Room Popov
TW
ICTs and Public Health:
Reaching the last mile in
Resource Constrained
Environments
(RBM Partnership to End
Malaria, iKure Techsoft
Private Limited, and
IIMC)
Room K2
ALFM
Action Line C9
Media
(UNESCO)
E/F
Room Popov 1
TW
Practical applications
of ICTs supporting
inclusion and access
to information and
services, livelihoods
for People with
Disabilities
(eWorldwide Group)
Room H2
TW
E-Trade for all Initiative
(ITU/ UNCTAD)
Room K1
ALFM
Action Line C1, C7: E-
Government and C11
(UNDESA/ ITU)
Room C1
TW
Harnessing the local
zero waste movement
for policy change at
the national level
(Rogue Gone Vogue)
Room A
TW
Universal Design as a
Mechanism for Sustainable
Development
(Oslo and Akershus
University College of
Applied Sciences)
Room H2
TW
Building information
foundation for knowledge
societies in China
(Posts and Telecom Press)
Room M
11:00-
13:00
Press Conference
(Media Only)
TW
Building a Framework for
Digital Innovation
(FAO)
Room K1
TW
Digital transformation
(VEON)
Room M
TW
Digital Equity and
Inclusion for ICT in
Disaster Risk Reduction
Supporting Partner
(International Federation
for Information Processing
(IFIP))
Room Popov 2
13:15 -
13:45 Special
Session
WSIS
Forum
Hackathon
2018
Inspiring
Pitches fro
m the
Winners on
Hack
against
hunger
Room 1
CICG
Special
Session
Experience
a live
Demonstrat
ion on
Virtual
Reality for
Developme
nt
Room 2
CICG
TW
Promoting Cybersecurity
Information Exchange
Between Stakeholders
(Access Partnership)
Room M
TW
Performance of Progress
of Schools in UK and
UAE with regards to
online safety
(SWGfL / UK Safer
Internet Centre)
Room H1
TW
Creative content online
driving social, economic
and technological
development
(WIPO)
Room K2
Cloud Café – Youth
Engagement in the
WSIS Process
(12:15 – 14:00)
TW
ICTs for Safety &
Security: international case
study
TW
We Need Trust
(ITU/ Partners)
(EC MEDICI Framework
of Cooperation)
Room H2
Room C2
TW
Identifying and addressing
problems that block
women in ICTs
(OCAPROCE)
Room A
World Café –
15 Years of
implementation of Geneva
Plan of Action – Looking
towards 2025
(Implementing Best
Practices and addressing
challenges with WSIS
Prize 2018 Winners and
Champions)
(12:15 —15:15)
13:00 –
14:30
Lunch Break
ITU Cafeteria
with special offer for
WSIS Forum participants
13:00-
14:30 Lunch Break
High -level Lunch
(Sponsored by UAE-
WSIS Forum 2018:
Platinum Partner
- invitation only)
12:15 –
13:30 Lunch Break
CICG and ITU Cafeteria
special offer for WSIS Forum
participants
High-Level Lunch (Sponsored by Saudi Arabia-
WSIS Forum 2018:Gold
Partner
- invitation only, 12:15-14:00)
13:00-
14:30 Lunch Break
ITU Cafeteria
with special offer for WSIS
Forum participants
12:45-
14:00 Lunch Break
ITU Cafeteria
with special offer for
WSIS Forum
participants
TW
Intellectual Property:
Software Products and
Patents, Cyber
security and Patents
(Jain Institute of
Technology)
Room K2
Special Session
Experience a
live
demonstration
on Virtual
Reality
Popov 1
(12:15-13:15)
13:15 –
14:00 Thematic Workshops/
Interactive Briefings /
Information Sessions and
Publication Releases:
13:30 -
15:00
High Level
Dialogue
Internet
Universality
indicators
(UNESCO)
High Level
Dialogue
Building an
E-waste
Coalition
(ITU and
13:15-
14:00 Publication Releases and
Briefings
CW
Bangladesh (a2i)
Room H1
(E/F)
Captioning
Room 1
CICG
Environment
al
Management
Group
(EMG))
Captioning
Room 2
CICG
TW
UNESCO OER
Recommendation
(UNESCO)
E/F
Room Popov 2
IB
AI For Good Global
Summit
(ITU)
Room A
IS
What are Geonames in the
internet domain names
world?
(NCUC/ ICANN )
Room H1
TW
Digital Knowledge
Ecosystems for
achieving SDG:
Opportunities and
Possibilities
(Western Sydney
University)
Room K1
TW
Impact on Society through
Digital Innovation,
(World Summit Awards)
Room K2
TW
Broadband Commission’s
Global Broadband Targets
2025: bringing the world
online
(ITU/Broadband
Commission Secretariat)
Room Popov 1
TW
Paradigm shift to
develop genuine
global civilization and
the role of ICT
(EMLS_RI)
Room Popov
TW
Cyber security best
practices for the 2030
SDGs
(UNICC)
Room C1
TW
Facilitating the next
generation of business
online
(CentralNic PLC)
Room H2
TW
Organising
Monitoring of SDG
based on the three
principles
(transparecny,
inclusiveness,
participation) and
following wikipedia
methods using ground
truth ICT techniques,
(Centre for Socio-
Eco-Nomic
Development
CSEND)
Room H2
TW
Youth, Access to
Knowledge and SDGs:
Strategy for
Building Youth Skills in
Digital Technologies
E/F
(UNESCO)
Room Popov 1
Ministerial Round Table (Ministers only)
(E/F/R/S/C/A)
14:00- 16:30
TW
The Fourth
Technological &
Industrial Revolution
(National Information
Centre, Yemen)
Room H1
TW
Global and local women
technopreneurs; journey to
success
(eWorldwide Group)
Room Popov 2
TW
What digital future for
vulnerable people in the
global South?
(Research ICT Africa)
Room K1
TW
Internet of Things
(IoT) and Block Chain
(Center of Information
Technology)
Room A
TW
How Can We Prepare Kids
For Jobs That Don’t Exist
Yet?
(IT STEP Academy)
Room C2
TW
Expanding the digital
economy in East Africa
and other developing
contexts
(Reseau des Jeunes
Volontaires Francophones
du Cameroun, Burundi
Shop)
Room K1
TW
Recipes for success: The
funding dimensions of
capacity development
(DiploFoundation/Geneva
Internet Platform)
Room K2
TW
Machine Learning and 5G
(ITU)
Room M
TW
Youth Engagement on
Leveraging ICTs to Build
Information and Knowledge
Societies for Achieving the
Sustainable Development
Goals
- Youth and
Entrepreneurship
- Leadership and Capacity
Building among Youth
Towards ICT Development
(AIESEC)
Room M
TW
Oral History of the
Internet (OHI)
(Cheung Kong School of
Journalism and
Communication in
Shantou University)
Room C2
TW
e-Science: Global Change
Research Data Publishing
and Sharing for All
(Chinese Academy of
Sciences)
Room H2
TW
Smart cities :
Policies and regulatory
frameworks to better align
smart cities strategies with
SDGs
(Arianous ICTD)
Room G1
TW
Sustainability impact of
skillpowerment.com and
how the private sector can
utilize its ICT skills, reach
and power to have
measurable impact.
(InfoFort)
Room G2
TIME 18 March TIME 19 March TIME 20 March TIME 21 March
TIME 22 March TIM
E
23 March
14:30 -
16:15
14:30 -
16:15
IS
Measurement of progress
towards the SDGs through
ICT indicators
(Partnership on Measuring
ICT for Development)
14:00-
17:30 Moderated
HL Policy
Session
(E/F/R/S/C/
A)
Captioning
Room 1
Moderated
HL Policy
Session
(E/F/R/S/C/
A)
Captioning
Room 2
15:15:00-
16:30 High-level
Dialogue
Digital Skills for
Decent Jobs for
Youth:
Launch of the
Industry
Coalition
High-Level
Dialogue
2008-2018:
A decade of
the COP
Initiative –
Priorities
14:30-
16:15
ALFM
Action Line C5
Blockchain as an enabler of
security and trust
(ITU)
14:00-
16:00
WSIS Action Line
Facilitators Meeting
Captioning
(E/F/R/S/C/A)
Room Popov
Room C2
CICG CICG ITU/ ILO
(E/F/R/S/C/A)
Captioning
Room 1
CICG
for the
future of
youth
empowerme
nt online
ITU
(E/F/R/S/C/
A)
Captioning
Room 2
CICG
Room C1
CW
Towards a Single African
Digital Market: Challenges
and Opportunities
Partner for Specific
Activities
(Rwanda)
Room A
ALFM
Action Line C9
Media
(UNESCO)
E/F
Room Popov 2
TW
Women in STEM as a
business case for a better
society
(INWES)
Room Popov 2
ALFM
Action Line C7
E-business
(UNCTAD/ ITC/UPU)
Room M
ALFM
Action Line C7
E Health
(WHO/ITU)
Room G1
TW
Youth, Access to
Knowledge and SDGs
Strategy for Building
Youth Skills in Digital
Technologies
E/F
(UNESCO)
Room Popov 1
TW
Internet use in the Central
African Republic and young
people
(French)
(SPJ Labs)
Room H1
TW
Maximising impact for
sustainable development:
how core business
activities can achieve a
multiplier effect through
equal opportunity sourcing
TW
UNESCO OER
Recommendation
(UNESCO)
E/F
from women owned
businesses.
(ITU, ITC and We
Connect International)
Room K1
Room Popov 1
TW
(IEEE)
Room H2
16:30-
18:00 High Level Policy
Statements: Concluding
Session
(E/F/R/S/C/A)
Captioning
Room 1
CICG
TW
Future of Work/Decent Jobs
for Youth
(UN Major Group for
Children and Youth)
Room C2
TW
How to set the standard for
cyber security? Guidelines
and good practices
(Global Forum on Cyber
Expertise)
Room H2
TW
From the Last to First Mile
- Community Networks
Contributing Partner
(The Internet Society
(ISOC))
Room H1
TW
Accelerating Digital
Transformation: Building
Vibrant ICT Centric
Innovation Ecosystems
High Level Session
(ITU and Partners)
Room C1
TW
Role of Promotion of
Digital Payments by the
Government in
TW
ICT solutions for SDGs -
focus on robots, drones &
VR
encouraging behaviour
changes in citizens
(Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology,
India)
Room M
(ITU and Partners)
Room K1
TW
ICT Professional’s Duty of
Care in protecting
everyone in the Fourth
Industrial Revolution
Supporting Partner
(IFIP IP3)
Room K2
TW
E-waste workshop to
sensitize the participants on
the impact of e-waste
(UNEP/BRS Secretariat)
Room K2
16:15 –
16:30 16:15 –
16:30 Break
16:15–
16:30
Break 16:00
-17:00 Closing Ceremony
Captioning
Room Popov
(E/F/R/S/C/A)
16:30 –
18:15
16:30 –
18:15
CW
Progress in the
Information Society
(Iran)
Room M
16:30-
18:15 ALFM
Action Line C2
Room C1
TW
Bridging the digital skills
gap: empowering women
to enter and remain in
technology
(SheCanCode)
Room Popov 2
TW
Accelerating Digital
Transformation: Building
Vibrant ICT Centric
Innovation Ecosystems
High Level Session
(ITU and Partners)
Room C1
TW
Free Flow of Data:
Panacea or Danger?
(Just Net Coalition)
16h30-17h15
--------------------------------
Concentration in Internet
Services
(Association for Proper
Internet Governance)
17h30-18h15
Room H1
IS
UN Regional Commission
Meeting
Round Table
Room
Room G3
TW
Three Networks that are
SDG Building Blocks:
Internet; Electricity; and
Financial
(mCADE llc)
Room C2
TW
Connecting communities by
building digital skills: a way
towards the SDGs
(ICC)
Room C2
TW
Artificial Intelligence and
BlockChain
(National Digital Strategy,
Mexico)
Room H2
TW
Achieving the SDGs
through Ethically Aligned
Design
(IEEE, WSIS Forum 2018
Partner for Specific
Activity)
Room M
TW
Future and Emerging
Technologies: Economic
Impact of Artificial
Intelligence
(ITU and Partners)
Room K1
TW
A Dialogue on different
cooperation models for
approaches to Internet
Public Policy development
(Action Line 11)
Contributing Partner
(ICANN)
Room K2
TW
IEEE and the Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs)
Partner for Specific
Activities
(IEEE)
Room Popov 1
TW
E-science and building the
Information and Knowledge
Societies
(Iran University of Science
and Technology)
Room G1
TW
International decision-
making in ICT. Where are
the Women?
(ITU and UNESCO Chair in
ICT4D)
Room K2
TW
Discussion on the
standardization of the
Internet of things
(Electronic Technology
Information Research
Institute, Ministry of
Industry and Information
Technology (MIIT) of the
People’s Republic of China)
TW
Arab Inter-Regional
Consultation meeting on
Digital technologies for
Sustainable Development
2030 and related regional
processes
(UNESCWA)
Room G2
Room H1
TW
E-trade impact: turbo-
charging attainment of the
SDGs through e-digital
(ITC)
Room H2
TW
Creating impact with open
data within agriculture
(Ministry of Agriculture,
Nature and Food Quality,
Netherlands)
Room A
TW
Data Protection and the
GDPR
Action Line 5
(ICANN)
Room Popov 1
TW
Cyberlaw trends of 2018
and the impact of
Information Society
(International Commission
on Cyber Security Law)
Room K1
TW
ICT Solutions for SDGs:
Women Entrepreneurs and
innovators
(ITU and Partners)
Room Popov 2
19:30 19:00 WSIS Forum 2018 Donors
Dinner
(on invitation only) 14:30 -
16:00 WSIS Prizes 2018:
Champions Ceremony
(For WSIS Prize Winners
and Champions Only)
19:00
High-Level Gala Dinner
(on invitation only)
TALKS
Room 2 (CICG)
CICG
(Doors open at 17:00,
Starts at 18:15)
18:00-
20:30
WSIS Forum 2018
Reception
(Open to all WSIS Forum
2018 Participants)
Sponsored by Switzerland
1
Open Space Presentations
Organization Name Thematic Presentation Topic Date Time Slot
ITU and Geneva Primary Schools Introducing Youth to ICTs for SDGs
March 19th, 2018
11:00-13:00
Institute on Disability and Public Policy Accessible Remote Participation
March 19th, 2018
16:30-18:15
Kiwi Campus Robotic design workshop Tensorflow for
general audience March 19th,
2018 14:30-16:15
The IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) will also take place during the WSIS Forum- Monday G1, 20, 21 Popov 2; 22nd