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