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Japanese IG School Hosts Pre-Event

The School on Internet Governance Japan will hold an event 7 October before the start of the 18th IGF in Kyoto, on  "Empowering Youth Towards 'Internet We Want'". 

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A number of private bilateral meeting rooms are available to book for participants of the 18th IGF in Kyoto. Access our self-reservation system here and below!

IGF 2023 High-Level Track

See what will be discussed during IGF 2023's topical high-level panel sessions, featuring leaders from around the world and all stakeholder groups. 

Tokyo International Conference Centre
Preparing IGF 2023

The IGF 2023 intersessional work and the 18th annual IGF meeting are being planned within the overarching theme ''The Internet We Want - Empowering All People''. The programme is developing around eight sub-themes: AI & Emerging Technologies; Avoiding Internet Fragmentation; Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Online Safety; Data Governance and Trust; Digital Divides and Inclusion; Global Digital Governance and Cooperation; Human Rights and Freedoms; and Sustainability & Environment

Economic Commission for Africa
IGF 2022 Outputs: Addis Ababa Messages, Summary Report & More

Please visit IGF 2022 Outputs for this year's Addis Ababa IGF MessagesSummary Report, individual session reports, session transcripts, reports from the intersessional work, youth and parliamentary tracks, outputs from NRIs, annual meeting photos, videos, and more.

Donors to Trust Fund

Government of the United Kingdom

Summit Strategies International

European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association

Nominet UK

Government of Finland

Government of Norway

Government of Sweden

The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)

Nic.at The Austrian Registry

Government of Germany

Government of the United States

Coordination Center for TLD RU

Google

Afilias Global Registry Services

Government of Japan

The Walt Disney Company

auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator

NIKKEI DigitalCORE

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)

China Energy Fund Committee

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

CISCO

Community DNS

Verisign

Amazon

Danish Internet Forum

European Commission

Government of the Republic of Korea

Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia

Government of the Netherlands

MCADE, LLC.

The Internet Society Foundation

AT&T

NIC-MEXICO

Facebook

European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)

The Internet Society (ISOC)

Verizon

IGFSA

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks

UNINETT Norid

Politecnico di Torino

Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

Government of Switzerland

Tides Foundation

Ribose Inc

Number Resource Organization (NRO)

Microsoft Corporation

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