The General Assembly resolution 70/125 on the “Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society” (WSIS) calls for the convening of a General Assembly high-level meeting in 2025 to conduct a comprehensive review of the progress made in implementing the outcomes of WSIS, commonly referred to as the WSIS+20 review. This review will involve the input and participation of all stakeholders and will serve as an important milestone to evaluate the achievements and challenges since 2005, while also contributing to the review process for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
During this review, among other things, the UN General Assembly will also review the IGF’s mandate. Currently in its third mandate, the review will assess the IGF’s effectiveness in addressing digital policy matters through a multistakeholder model and developing digital capacity, and determine the future direction of its mandate, ensuring its continued relevance in the evolving digital landscape.
The annual meeting of IGF 2024 in Riyadh will provide an early opportunity for all stakeholders to share their perspectives on the overall WSIS+20 review and specifically on the IGF.
There will be IGF High-Level Leaders’ sessions “From Summit of the Future to WSIS+20” on 16 December from 16:15 to 17:15, followed by the "United Nations Group on the Information Society WSIS Segment" from 17:30 to 18:30. The IGF main session on “Looking back, moving forward: how to continue to empower the IGF’s role in Internet Governance” will take place on Thursday, 19 December from 10:30 to 12:30 in the Plenary Hall.
You can also find other IGF sessions related to the Internet governance processes, the Global Digital Compact and the WSIS+20 review below.
Day-0, Sunday, 15 December 2024
| Session | Location, Date, Times | Organizers |
|---|---|---|
| Day 0 Event #98 Discussing multistakeholder models in the Digital Society | Workshop Room 1 09:30 – 11:00 |
CFIEC |
| Day 0 Event #166 Review of IGF 2023 Kyoto and road for WSIS+20 | Workshop Room 7 10:45 – 11:45 |
Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| Day 0 Event #108 Fit-for-future? A visioning exercise on digital cooperation | Workshop Room 5 10:45 – 12:45 |
Global Digital Justice Forum, DC on Internet Rights and Principles, Digital Constitutionalism Network, DC on Platform Responsibility |
| NRIs Coordination Session: What NRIs could do for WSIS+20? | Workshop Room 10 11:15 – 12:45 |
Traditional roundtable consultative session with coordinators and community members of the national, regional and youth IGFs. |
| Day 0 Event #61 Accelerating progress for unified digital cooperation | Workshop Room 3 16:00 – 18:00 |
International Chamber of Commerce |
Day-1, Monday, 16 December 2024
| Session | Location, Date, Time | Organizers |
|---|---|---|
| From Summit of the Future to WSIS+20 [Segment I] | Plenary Hall 16:15 – 17:15 |
IGF High-Level Leaders' Session 4 |
| From Summit of the Future to WSIS+20 [Segment II - UN/UNGIS] | Plenary Hall 17:30 – 18:30 |
IGF High-Level Leaders' Session 4 |
| Open Forum #42 Global Digital Cooperation: Ambition to Country-Level Action | Workshop Room 7 13:00 – 14:30 |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Workshop #143 From WSIS to GDC-Harmonising strategies towards coordination | Workshop Room 6 15:45 – 16:45 |
Association for Progressive Communications, Swiss Federal Office of Communication, Global Network Initiative, Digital Action |
| Open Forum #32 Shaping an equal digital future with WSIS+20 & Beijing+30 | Workshop Room 9 17:00 – 18:00 |
UN Women |
Day-2, Tuesday, 17 December 2024
| Session | Location, Date, Time | Organizers |
|---|---|---|
| IGF 2024 Open Forum #78 Global Digital Compact Townhall Meeting | Workshop Room 7 08:45 – 09:45 |
United Nations, Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology |
| Open Forum #15 Digital cooperation: the road ahead | Workshop Room 7 09:45 – 10:45 |
United Nations, Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology |
| Workshop #141 Regionalism and the IGF | Workshop Room 2 09:45 – 11:15 |
United Nations University |
| Open Forum #61 WSIS to WSIS+20: Enduring Principle of Internet Governance | Workshop Room 3 10:45 – 11:45 |
ICANN |
| IGF 2024 Open Forum #76 Digital for Development: UN in Action |
Workshop Room 5 |
ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD, UN ECLAC, UNDESA |
| Workshop #153 Internet Governance and the Global Majority: What’s Next | Workshop Room 1 15:15 – 16:15 |
Center for International Private Enterprise, CIMA, National Democratic Institute |
Day-3, Wednesday, 18 December 2024
| Session | Location, Date, Time | Organizers |
|---|---|---|
| Open Forum #33 Open Consultation Process Meeting for WSIS Forum 2025 | Workshop Room 10 09:45 – 11:15 |
International Telecommunication Union |
| Workshop #209 Multistakeholder Best Practices: NM, GDC, WSIS & Beyond | Workshop Room 2 11:15 – 12:15 |
Global Network Initiative |
| 20 Years of implementation of WSIS and the vision beyond 2025 | Workshop Room 10 11:30 – 13:00 |
International Telecommunication Union |
| Launch / Award Event #78 Digital Governance in Africa: Post-Summit of the Future | IGF Village Stage 14:30 – 15:30 |
UNECA |
| Open Forum #66 Next Steps in Internet Governance: Models for the Future | Workshop Room 9 15:30 – 16:30 |
German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) |
| Workshop #55 Future of Governance in Africa | Workshop Room 2 16:15 – 17:45 |
African Union |
| Workshop #206 Evolving the IGF: cooperation is the only way | Workshop Room 1 16:30 – 18:00 |
.au Domain Administration, APNIC |
Day-4, Thursday, 19 December 2024
| Session | Location, Date, Time | Organizers |
|---|---|---|
| Looking back, moving forward: how to continue to empower the IGF’s role in Internet Governance | Plenary Hall 10:30 – 12:30 |
IGF Main Session |
| Open Forum #12 Ensuring an Inclusive and Rights-Respecting Digital Future | Workshop Room 3 13:15 – 14:45 |
Freedom Online Coalition |