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IGF 2023 Travel Support
We're making travel support available to a limited number of eligible IGF 2023 participants from the Global South. Read the call and apply until 12 July!
Booths & Remote Hubs: Calls Open
Interested stakeholders and organizations can apply for IGF 2023 exhibition booths or remote hubs until 20 July. Read the call pages for more details!
Next MAG Meeting in Geneva
The Second IGF 2023 Open Consultations and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting will take place on 10-12 July at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG). Save the date!
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IGF 2023 Outputs
The 19th IGF will be hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 15 to 19 December 2024 in Riyadh at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC). The meeting is held under the overarching theme of Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future. The programme is shaped according to the four main themes: Harnessing innovation and balancing risks in the digital space; Enhancing the digital contribution to peace, development and sustainability; Advancing human rights and inclusion in the digital age; and Improving digital governance for the Internet We Want.
The 18th Annual Meeting of the IGF was held under the overarching theme, ''The Internet We Want - Empowering All People'', in Kyoto, Japan from 8 to 12 October 2023. The Summary Report, including the Kyoto IGF Messages, as well as all meeting outputs, are available.
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Asia Pacific yIGF 2024 Registration Now Open!
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North Macedonia IGF: Discussing Security & AI
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Kazakhstan IGF Hosts First Meeting
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IGF Developing Digital Capacity in SIDS
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Southern Africa Regional Youth School on Internet Governance
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IGF Coalition Speaks at UN Deep Dive on Trust and Security
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NRI & SIG Funding: Apply with ISOC Foundation
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Record Participants at Belarus IGF
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Saving the World from Insecure IoT
Donors to Trust Fund
Government of Sweden
Coordination Center for TLD RU
European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
Government of the United Kingdom
Government of the Netherlands
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
Community DNS
Politecnico di Torino
Verizon
MCADE, LLC.
Government of Norway
Nominet UK
The Internet Society Foundation
NIC-MEXICO
IGFSA
The Internet Society (ISOC)
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
Afilias Global Registry Services
The Walt Disney Company
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
Summit Strategies International
Microsoft Corporation
European Commission
UNINETT Norid
Danish Internet Forum
Government of Switzerland
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
Government of Germany
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)
Tides Foundation
China Energy Fund Committee
AT&T
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
Ribose Inc
Government of Japan
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Government of Finland
Government of the United States
Verisign
Government of the Republic of Korea
Amazon
CISCO
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
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