WSIS Forum 2018 DRAFT AGENDA (As of 1 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 / : Action Line Facilitators Meeting / IS: Interactive Session / : Thematic Workshop/ CW: Country Workshop/ MRT: Ministerial Round Table/ KE: Knowledge Exchange TIME 18 March Sunday TIME 19 March Monday (ITU Premises) TIME 20 March Tuesday ( Premises) TIME 21 March Wednesday ( Premises) TIME 22 March Thursday (ITU Premises) TIME 23 March Friday (ITU Premises) 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 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 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 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 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 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 Action Line C7 E-Environment: Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems and Role of ICT (WMO, UNEP, ITU) 09:00-13:00 Official Opening Segment Opening Ceremony Opening Session WSIS Prize Ceremony Group Photograph 09:00-12:00 Moderated HL Policy Session (E/F/R/S/C/A) Room 1, Moderated HL Policy Session (E/F/R/S/C/ A) Room 2, 09:00-10:45 Action Line C3 Access to information and knowledge: Is Software the key to Access to knowledge in the Digital age? (UNESCO) (E/F) 9:00-10:45 UNGIS Working level Meeting (UNGIS Members Only) Megaconstellations offering new technology for an inclusive access to rural areas of the LDCs (E/F/R/S/C/A) Room 1 Action Line C7 E-agriculture (FAO/ ITU) (INWES) Room Popov 2 CW IS Gold Partner Saudi Arabia WSIS Stocktaking and WSIS Prize 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) Promotion of the ideals and principles of the United Nations among the youth (GIMUN) Action Line C7 E Health (WHO/ITU)
Linking Education with ICTs for Capacity Building and Employability (CMAI Association of India) Room C2 ICT Solutions for SDGs: Focus on Apps and Online Technology (ITU/Partners) Room C2 GEO101: Earth Observations Information Systems for Global Good (Group on Earth Observations (GEO)) 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) Community networks: can the unconnected connect themselves? (Association for Progressive Communications (APC)) Enabling Policy Environment for Digital Transformation BIAC/OECD Is Africa ready for a Digital Transformation? (African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS)) mhealth4afrika (IIMG) Room Popov 2 Child online Protection ecosystem in developing countries (Iran University of Science and Technology) ICANN, the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) and Capacity Building (ICANN) South-South Collaboration Lab for Development (ZMQ Development)
EQUALS Workshop ICTs and Resilience (UN Major Group for Children and Youth) Inclusive Information Accessibility Service Environment Enables the Fruits of Technology Development Shared by All (ESOA) (Internet Society of China) Challenge-Based Learning for the SDGs Inviting representatives of several education programmes, including the Geneva Tsinghua Initiative (University of Geneva)
IoV (Internet of Vehicle) technology (Telematics Industry Application Alliance (TIAA)) Achieving an inclusive society by designing and implementing accessible ICTs Rural Women and ITC against Poverty (COFEPRE) Room G1 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 Action Line C4 Building ICT Skills for Social Entrepreneurs 11:00 13:00 CW Platinum Sponsor UAE Popov 2 11:00-12:45 Artificial Intelligence, Justice, and Human Rights in the digital age Room C2 (Responsible Business Initiative, OPTIC) "VR, AR, Game Development, AI, Smart City - what's next" (virtualinfocom) Gold Partner Saudi Arabia Central Bank Issued Digital Currency:
Accelerating Digital Transformation : Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems Session 2: Good Practices for Accelerating Digital Transformation Challenges for Security and Interoperability Contributing Partner (ITU and Office of Electronic Communications, Poland) Social interpreter: ICT literacy, languages, migrations (SEMANTIS) ICTs and Public Health: Reaching the last mile in Resource Constrained Environments (RBM Partnership to End Malaria, ikure Techsoft Private Limited, and IIMC) E-Trade for all Initiative (ITU/ UNCTAD) Action Line C6 Enabling Environment Action Line C9 Media (UNESCO) E/F Action Line C1, C7: E- Government and C11 (UNDESA/ ITU) Showcasing Innovation, Science and Technology related Research Capacity in IST- Africa partner countries (IST Africa Institute) Room Popov Practical applications of ICTs supporting inclusion and access to information and services, livelihoods for People with Disabilities (eworldwide Group)
Achieving an inclusive society by designing and implementing accessible ICTs (ITU / Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility) Room C2 Harnessing the local zero waste movement for policy change at the national level (Rogue Gone Vogue) Universal Design as a Mechanism for Sustainable Development (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences) Building information foundation for knowledge societies in China (Posts and Telecom Press) 11:00-13:00 Press Conference (Media Only) Building a Framework for Digital Innovation (FAO) Digital transformation (VEON) 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 Special Session Experience a live Demonstrat ion on Virtual Reality for Developme nt Room 2 Promoting Cybersecurity Information Exchange Between Stakeholders (Access Partnership)
Performance of Progress of Schools in UK and UAE with regards to online safety (SWGfL / UK Safer Internet Centre) Room 1 Creative content online driving social, economic and technological development (WIPO) Cloud Café Youth Engagement in the WSIS Process (12:15 14:00) ICTs for Safety & Security: international case study We Need Trust (ITU/ Partners) (EC MEDICI Framework of Cooperation) World Café Identifying and addressing problems that block women in ICTs OCAPROCE Room G1 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 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 Intellectual Property: Software Products and
13:15 14:00 Thematic Workshops/ Interactive Briefings / Information Sessions and Publication Releases: Global and local women technopreneurs; journey to success (eworldwide Group) Room Popov 2 13:30-15:00 Special Session Experience a live demonstration on Virtual Reality Popov 1 (12:15-13:15) High Level Dialogue Internet Universality indicators (UNESCO) (E/F) Room 1 High Level Dialogue Building an E-waste Coalition (ITU and Environment al Management Group (EMG)) Room 2 13:15-14:00 Publication Releases and Briefings UNESCO OER Recommendation (UNESCO) E/F Room Popov 2 Patents, Cyber security and Patents (Jain Institute of Technology) IB IS AI For Good Global Summit What are Geonames in the internet domain names world? (NCUC/ ICANN ) Digital Knowledge Ecosystems for achieving SDG: Opportunities and Possibilities (Western Sydney University) Impact on Society through Digital Innovation, (World Summit Awards) Broadband Commission s Global Broadband Targets 2025: bringing the world online Paradigm shift to develop genuine global civilization and the role of ICT (ITU/Broadband Commission Secretariat) (EMLS_RI) Room Popov
Cyber security best practices for the 2030 SDGs (UNICC) Facilitating the next generation of business online (CentralNic PLC) 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) Youth, Access to Knowledge and SDGs: Strategy for Building Youth Skills in Digital Technologies E/F (UNESCO) Ministerial Round Table (Ministers only) (E/F/R/S/C/A) 14:00-16:30 IS Briefing on AI for Good Summit 2018 The Fourth Technological & Industrial Revolution (National Information Centre, Yemen) Co-development and sustainability of projects (AB5 Consulting) What digital future for vulnerable people in the global South? (Research ICT Africa) Internet of Things (IoT) and Block Chain (Center of Information Technology) How Can We Prepare Kids For Jobs That Don t Exist Yet? (IT STEP Academy) Room C2 Expanding the digital economy in East Africa Recipes for success: The funding dimensions of capacity development
and other developing contexts (Reseau des Jeunes Volontaires Francophones du Cameroun, Burundi Shop) (DiploFoundation/Geneva Internet Platform) Machine Learning and 5G Oral History of the Internet (OHI) (Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication in Shantou University) 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 C2 e-science: Global Change Research Data Publishing and Sharing for All (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Smart cities : Policies and regulatory frameworks to better align smart cities strategies with SDGs (Arianous ICTD) Sustainability impact of skillpowerment.com and how the private sector can utilize its ICT skills, reach and power to have measurable impact. (InfoFort) Room G1
TIME 18 March TIME 19 March TIME 20 March TIME 21 March TIME 22 March TIM E 14:30 - IS 14:00- Moderated Moderated 5:15:00- High-Level 14:00-16:15 14:30-17:30 HL Policy HL Policy 16:30 Dialogue 14:30- Action Line C5 16:00 16:15 Session Session 16:15 Measurement of progress towards the SDGs through ICT indicators (Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development) Room C2 CW Towards a Single African Digital Market: Challenges and Opportunities Partner for Specific Activities (Rwanda) (E/F/R/S/C/ A) Room 1 (E/F/R/S/C/ A) Room 2 High-level Dialogue Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth: Launch of the Industry Coalition ITU/ ILO (E/F/R/S/C/A) Room 1 2008-2018: A decade of the COP Initiative Priorities for the future of youth empowerme nt online ITU (E/F/R/S/C/ A) Room 2 Blockchain as an enabler of security and trust Action Line C9 Media (UNESCO) E/F Room Popov 2 23 March WSIS Action Line Facilitators Meeting (E/F/R/S/C/A) Room Popov Women in STEM as a business case for a better society (INWES) Room Popov 2 Action Line C7 E-business (UNCTAD/ ITC/UPU) UNESCO OER Recommendation (UNESCO) E/F Youth, Access to Knowledge and SDGs Strategy for Building Youth Skills in Digital Technologies E/F (UNESCO) Internet use in the Central African Republic and young people (French) (SPJ Labs)
Maximising impact for sustainable development: how core business activities can achieve a multiplier effect through equal opportunity sourcing from women owned businesses. Digital Inequality: forward or backwards? (World Wide Web Foundation) (ITU, ITC and We Connect International) (IEEE) 16:30-18:00 High Level Policy Statements: Concluding Session (E/F/R/S/C/A) Room 1 Future of Work/Decent Jobs for Youth (UN Major Group for Children and Youth) Room C2 From the Last to First Mile - Community Networks Contributing Partner How to set the standard for cyber security? Guidelines and good practices (Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) (The Internet Society (ISOC))
Accelerating Digital Transformation: Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems High Level Session (ITU and Partners) Role of Promotion of Digital Payments by the Government in encouraging behaviour changes in citizens ICT solutions for SDGs - focus on robots, drones & VR (ITU and Partners) (Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, India) ICT Professional s Duty of Care in protecting everyone in the Fourth Industrial Revolution E-waste workshop to sensitize the participants on the impact of e-waste Supporting Partner (UNEP/BRS Secretariat) (IFIP IP3) 16:15 16:30 16:15 16:30 Break 16:15 16:30 Break 16:00-17:00 Closing Ceremony Room Popov (E/F/R/S/C/A) 16:30 18:15 16:30 18:15 CW Progress in the Information Society 16:30-18:15 Action Line C2 (Iran)
Bridging the digital skills gap: empowering women to enter and remain in technology (SheCanCode) Room Popov 2 Accelerating Digital Transformation: Building Vibrant ICT Centric Innovation Ecosystems High Level Session (ITU and Partners) Free Flow of Data: Panacea or Danger? (Just Net Coalition) 16h30-17h15 -------------------------------- IS UN Regional Commission Meeting Round Table Room Room G1 Concentration in Internet Services (Association for Proper Internet Governance) 17h30-18h15 Three Networks that are SDG Building Blocks: Internet; Electricity; and Financial (mcade llc) Connecting communities by building digital skills: a way towards the SDGs (ICC) Room C2
Room C2 Artificial Intelligence and BlockChain (National Digital Strategy, Mexico) Achieving the SDGs through Ethically Aligned Design (IEEE, WSIS Forum 2018 Partner for Specific Activity) A Dialogue on different cooperation models for approaches to Internet Public Policy development (Action Line 11) Contributing Partner (ICANN) IEEE and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Partner for Specific Activities (IEEE) Future and Emerging Technologies: Economic Impact of Artificial Intelligence (ITU and Partners) E-science and building the Information and Knowledge Societies (Iran University of Science and Technology) International decisionmaking in ICT. Where are the Women? (ITU and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D)
Arab Inter-Regional Consultation meeting on Digital technologies for Sustainable Development 2030 and related regional processes (UNESCWA) Room G2 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) E-trade impact: turbocharging attainment of the SDGs through e-digital (ITC) Creating impact with open data within agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Netherlands) Cyberlaw trends of 2018 and the impact of Information Society (INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON CYBER SECURITY LAW) Data Protection and the GDPR Action Line 5 (ICANN) 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) 18:00-20:30 WSIS Forum 2018 Reception (Open to all WSIS Forum 2018 Participants) Sponsored by Switzerland 19:00 High-Level Gala Dinner (on invitation only) TALKS Room 1 () (Doors open at 17:00, Starts at 18:15)
1 Open Space Presentations Organization Name Thematic Presentation Topic Date ITU and Geneva Primary March 19 th, Schools Introducing Youth to ICTs for SDGs 2018 Institute on Disability and March 19 th, Public Policy Accessible Remote Participation 2018 Robotic design workshop Tensorflow for March 19th, Kiwi Campus general audience 2018 Time Slot 11:00-13:00 16:30-18:15 14:30-16:15 The IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) will also take place during the WSIS Forum- Monday G1, 20, 21 Popov 2; 22 nd