• IGF 2024 Venue

      IGF 2024

      Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future

       

      Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

      15-19 December

       

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    • UN SG speaking at IGF 2023

      IGF 2023: Kyoto,
      Japan

      The Internet We Want - Empowering All People

       

      IGF 2023 Outputs
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      IGF 2022: Addis Ababa,
      Ethiopia

      Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future
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      Schedule
    • IGF 2017

      IGF 2017: Geneva, Switzerland

      Shape Your Digital Future! 

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    • IGF 2015

      IGF 2015: João Pessoa, Brazil

      Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development

       

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    • IGF 2018

      IGF 2018: Paris, France

      The Internet of Trust

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    • IGF 2016 Podium

      IGF 2016: Jalisco, Mexico

      Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

       

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    • IGF 2019

      IGF 2019: Berlin, Germany

      One World. One Net. One Vision

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IGF 2024 Themes

IGF 2024, "Building our Multistakeholder Digital Future", will focus on four themes related to digital innovations & risks; digital contributions to peace; human rights; and digital governance.

 

Extended Deadline: Internet We Want

The deadline to contribute to the IGF Leadership Panel's vision paper on the “Internet We Want” has been extended until 8 MarchAll are encouraged to submit inputs here

IGF24 Open Consultations & MAG Meeting

The First IGF 2024 Open Consultations & Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting takes place 27-29 February in Riyadh and online. Registration is open to all until 17 February.

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IGF 2024

The 19th IGF is set to take place in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from 15 to 19 December 2024. Preparations are underway for the First IGF 2024 Open Consultations and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting on 27-29 February in Riyadh. The IGF 2024 Call for Thematic Inputs was open until 31 January. Inputs received for the process to take stock of IGF 2023 and suggest improvements for IGF 2024 are available in full.

 

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IGF 2023 Outputs

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.

Donors to Trust Fund

auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator

CISCO

The Internet Society (ISOC)

Government of the United Kingdom

The Walt Disney Company

Government of Sweden

Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

Politecnico di Torino

Number Resource Organization (NRO)

The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)

European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association

Government of Germany

MCADE, LLC.

Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia

IGFSA

The Internet Society Foundation

Microsoft Corporation

Government of Switzerland

UNINETT Norid

Government of Japan

Amazon

NIKKEI DigitalCORE

Google

Afilias Global Registry Services

Coordination Center for TLD RU

Ribose Inc

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks

Danish Internet Forum

Tides Foundation

European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)

NIC-MEXICO

Nic.at The Austrian Registry

Community DNS

Government of the Netherlands

Government of Finland

AT&T

Facebook

Verizon

Nominet UK

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

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

China Energy Fund Committee

Summit Strategies International

Government of the United States

European Commission

Government of Norway

Verisign

Government of the Republic of Korea

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