IGF 2025 Open Forums

This is the list of accepted Open Forums for the IGF 2025 programme

Organization Title

Digital Government Authority KSA

IGF 2025 Open Forum #1 Digital Inclusiveness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
UNECA
 
IGF 2025 Open Forum #5 Bridging digital divide for Inclusive Growth Under the GDC
Ministry of Information, the Republic of The Gambia IGF 2025 Open Forum #7 Advancing Data Governance together – Across Regions
ICRC
Microsoft
IGF 2025 Open Forum #8 Modern Warfare, Timeless Emblems
Ministry of Digital Affairs IGF 2025 Open Forum #10 Multistakeholder Governance & Int'l Law in Cyberspace
World Intellectual Property Orgnization IGF 2025 Open Forum #12 Game On: Exploring IP and Resolving Disputes in Esports
World Internet Conference IGF 2025 Open Forum #13 Bridging the Digital Divide: Focus on the Global South
Swiss government, Federal Office of Communications OFCOM IGF 2025 Open Forum #15 Building bridges for WSIS Plus : a multistakeholder dialogue

Council of Europe

IGF 2025 Open Forum #16 AI and Disinformation: Countering the Threats to Democratic Dialogue
Inter-Parliamentary Union
UNDP
IGF 2025 Open Forum #17 AI Regulation: Insights from Parliaments
United Nations Department of Global Communications IGF 2025 Open Forum #19 Strengthening Information Integrity on Climate Change
United Nations Statistics Division IGF 2025 Open Forum #21 Leveraging Citizen Data for Inclusive Digital Governance
UNHCR IGF 2025 Open Forum #23 Protecting Refugees: Digital Resilience & Info Integrity
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) IGF 2025 Open Forum #24 Open Forum on Digital Cooperation in the Arab Region
UNESCO IGF 2025 Open Forum #27 Make your AI greener: A workshop on sustainable AI solutions
UNU-EGOV - United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance IGF 2025 Open Forum #29 Advancing Digital Inclusion through Segmented Monitoring
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan IGF 2025 Open Forum #30 High-level review of AI governance including the discussion
Cyberspace Administration of China, Bureau of International Cooperation IGF 2025 Open Forum #33 Building an International AI Cooperation Ecosystem
Freedom Online Coalition
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
IGF 2025 Open Forum #34 How Do Technical Standards Shape Connectivity and Inclusion?
Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court IGF 2025 Open Forum #35 Addressing International Crimes Enabled by Cyber Operations

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)

IGF 2025 Open Forum #37 Digital And AI Regulation In La Francophonie : An Inspiration And Global Good Practice?
UNICRI IGF 2025 Open Forum #39 From Research to Action: Cybercrime & Justice in Africa

UNICEF 

IGF 2025 Open Forum #40 Building a Child-Rights Respecting & Inclusive Digital Future

African Union Commission

IGF 2025 Open Forum #43 African Union Open Forum: Advancing Digital Governance and Transformation

UNIDIR, Albania

IGF 2025 Open Forum #45 Advancing Cyber Resilience of Critical Infrastructure
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO  IGF 2025 Open Forum #46 Developing a Secure, Rights Respecting Digital Future

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Government of Finland, Government, WEOG

IGF 2025 Open Forum #47 Demystifying WSIS+20

United Nations, Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET)

IGF 2025 Open Forum #48 Implementing the Global Digital Compact
Universal Postal Union IGF 2025 Open Forum #51 Strengthening Cyber Resilience in Global Posts & Logistics
Attorney General’s Office in Brazil (AGU), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) IGF 2025 Open Forum #52 Strengthening Information Integrity Through Coalitions
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Co-creation Hub Africa (CcHUB), Technology-oriented centre
IGF 2025 Open Forum #53 AI for Sustainable Development: Country Insights&Strategies
Government of Lesotho IGF 2025 Open Forum #54 Advancing Lesotho’s Digital Transformation: Policies
African Union IGF 2025 Open Forum #56 Shaping Africa’s Digital Future: A Forum on Data Governance

OECD (GPAI)

IGF 2025 Open Forum #58 Collaborating for Trustworthy AI: An OECD Toolkit
Islamic Development Bank IGF 2025 Open Forum #59 Multistakeholder Alliance for Ethical AI in Public Services
Digital Cooperation Organization IGF 2025 Open Forum #60 Cooperating for digital resilience and prosperity

University of Oslo (UiO)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MfA)
Development Agencies (Norad, GIZ) 

IGF 2025 Open Forum #66 The Ecosystem for Digital Cooperation in Development
African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) IGF 2025 Open Forum #67 Open-source AI as a Catalyst for Africa’s Digital Economy
European Union IGF 2025 Open Forum #68 WSIS+20 Review and SDGs: A Collaborative Global Dialogue
World Economic Forum IGF 2025 Open Forum #70 The Future of DPI: Unpacking the Open Source AI Model
Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The Sami Parliament
The National Task Force of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 
IGF 2025 Open Forum #73 Indigenous Peoples Languages in a Digital Age
Nigerian Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy
National Information Technology Development Agency
Nigeria Communication Commission
West Africa Internet Governance Forum
ISOC Nigeria Chapter
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA)
Nigeria Data Protection Commission
IGF 2025 Open Forum #76 Digital Literacy as a Precondition for Achieving Universal A

Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport of Germany

IGF 2025 Open Forum #78 Shaping the Future with Multistakeholder Foresight

Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria

IGF 2025 Open Forum #79 A Oppenheimer Moment: The Need for Regulating Autonomous Weapon Systems

Innovation Agency Lithuania, GovTech Lab
The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFQ)
EuroDIG

IGF 2025 Open Forum #80 Creative workshop: Mix & Fix. Tech-driven solutions to societal challenges

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

IGF 2025 Open Forum #81 What Gets Measured Gets Addressed: How the US Measures Internet Use

Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India

Government of France

IGF 2025 Open Forum #82 Catalyzing Equitable AI Impact: The Role of International Cooperation (AI Impact Summit Pre-Event)