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The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme: Internet for human resilience and solidarity. The first phase was hosted on 2-6 November and the second one on 9-17 November. Visit IGF 2020 Meeting Page. The IGF 2020 Outputs, Statistics and Infographics are available. 

IGF 2021 Call for Thematic Inputs open until 31 January.

Call to Take Stock of IGF 2020 and Suggest Improvements for IGF 2021 open until 20 January.

IGF 2020 output reports from Best Practice Forums.

MAG 2021 Appointed to plan the 16th Annual IGF Meeting.

IGF 2020 Closing Press Release available.

UN Secretary-General's Remarks to the 15th Annual IGF Meeting.

Step-by-step guide on how to connect to IGF 2020 sessions

In honour of Ms. Marilyn Cade

UN Press Release on IGF 2020: Internet Governance Forum calls for bridging digital divides, harnessing the Internet to support human resilience and build solidarity amid COVID-19 

The 15th Internet Governance Forum: "Internet for Human Resilience and Solidarity" - Virtual Press Conference (09 November 2020)

IGF 2020 Opening PGA Remarks / ECOSOC President Remarks / UN DESA USG Remarks

IGF 2020 Announcement is available.

Visit the IGF 2020 meeting page. Interactive IGF 2020 Schedule is available. The schedule is also available as PDF and XLS.

Consult Guidelines and FAQs on how to register for the meeting and connect online to each IGF 2020 session.

Register for the IGF 2020. The list of already registered participants is available.

IGF 2020‎ Call for Voluntary Commitments 

Visit the IGF 2020 Village

Read the IGF 2020 BPF inputs

IGF 2020 Pre-meeting Guide to Issues and Themes available for public commenting by 30 October.

Form to book an open networking slot during the IGF 2020 closed.

IGF 2020 WEBINARS for Organizers, Speakers, Hubs and everyone hosted on 12th and 14th October.

Submit contributions to the BPF on Cybersecurity until 17 October.

Read about ways of Youth Engagement in IGF 2020 and participate in youth bottom-up consultations survey to plan the Youth IGF Summit until 15 September.

List of selected workshops, open forums, pre-events and IGF Village booths available.

Respond to the BPF Gender and Access survey by 20 September.

Respond to a short survey of the BPF on Local Content by 6 September.

IGF Secretariat hosted the Outreach Event during the 2020 WSIS Forum on 3 August at 12:00 UTC.

The IGF 2020 MAG Chair participated at the UN 2020 High-Level Political Forum and 2020 WSIS Forum.

Announcement on the MAG 2021 Renewal. Stakeholders can submit nominations by 25 August 2020.

In view of the COVID-19 situation, the IGF Secretariat hosted the IGF 2020 Second Open Consultations and MAG meeting online from 15 - 19 June 2020. The summary report is available.

Update from the IGF 2020 Host Country for May published.

IGF 2019 Chair's Summary translated to six UN languages. Sign up to help with the translation efforts.

Suggest high-level speakers and participants that could be invited to the IGF 2020.

UK Government gives grant to the IGF Trust Fund for the redevelopment of the IGF website into a fully-fledged interactive collaborative platform in order to better fulfil the IGF mandate. The grant aims at strengthening community collaboration and inclusiveness, particularly for developing countries, as well as the accessibility and usability of the website.

Letter to the MAG from Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.

List or received, eligible for consideration, Workshop Proposals, Open Forum requests, DC Sessions and Day 0 Event requests, as well as the IGF Village Booth requests, is published.

Concept of the Youth Engagement in the IGF 2020 processes subject to community's consultations. The first Webinar on Youth Engagement in IGF 2020 hosted on 11 May at 14:00 p.m. UTC.

MAG Chair publishes her new blog post on the IGF 2020 process.

Call for IGF 2020 Remote Hubs open until 8 October.

The first IGF 2020 Outreach Webinar was hosted on 6 April 2020 at 14:00 UTC.

Calls to submit session proposals for Workshops | Open Forums | Day 0 Pre-Events | IGF Village Booths | DC Sessions | NRIs Sessions | closed on 22 April 2020, 23:59 UTC.

Received Workshop Proposals are available.

IGF 2020 Call for Travel Support and 15h IGF Music Night closed.

Call to NRIs to apply for financial grants closed on 3 March.

IGF 2020 Call for Validation of Thematic Tracks closed on 6 February. The analysis is available. 

IGF 2020 First Open Consultations & MAG Meeting was hosted from 14 to 16 January 2020 at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland.

Synthesis of feedback on the IGF 2019 and suggestions for improvements of the IGF 2020.

Final IGF 2019 Outputs

The thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was hosted by the Government of France at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris from 12 to 14 November 2018. An interactive Schedule of the Meeting, under the title, 'Internet of Trust', was made available.

All IGF stakeholders are invited to give input on the 2018 annual meeting and programme cycle via the Taking Stock process, until 15 January 2019.

The final Chair's Summary of the meeting has been posted. 

The Key Messages of the thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum are public.

The Transcripts and Videos of the Sessions are available.

The Reports of the Sessions are being made available as completed by their Rapporteurs.

The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), from 18 to 21 December 2017, on the theme, Shape Your Digital Future! (Host Country Website)

See here the invitation from the UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Wu Hongbo.

The 2016 Internet Governance Forum (IGF): ‘Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’, was held at the PALCCO Centre from 6-9 December 2016 in Jalisco, Mexico. 

• 11th IGF Chair's Summary
• Schedule for IGF 2016
• Watch Daily Video Highlights
• Session Transcripts & Videos
• Social Media at 11th IGF (#IGF2016)
• Daily reporting from the Geneva Internet Platform
• Attendance & Programme Statistics | Attendance List
• Newcomers Track
• New Session Formats
• MAG Meetings

The IGF held its 10th annual meeting on the theme, "Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development", in João Pessoa, Brazil, on 10 to 13 November 2015.

IGF focused on a range of sub-themes, including Cybersecurity and Trust; Internet Economy; Inclusiveness and Diversity; Openness; Enhancing Multistakeholder Cooperation; Internet and Human Rights; Critical Internet Resources and Emerging Issues. 

 

10th IGF Chair's Summary

IGF2015 Photos

• All IGF 2015 Session Reports
• Archived Webcasts
• Transcripts
• Participants List
• IGF 2015 Attendance Statistics
• IGF 2015 Gender Report Card
• Schedule
• Main Sessions
• Workshops
• Open Forums
• Best Practice Forums
• Invitation

The Ninth Annual IGF Meeting was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2-5 September 2014. The overarching theme for the meeting was: "Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance" with the following subthemes.

The final Chair's Summary of the Ninth IGF Meeting is available. 

 

Evaluation

Workshop Evaluation Forms are available (archived).

The IGF 2014 Evaluation Survey is available (archived).

 

Session transcripts and recordings

Transcripts of IGF 2014 sessions are available (archived) - or search for the session title on the top right searchbox in this page.

For corrections in the transcripts, please contact the IGF Secretariat at [email protected]

Video recordings of the IGF 2014 sessions are available (new window).

 

Session reports

IGF 2014 session reports are available. 

IGF 2014 List of Participants

IGF 2014 preparatory process

 

Online MAG meetings summaries:

Summary of online MAG meeting, of 18 December 2013.

Summary of Informal Online Meeting, 3 December 2013

The MAG held a first stock-taking meeting on 5 November. A summary record of the virtual meeting is available. 

All stakeholders are encouraged to to assist the IGF self-evaluating itself and improving each year. To this effect, they are called on to fill in the overall evaluation survey as well as  the workshop evaluation form. 

The IGF 2013 annual meeting in Bali, Indonesia concluded on 25th October.

• IGF2013 Narrative and Financial Report by the ID-IGF.

• The Chair's summary of the Eighth Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum is available here.

• Press statements and press releases are available.

• IGF 2013 main session and workshop transcripts are being uploaded.  

• The video files of the main sessions and workshops are available on the IGF's YouTube channel.

• Pictures taken are being added to the IGF Flickr group, others are encouraged to join. 

• A provisional list of participants of the IGF2013 meeting is available. 

 

The list of speakers for the Opening Ceremony/Opening Session and Closing Ceremony are available with bios.

The schedule is available in Excel, HTML and PDF.

The Seventh Internet Governance book - Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development - is now available. 

National and Regional IGF initiatives

All organisers of national and regional IGF initiatives are kindly requested to respond to this survey

Public Input

The IGF Secretariat made a call for relevant policy questions to shape the discussions. The policy questions as a result of that request for input are now available

Remote participation:The links to the virtual rooms for each session and the transcripts are available for viewing.  

The Seventh Internet Governance book - Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development - is now available. 

Interim Chair

Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo has appointed Mr. Markus Kummer as Interim Chair of the Open Consultations and MAG meetings. [PDF]

A synthesis paper reflecting all inputs received by the Secretariat is available.

Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo has issued an official invitation.

 

All participants to the IGF 2013 workshops are encouraged to fill out the workshop evaluation form to assist the IGF self-evaluating itself and improving each year by ensuring that all workshops are of the highest quality.

Workshop Evaluation

 A provisional list of participants of the IGF2013 meeting is available.

Internet governance meetings 2013

The Seventh Annual IGF Meeting was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9 November 2012. The main theme for the meeting was: ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’.

The chairman summary is available.

The Declaration of the Baku High Level Ministerial Meeting on "Addressing the Challenges of a Hyperconnected World" is available.

The list of speakers at the Seventh annual IGF meeting closing ceremony is available.

The list of speakers at the Seventh annual IGF meeting opening session is available.

The list of participants of the meeting is available.

 The Webcast Archive for IGF2012 is available. The videos are  uploaded on the IGF YouTube Channel.

Transcripts

 

The transcripts for the workshops and other sessions are also available.

Workshop Reports and Gender Report cards:

In order to submit the workshop reports and gender report cards, please log in on the IGF website and go to your workshop page and click on "Edit". You can find the Report and Gender Report cards fields on that page.

 

Schedule

The schedule for the 7th IGF annual meeting is available [updated 09/11/2012]

A pdf file of panellists' biographies is available for download.