The IGF annual meeting is composed of dozens of sessions predominantly hosted by the ‎multistakeholder networks of people and organizations from different parts of the world. In ‎order to contribute to the quality of the sessions, the IGF Secretariat hosts training for ‎session organizers, including rapporteurs and moderators, to ensure the formats of the ‎session are as attractive and effective as possible for all participants.

The Newcomers Track aims to help first-time IGF participants understand the IGF processes and to foster the integration of all new-coming stakeholders into the IGF community. Its focus is to make the meeting participant's first IGF experience as productive and welcoming as possible. 

The Track is composed of several interactive sessions delivered during the IGF cycle including the annual meeting. 

Margaret Nyambura Ndung’u is an Information Scientist with over 20 years’ experience in the Digital Space.  Her current fields of interest are Internet Governance, Cyber Diplomacy, Cybersecurity, Gender Equity and Sensitivity in the Digital Space; and Child Online Safety.

• EGM Background Paper
• Tunis Agenda for the Information Society
• United Nations Trust Fund Project Document Internet Governance Forum ‎‎(Phase III)‎
• Report of the CSTD Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (2012)

Adam Peake, Global Civil Society Engagement, ICANN (The Hague, Netherlands)

Thomas Schneider is Ambassador and Director of International Affairs at the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) in the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC). He is a long-standing expert in digital governance and in the governance of the information and knowledge society and artificial intelligence. He is leading the Swiss delegation in various key international fora in these fields. ​

Mr. Juuso Moisander works with Commercial and Economic aspects of Technology and internet governance at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. He got involved in WSIS follow-up and attended his first IGF in 2008.

Paul Mitchell is the current Chair of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group.
In nearly 30 years at Microsoft Paul held diverse roles spanning numerous products and technologies: digital programing tools including Microsoft’s first C++ development system, the launch of MSN, Microsoft’s digital television platforms including Mediaroom, numerous media standards, digital rights management systems for content protection, and wireless technologies.

Ms Anju Mangal is the Regional Head of Asia Pacific, Alliance for Affordable Internet, World Wide Web Foundation. Ms Mangal was the first Pacific Islander appointed as a MAG member years ago.  She is currently the Chair of Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum and a former board member of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society. She is the co-chair of the Pacific Internet Governance Forum.