IGF 2021 Closing Ceremony

 

Speakers: 

Mr. Yasushi Kaneko, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

Ms. Huria Ali, Minister of ICT, Ethiopia

Mr. Janusz Cieszyński, the Republic of Poland’s Secretary of State and Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity

Ms. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, UN Assistant Secretary-General

Mr. Krzysztof Szubert, Republic of Poland Plenipotentiary for UN IGF 2021

Mr. Göran Marby, CEO, ICANN

IGF 2021 UN OPEN FORUM: Connecting the digital dots – How the UN System is supporting the digital transformation and the way forward

For more than two decades, the United Nations family of specialized agencies, Funds and Programmes, and Secretariat entities have been supporting Member States to harness digital technologies for sustainable development.  This support has been accelerating in recent years, with the rapid advancement of digital tools, platforms and applications.

IGF 2021 HIGH LEVEL EXCHANGE PANEL: Governance models to promote inclusive and diverse business development – what stands in the way?

We all live in a digital world that we want to see as open and safe. We all wish to trust and to be trusted. How can we create a safe digital environment in which long-established and start-up businesses can grow? How do we ensure no one is left behind in the emerging 

IGF 2021 HIGH LEVEL PLENARY: Investing in digital growth and enabling capacities – transnational and transcontinental synergies

Digital transformation is a complex process that carries enormous potential for human development and economic growth but is not free of challenges. A combination of factors includes but is not limited to: Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) funding possibilities and adequate regulatory frameworks, digitalisation of business and industrial processes, efficient and affordable infrastructure availability, inclusive digital literacy, continuous perfecting of digital skills, and user-centric e-services governance.  

IGF 2021 HIGH LEVEL EXCHANGE PANEL: How to promote inclusive and diverse innovation, investment opportunities and corporate social responsibility in digital technologies?

Digital transformation is revolutionising ways of doing business across all sectors and disciplines. Emerging technologies carry an enormous potential for positive change in terms of promoting resilience, sustainability and inclusion. But this requires strong awareness and capacity building efforts to meet the challenges of creating technologies that are truly inclusive and crafted to the real needs of societies.