IGF 2024 received Open Forum proposals

Olga Cavalli, Dean of the National Defense Faculty of Argentina, Ministry of Defense of Argentina - Government - Latin America and Caribbean

Adrián Carballo, Director South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean

Oscar Messano, President CCAT LAT Centro de Capacitación en Alta Tecnología para Latinoamérica y el Caribe - International Organizations - Latin America and Caribbean Raitme Citterio - South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean

OGERO
Ms. Zeina Bou Harb, Head of International Cooperation- OGERO, Gov., Lebanon

Ant Group
Ant Group, China Women's Development Foundation, UN women, The Gates Foundation, IHG group, Peking University

🔒Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
None

UK Government - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Patrick Wheatley (UK Government Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; Western Europe); Lillian Nalwoga (Chair of the Africa IGF MAG; Africa)

🔒UNICEF China
Organizer 1: Rui Li, UNICEF China, Intergovernmental Organization Organizer 2: Shenrui Li, UNICEF China, Intergovernmental Organization Organizer 3: Xiuyun Ding, China Federation of Internet Societies, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Organizer 4: Yiran Xing, China Federation of Internet Societies, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Organizer 5: Ming Yan, Communication University of China, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Organizer 6: Meiqi Luo, Communication University of China, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group (Online) Organizer 7: Gan Lu, Child Law International Alliance,Civil Society, Eastern European Group, [email protected]

Host: Cyberspace Administration of China

Organizer: China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

🔒Africa Union Commission
African Union Commission Waleed Ali Hamdi , African Union Commission Adil Sulieman - African Union Commission Mactar Seck - UNECA Mariam Jobe, Africa IGF

Cyberspace Administration of China
Bureau of Information Technology Development, CAC

Innovation and Digital Development Agency
Laman Akbarova, Orkhan Ismayilov, Ilaha Baghirova 

Freedom Online Coalition
Luca Kuiper, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Jacco-Pepijn Baljet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Lea Kaspar / Nicholas Powell / Nusa Tomic / Zora Gouhary, Freedom Online Coalition Support Unit (intergovernmental organisation - secretariat housed in Global Partners Digital)

🔒APNIC
Joyce Chen, APNIC, Technical, Asia Pacific Olaf Kolkman, ISOC, Technical, WEOG Mona Gaballa, ISOC, Technical, WEOG

GIZ
Souhila Amazouz, Senior ICT Policy Officer, Information Society Division, African Union Commission (AUC) (Organizer) Kuuku Sam, Data Policy Advisor, DataCipation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Rapporteur)

United Nations
Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology

United Nations-Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA)
● Mr. Khaled Wally, Director of the Communications and Information Technology Development Department, League of Arab States (Regional Organization) ● Mr. Hazem Hezzah, IT program coordinator for ICT development, Information Technology Development Department, League of Arab States (Regional Organization) ● Mr. Ayman El-Sherbiny, Chief of ICT Policies, UNESCWA (International organization) ● Ms. Mirna El Hajj Barbar, Programme Management Officer, UNESCWA (International organization) ● Ms. Rita Wehbe, Economic Affairs Assistant, UNESCWA (International organization)

Institute of Intelligent Society Governance, Tsinghua University

Zhang Fang, Center of Science, Technology and Education Policy, Tsinghua University, CHINA [onsite, moderator]

Shi Guangyu, Institute of Intelligent Society Governance, Tsinghua University, CHINA [online, moderator]

Ren Tianpei, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, CHINA [onsite, rapporteur]

Bureau of Internet Laws and Regulations, Cyberspace Administration of China
1. Li Changxi, Director of Bureau of Internet Laws and Regulations, Cyberspace Administration of China.
2. Liang Yingxiu, Dean and Professor, School of Law, Beijing Normal University.
3. Isabelle Servoz-Gallucci (Female), Head of Data Protection, Council of Europe.
4. Jesus Lau, Co-Chair of the International Steering Committee of the UNESCO Alliance for Media and Information Literacy and Vice-Rector of the University of Veracruz, Mexico.
5. Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Director, European Center for International Political Economy (ECIPE).
6. Wu Shenkuo, Associate Professor, School of Law, Beijing Normal University.(Onsite Moderator)
7. Ai Huizi(female), Assistant Professor of Law School, Beijing Normal University.(Online Moderator )

World Economic Forum
Judith Espinoza 

Council of Europe
Mr Thomas SCHNEIDER, Ambassador, Vice-Director, Swiss Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM), Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Mrs Louise RIONDEL, Co-Secretary to the Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Mr Vadim PAK, Advisor to the Committee on Artificial Intelligence

🔒Universal Postal Union
Juan Moroni, Digital Inclusion and Policy Expert, Universal Postal Union, Intergovernmental Organisation, WEOG, United Nations Tracy Hackshaw, Chef d'Entreprise, .POST, Universal Postal Union, Intergovernmental Organisation, Latin America & Caribbean, United Nations, Kevin Hernadez, Digital Inclusion Expert, Universal Postal Union, WEOG, Intergovernmental Organisation

Digital Impact Alliance
Dobrina Stoyanova Poirier (UNECA)
Pierrinne Leukes (DIAL)

United Nations Statistics Division
The United Nations Collaborative on Citizen Data, with steering committee members from UN Statistics Division, UN Women, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, the International Civil Society Centre, PAIRS21, the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities for Sustainable Development (SGPwD), Open Data Watch, the World Bank, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

NASK - National Research Institute
Wout de Natris (moderator), DC-IS3C coordinator, Western Europe and others Mark Carvell (online moderator), DC-IS3C senior policy advisor, Western Europe and others Anna Rywczynska (rapporteur), NASK, Eastern Europe Maciej Gron (speaker), NASK, Eastern Europe Janice Richardson (speaker), InSight, Pacific

Forum on Information and Democracy
Iris Boyer, Head of the International Observatory, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
Camille Grenier, Executive Director, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
Katharina Zuegel, Policy Manager, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe
Emma Gruden, Project officer, Forum on Information and Democracy, Civil Society, Europe

Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)

Organizational Affiliation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

Moderator and Organizer: Yoichi Iida (main), Yuichi Tsuji (sub), Satoka Kawahara (sub),Honoka Ninagawa (sub)

Stakeholder: Government

Regional Group: Asia-Pacific

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Organizational Affiliation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
Moderator and Organizer: Yoichi Iida (main), Yuka Nishimura (sub), Honoka Ninagawa (sub)
Stakeholder: Government
Regional Group: Asia-Pacific

🔒Netherlands Standardisation Forum
Annemieke Toersen, Netherlands Standardisation Forum, Western Europe and others
Wout de Natris, DC-IS3C coordinator, Western Europe and others
Dorijn Boogaard, ECP, Western Europe and others
Coen Wesselman, ECP, Western Europe and others

UNICEF
Afrooz Kaviani Johnson, UNICEF HQ, New York, intergovernmental organisation

United Nations University Institute in Macau
Dr. Jingbo Huang, Director, UN University Institute in Macau - International Organization - Onsite moderator Mr. Mark Ray, Director, Department of Education Services, Cayman Islands - Government - speaker

Logius, Ministry of the interior and Kingdom relations
Dorijn Boogaard, ECP Platform for the Information Society, Civil Society, WEOG
Hannah Boute, ECP Platform for the Information Society, WEOG.
Coen, ECP Platform for the Information Society, Civil Society, WEOG
Rachel Kuijlenburg, Logius, Government, WEOG
Hans Laagland, Koop, Government, WEOG

UN Women and Members of the Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality 
 

🔒International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

UNDP
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Organization, Global
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Organization, Global
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), International Organization, Global
Southern Voice, Non-Governmental Organization, Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Internet Society, Non-Governmental Organization, Global

Menno Ettema, Council of Europe, Hate Speech, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence

Octavian Sofransky, Council of Europe, Digital Governance Advisor Camille Gangloff, Council of Europe, Gender Equality policies

Charlotte Gilmartin, Council of Europe, Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI)

Naomi Trewinnard, Council of Europe, Sexual violence against children (Lanzarote Convention)

🔒US Department of Commerce
Manal Ismail, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Egypt, Africa T. Santhosh, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, India, Asia-Pacific Nigel Hickson, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, United Kingdom, WEOG
Jaisha Wray, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce

GIZ
Christelle Onana, Senior Policy Analyst- African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)

Head of Infrastructure, Digitalization and Energy Division, African Union Development Agency

🔒OECD
Karine Perset, OECD, Intergovernmental Organisation, France

Lucia Russo, OECD, Intergovernmental Organisation, France

CGI.br
Juliano Cappi, NIC.br, Technical Community, GRULAC Juliana Oms, NIC.br, Technical Community, GRULAC Henrique Faulhaber, CGI.br, Private Sector, GRULAC

🔒European Commission
Esteve Sanz and Vessela Karloukovska, European Commission, Governments, Europe

United Nations Department of Global Communications
Charlotte Scaddan, Senior Advisor for Information Integrity, UN DGC Gisella Lomax, Senior Advisor for Info Integrity / MDH, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Naomi Miyashita, Team Leader, Information Integrity and MDMH, UN Dept of Peace Ops Jennifer Park, UNDGC Vikram Sura, UNDGC

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Organization, Global

International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Organization, Global

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), International Organization, Global

Southern Voice, Non-Governmental Organization, Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Internet Society, Non-Governmental Organization, Global

Ghana IGF / Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
1. Wisdom Donkor, Africa Community Internet Program, Ghana, Africa Group
2. Prof. Lee W McKnight, the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, USA, Latin America Group
3. Kwaku Antwi, Africa Community Internet Program (ACIP) / Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (AODIRF), Ghana, African Group
4. Prof. Yusuf S Abdul-Qadir, Syracuse University, USA, Latin American Group
5. Prof. Daniele T. Smith, Syracuse University, USA / Africa Community Internet Program, African Group
6. Dr. Jane Appiah-Okyere, Syracuse University / Africa Community Internet Program (ACIP), African Group
7. Akinremi Peter Taiwo, Africa Community Internet Program, Civil Society/Technical, Africa Group
8. Theorose Eli Dzikunu, Ghana Youth IGF/Ghana Institute of Journalism, Civil Society / Academia, Africa Group
9. Nazar Nicholas, Tanzania IGF/ISOC, Civil Society/Technical, African Group

1. Olivier Alais, Program Coordinator at International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

2. Marek Janovský, First Secretary Digital/New Tech/Cyber Diplomacy at Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic in Geneva

3. Michel de Souza, Human Rights Officer at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Point of contact: Olivier Alais - [email protected]

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Ms. Shimona Mohan, Associate Researcher with Gender & Disarmament and Security & Technology programmes, UNIDIR, Intergovernmental Organization, Asia-Pacific States

Mr. David Fairchild, First Secretary for Digital Policy and Cybersecurity, Permanent Mission of Canada to UNOG, Global Affairs Canada, Government, Western European and other States

Ms. Yasmine Idrissi Azzouzi, Cybersecurity Project Officer, International Telecommunications Union, Intergovernmental Organization, African States

Ms. Allison Pytlak, Program Lead of the Cyber Programme, Stimson Center, Civil Society, Western European and other States

Mr. Pavel Mraz, Cybersecurity Researcher in Security & Technology programme, UNIDIR, Intergovernmental Organization, Eastern European States

 Ms. Sorene Assefa (F), Cybersecurity & Digital Governance Expert- UNECA

🔒AUB
NAME: EDMO - European Digital Media Observatory,
AFFILIATION: European Commission - IGO
GROUP: WEOG Europe
CO ORGANIZER: in partnership with Eurovisioni

U.S. Department of State, Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy
 

Nigerian Communications Commission
FMCIDE - Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy NITDA - National Information Technology Development Agency NCC - Nigerian Communications Commission NDPC- Nigeria Data Protection Commission ISOC Nigeria Chapter Nigeria Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) NASS, National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, NiRA - Nigeria Internet Registration Association

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
- Advit Nath, Director and Controller, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IGO, Global - Michael Walton, Head of Digital Services, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), IGO, Global - Fui Meng Liew, Chief of Digital Center of Excellence, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), IGO, Global - Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio, Chief Information Officer, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), IGO, Global

Goiânia SME (Municipal Secretary of Education) and PUC Goiás
Umut Pajaro Velasquez, [email protected], Malmö Universitet , Academia, WEOG
Denise Leal, [email protected], Goiânia SME (Municipal Secretary of Education) and PUC Goiás, Government and Academia, LAC
Núbia Simão, [email protected] , PUC Goiás and Goiânia Government - SME (Municipal Secretary of Education), Academia and Government, LAC
Karen Cruz, [email protected], IPANDETEC and YouthLACIGF, Civil Society, LAC
Dhruv Bhatt ([email protected]), DTC, Bow Seat Ocean Awareness, UNEP Faith for Earth Youth Council, stakeholder group: civil society, APAC
Richmond Korang, [email protected] , Centre for Coastal Management – University of Cape Coast, Ghana , Academia, AFRICA

Freedom Online Coalition
Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) / The Kingdom of the Netherlands, FOC Chair 2024 (Marie Humeau)
FOC Support Unit (Nusa Tomic, Nicholas Powell)

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Ms. Marie Humeau, Senior Cyber Policy Officer, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UNOG, Government, Western European and other States Ms. Wenting He, Associate Researcher with the Security & Technology programmes, UNIDIR, Intergovernmental Organization, Asia-Pacific States Mr. Orhan Osmani, Senior Cybersecurity Coordinator, Cybersecurity Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau at the International Telecommunication Union, Intergovernmental Organization, Eastern European and other States Ms. Tereza Horejsova, Outreach Manager, Global Forum for Cybersecurity Expertise, Civil Society, Easter European States Mr. Pavel Mraz, Cybersecurity Researcher in Security & Technology programme, UNIDIR, Intergovernmental Organization, Eastern European States

Directorate-General for International Partnerships (European Commission)
 

🔒AUB
NAME: Arab States Broadcasting Union AFFILIATION: Arab League / LAS League of Arab States STAKEHOLDER: Intergovernmental Organization REGIONAL GROUP: Arab group

Freedom Online Coalition
Niki Masghati, United States Department of State, Government, WEOG
Lea Kaspar / Nicholas Powell / Nusa Tomic / Zora Gouhary - Freedom Online Coalition Support Unit (intergovernmental organisation - secretariat housed in Global Partners Digital), WEOG

Swiss government, Federal Office of Communications OFCOM
 

Digital Cooperation Organization
Alaa Abdulaal, Chief - Digital Economy Foresight (DEF), Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO); Dr. Syed Iftikhar H. Shah, Digital Research Director , DEF, DCO, DCO Member States, DCO Member States, DCO Observers (Private IT firms), ICT hardware Manufacturing Entities.

Digital Cooperation Organization
Alaa Abdulaal , Chief - Digital Economy Foresight (DEF), Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO); Ahmad Bhinder , Policy Innovation Director , DEF, DCO Observers, DCO Member States

ICANN
Theresa Swinehart, ICANN, Technical Community, WEOG Veni Markovski, ICANN, Technical Community, WEOG Becky McGilley, ICANN, Technical Community, WEOG Elizabeth Oluoch, ICANN, Technical Community, WEOG Adam Peake, ICANN, Technical Community, WEOG

Digital Cooperation Organization
Alaa Abdulaal , Chief - Digital Economy Foresight (DEF), Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO); Ahmad Bhinder , Policy Innovation Director , DEF, DCO Observers, DCO Member States

Council of Europe
Albina Ovcearenco, Council of Europe, Head of the Data Protection Unit
Peter Kimpian, Council of Europe, Secretary to the Committee of Convention 108
Moritz Taylor, Council of Europe, Senior Project Manager at the Data Protection Unit
Octavian Sofransky, Council of Europe, Digital Governance Advisor

🔒World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Michele Woods, Director, Copyright Law Division; WIPO Ryszard Frelek, Counsellor, External Relations Division. 

Instituto Global Attitude
Rodrigo Reis - Instituto Global Attitude
Rafaela Prestes - Instituto Global Attitude
Gabriel Medina - Instituto Global Attitude
Regional Group: Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)

Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
- Philipp Schulte, German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), Government, Germany, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) - Torge Wolters, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Private Sector, Germany, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) - Lars Radscheidt, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Private Sector, Germany, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) - Luiza Ferreira, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Private Sector, Germany, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)

Instituto Global Attitude
Rodrigo Reis - Global Attitude
Gabriel Medina - Global Attitude
Rafaela Prestes - Global Attitude

🔒CTED
Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)

• UNU-EGOV - United Nation University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance.
• UNDESA, DPIDG.

🔒Youth IGF Movement
European Parliament Delegation to the IGF Youth IGF

Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN in Geneva
Co-organizers (tbc): - Governments of Costa Rica (GRULAC) , the Philippines (Asia) , Sierra Leone (Africa), - Future of Life Institute (Civil Society/Private Sector; WEOG), - Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (Civil Society, global). - Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus (Academia, WEOG)

ANACOM
ANACOM (Portugal), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Digital Public Goods Alliance

ANACOM
ANACOM (Portugal)

United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS)

UNESCO
Tatevik Grigoryan, Associate Programme Specialist, UNESCO Camila Gonzalez, Consultant, UNESCO

United Nations
United Nations, Office of the Tech Envoy