IGF 2025 received Open Forum proposals
Below is the list of Open Forum proposals, received in response to the IGF 2025 call for sessions. These proposals were cleared against the basic entry criteria of the IGF and are currently under detailed evaluation for possible inclusion in the IGF 2025 programme. It is expected that the final list of all accepted sessions will be announced shortly after the 2nd IGF 2025 Open Consultations and MAG Meeting, 14-16 April.
| ID | Organization | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digital Government Authority KSA |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #1 Digital Inclusiveness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| 2 | FGI/IGF jeunes Afrique centrale 1. Mugisha abdoullah , IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Burundi 2. IBARA DONIAMA Emile Destin , IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Republic of the Congo 3. GIHIMBARE Armel, IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Burundi 4. Nelson Ganjo,IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Angola 5. SOP SYLVAIN ,IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Cameroun 6. Wildiley Barroca from São Tomé and Príncipe 7. Kevin Mukendi, IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Democratic Republic of the Congo 8. Akue Allogho Glen Serguey , IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Gabon 9. Carine ishimwe, IGF youth central Africa ,IGF Rwanda 10. Michael tchonalang linze IGF central Africa |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #2 Driving Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable Internet" |
| 3 | Argentina Ministy of Defense 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 |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #3 Cyberdefense and AI in developing economies |
| 4 | 🔒 Muhammad Akram Sons Org Muhammad Akram & Sons Org Asia Group |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #4 Key Development Goals for Internet Governance development |
| 5 | UNECA Ms. Sorene Assefa ( F) Cybersecurity & Digital governance Expert ,UNECA , IGO Dr. Mactar Seck (M) – UNECA , IGO |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #5 Bridging digital divide for Inclusive Growth Under the GDC |
| 7 | Ministry of Information, the Republic of The Gambia - Dr. Wakabi Wairagala, Executive Director, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Uganda - Joshua Joshua, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Ethiopia |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #7 Advancing Data Governance together – Across Regions |
| 8 | ICRC Chelsea Smethurst, Microsoft |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #8 Modern Warfare, Timeless Emblems |
| 9 | DC DDHT | Youth IGF Bénin | ISOC BENIN Osvaldo Larancuent (ISOC Dominican Republic, Civil Society, Latin America & Caribbean) Una Wang (Singapore IGF, Private Sector, Asia-Pacific) Ignacio Sánchez González (IGF Chile, Academia, Latin America & Caribbean) Muhammed Bello Buhari (CIVICUS, Youth Ambassador, Africa) Yao Amevi A. SOSSOU (Youth IGF Benin) Kossi AMESSINOU (Ministry of Economy & Finance, Africa Region) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #9 NRIs and the GDC: Building Sustainable Digital Cooperation |
| 10 | 🔒Ministry of Digital Affairs Mr. Wiktor Skwarek, Secretary, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland; Government; Eastern European Group Ms. Joanna Kulesza Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Lodz Cyber Hub Research Center, Lodz Cyber Hub, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz, Poland; Civil Society; Eastern European Group |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #10 Multistakeholder Governance & Int'l Law in Cyberspace |
| 11 | 🔒OSCE Julia Haas, Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media OSCE - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe This is a joint session proposal by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Forum on Information and Democracy. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #11 Empowering Public Interest Media in the Age of Big Tech & AI |
| 12 | 🔒World Intellectual Property Orgnization World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), industry, academia and other stakeholders representing diverse regions to be confirmed. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #12 Game On: Exploring IP and Resolving Disputes in Esports |
| 13 | World Internet Conference Organizer World Internet Conference Onsite Moderator Mr. Liang Hao, Executive Deputy Secretary-General, World Internet Conference, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Online Moderator Ms. Lin Dani, Officer, World Internet Conference, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Rapporteur Mr. Chen Liyifan, Officer, World Internet Conference, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Organizer 1. Mr. Chen Liyifan, Officer, World Internet Conference, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group Organizer 2. Mr. Francis Acquah Amaning (TBC), Male, President, ISOC Ghana Chapter, Technical Community, African Group Organizer 3. Mr. Chern Choong Thum, Special Functional Officer, Malaysian Ministry of the Communication, Government, Asia-Pacific Group Organizer 4. Ms. Mariangel Calderon Martinez, Legal Assistant, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones, Government, Latin American and Caribbean Group |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #13 Bridging the Digital Divide: Focus on the Global South |
| 14 | 🔒Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #14 Commonwealth Open Forum - Digital Rights and Inclusive Conne |
| 15 | Swiss government, Federal Office of Communications OFCOM Isabelle Lois, OFCOM, Goverment, WEOG |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #15 Building bridges for WSIS Plus : a multistakeholder dialogue |
| 16 | Council of Europe Council of Europe |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #16 Future of journalism in the era of AI |
| 17 | 🔒Inter-Parliamentary Union UNDP IPU and UNDP will work together to prepare the session and will act as moderator and rapporteur of the session. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #17 AI Regulation: Insights from Parliaments |
| 18 | 🔒ITU Ruth Sidabutar, ITU, United Nations, WSIS/SDG Gitanjali Sah, ITU, United Nations, WSIS/SDG |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #18 Digital Cooperation for Development: UNGIS in Action |
| 19 | United Nations Department of Global Communications --Eugênio Garcia, Director of the Department for Science, Technology and Intellectual Property, Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs --Charlotte Scaddan, Senior Adviser for Information Integrity, UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) --Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi, Director, Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation, UNESCO --Civil society representative of the Advisory Group of the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #19 Strengthening Information Integrity on Climate Change |
| 20 | 🔒ITU ITU, UNESCO. UNDP, UNCTAD |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #20 WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025: OCP Special Briefing |
| 21 | United Nations Statistics Division The Collaborative on Citizen Data that consists of 10 steering committee members |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #21 Leveraging Citizen Data for Inclusive Digital Governance |
| 22 | The Global Forum of Networks The Global Forum of Networks. The session will be moderated by Marjorie Buchser, coordinator of the Global Forum of Networks and UNESCO Senior Consultant Co-organizers are the I4T Knowledge Network and UNESCO. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #22 Networks' Power: Strengthening Collaborative Governance |
| 23 | UNHCR Co-Organizer: Katie Drew, Senior Project Manager – Information Integrity UNHCR – the UN Refugee Agency, International Organization, Africa. (Rapporteur). Co-Organizer: Therese Marie Uppstrøm Pankratov – Special Advisor, The Humanitarian Innovation Programme, Innovation Norway. Government, Europe (Moderator). Online: Chris Brew, Project Manager - Information Integrity, UNHCR - the UN Refugee Agency, International Organization, Africa (online moderator) Chris Brew - UNHCR |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #23 Protecting Refugees: Digital Resilience & Info Integrity |
| 24 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) ● 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, Digital Cooperation and Digital Development, UNESCWA (International organization) ● Ms. Mirna El Hajj Barbar, Programme Management Officer, UNESCWA (International organization) ● Ms. Rita Wehbe, Economic Affairs Assistant, UNESCWA (International organization) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #24 Open Forum on Digital Cooperation in the Arab Region |
| 25 | Digital Governance Institute Scott Perry CEO, Digital Governance Institute Mathieu Glaude, CEO 4sure Technology Solutions |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #25 Governance Driven Trust Registries |
| 26 | European Union Institute for Security Studies - Andrea Calderaro, Director EU Cyber Direct - EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative & Advancing the Cyber PoA Projects, EUISS, Europe - Marius Houwen, Deputy Director EU Cyber Direct - EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative & Advancing the Cyber PoA Projects, EUISS, Europe - Fee-Marie von der Brelie, Project Officer Cyber Diplomacy and International Partnerships, EUISS, Europe |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #26 From Dialogue to Action: Charting the Future of Global Cyber |
| 27 | UNESCO Leona Verdadero, UNESCO Soichiro Yasukawa, UNESCO Ivana Drobnjak, Director, University College London (UCL) Computer Science |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #27 Make your AI greener: A workshop on sustainable AI solutions |
| 28 | 🔒United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), China Organizer 1: Rui Li, UNICEF China, Intergovernmental Organization (Online) Organizer 2: Shenrui Li, UNICEF China, Intergovernmental Organization (Online) 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 |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #28 Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children |
| 29 | UNU-EGOV - United Nation University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance This proposal is co-organized by: 1. UNU-EGOV, United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, https://unu.edu/egov 2. AU – African Union, Informtation Society Division, https://au.int/en/directorates/information-society 3. Cetic.br - Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society https://cetic.br 4. GDPI – Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, https://www.globaldigitalinclusion.org 5. LirneAsia, https://lirneasia.net/ 6. ICT Research Africa, https://researchictafrica.net/ 7. UNESCO, Digital Inclusion, Policy and Transformation and the IFAP Secretary, https://www.unesco.org To be confirmed: ITU – International Telecommunications Union, https://www.itu.int/ |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #29 Advancing Digital Inclusion through Segmented Monitoring |
| 30 | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan Organizational Affiliation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Moderator and Organizer: Yoichi Iida (main), Satoka Kawahara (sub), Yuka Nishimura (sub) Stakeholder: Government Regional Group: Asia-Pacific |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #30 High-level review of AI governance including the discussion |
| 31 | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan Organizational Affiliation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Moderator and Organizer: Yoichi Iida (main), Satoka Kawahara (sub), Yuka Nishimura (sub) Stakeholder: Government Regional Group: Asia-Pacific |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #31 Enhancing the role of the IGF through GDC follow-up and WSIS |
| 32 | 🔒Council of Europe • Menno Ettema, Council of Europe, Hate Speech, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence • Sara Haapalainen, Council of Europe, Hate Speech, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence • Yanna Parnin, Council of Europe, Gender Equality Division • Nienke van der Have, EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #32 Advancing equality and inclusion in use of AI |
| 33 | Cyberspace Administration of China, Bureau of International Cooperation 1. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications 2. Oxford University 3. Office of Information and Communication Technology Policy, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 4. National University of Singapore 5. Ghana Dot Com (GDC) 6. China Academy of Information and Communications Technology 7. Internet Society of China 8. Beijing Normal University 9. telecommunications operators 10. Internet companies |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #33 Building an International AI Cooperation Ecosystem |
| 34 | Freedom Online Coalition Rasmus Lumi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, government, Eastern Europe Freedom Online Coalition Support Unit (Nusa Tomic, Nicholas Powell), international organisation |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #34 How Do Technical Standards Shape Connectivity and Inclusion? |
| 35 | Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court - Professor Marko Milanović, Special Adviser, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, treaty-based international organization, Europe. - Matthew Cross, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, treaty-based international organization, Europe. - Michael Karimian, Microsoft, private sector, Asia. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #35 Addressing International Crimes Enabled by Cyber Operations |
| 36 | Council of Europe Irena GUIDIKOVA, Head of Democratic Institutions and Freedoms Department, Council of Europe Shahin ABBASOV, Project Manager, Division for Cooperation on Freedom of Expression, Council of Europe Evangelia VASALOU, Project officer, Division for Cooperation on Freedom of Expression, Council of Europe Aedin CONBOY, Government Relations and Public Policy Manager, TikTok Ronan FAHY, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam Eliška PÍRKOVÁ, Senior Policy Analyst and the Global freedom of expression, Access Now |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #36 "Building Digital Governance Together" |
| 37 | Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) Antoine Barbry, Conseiller pour les questions économiques et numériques, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Hadjer Remili, Conseillère à la Commission politique de l'Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie Antoine Samba, chef de l'unité internationale, FRATEL Catherine Lennman, AFAPDP |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #37 Digital And AI Regulation In La Francophonie : An Inspiration And Global Good Practice? |
| 38 | ITU David Manset, Senior Coordinator, ITU / OSEE Roman Chestnov, Digital Services Expert, ITU / ITU OSPO OSAI Michael Downey, DPI Expert, UNDP / OSEE Daniel Brumund, Advisor, GIZ / FAIR Forward Nora Hauptmann, Digital Transformation Expert, GIZ / GovStack |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #38 Responsible AI in DPI: Lessons from DPI Chatbot in Kenya |
| 39 | UNICRI Odhran Mc Carthy, UNICRI, Intergovernmental organization, Intergovernmental organization. Ottavia Galuzzi, UNICRI, Intergovernmental organisation, Intergovernmental organization. Tina Power, ALT Advisory, Private sector, African Group. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #39 From Research to Action: Cybercrime & Justice in Africa |
| 40 | UNICEF Josianne Galea Baron, UNICEF, UN, Global – co-moderator (in person) Afrooz Kaviani Johnson, UNICEF, UN, Global – co-moderator and rapporteur (online) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #40 Reimagining digital governance for child rights and safety |
| 41 | UN Marianne Díaz Hernández, Campaign Lead, Access Now, Civil Society (Latin American and Caribbean States) Raja Chandrasekharan, Manager, UNDP, International Organizations (Asia-Pacific States) Moritz Carl Fromageot, Associate Expert, ODET, International Organizations (Western European and other States) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #41 Building Trust in Digital Public Infrastructure |
| 42 | Global Policy Centre for Governance in Oslo (UNDP) Ghana Statistical Service United Nations Development Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis United Nations Statistics Division. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #42 Internet powered citizen data for inclusive public services |
| 43 | Africa Youth IGF Adil Suleimana, African Union Commission Mariam Jobe, Africa Youth IGF |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #43 Advancing Data Governance together – Across Regions |
| 44 | Network of Centers Laura Rocha, Network of Centers, Technical Community, LATAM |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #44 Academic Networks' Role in Inclusive Internet Governance |
| 45 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands - Ms. Marie Humeau, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Conference on Disarmament - [email protected] - Ms. Yasmine Idrissi Azzouzi, Cybersecurity Programme Officer, International Telecommunication Union, Intergovernmental Organization, African States - [email protected] - Mr. Akhil Thomas, Strategy & Operations Manager, Global Forum for Cybersecurity Expertise, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific States - [email protected] - Ms. Tereza Horejsova, Outreach Manager, Global Forum for Cybersecurity Expertise, Civil Society, Easter European States - [email protected] - Mr. Pavel Mraz, Cybersecurity Researcher in Security & Technology programme, UNIDIR, Intergovernmental Organization, Eastern European States - [email protected] |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #45 Advancing Cyber Resilience of Critical Infrastructure |
| 46 | FCDO Aisha Simon, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Government, WEOG Robert Pellow, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Government, WEOG (online) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #46 Developing a Secure, Rights Respecting Digital Future |
| 48 | United Nations |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #48 Implementing the Global Digital Compact |
| 49 | Digital Trust and Safety Partnership David Sullivan, Private Sector, Digital Trust and Safety Partnership, WEOG Farzaneh Badiei the head of outreach and engagement will take notes and moderate online |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #49 Internet and Digital Trust and Safety Industry Standards |
| 50 | United Nations, Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies United Nations WG DT |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #50 System Update: WSIS+20 and the Global Digital Compact |
| 51 | 🔒Universal Postal Union Tracy Hackshaw, Universal Postal Union, Intergovernmental Organisation, GRULAC Mayssam Sabra, Universal Postal Union, Intergovernmental Organisation, MENA Juan Moroni, Digital Transformation and Policy Expert, Universal Postal Union, Intergovernmental Organisation, GRULAC |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #51 Strengthening Cyber Resilience in Global Posts & Logistics |
| 52 | Attorney General’s Office in Brazil 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 |
| 53 | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International organization, Global - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, International think-tank, Global - Co-creation Hub Africa (CcHUB), Technology-oriented centre, African region |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #53 AI for Sustainable Development: Country Insights&Strategies |
| 54 | Government of Lesotho Hon Nthati Moorosi | Minister of Ministry of Information, Communication, Science, Technology and Innovation | Lesotho Mr. Kanono Ramashamole | Principal Secretary of Ministry of Information, Communication, Science, Technology and Innovation | Lesotho Hon. Lekhotsa Mafethe | Lesotho Parliament | Lesotho Mr. Molupe Molupe | Lesotho Communications Authority | Lesotho Mr. Letsatsi Lekhooa | Lesotho IGF | Lesotho |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #54 Advancing Lesotho’s Digital Transformation: Policies |
| 55 | CGI.br Hartmut Glaser, CGI.br, Technical Community, GRULAC Cindyneia Cantanhêde, CGI.br, Technical Community, GRULAC Juliano Cappi, CGI.br, Technical Community, GRULAC Luiza Mesquita, CGI.br, Technical Community, GRULAC Ramon Costa, CGI.br, Technical Community, GRULAC Tatiana Jereissati, CGI.br, Technical Community, GRULAC |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #55 Confluence: a board game to experience multistakeholderism |
| 56 | GIZ African Union 1. Mr. Adil Sulieman - Senior Policy Officer, Information Society Division, African Union Commission (Intergovernmental Organization, Africa Group) 2. H.E. Salima Monorma Bah – Minister of Communications, Technology & Innovation, The Republic of Sierra Leone (Government, Africa Group) 3. Ms. Diana Sang – Africa Regional Director, Digital Impact Alliance (Global Organization, Africa Group) 4. Mr. David Karunda - Data Policy Advisor, DataCipation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), (Development Partner, Africa Group) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #56 Shaping Africa’s Digital Future: A Forum on Data Governance |
| 57 | UNICEF Kari Moe Jacobsen, Policy Director, Norad Sunita Grote, Senior Adviser, UNICEF Chris Szymczak, Innovation Manager, UNICEF moderator: Sunita Grote, Senior Adviser, UNICEF rapporteur: Sanna Bedi, Innovation Specialist, UNICEF |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #57 Open Source FemTech for Gender Equality and Inclusion |
| 58 | 🔒OECD (GPAI) Karine Perset, Acting Head of Division, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Emerging Technologies, OECD, Inter-governmental Organization Katarina de Brisis, Deputy Director General at Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Government, Europe (Norway) Lucia Russo, Economist and Policy Analyst, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Emerging Technologies, OECD, Inter-governmental Organization Tana Maccauley, Junior Policy Analyst, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Emerging Technologies, OECD, Inter-governmental Organization |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #58 Collaborating for Trustworthy AI: An OECD Toolkit |
| 59 | Islamic Development Bank Shaharyar Jawaid, Islamic Development Bank (Intergovernmental organization of 57 Member States) from Asia, Africa, CIS, Middle East and South America |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #59 Multistakeholder Alliance for Ethical AI in Public Services |
| 60 | Digital Cooperation Organization Hassan Nasser, Special Envoy for Multilateral Affairs, Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) Rebecca Cousins, Chief of Outreach & Global Communications, Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) Sameem Gaffar, Strategic Dialogue Director, Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #60 Cooperating for digital resilience and prosperity |
| 61 | Tech Global Institute 1. Prasanth Sugathan – Legal Director, Software Freedom Law Center India, (Non-Governmental Organization, India) 2. Omar Rajaratnam – Co-founder, Factum, (Non-Governmental Organization, Srilanka) 3. Farieha Aziz – Co-founder, Bolo Bhi, (Civil Society, Pakistan) 4. Sabhanaz Rashid Diya – Executive Director, Tech Global Institute, (Non-Governmental Organization, Asia-Pacific) 5. Shahzeb Mahmood – Head of Research, Tech Global Institute, (Non-Governmental Organization, Asia-Pacific) 6. Shumaila H. Shahani – Policy and Advocacy Lead, Tech Global Institute, (Non-Governmental Organization, Asia-Pacific) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #61 Techno-Nationalism in South Asia and Civil Society Action |
| 62 | Ministry of Economic Affairs Alisa Heaver, Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, Government, WEOG (Organizer, Onsite Rapporteur) Jenna Fung, program Director NetMission Asia, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group (Moderator) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #62 Everything in the Cloud? How to remain digital autonomous. |
| 63 | Academy of Digital Health Sciences Ms. Mevish P. Vaishnav, Academy of Digital Health Sciences & Health Parliament - Private Sector - Asia Pacific Region Haitham El Noush - Director , UNITAID, Multi-lateral body - Norway - EU Region Dino Castaldo DELL’ACCIO , CIO, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund - Multi-lateral Body - US Carol Banks - Private Sector - Africa Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Chairman, Commonwealth AI Consortium - Asia Pacific Region |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #63 Will Deep Fakes & Security breaches Stall AI Revolution |
| 64 | UNCTAD Wai Kit Si Tou, UNCTAD, Global organization Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change, Civil society, Asia-Pacific Valeria Betancourt, Association for Progressive Communications, Civil Society, LATAM |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #64 Local AI: Policy Pathways for sustainable digital economies |
| 65 | 🔒 EuroISPA Elina Ussa, President, EuroISPA (onsite) - Private Sector / Intergovernmental organization, Europe, https://www.euroispa.org/ Wojciech Berezowski, Counsellor (onsite), Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU / Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs - Government, Europe, https://www.gov.pl/web/cyfryzacja Onsite Moderator: Lars Steffen, Head of International, Digital Infrastructures & Resilience, eco – Association of the Internet Industry (onsite) - Private Sector / Intergovernmental organization, Europe, https://international.eco.de/ Online Moderator: Melissa Colussi, Policy Executive, EuroISPA - Private Sector / Intergovernmental organization, Europe, https://www.euroispa.org/ Online Rapporteur: Oona Prier, Policy Executive, EuroISPA - Private Sector / Intergovernmental organization, Europe, https://www.euroispa.org/ |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #65 The Role of MS IG in Advancing the Private Sector |
| 66 | 🔒University of Oslo (UiO) High-level Panel discussion with Academia (UiO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MfA), Development Agencies (Norad, GIZ), Youth Delegate to the UN. Marianne Knarud, University of Oslo Thomas Aarheim, Norway's Youth Delegate to the UN Ruth Orbach, GSMA Mobile for Development Catherine R. Kimambo, African Child Projects, NGO Josef Noll, UiO Jonathan Muringani, Basic Internet Foundation This session is co-organised by the host country Norway through UiO and Basic Internet Foundation |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #66 The Ecosystem for Digital Cooperation in Development |
| 67 | GIZ Christelle Onana, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Treaty-based international organization Kuuku Sam, GIZ African Union Office, International Organization. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #67 Open-source AI as a Catalyst for Africa’s Digital Economy |
| 68 | European Union Anna JELLETOFT, European Commission, Intergovernmental Organization, WEOG, ([email protected]) Nils BERGLUND, European University Institute, Academia, WEOG ([email protected]) Esteve SANZ, European Commission, Intergovernmental Organization, WEOG Patryk PAWLAK, European University Institute, Academia, WEOG |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #68 WSIS+20 Review and SDGs: A Collaborative Global Dialogue |
| 69 | Datamation Foundation Charitable Trust Datamation Foundation Charitable Trust -- a member of the Internet Society is proposing this Open Forurm at the IGF 2025 in partnership with leading African Groups working in bridging the Digital Diviide and Digital Equality. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #69 Digital Cooperation for lifelong learning of the women |
| 70 | World Economic Forum Judith Vega, Governance Specialist, World Economic Forum (western) Daniel Dobrygowski, Head Governance and Trust, World Economic Forum (western) Agustina Callegari, Digital Safety Lead, World Economic Forum GRULAC |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #70 The Future of DPI: Unpacking the Open Source AI Model |
| 71 | Research ICT Africa Jim Paterson, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, Government of South Africa, Africa Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa/University of Cape Town (South Africa G20 knowledge partner) and T20 Digital Transformation Task Force Co-Chair, Academia, Africa Souhila Amazouz, African Union Commission, public sector, Africa Anriette Esterhuysen, C20 and Association for Progressive Communication, civil society, Africa |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #71 South Africa G20 engagement on digital transformation |
| 72 | 🔒Youth IGF Movement EU Delegation to the IGF & Youth IGF |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #72 Digital Governance Reimagined: Youth Ambitions&Policy Vision |
| 73 | Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Sami Parliament The National Task Force of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (TBC - UNESCO) |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #73 Indigenous Peoples Languages in a Digital Age |
| 74 | Digital Impact Alliance The Africa Data Leadership Initiative (ADLI) is powered by the Digital Impact Alliance, Smart Africa and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #74 Balancing Innovation and Protection in Africa’s Data Economy |
| 75 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Luca Kuiper, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, GOV, WEOG Zach Lampell, ICNL, CSO, WEOG German Federal Foreign Office, GOV, WEOG Freedom Online Coalition Support Unit |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #75 Shaping Global AI Governance Through Multistakeholder Action |
| 76 | NITDA, Nigeria 1. Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy 2. National Information Technology Development Agency 3. Nigeria Communication Commission 4. West Africa Internet Governance Forum 5. ISOC Nigeria Chapter 6. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) 7. Nigeria Data Protection Commission |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #76 Digital Literacy as a Precondition for Achieving Universal A |
| 77 | Conexión Carla Tejada - Global Coordinator of Yotuh Voices for Change Madeleine Irusta Regional Coordinator of Youth Voices for Change LATAM Janice Tapil Regional Coordinator of Youth Voices for Change Asia |
IGF 2025 Open Forum #77 Hacking Violence: The Role of Digital Activism |