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      The Internet We Want - Empowering All People

       

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IGF 2023 Opening Press Release

UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the 18th IGF, calling for a human rights and human-centered approach to digital cooperation. Read the opening press release!

Japanese IG School Hosts Pre-Event

The School on Internet Governance Japan will hold an event 7 October before the start of the 18th IGF in Kyoto, on  "Empowering Youth Towards 'Internet We Want'". 

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A number of private bilateral meeting rooms are available to book for participants of the 18th IGF in Kyoto. Access our self-reservation system here and below!

Tokyo International Conference Centre
IGF 2023 Outputs: Kyoto IGF Messages, Summary Report & More

The IGF 2023 intersessional work and the 18th annual IGF meeting have been planned within the overarching theme ''The Internet We Want - Empowering All People''. The 18th IGF programme developed around eight sub-themes. The IGF 2023 Outputs including the Kyoto IGF Messages are available.

 

Economic Commission for Africa
IGF 2022 Outputs: Addis Ababa Messages, Summary Report & More

Please visit IGF 2022 Outputs for the Addis Ababa IGF MessagesSummary Report, individual session reports, session transcripts, reports from the intersessional work, youth and parliamentary tracks, outputs from NRIs, annual meeting photos, videos, and more.

Donors to Trust Fund

auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator

The Internet Society Foundation

The Internet Society (ISOC)

Government of Finland

Community DNS

UNINETT Norid

Government of the United Kingdom

Nic.at The Austrian Registry

Google

AT&T

Danish Internet Forum

Government of the Republic of Korea

Government of the United States

The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)

Nominet UK

NIKKEI DigitalCORE

Facebook

Verizon

IGFSA

Government of Japan

Coordination Center for TLD RU

NIC-MEXICO

European Commission

European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)

Verisign

China Energy Fund Committee

Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

Government of Switzerland

Tides Foundation

Government of Sweden

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)

Ribose Inc

Microsoft Corporation

Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia

European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association

Amazon

Government of Norway

The Walt Disney Company

MCADE, LLC.

Government of Germany

Summit Strategies International

Afilias Global Registry Services

Government of the Netherlands

Politecnico di Torino

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Number Resource Organization (NRO)

CISCO

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