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See IGF Workshop Proposals
The IGF 2023 Call for Sessions is closed, and we've received a record number of proposals! The 398 eligible workshops - almost double from past years - can be viewed here.
Booths & Remote Hubs: Calls Open
Interested stakeholders and organizations can apply for IGF 2023 exhibition booths or remote hubs until 20 July. Read the call pages for more details!
Next MAG Meeting in Geneva
The Second IGF 2023 Open Consultations and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting will take place on 10-12 July at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG). Save the date!
IGF 2023
The IGF 2023 intersessional work and the 18th annual IGF meeting are being planned. During the First IGF 2023 Open Consultations and MAG Meeting, it was decided that the IGF 2023 overarching theme is ''The Internet We Want - Empowering All People''. The programme is developing around eight sub-themes: AI & Emerging Technologies; Avoiding Internet Fragmentation; Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Online Safety; Data Governance and Trust; Digital Divides and Inclusion; Global Digital Governance and Cooperation; Human Rights and Freedoms; and Sustainability & Environment. The Second IGF 2023 Open Consultations and MAG Meeting will take place on 10-12 July at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland.
Please visit IGF 2022 Outputs for this year's Addis Ababa IGF Messages, Summary Report, individual session reports, session transcripts, reports from the intersessional work, youth and parliamentary tracks, outputs from NRIs, annual meeting photos, videos, and more.
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Tides Foundation
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
Government of Norway
Nominet UK
Amazon
NIC-MEXICO
Government of the United States
Government of Switzerland
European Commission
Coordination Center for TLD RU
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
Afilias Global Registry Services
IGFSA
Summit Strategies International
The Walt Disney Company
Government of Germany
Government of the Republic of Korea
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
Politecnico di Torino
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
Government of the Netherlands
Danish Internet Forum
The Internet Society (ISOC)
Government of Finland
AT&T
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
Verisign
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
Government of Sweden
Ribose Inc
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
Verizon
CISCO
MCADE, LLC.
Government of Japan
China Energy Fund Committee
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Community DNS
UNINETT Norid
Microsoft Corporation
Government of the United Kingdom
European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)
European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
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