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IGF 2022 High-Level Track
See who's speaking in this year's IGF High-Level Track. Leaders from government, civil society, the technical community and private sector will contribute to three thematic panels, the opening & closing ceremonies, and more.
IGF 2022 Travel & Logistics
Traveling to Addis Ababa for IGF 2022? Ensure you complete Ethiopian visa procedures as soon as possible. Resources and tips from the IGF venue are also available.
Leadership Panel Chair & Vice-Chair
The IGF Leadership Panel has elected Mr. Vinton Cerf and Ms. Maria Ressa as its first Chair and Vice-Chair. Learn more about the full Panel.
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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Donors to Trust Fund
The Walt Disney Company
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
Government of the United Kingdom
Government of Finland
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
Nominet UK
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
Afilias Global Registry Services
Government of Switzerland
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
Politecnico di Torino
The Internet Society (ISOC)
NIC-MEXICO
China Energy Fund Committee
Government of the Netherlands
Coordination Center for TLD RU
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
The Internet Society Foundation
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
Amazon
MCADE, LLC.
UNINETT Norid
AT&T
Danish Internet Forum
European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association
European Commission
Summit Strategies International
Ribose Inc
European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)
IGFSA
Tides Foundation
Government of the Republic of Korea
Government of Japan
CISCO
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
Government of Germany
Verizon
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Government of the United States
Government of Sweden
Microsoft Corporation
Verisign
Community DNS
Government of Norway
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
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