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IGF 2025
The 20th Annual Meeting of the IGF is hosted by the Government of Norway in Lillestrøm from 23 to 27 June 2025. The programme schedule is available. For participation logistics (venue, visas, accommodation, transportation etc.), please visit the IGF 2025 Host Country website.
IGF 2024
The 19th Annual Meeting of the IGF was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 15 to 19 December 2024 in Riyadh at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC). The meeting was held under the overarching theme of Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future. The meeting outputs are available including the IGF 2024 Summary Report and Riyadh IGF Messages.
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Donors to Trust Fund
IGFSA
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
MCADE, LLC.
Government of the Netherlands
European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association
Tides Foundation
Government of Norway
Nominet UK
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
Government of Japan
Microsoft Corporation
Summit Strategies International
Verisign
China Energy Fund Committee
Government of the Republic of Korea
Government of Finland
The Walt Disney Company
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
NIC-MEXICO
Government of the United States
European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)
European Commission
Community DNS
Danish Internet Forum
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
The Internet Society Foundation
Politecnico di Torino
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
Government of Sweden
UNINETT Norid
Amazon
Government of Switzerland
Government of Germany
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
The Internet Society (ISOC)
Meta
AT&T
CISCO
Ribose Inc
Coordination Center for TLD RU
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
Afilias Global Registry Services
Government of the United Kingdom
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
Verizon
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