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Vision for the Internet We Want

The IGF Leadership Panel has released a draft vision paper on the “Internet We Want”, now open for public consultation! All are welcome to review and comment on the paper here

IGF 2023 Stocktaking

What worked well, and not so well, at IGF 2023? Let us know in our process to take stock of the 18th IGF and suggest improvements for next year. Open until 19 November!

IGF 2023 Outputs

See IGF 2023 Outputs, including draft Kyoto IGF Messages open for public consultations until 31 October. All 18th IGF details are posted to the IGF 2023 page.

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IGF 2023

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: 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 first version of IGF 2023 Outputs is available. The Kyoto IGF Messages are available for public consultations until 31 October 2023.

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

Please visit IGF 2022 Outputs for this year's 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

Government of the Netherlands

Verizon

Government of Finland

Government of the United Kingdom

European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)

Afilias Global Registry Services

Government of Norway

Tides Foundation

Google

Community DNS

Politecnico di Torino

The Walt Disney Company

AT&T

Brazilian Internet Steering Committee

Ribose Inc

Government of the Republic of Korea

The Internet Society Foundation

IGFSA

auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator

Facebook

Government of Switzerland

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Danish Internet Forum

Government of Sweden

Nic.at The Austrian Registry

CISCO

MCADE, LLC.

European Commission

Number Resource Organization (NRO)

Government of Germany

Nominet UK

NIC-MEXICO

Coordination Center for TLD RU

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks

The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)

Government of the United States

Amazon

NIKKEI DigitalCORE

European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association

UNINETT Norid

Microsoft Corporation

Verisign

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

The Internet Society (ISOC)

Government of Japan

Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia

Summit Strategies International

China Energy Fund Committee

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