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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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IGF 2023 Outputs
The 19th IGF will be 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 is held under the overarching theme of Building our Multistakeholder Digital Future. The programme is shaped according to the four main themes: Harnessing innovation and balancing risks in the digital space; Enhancing the digital contribution to peace, development and sustainability; Advancing human rights and inclusion in the digital age; and Improving digital governance for the Internet We Want.
The 18th Annual Meeting of the IGF was held under the overarching theme, ''The Internet We Want - Empowering All People'', in Kyoto, Japan from 8 to 12 October 2023. The Summary Report, including the Kyoto IGF Messages, as well as all meeting outputs, are available.
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Verizon
Government of the Republic of Korea
Summit Strategies International
Nominet UK
Amazon
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
Microsoft Corporation
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
NIC-MEXICO
European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
CISCO
Government of Norway
Government of the Netherlands
European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)
Danish Internet Forum
MCADE, LLC.
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
European Commission
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
Ribose Inc
Government of Germany
Government of the United States
The Walt Disney Company
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
AT&T
Government of the United Kingdom
Community DNS
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
Government of Japan
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
Politecnico di Torino
Afilias Global Registry Services
China Energy Fund Committee
Tides Foundation
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
UNINETT Norid
Government of Sweden
Government of Finland
IGFSA
The Internet Society Foundation
Verisign
Government of Switzerland
Coordination Center for TLD RU
The Internet Society (ISOC)
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
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