Main Sessions

2016 IGF Main Sessions

The 2016 Internet Governance Forum (IGF): ‘Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’

6-9 December 2016, Guadalajara, Mexico

For up-to-date details and other information on each of the main sessions, click on the titles linked below:

Day 1 – 6 December

Assessing the Role of Internet Governance in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (10:00 - 13:00)

Setting the Scene for the 2016 IGF (15:00-16:00)

Day 2 – 7 December

Sustainable Development, Internet and Inclusive Growth (10:00-13:00)

National and Regional IGFs (NRIs) (15:00-18:00)

Day 3 – 8 December

Connecting Human Rights: Emphasizing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Internet (10:00-13:00)

  IGF Dynamic Coalitions (DCs) (15:00-16:30)

  Trade Policy and the Internet  (16:30-18:00)

  Day 4 – 9 December

IGF Best Practice Forums (BPFs) and Policy Options for Connecting the Next Billion(s) (10:00-11:30)

  Shaping the Future of Internet Governance: An Open Dialogue between Pioneers and Young Leaders 

   (11:30-13:00 and continued from 15:00-15:30)

  Taking Stock : Emerging Issues - Future of the IGF and IGF Retreat Consultation (15:30-17:00)

* All times listed in local (Guadalajara, Mexico) time: CDT/UTC -6