Member States and stakeholders are invited to join two-day informal stakeholder consultations on the review of implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, specifically to provide comments to the Zero Draft.
The informal consultations will precede the 2nd Preparatory Meeting which will take place on 15 October and be broadcasted via UN Web TV.
Online registration is now closed. Registration is required to attend the virtual WSIS+20 consultations. The two-day virtual consultations will be divided into two sessions to accommodate different geographic regions and time zones.
- Session 1: Monday, 13 October 2025, 10:15 p.m. EST
- Session 2: Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 10 a.m. EST
Resources:
Speaker Lists
Webinar recording:
Session 1: WSIS+20 Stakeholders Consultation (13 October 2025)
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Session 2: WSIS+20 Stakeholders Consultation (14 October 2025)
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Session 1: Statements delivered by stakeholders from East and South Asia, Oceania, and the Americas (13 October 2025)
Jenna Fung, NetMission.Asia
Umut Pajaro Velasquez, Internet Society (ISOC) Colombia Chapter
Joyce Chen, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
Pari Esfandiari, Global TechnoPolitics Forum
Yuyin Liu, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)
Bazlur Rahman, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
Session 2: Statements delivered by stakeholders from Africa, West Asia, Europe, and the Americas (14 October 2025)
Andy Richardson, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Julian Casasbuenas, Colnodo
Li Zhou, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Ellie McDonald, Global Partners Digital
Khaled Koubaa, AT Worthy Technology
Alexey Trepykhalin, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Desiree Milosevic, Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE)
William Drake, Columbia University Institute for Tele-Information
Fiona Alexander, American University
Gitanjali Sah, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Juan Fernández, Ministry of Communications of Cuba, video statement