Follow-up WSIS+20 Informal Stakeholder Consultation Session - 29 July 2025

The Follow-up WSIS+20 Informal Stakeholder Consultation Session will be held as part of the ongoing WSIS+20 Review process. It follows several key milestones, including the First Preparatory Meeting and Stocktaking Session, the Informal Interactive WSIS Stakeholder Consultation facilitated on behalf of the UN General Assembly, as well as stakeholder consultations conducted during the 20th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Norway and the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 in Geneva.

This upcoming session will be conducted virtually and follow a multistakeholder format. It aims to provide a unified platform for non-Government stakeholders and Member States to present their contributions to the Elements Paper and provide additional insights relevant to the WSIS+20 Review. Participants are especially encouraged to share brief summaries of their written inputs, organized according to the thematic areas outlined in the Elements Paper. All interested participants are encouraged to attend. Advance registration is required by 23 July, and registrants must indicate if they wish to speak during the session.

The session will be co-facilitated by H.E. Ms. Suela Janina, Permanent Representative of Albania, and H.E. Mr. Ekitela Lokaale, Permanent Representative of Kenya. The final speaker list will be determined by the Co-Facilitators, taking into account balanced representation across stakeholder groups, and will be published in advance. Each speaker will be allotted up to three minutes for their intervention.

If time permits, participants who indicated an interest in speaking but were not included in the initial speaker list may be invited to take the floor before the session concludes. Written statements from registered speakers are also encouraged and will be published on the WSIS+20 webpage maintained by UN DESA/DPIDG.

Date: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)
Location: Virtual (via Zoom)

Registration is now closed for the Follow-up WSIS+20 Informal Stakeholder Consultation Session.

Resources:
Speakers List
IMSB Notes and Reflections
Summary of the Follow-up WSIS+20 Stakeholder Consultation

Webinar recording:
Follow-up WSIS+20 Informal Stakeholder Consultation (29 July 2025)
chat | transcript

Statements from non-Government stakeholders and Member States:
Arpita Kanjilal, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Socheata Sokhachan, Netmission.Asia
Aditya Vikram Dube, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing - C-DAC
Shumaila Hussain, Tech Global Institute (1), (2)
Ana María Suárez Franco, Food First Information and Action Network - FIAN International
Sophia Longwe, Wikimedia
AHM Bazlur Rahman, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
Shradhanjali Sarma, Cyber Cafe Association of India - CCAOI
María Soledad Vogliano, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration - ETC Group
James Kunle Olorundare, Internet Society - ISOC Nigeria Chapter
Timea Suto, International Chamber of Commerce
Fiona Alexander, American University
Sadhana Sanjay, Global Digital Justice Forum
Anriette Esterhuysen, Association for Progressive Communications - APC
Jalal Abukhater, 7amleh
Ellie McDonald, Global Digital Rights Coalition for WSIS
Jutta Croll, Digital Opportunities Foundation Germany
Laura Becana Ball, Global Forum for Media Development
Santhosh T (India), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India
Daphné Barbotte (EU), European Union Delegation to the UN
Titti Cassa (Italy), Agency for Digital Italy - AgID
Rosalia Morales, Technical Community Coordination Mechanism - TCCM
William Drake, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Gabriel Delsol, Computer & Communications Industry Association
Christian Schlaepfer (Switzerland), Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN
Kayode Oyeyemi, Africa ICT Alliance - AfICTA
Dheeraj Rajput (India), Ministry of Electronics and IT of India
Bea Guevarra, Netmission Youth
Alexey Trepykhalin, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - ICANN
Judith Hellerstein, IGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disabilities
Rashi Gupta, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing - C-DAC
Jenna Fung, NetMission.Asia
Israel Rosas, Internet Society
Elizabeth Bacon, Public Interest Registry - PIR
Avri Doria, Technicalities
Swati Lall, National Internet Exchange of India