[Air-L] WSIS Forum 2016 underway in Geneva – remote participation details

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Hi Joly

Thank you for bringing attention to this event.
I`ll be remote participating on Friday from Northeast Brazil. It would
be great to have inputs from the community there.
We have other great speakers lined up
http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/Session/138

The recordings of 2015 WSIS+10 are also here
http://www.itu.int/net/wsis/implementation/2014/forum/

Best,

Renata


On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
> A LOT of great sessions at this. I already attended a comprehensive one on
> accessibility this morning. It's not clear if archives will be available.
> In previous years only highlights and side interviews have been posted on
> their YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/user/WSISProcess/videos>, and none
> since 2013! Hopefully they've turned over a new leaf, but one shouldn't
> depend on it.  Markus Kummer has sent word there'll be an *IGFSA info
> session* <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/Session/227> on
> Friday at 11:00 CEST = 09:00 UTC, 5am in NYC.
>
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> joly posted: "This week May 2–6 2016 ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP host the
> World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2016 in Geneva,
> Switzerland. The WSIS Forum serves the UN as a mechanism for coordination
> of multi-stakeholder implementation activities, inf"
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> [image: WSIS]This week *May 2–6 2016 ITU <https://www.itu.int>*, *UNESCO
> <https://en.unesco.org/>*, *UNCTAD <http://unctad.org/>* and *UNDP
> <http://www.undp.org/>* host the *World Summit on the Information Society
> (WSIS) Forum 2016 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/> *in Geneva,
> Switzerland. The WSIS Forum serves the UN as a mechanism for coordination
> of multi-stakeholder implementation activities, information exchange,
> creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices and continues to provide
> assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and public/private partnerships
> to advance development goal, building on the *UN General Assembly Overall
> Review of the implementation of the WSIS outcomes
> <https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/125>* which
> recognized the necessity of holding this Forum on an annual basis, and
> called for a close alignment between WSIS and the *Sustainable Development
> Goals* *(SDG)*
> <https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/1> processes.
> Ambassador *Daniel A. Sepulveda* (USA) will serve as Chairman Designate of
> the WSIS Forum 2016 High-Level Track. The Policy Sessions will be moderated
> by *High-Level Track Facilitators
> <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/About/Chairman>* (HLTF) nominated
> and identified by Civil Society, Private Sector, Technical Community and
> Academia stakeholders. Remote participation is available through both *Adobe
> Connect <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/AdobeConnect>*
> and live *webcast*
> <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/Webcast/Live/>. Geneva
> time is CEST, 6 hours ahead of NYC.
>
> *What: WSIS Forum 2016 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/>*
> * Where: ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland*
> * When: May 2–6 2016*
> * Program: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/
> <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/>*
> * Webcast: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/Webcast/Live/
> <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/Webcast/Live/>*
> * Adobe Connect:
> https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/AdobeConnect
> <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/AdobeConnect>*
> * Twitter: #wsis https://twitter.com/hashtag/WSIS
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/WSIS> | #wsis2016
> https://twitter.com/hashtag/wsis2016 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/wsis2016>*
> * Facebook: https://facebook.com/hashtag/WSIS
> <https://facebook.com/hashtag/WSIS>| #wsis2016
> https://facebook.com/hashtag/wsis2016
> <https://facebook.com/hashtag/wsis2016>*
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