[Air-L] WEBCAST 16 MAY – Manthan: A Stakeholder Discussion on WSIS+20 Review & what it means for India?

[Joly MacFie]

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<https://youtu.be/RRV2HUX0SL4>* | *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM
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On *Friday 16 May, 2025*, at *5:30pm IST* (12:00 UTC) *CCAOI
<http://ccaoi.in/> *hosts an online interactive stakeholder discussion
‘*WSIS+20
Review & what it means for India?
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/h0eOTQrNSL6_zPKTgo-_TA#/registration>*
 ‘.

The *20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society
<https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20>* (WSIS) is ongoing and
the overall review process will conclude at the two-day high-level meeting
of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), to be held on 16–17 December, CCAOI
believes it is important that stakeholders from India understand and engage
in the process by sharing their perspective.

This will be the introductory discussion on this topic, more discussions
are planned for when the Zero document is released.

The event is supported by *Internet Society India Delhi Chapter
<https://www.isocindiadelhi.in/>* (ISOC Delhi) as a community partner.

*INTRODUCTION TO TOPIC*
*Sorina Teleanu* – Director of Knowledge, Diplo Foundation
*Ruth Marlyn Grace Sidabutar* – WSIS Project Officer, ITU

*SPEAKERS*
*Anita Gurumurthy* – Executive Director and Senior Fellow – Research &
Policy Engagement, IT for Change
*Anirban Sarma* – Director, Centre for Digital Societies, Observer Research
Foundation
*Sunil Abraham* – Public Policy Director – Data Economy and Emerging Tech,
Meta India
*Avinash Agarwal* – Deputy Director General (Convergence & Broadcasting),
Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), Department of
Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India
*Sushil Pal* – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY), Government of India

*MODERATOR / HOST*
*Amrita Choudhury*, CCAOI

* <https://youtu.be/RRV2HUX0SL4>*



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