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ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP are organizing the WSIS Forum 2010 scheduled to be held from 10 to 14 of May 2010 at the ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. This event builds upon the tradition of annual WSIS May meetings, and its new format is the result of open consultations with all WSIS Stakeholders.
The Forum will offer participants a series of diverse interactions, including high-level debates addressing critical issues to the WSIS implementation and follow-up in multi-stakeholder set-ups, WSIS Action Line facilitation meetings, thematic workshops, kick-off meetings for new initiatives and projects, knowledge exchanges facilitating networking among the participants, and others. The forum will provide structured oppor tunities to network, learn and to participate in multi-stakeholder discussions and consultations on WSIS implementation.
The Draft Agenda of the Forum is a result of the Three Step Open Consultation Process on the thematic focus for WSIS Forum 2010. Multiple stakeholders from 48 countries world-wide participated proactively in these consultations.
In order to ensure that all WSIS stakeholders are fully engaged in the preparatory process and do not lose any opportunity to contribute to this important event, the organizers (ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP) are holding an Executive Briefing on the WSIS Forum 2010.
The event will also feature the launch of a number of important new reports, including National e-Strategies for Development; the WSIS Stocktaking Report; and the WSIS Plus 5 report. Copies of these reports can be downloaded at: www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2010/forum/geneva/publications.html.
Videos, photos, live and archived webcasts, and transcripts of speeches can be found at the event Newsroom at www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/wsis/index.aspx, or on the main event website at www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2010/forum/geneva/.
For more information, please see www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2010/forum/geneva.
Two top representatives of the Institute of the Information Society are participating in the Forum: Yuri Hohlov, Chairman of IIS Board of Directors, and Tatiana Ershova, IIS General Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Information Society Journal.
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