Maria-Fraancesca Spatolisano is the Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter- Agency Affairs, UN DESA since March 2019. At the beginning of February 2021, she was also appointed Officer-in Charge of the Office of the Secretary-…

    Mrs. Huria Ali Mahdi is currently serving as State Minister to the National ICT and Digital Economy Sector at the FDRE Ministry of Innovation and Technology since October 6, 2021. Before her current assignment, H.E has served at…

    Karoline Edtstadler was appointed Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution at the Federal Chancellery under Kurz II by President Alexander Van der Bellen in January 2020. Previously, from July 2019 to January 2020, she was…

An engineer by qualification and an officer of the Indian Administrative Service by profession, Ajay Sawhney has been a champion of information technology for over three and a half decades. Commencing his career in government in 1984, Mr. Sawhney…

During the 17th annual IGF, interested stakeholders can display or distribute relevant information about their Internet governance-related activities at the IGF Village. The IGF Village consists of physical and virtual display booths, located in the…

Introduction Women, as one of the fundamental stakeholders in the information society, play a very crucial role. It is important for the IGF to fully integrate gender concerns in its work. The three sectors with the IGF's defining feature of…

The 2022 Best Practice Forum on Gender and Digital Rights will look into the impact of regulations from a gender justice perspective and generate conversations with people who are affected by these regulatory practices, as well as assess the impacts…

Building on its so far work, the PNMA will continue providing an in-depth look at why achieving meaningful and universal Internet access remains ‎so challenging, in spite of years of efforts by policy makers and other actors from all stakeholder ‎…

The Policy Network on Meaningful Access (PNMA)'s driving force is a community of diverse stakeholders aiming to contribute with their ‎expertise and experience. All interested stakeholders can join an open dedicated mailing list…

Building on its so far work, the PNMA will continue providing an in-depth look at why achieving meaningful and universal Internet access remains ‎so challenging, in spite of years of efforts by policy makers and other actors from all stakeholder ‎…

What is a Resource Person? Resource persons are experts in the field of Internet Governance who volunteer to join the IGF meeting as support persons or speakers for workshops and other sessions. Since every session should achieve a balance of…

Ms. Ma. Victoria L. Barnes, IGF Administrative Assistant Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator (2006 - January 2011) Brian Gutterman, Associate Programme Manager (2011 - 2017) Wim Degezelle, Consultant Samantha Dickinson,…

IGF Personnel: Mr. Chengetai Masango, Head of Office / IGF Programme and Technology Manager Mr. Luis Bobo, Associate Information Systems Officer Ms. Anja Gengo, Associate Programme Expert / National and Regional IGF Initiatives…

Introduction The relationship between journalism and digital technology in today’s world is nothing less than intrinsic. Given that contemporary news media and journalism organisations produce and distribute content as well as interact with…

The IGF has been closely interlinked with, and is a central component of, recent UN initiatives aimed at tackling digital policy issues of global concern and fostering digital cooperation. Below are operative paragraphs highlighting the IGF’s role…