World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2019
Session reports
09:00 - 10:45 1969-2019 Experiences, challenges and enlightenments from 50 years development of the internet
09:00 - 10:45 Emerging cybersecurity law and its impact on information society, cyberlaw trends of 2019
09:00 - 10:45 Harnessing technology for refugees
09:00 - 10:45 Inclusive innovative technologies and machine learning for outreach, engagement and impact
09:00 - 10:45 Tech start-ups for SDGs
09:30 - 11:00 Safe listening
11:00 - 12:30 Workshop on accessibility for emerging technologies
11:00 - 13:00 Community networks and connecting the last billion
11:00 - 13:00 ICT and low-carbon economy
11:00 - 13:00 Media and information literacy empowered by artificial intelligence for diversity and disaster
13:15 - 14:00 Artificial intelligence and data privacy - the importance of a diverse engineering and technical workforce
13:15 - 14:00 Blockchain and data protection
13:15 - 14:00 Commonwealth coordination on ICTs for SDGs
13:15 - 14:00 Role of ICT in academia: Reaching the unreached
13:15 - 14:00 Techpreneurs tackling the SDGs
14:30 - 16:15 E-learning for refugee children and youth
16:30 - 18:15 Cybersecurity and artificial Intelligence: How to allocate liability between the stakeholders?
16:30 - 18:15 Older persons and new technologies: A smart mix
09:00 - 13:00 Official opening segment
14:30 - 15:15 High-level policy session 2: Bridging digital divides
15:15 - 16:00 High-level policy session 3: Bridging digital divides
15:15 - 16:00 High-level policy session 4: Enabling environment
16:00 - 16:45 High-level policy session 6: Bridging digital divides, digital economy and trade and financing for development and role of ICT
09:00 - 10:00 High-level policy session 10: Inclusiveness, access to information and knowledge for all
10:00 - 11:00 High-level policy session 11: Digital economy and trade
10:00 - 11:00 High-level policy session 12: Gender mainstreaming
11:00 - 12:00 High-level policy session 14: Knowledge societies, capacity building and e-learning and media
13:30 - 15:00 The ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence
15:00 - 16:30 What would it take to trust AI?
09:00 - 10:45 5G socio-economic impact
09:00 - 10:45 Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity
09:00 - 10:45 United for smart sustainable cities
09:00 - 10:45 Women leaders in blockchain
09:00 - 10:45 WSIS regional group meeting: emerging technologies with no one left behind in Asia and the Pacific
11:00 - 13:00 ICTs in the university environment: 7 case studies
11:00 - 13:00 Road-testing governance models with the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation
13:15 - 14:00 Cybersecurity awareness
13:15 - 14:00 The economics of wisdom 1.0 the golden path
13:15 - 14:00 (En)gendering the smart city
13:15 - 14:00 Identity development in digital era
13:15 - 14:00 Maritime cables: New routes for data
14:30 - 16:15 Autonomous and intelligent systems in the digital world: Moving from principles to practice
14:30 - 16:15 Better internet for children
14:30 - 16:15 Connecting the circular model of e-waste management to the sustainable development goals
14:30 - 16:15 Don't just tell them - show them
16:30 - 18:15 E-science, innovation and future universities
16:30 - 18:15 Gender mainstreaming: WSIS 50/50 challenge
16:30 - 18:15 How do we maximise the benefits of Innovative 4.0 technologies, without unnecessary risks and consequences
16:30 - 18:15 ICANN, the GDPR and WHOIS
09:00 - 10:45 AI for application security testing and risk scoring
09:00 - 10:45 ICT for reducing pollution: Pressure from garbage
09:00 - 10:45 International child safeguarding through ICT
09:00 - 10:45 Protecting the world’s plant resources from pests
09:00 - 10:45 The road to development and prosperity of 5G: How to cope with the new challenges of technology, security and ideology
11:00 - 12:45 Big data for social change
11:00 - 12:45 Building the trustless computing certification body
11:00 - 12:45 Connecting the unconnected: Overview of technologies to reach beyond communication barriers
11:00 - 12:45 E-commerce and e-employment
11:00 - 12:45 Participative innovation in the workplace: Emerging technologies and the future of work
11:00 - 12:45 Rethinking approaches to achieve sustainable development goals in an era of smart computing
11:00 - 12:45 Technology 4 human rights
11:00 - 12:45 Towards an inclusive future in AI
11:00 - 12:45 Women’s empowerment for ICT and ODD
Event report
The GIP Digital Watch observatory ran a just-in-time reporting initiative from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2019 on 8-12 April 2019, providing over 100 reports.
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The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum is a UN multistakeholder platform facilitating the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The event is co-organised by the ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, in close collaboration with all WSIS Action Line co-facilitators and other UN organisations (UNDESA, FAO, UNEP, WHO, UN Women, WIPO, WFP, ILO, WMO, ITC, UPU, UNODC, UNITAR, UNICEF and UN Regional Commissions). It represents the largest annual gathering of the information and communication (ICT) community discussing the trends, evolution, and challenges of digital topics.
The 2019 edition of WSIS will take place on 8-12 April 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
For more information, visit the dedicated webpage.
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