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IGF 2023 Themes & Subthemes
The IGF 2023 overarching theme is "The Internet We Want - Empowering All People". Eight sub-themes accompany the theme. Read more below!
Attending WSIS 2023?
Join the Secretariat: We're hosting a briefing session on IGF Japan at the 2023 WSIS Forum in Geneva. The session takes place Friday 17 March, 10-10:45 CET. More details below.
Addis Ababa IGF Messages
The final version of the IGF Addis Ababa Messages is now available! Access this important IGF 2022 outcome document here and below.
IGF 2024
IGF 2023 Outputs
IGF 2024
The 19th IGF will be hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 15 to 19 December 2024 in Riyadh at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC). The meeting is held under the overarching theme of Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future. The draft agenda is available. For participation logistics (visas, accommodation, transportation etc.), please visit the IGF 2024 Host Country website.
IGF 2023 Outputs
The 18th Annual Meeting of the IGF was held under the overarching theme, ''The Internet We Want - Empowering All People'', in Kyoto, Japan from 8 to 12 October 2023. The Summary Report, including the Kyoto IGF Messages, as well as all meeting outputs, are available.
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IGF Community Updates
Donors to Trust Fund
Tides Foundation
The Internet Society (ISOC)
Government of the Republic of Korea
IGFSA
Summit Strategies International
Government of the United Kingdom
AT&T
The Walt Disney Company
NIKKEI DigitalCORE
Government of Sweden
Nominet UK
The Swiss Education & Research Network (SWITCH)
CISCO
Number Resource Organization (NRO)
Ribose Inc
Government of Germany
auDA Australia's Domain Name Administrator
Verizon
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Microsoft Corporation
Government of the Netherlands
Coordination Center for TLD RU
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Communications / Nokia Siemens Networks
Government of Norway
European Telecommunication Network Operators' Association
European Commission
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
Politecnico di Torino
Government of Portugal - Fundacao Para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
NIC-MEXICO
Danish Internet Forum
China Energy Fund Committee
Government of Switzerland
Government of Finland
Verisign
UNINETT Norid
The Internet Society Foundation
Community DNS
Government of the United States
Nic.at The Austrian Registry
European Registry for Internet domains (EURid)
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
Amazon
MCADE, LLC.
Government of Japan
Afilias Global Registry Services
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