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Disclaimer Please note the WSIS Forum 2015 Programme Brochure is a compilation of session descriptions and panellists submitted to the WSIS Secretariat by the organizations responsible for their respective sessions. ITU does not hold any responsibility for the session descriptions provided by the organizers of the sessions for the WSIS Forum 2015. © ITU, 2015 International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva AGENDA: WSIS Forum 2015 Innovating Together: Enabling ICTs for Sustainable Development WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xi WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xii WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xiii WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xiv WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xv WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xvi WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure Special Address: United Nations Secretary-General U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S Mr Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations VIDEO MESSAGE TO WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY FORUM 2015 Geneva, 26 May 2015 www.wsis.org/forum www.wsis.org/forum xvii WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure Table of Contents Opening Segment ................................................................................................................................ 1 Opening Ceremony .......................................................................................................................... 1 Opening Session .............................................................................................................................. 1 High-Level Policy Statements .......................................................................................................... 1 Handing over of WSIS Project Prizes ............................................................................................... 1 Group Photograph ........................................................................................................................... 1 Policy Statements ..................................................................................................................... 5 HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUES ............................................................................................................. 13 HLD1 Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals and WSIS Action Lines .................................... 14 HLD2 Making Empowerment a Reality – Accessibility for All ....................................................... 19 HLD3 Innovation in ICTs for Sustainable Development ................................................................ 21 HLD4 Building Trust in Cyberspace – Working Together .............................................................. 22 HLD5 Empowering Women to Innovate through Technology ...................................................... 23 Ministerial Round Table (MRT) ................................................................................................... 25 Interactive Facilitation Meetings ................................................................................................. 26 C1, C7. E-government and C11: Facilitation Meeting on the Implementing WSIS Outcomes Related to Action Lines C1, C7eGov and C11 (UNDESA) ............................................................... 27 C2. ICT Infrastructure: Facilitation Meeting: Broadband for Sustainable Development (ITU) ..... 30 C3. Access: Revisiting “Openness and Inclusiveness” in Access to Information to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (UNESCO) .................................................................................. 32 C4. Capacity Building: Mainstreaming e-Skilling: The ICT Runway (ITU)....................................... 33 C5. Building Confidence: Building Confidence and Security in the use ICTs: A vital Component of the Post-2015 Sustainable Development (ITU) ............................................................................. 36 C6. Enabling Environment: Fostering Open Access to International Fiber (ITU) .......................... 38 C7. E-business: E-business and the SDGs: The Way Forward (UNCTAD, ITC and UPU) ................ 40 C7. E-learning and E-science: Teacher ICT Competencies to Support Inclusive Knowledge Societies (UNESCO)........................................................................................................................ 42 C7. E-health: Social Media: Putting the “public” back in public health (WHO and ITU) ............... 43 C7. E-environment: Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: SOS Call for Connecting the Unconnected to Weather and Climate Warnings (WMO, ITU) ..................................................... 44 C7. E-agriculture: Mainstreaming ICT in the Agricultural Sector: Paving the Way to a National E- agriculture Strategy (FAO) ............................................................................................................. 46 C8. Culture: Culture and ICTs as Drivers of Sustainable Development (UNESCO) ........................ 48 C9. Media: Free, Independent and Pluralistic Media at the Heart of Post-2015 Development Agenda (UNESCO) .......................................................................................................................... 50 C10. Ethics: Making the Link – C10 for Sustainable Development (UNESCO) ............................... 51 WSIS Action Line Facilitators’ Meeting ........................................................................................ 53 Interactive Sessions (IS) .............................................................................................................. 54 ICT Indicators for Monitoring the SDGs (Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development) ......... 55 WSIS Prizes and WSIS Stocktaking (ITU) ........................................................................................ 57 www.wsis.org/forum xviii WSIS Forum 2015: Programme Brochure UN Regional Commissions Meeting .............................................................................................. 60 Multistakeholder Consultations on WSIS beyond 2015 ................................................................ 62 Knowledge Cafés Fostering Innovation Enabling ICTs for Development ................................................................... 63 WSIS Action Lines and SDGs .......................................................................................................... 65 Country Workshops 67 Get Your Own Map First (UKE, Poland) ......................................................................................... 68 Implementation of WSIS Outcomes in Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia) ............................................. 71 Iran Progress in Information Society (Iran National Committee for WSIS and Information Technology Organization of Iran) .................................................................................................. 72 Transforming UAE into a Smarter Nation (UAE) ........................................................................... 74 Recent Movement on "IoT" and its Future (Japan Country Workshop Team: Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, NICT and ITU-AJ)............................................................................................................... 76 Towards e-Kuwait: Success Stories Achieved by Different Government Agencies (The Central Agency for Information Technology, Kuwait) ............................................................................... 78 Thematic Workshops .................................................................................................................. 80 Innovation for Development: How to Impact and Being Impacted (MCIT, Egypt ICT Trust Fund) 81 Framing Dreams: New Opportunities and Challenges for Audiovisual Content Production and Distribution in the Broadband Era (International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF)) .............................................................................................................................. 83 Partnering for Success: Creativity and Professionalism in Delivering Trustworthy ICT (IFIP) ....... 85 Gender Dimensions of e-Waste Management (ITU and Partners) ............................................... 87 Mobile Innovation supporting the Post-2015 Agenda (World Summit Award) ............................ 89 Engaging Digital Actors - Fostering Effective Digital Policy - Monitoring Digital Governance (Geneva Internet Platform) ........................................................................................................... 91 Measuring the Information Society: Challenges and Trends (Information Technology Organization of Iran, IT Strategic Planning and Monitoring Center/Data Processing Company (Parvaresh Dadeha), I. R. IRAN) ..................................................................................................... 93 Combating Cybercrime: Tools and Capacity Building for Emerging Economies (World Bank & ITU) ....................................................................................................................................................... 95 Interconnectivity Towards Better and Faster Social and Economic Development: Achievements and Aspirations .............................................................................................................................. 97 (Telecom Planning & Research Institute of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China) ...........................................................................................................................................