WSIS Forum 2016: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xi WSIS Forum 2016: Programme Brochure Disclaimer Please note the WSIS Forum 2016 Outcome Document 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 2016. All the session recordings are available here: Webcast: http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/Webcast/Archive Adobe connect Virtual Rooms: http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/ (please click on each session to access session recordings) © ITU, 2016 International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva www.wsis.org/forum xii WSIS Forum 2016: 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 2016 Geneva, 03 May 2016 www.wsis.org/forum www.wsis.org/forum xiii WSIS Forum 2016: Programme Brochure www.wsis.org/forum xiv WSIS Forum 2016: Programme Brochure Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1 WSIS Forum 2016: Introduction .................................................................................................... 2 Open Consultation Process ........................................................................................................... 4 Social Media Networks ....................................................................... 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Opening Segment: 7 Opening Ceremony .......................................................................................................................... 7 Opening Session .............................................................................................................................. 7 High-Level Policy Dialogue .............................................................................................................. 7 Handing over of WSIS Prizes ........................................................................................................... 7 Group Photograph ........................................................................................................................... 7 Moderated High-Level Policy Sessions ........................................................................................ 16 Moderated High-Level Policy Sessions ........................................................................................ 17 High-Level Dialogues .................................................................................................................. 26 HLD1 SDG 16: Promoting Peaceful and Inclusive [Knowledge] Societies (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO) ...................................................... 27 HLD2 Enabling a Trusted Connected World (International Telecommunication Union – ITU) ..... 31 Ministerial Round Table (MRT) ................................................................................................... 34 Interactive Facilitation Meetings ................................................................................................. 36 WSIS Action Lines .......................................................................................................................... 36 Action Lines C1 and C11 (International and Regional Cooperation) - The Role of Public Authorities and Global/Regional Cooperation in Ensuring that No One is Left Behind in the Information Society (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – UNDESA and International Telecommunication Union - ITU) ............................................................................ 37 Action Line C2 (ICT Infrastructure) - Evolving Affordable Broadband Infrastructure for Bringing ICT to All (International Telecommunication Union - ITU) ............................................................ 41 Action Line C3 (Access) - Access to Scientific Knowledge (A2SK): Lessons learned and the way forward for SDG2030 (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO) 46 Action Line C4 (Capacity Building) – Transcending from Infrastructure to Applications: Building capacity to leverage eHealth applications (International Telecommunication Union - ITU) ........ 51 Action Line C5 (Cybersecurity) - Building Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs (International Telecommunication Union - ITU) ........................................................................... 56 Action Line C6 (Enabling Environment) Affordable Access for Sustainable Development (International Telecommunication Union - ITU) ........................................................................... 59 Action Line C7 (E-Business) - Leveraging ICT to Support the SDG on Trade Growth for Least Developed Countries (ITC, UPU and UNCTAD) .............................................................................. 64 Action Line C7 (E-Learning) – Ensuring Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promoting Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All (United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture - UNESCO) ......................................................................................................................... 68 Action Line C7 (E-Health) and C7 (E-Agriculture) – ICT Applications for Achieving SDGs (WHO, FAO and ITU) 69 www.wsis.org/forum xv WSIS Forum 2016: Programme Brochure Action Line C7 (E-Environment) – Disaster Risk Reduction (World Meteorological Organization – WMO and International Telecommunication Union – ITU) .......................................................... 73 Action Line C7 (E-Government). How e-Government can ensure that no one is left behind in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations Department on Economic and Social Affairs – UNDESA and International Telecommunication Union – ITU) ...... 74 Action Line C9 (Media) –Promote Media Freedom and Internet Universality at the Heart of Achieving SDG Target 16.10 (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO) 78 WSIS Action Line Facilitators’ Meeting ........................................................................................ 82 Eleventh Meeting of WSIS Action Line Facilitators ....................................................................... 82 Interactive Sessions (IS) .............................................................................................................. 84 ICT Statistics in support of the 2030 Agenda ................................................................................ 85 WSIS Stocktaking and WSIS Prize (International Telecommunication Union – ITU) ..................... 88 UN Regional Commission Meeting Round Table........................................................................... 89 Knowledge Café 91 Implementing Best Practices and Addressing Challenges ............................................................. 91 Information Sessions (IS) ............................................................................................................ 95 Crowdsourcing Data, Knowledge and Learning (University of Geneva) ....................................... 96 From Bits to Bytes - Scaling Sustainable Development (Global e-Sustainability Initiative – GeSI) 100 Global Connect Initiative (US Department of State) ................................................................... 102 Government of West Bengal-UNICEF’s Partnership on ICT Led Governance of State Plan of Action for Children (UNICEF India Country Office) ...................................................................... 106 Country Workshops 107 Consumer Policy of the President of the Office of Electronic Communications (Office of Electronic Communications – Government of Poland) ............................................................... 108 Estonian e-Residency: Building a borderless digital society and unleashing the world’s entrepreneurial potential (Republic of Estonia) ......................................................................... 110 Arabic Domain Names – the Saudi Arabian Experience (Saudi Arabia) (National Committee for Information Society – NCIS and the Communication and IT Commission – CITC of Saudi Arabia) 115 Iran’s Progress in the Information Society (Iran National Committee for WSIS / Information Technology Organization of Iran) ................................................................................................ 116 Government of Future – Building the Best Smart Governments and Cities in the World – Extraordinary Transformation that Touches Everyone’s Life (United Arab Emirates Government) 117 Hackathon 118 Plug and Play: Showcasing ICT innovations for sustainable agri-food systems (International Telecommunication Union – ITU and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU – CTA) 119 WSIS Action Lines and SDGs – eHealth Data Policy (International Telecommunication Union – ITU and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE) .......................................... 120 www.wsis.org/forum xvi WSIS Forum 2016: Programme Brochure Accelerating ICT for agriculture entrepreneurship to promote youth livelihoods and sustainable development (International Telecommunication Union – ITU and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU – CTA) ...................................................................