The 17th Annual IGF Meeting Will Be Hosted By Ethiopia
The 17th annual IGF meeting will be hosted in a hybrid format by the Government of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, under the overarching theme: Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future. The interactive programme is being developed around five specific themes as listed below:
1. Connecting All People and Safeguarding Human Rights
2. Avoiding Internet Fragmentation
3. Governing Data and Protecting Privacy
4. Enabling Safety, Security and Accountability
5. Addressing Advanced Technologies, including AI
The meeting will aim at accommodating the participation of stakeholders present onsite in Addis Ababa or participating online in an equitable manner. This hybrid approach also extends to the session organizing teams (organizers, speakers, moderators, and rapporteurs) who will participate online or onsite. This further means that all session-engaged parties can participate onsite or online. The overall objective is to make participation in IGF 2022 meaningful and inclusive for all participants.
Preparations for IGF 2022 are ongoing. The First Open Consultations and MAG Meeting was held online from 23 to 25 February. It discussed the calls for feedback & improvements, as well as the call for thematic inputs. The Second IGF 2022 Open Consultations and MAG Meeting will be hosted at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 6 to 8 July 2022.
For the above-listed themes, members of the IGF 2022 Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) work on developing short, specific narratives.
