IGF 2025 received Open Forum proposals

Digital Government Authority KSA

Argentina Ministy of Defense
Olga Cavalli, Dean of the National Defense Faculty of Argentina, Ministry of Defense of Argentina - Government - Latin America and Caribbean Adrián Carballo, Director South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean Oscar Messano, President CCAT LAT Centro de Capacitación en Alta Tecnología para Latinoamérica y el Caribe - International Organizations - Latin America and Caribbean Raitme Citterio - South School on Internet Governance - Civil Society - Latin America and Caribbean

UNECA
Ms. Sorene Assefa ( F) Cybersecurity & Digital governance Expert ,UNECA , IGO Dr. Mactar Seck (M) – UNECA , IGO

Ministry of Information, the Republic of The Gambia
- Dr. Wakabi Wairagala, Executive Director, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Uganda - Joshua Joshua, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Ethiopia

ICRC
Chelsea Smethurst, Microsoft

🔒Ministry of Digital Affairs
Mr. Wiktor Skwarek, Secretary, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland; Government; Eastern European Group Ms. Joanna Kulesza Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Lodz Cyber Hub Research Center, Lodz Cyber Hub, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz, Poland; Civil Society; Eastern European Group

🔒World Intellectual Property Orgnization
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), industry, academia and other stakeholders representing diverse regions to be confirmed.

World Internet Conference

Swiss government, Federal Office of Communications OFCOM
Isabelle Lois, OFCOM, Goverment, WEOG

Council of Europe

🔒Inter-Parliamentary Union
UNDP IPU and UNDP will work together to prepare the session and will act as moderator and rapporteur of the session.

United Nations Department of Global Communications
--Eugênio Garcia, Director of the Department for Science, Technology and Intellectual Property, Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs --Charlotte Scaddan, Senior Adviser on Information Integrity, UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) --Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi, Director, Division for Digital Inclusion and Policies and Digital Transformation, UNESCO --Harriet Kingaby, Co-chair, Conscious Advertising Network, Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), Fredrick Ogenga, Member,   International Panel on the Information Environment's Scientific Panel on Information Integrity about Climate Science, Camille Grenier, Executive Director, Forum on Information and Democracy (moderator).

🔒ITU
ITU, UNESCO. UNDP, UNCTAD

Ghana Statistical Service, United Nations Development Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, United Nations Statistics Division. 

UNHCR
Co-Organizer: Katie Drew, Senior Project Manager – Information Integrity UNHCR – the UN Refugee Agency, International Organization, Africa. (Rapporteur). Co-Organizer: Therese Marie Uppstrøm Pankratov – Special Advisor, The Humanitarian Innovation Programme, Innovation Norway. Government, Europe (Moderator). Online: Chris Brew, Project Manager - Information Integrity, UNHCR - the UN Refugee Agency, International Organization, Africa (online moderator) Chris Brew - UNHCR

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)
● Mr. Khaled Wally, Director of the Communications and Information Technology Development Department, League of Arab States (Regional Organization) ● Mr. Hazem Hezzah, IT program coordinator for ICT development, Information Technology Development Department, League of Arab States (Regional Organization) ● Mr. Ayman El-Sherbiny, Chief of ICT Policies, Digital Cooperation and Digital Development, UNESCWA (International organization) ● Ms. Mirna El Hajj Barbar, Programme Management Officer, UNESCWA (International organization) ● Ms. Rita Wehbe, Economic Affairs Assistant, UNESCWA (International organization)

Leona Verdadero, Programme Specialist, Digital Policies & Digital Transformation, UNESCO

UNU-EGOV - United Nation University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance
This proposal is co-organized by: 1. UNU-EGOV, United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, https://unu.edu/egov 2. AU – African Union, Informtation Society Division, https://au.int/en/directorates/information-society 3. Cetic.br - Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society https://cetic.br 4. GDPI – Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, https://www.globaldigitalinclusion.org 5. LirneAsia, https://lirneasia.net/ 6. ICT Research Africa, https://researchictafrica.net/ 7. UNESCO, Digital Inclusion, Policy and Transformation and the IFAP Secretary, https://www.unesco.org To be confirmed: ITU – International Telecommunications Union, https://www.itu.int/

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan
Organizational Affiliation: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Moderator and Organizer: Yoichi Iida (main), Satoka Kawahara (sub), Yuka Nishimura (sub) Stakeholder: Government Regional Group: Asia-Pacific

Freedom Online Coalition
Rasmus Lumi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, government, Eastern Europe Freedom Online Coalition Support Unit (Nusa Tomic, Nicholas Powell), international organisation

Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
- Professor Marko Milanović, Special Adviser, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, treaty-based international organization, Europe. - Matthew Cross, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, treaty-based international organization, Europe. - Michael Karimian, Microsoft, private sector, Asia.

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
This session is organized by the Centre de ressources francophone sur la gouvernance du numérique et de l'IA (led by OIF’s Representation in Geneva).

UNICRI
Odhran Mc Carthy, UNICRI, Intergovernmental organization, Intergovernmental organization. Ottavia Galuzzi, UNICRI, Intergovernmental organisation, Intergovernmental organization. Tina Power, ALT Advisory, Private sector, African Group.

Sunita Grote, Senior Adviser, UNICEF (Co-moderator)
Josianne Galea Baron, UNICEF/ Afrooz Kaviani Johnson, UNICEF (Co-moderator)

Adil Suleimana, African Union Commission

UNIDIR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Ms. Marie Humeau, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Conference on Disarmament - [email protected] - Ms. Yasmine Idrissi Azzouzi, Cybersecurity Programme Officer, International Telecommunication Union, Intergovernmental Organization, African States - [email protected] - Mr. Akhil Thomas, Strategy & Operations Manager, Global Forum for Cybersecurity Expertise, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific States - [email protected] - Ms. Tereza Horejsova, Outreach Manager, Global Forum for Cybersecurity Expertise, Civil Society, Easter European States - [email protected] - Mr. Pavel Mraz, Cybersecurity Researcher in Security & Technology programme, UNIDIR, Intergovernmental Organization, Eastern European States - [email protected] - Floreta Faber, National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) of Albania- [email protected] 

UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Government, WEOG 

• ICANN, Adam Peake, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Technical Community, WEOG
• Juuso Moisander, Government of Finland, Government, WEOG

United Nations
International Organization, Global

🔒Universal Postal Union
Tracy Hackshaw, Universal Postal Union, Intergovernmental Organisation, GRULAC
Mayssam Sabra, Universal Postal Union, Intergovernmental Organisation, MENA
 

Attorney General’s Office in Brazil
Attorney General’s Office in Brazil (AGU), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Co-creation Hub Africa (CcHUB)

Mr Letsatsi Lekhooa, Lesotho IGF/National University of Lesotho

Hon Ms Nthati Moorosi, Minister of Ministry of Information, Communication, Science, Technology and Innovation 

Mr. Kanono Ramashamole, Principal Secretary of Ministry of Information, Communication, Science, Technology and Innovation

Hon. Mr Lekhotsa Mafethe, Lesotho Parliament

Mr Molupe Molupe , Lesotho Communications Authority

GIZ African Union
1. Mr. Adil Sulieman - Senior Policy Officer, Information Society Division, African Union Commission (Intergovernmental Organization, Africa Group) 2. H.E. Salima Monorma Bah – Minister of Communications, Technology & Innovation, The Republic of Sierra Leone (Government, Africa Group) 3. Ms. Diana Sang – Africa Regional Director, Digital Impact Alliance (Global Organization, Africa Group) 4. Mr. David Karunda - Data Policy Advisor, DataCipation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), (Development Partner, Africa Group)

🔒OECD (GPAI)
Karine Perset, Acting Head of Division, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Emerging Technologies, OECD, Inter-governmental Organization Katarina de Brisis, Deputy Director General at Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Government, Europe (Norway) Lucia Russo, Economist and Policy Analyst, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Emerging Technologies, OECD, Inter-governmental Organization Tana Maccauley, Junior Policy Analyst, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Emerging Technologies, OECD, Inter-governmental Organization

• Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)
• DCO Member States
• International Organizations

Ministry of Economic Affairs
Alisa Heaver, Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, Government, WEOG (Organizer, Onsite Rapporteur) Jenna Fung, program Director NetMission Asia, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group (Moderator)

Wai Kit Si Tou, UNCTAD, Global organization
Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change, Civil society, Asia-Pacific
Valeria Betancourt, Association for Progressive Communications, Civil Society, LATAM

🔒University of Oslo (UiO)
High-level Panel discussion with Academia (UiO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MfA), Development Agencies (Norad, GIZ), Youth Delegate to the UN. Marianne Knarud, University of Oslo Thomas Aarheim, Norway's Youth Delegate to the UN Ruth Orbach, GSMA Mobile for Development Catherine R. Kimambo, African Child Projects, NGO Josef Noll, UiO Jonathan Muringani, Basic Internet Foundation This session is co-organised by the host country Norway through UiO and Basic Internet Foundation

GIZ
Christelle Onana, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Treaty-based international organization Kuuku Sam, GIZ African Union Office, International Organization.

European Union
Anna JELLETOFT, European Commission, Intergovernmental Organization, WEOG, ([email protected]); Nils BERGLUND, European University Institute, Academia, WEOG ([email protected]) Esteve SANZ, European Commission, Intergovernmental Organization, WEOG Patryk PAWLAK, European University Institute, Academia, WEOG

• Jim Paterson, Department of Communications and Digital Technology, Government of South Africa
• Cynthia Lesufi, Department of Communications and Digital Technology, Government of South Africa
• Ellen Taylor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Government of Canada
• Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa/ SA G20 knowledge partner/T20 Digital Transformation Task Force co-chair
• Leslie Dwolatsky, Research ICT Africa
• Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, Tech Global Institute
• Shumaila H. Shahani, Tech Global Institute

🔒Youth IGF Movement
EU Delegation to the IGF & Youth IGF

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
The Sami Parliament The National Task Force of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
UNESCO

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Luca Kuiper, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, GOV, WEOG Zach Lampell, ICNL, CSO, WEOG German Federal Foreign Office, GOV, WEOG Freedom Online Coalition Support Unit

NITDA, Nigeria
1. Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy 2. National Information Technology Development Agency 3. Nigeria Communication Commission 4. West Africa Internet Governance Forum 5. ISOC Nigeria Chapter 6. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) 7. Nigeria Data Protection Commission

Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
Philipp Schulte, Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation, Government, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Lars Radscheidt, GIZ, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)

Austrian Government
Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria

Innovation Agency Lithuania, GovTech Lab

The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFQ)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA):

• Rafi Goldberg, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, NTIA
• Luis Zambrano Ramos, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, NTIA
• Susan Chalmers, Internet Governance Team Lead, Office of International Affairs, NTIA

Abhishek Singh; CEO IndiaAI and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India

Henri Verdier, Ambassador for digital affairs, Government of France

Abhishek Agarwal, Scientist ‘D’, AI & Emerging Technologies Division, Government of India

ITU
Ms. Gitanjali Sah, Strategy and Policy coordinator, ITU Ms. Renata Figueiredo Santoyo, Telecommunication Regulation Expert