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IGF Host Countries

Annual IGF meetings have been held since 2006 thanks to the generous support of IGF host governments, who bear most of the meeting costs. These are the host countries, meeting locations and dates by year:

 

Greece, Athens
30 October - 2 November 2006
   
                                
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Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
12 - 15 November 2007
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India, Hyderabad
3 - 6 December 2008
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Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh
15 - 18 November 2009
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Lithuania, Vilnius
14 - 17 September 2010
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Kenya, Nairobi
27 - 30 September 2011
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Azerbaijan, Baku
6 - 9 November 2012
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Indonesia, Bali|
22 - 25 October 2013
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Turkey, Istanbul
2 - 5 September 2014
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Brazil, João Pessoa
10 - 13 November 2015
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Mexico, Jalisco
6 - 9 December 2016
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Geneva, Switzerland
18 - 21 December 2017
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Paris, France
12 - 14 November 2018
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Berlin, Germany
25 - 29 November 2019
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Hosted Online
2 - 17 November 2020

 

Katowice, Poland
6 - 10 December 2021

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
28 November - 2 December 2022

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Kyoto, Japan
8 - 12 October 2023

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