The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), from 18 to 21 December 2017, on the theme, Shape Your Digital Future! (Host Country Website)
See here the invitation from the UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Wu Hongbo.
The 2016 Internet Governance Forum (IGF): ‘Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’, was held at the PALCCO Centre from 6-9 December 2016 in Jalisco, Mexico.
The IGF held its 10th annual meeting on the theme, "Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development", in João Pessoa, Brazil, on 10 to 13 November 2015.
IGF focused on a range of sub-themes, including Cybersecurity and Trust; Internet Economy; Inclusiveness and Diversity; Openness; Enhancing Multistakeholder Cooperation; Internet and Human Rights; Critical Internet Resources and Emerging Issues.
The Ninth Annual IGF Meeting was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2-5 September 2014. The overarching theme for the meeting was: "Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance" with the following subthemes.
The final Chair's Summary of the Ninth IGF Meeting is available.
Workshop Evaluation Forms are available (archived).
The IGF 2014 Evaluation Survey is available (archived).
Transcripts of IGF 2014 sessions are available (archived) - or search for the session title on the top right searchbox in this page.
For corrections in the transcripts, please contact the IGF Secretariat at [email protected]
Video recordings of the IGF 2014 sessions are available (new window).
IGF 2014 session reports are available.
Online MAG meetings summaries:
Summary of online MAG meeting, of 18 December 2013.
Summary of Informal Online Meeting, 3 December 2013
The MAG held a first stock-taking meeting on 5 November. A summary record of the virtual meeting is available.
All stakeholders are encouraged to to assist the IGF self-evaluating itself and improving each year. To this effect, they are called on to fill in the overall evaluation survey as well as the workshop evaluation form.
The IGF 2013 annual meeting in Bali, Indonesia concluded on 25th October.
IGF2013 Narrative and Financial Report by the ID-IGF.
The Chair's summary of the Eighth Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum is available here.
Press statements and press releases are available.
IGF 2013 main session and workshop transcripts are being uploaded.
The video files of the main sessions and workshops are available on the IGF's YouTube channel.
Pictures taken are being added to the IGF Flickr group, others are encouraged to join.
A provisional list of participants of the IGF2013 meeting is available.
The list of speakers for the Opening Ceremony/Opening Session and Closing Ceremony are available with bios.
The schedule is available in Excel, HTML and PDF.
The Seventh Internet Governance book - Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development - is now available.
National and Regional IGF initiatives
All organisers of national and regional IGF initiatives are kindly requested to respond to this survey
Public Input
The IGF Secretariat made a call for relevant policy questions to shape the discussions. The policy questions as a result of that request for input are now available
Remote participation:The links to the virtual rooms for each session and the transcripts are available for viewing.
The Seventh Internet Governance book - Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development - is now available.
Interim Chair
Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo has appointed Mr. Markus Kummer as Interim Chair of the Open Consultations and MAG meetings. [PDF]
A synthesis paper reflecting all inputs received by the Secretariat is available.
Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo has issued an official invitation.
All participants to the IGF 2013 workshops are encouraged to fill out the workshop evaluation form to assist the IGF self-evaluating itself and improving each year by ensuring that all workshops are of the highest quality.
Workshop Evaluation
A provisional list of participants of the IGF2013 meeting is available.
The Seventh Annual IGF Meeting was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9 November 2012. The main theme for the meeting was: ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’.
The chairman summary is available.
The Declaration of the Baku High Level Ministerial Meeting on "Addressing the Challenges of a Hyperconnected World" is available.
The list of speakers at the Seventh annual IGF meeting closing ceremony is available.
The list of speakers at the Seventh annual IGF meeting opening session is available.
The list of participants of the meeting is available.
The Webcast Archive for IGF2012 is available. The videos are uploaded on the IGF YouTube Channel.
Transcripts
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Day 1 |
Emerging Issues Main Session | ||
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Day 2 |
Managing Critical Internet Resources | Internet Governance for Development | |
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Day 3 |
Access and Diversity | Security, Openness and Privacy | |
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Day 4 |
Taking Stock and the Way Forward Main Session | Closing Ceremony | |
The transcripts for the workshops and other sessions are also available.
Workshop Reports and Gender Report cards:
In order to submit the workshop reports and gender report cards, please log in on the IGF website and go to your workshop page and click on "Edit". You can find the Report and Gender Report cards fields on that page.
Schedule
The schedule for the 7th IGF annual meeting is available [updated 09/11/2012]
A pdf file of panellists' biographies is available for download.
The Sixth Annual IGF Meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 27-30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). The theme of the meeting was: 'Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms and innovation'.
[NEW] Webcasts of the Sixth Annual IGF Meeting in Nairobi are being made available on the IGF YouTube channel. Due to technical difficulties, some of the videos are not yet available. Please refer to this link to find a list of videos that have not yet been uploaded.
The completed Chair's summary of the Sixth Annual IGF Meeting is available.
You can now submit your workshop report online. To access the guide for submitting workshop report please click here.
Transcripts for the Sixth Annual IGF Meeting in Nairobi are available here.
The Open Consultations and the MAG meeting were held on 22-23 November 2010 respectively.
Meeting transcripts and reports:
The fourth annual IGF Meeting was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on 15-18 November 2009.
The overall theme was: ‘Internet Governance – Creating Opportunities for All’
The completed Chairman's Summary is available here.
The archive of the live webcast (main sessions and workshops) of the IGF Meeting can be found at: http://www.un.org/webcast/igf/ondemand.asp
Videos and pictures can be found in our social media section [Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube]
Transcripts of all main sessions are available
The Third Annual IGF Meeting was held in Hyderabad, India, on 3-6 December 2008.
The overall theme was: 'Internet for All’
The Chairman's Summary is available.
Transcripts of the Main Sessions are available.
A provisional list of participants is available here.
The breakdown of attendance by region and stakeholder group is available.