The fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted virtually by the Government of Poland. The pre-events, newcomers sessions, thematic introductory sessions and the Open Forum will be held from 2-6 November 2020. The meeting will officially run between 9-17 November. 

IGF Announcements

IGF 2020 Website

[IGF 2020 UPDATE] The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme: Internet for human resilience and solidarity. The programme continues to develop around the four main thematic tracks: (1) Data; (2) Environment; (3) Inclusion; (4) Trust.

IGF list of selected workshops, open forums, pre-events and IGF Village booths .

IGF 2020 Schedule:

  • The IGF 2020 pre-events, newcomers sessions, thematic introductory sessions, as well as the Open Forums, NRIs and DC sessions will be hosted from 23 October until 6 November during the first meeting's phase.
  • The meeting will be officially opened on 9 November and closed on 17 November.
  • During this 7-day phase, workshops, main sessions, the high-level leader's track, parliamentarians roundtable and thematic concluding sessions will be hosted. I

At-Large Activities at the 2020 Virtual IGF

At-Large Photos at the 2020 Virtual IGF

Archive of the IGF sessions on YouTube  

ICANN/At-Large Organized Events


Date and TimeSessionICANN/At-Large Community Member Notes

3 November 2020,

19:00-20:00

IGF 2020 Pre-Event #33 Internet 101

ICANN org

IGF 2020 Pre-Event #42 Stakeholder Balance: Do we need factored balance, factored differently between one Governance topic and another?Siva (Internet Society India Chennai)

2 November 2020

18:35 – 20:05

IGF 2020 Pre-Event #47 DNS-Abuse in the age of COVID-19ICANN org

IGF 2020 WS #20 Exploring the future of endangered languages in cyberspace

Judith Hellerstein, 
Monday, 9 November 2020 г. - с 10:40 до 12:10 

IGF 2020 WS #37 Community Network, Electricity and Digital Inclusion

Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro,
Tuesday, 10 November, 2020 - 11:40 to 13:10 IGF 2020 WS #97 Fact-Checking: A Realm for Multi-stakeholder model?Obed Sindy
Thursday, 12 November, 2020 - 17:30 to 19:00IGF 2020 WS #180 Trust, Media Ethics & Governance During COVID-19 CrisisAmrita Choudhury,
Thursday, 5 November, 2020 - 20:20 to 21:20 CET

IGF 2020 OF #34 Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE)

Moderator: Kulesza Joanna
Fri, 6 Nov, 2020 - 17:10 to 18:40 UTC

IGF 2020 The Criticality of the Internet for SIDS in a global crisis

Maureen Hilyard, Tracy Hackshaw

Speakers from Small Island Developing States of the Pacific, Caribbean and AIMS (Atlantic & Indian Oceans, Mediterranean & South China Seas)


Mon, 9 Nov, 2020, 7:40 to 8:40 UTC

IGF 2020 WS #187 Open data For Women and Persons with disabilities

 Joan Katambi, Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Tuesday, 10 November, 2020 - 15:10 to 16:40 CETIGF 2020 WS #81 Overcoming the US-China digital Cold War

Speakers: Kulesza Joanna


Thursday, 12 November, 2020 - 16:10 to 17:40 UTCIGF #165 Unlocking the Digital Potentials of Developing & Least Developed Countries

Organizer 5: Mary Uduma, Nigeria Internet Governace Forum

Speakers: Kulesza Joanna


13 November, 2020 - 14:00 to 15:00 UTCIGF 2020 WS #204 Internet Data Protection Under Different Jurisdictions

Organizers: Nadira Al ArajTijani Ben Jemaa

Speakers: Kulesza Joanna, Leon Sanchez, 


Monday, 16 November, 2020 - 13:10 to 14:10IGF 2020 WS #231 Youth&Sustainability: Creating change through collaborationEdmon Chung, 
Wednesday, 11 November, 2020 - 14:20 to 15:20IGF 2020 WS #234 Security of digital products: Industry and enhancing trustBarrack Otieno,
10 November, 14:10-15:40 UTC

WS107&248 Educational Opportunities & Challenges in Times of Crisis

Glenn McKnight, Alfredo Calderon, Narine Khachatryan


Monday, 16 November, 2020 - 09:30 to 11:00 UTC

IGF 2020 WS #267 Universal Acceptance of Domain Names and Email Addresses

Speaker 1: Kulesza Joanna, Civil Society, Eastern European Group
Speaker 2: Pei Wei, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 3: Ajay Data, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 4: Akinori Maemura, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group


IGF 2020 WS #317 DNS-Abuse in the Age of COVID-19: Lessons LearnedICANN org David ConradAdiel Akplogan, and John Crain 








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