Dear Colleagues, I wanted to share a quick update regarding a special CxOTalk live discussion organized by Michael Krigsman. Live on Tuesday, 12 April 2022 - he will host both Konstantin Vasyuk - Executive Director of the IT Ukraine Association, the largest association of the tech industry in Ukraine - and I for a conversation on what is… Continue reading Ukraine IT Update 2022: Resilience and Leadership
Join Vint Cerf – WORLD AUTHORITY FIGURE IN TECHNOLOGY – as he explores the emerging technologies and the impacts they will have on business, culture, Climate Change and Global Warming.
As part of WSIS' work on gender mainstreaming, WSIS Gender Trendsetters have been appointed to act as trailblazers and take action in strengthening gender equality. Each Trendsetter has chosen a specific challenge or pledge to advance gender mainstreaming efforts in the field of ICTs.
This session will provide an opportunity to meet the inaugural cohort of WSIS Trendsetters and to hear more about their respective commitments and activities for the forthcoming year.
"STAR-TIDES in a World of Interconnected Disruptions: A Fireside Chat with Linton Wells II, PhD" is scheduled for 4:00-4:50 pm EDT on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022. Here is the registration link: https://go.gmu.edu/FChat4.
Dear Colleagues, I would like to invite you all to an event at the Stimson Center to launch "The Green Job Machine" focused on Catalyzing Collective Climate Action. You're welcome to join either in-person (we would love to see you!) or virtually. Detao;s below. Event: Catalyzing Private Sector Capital for Collective Climate Action Date and… Continue reading Virtual event: Catalyzing Private Sector Capital for Collective Climate Action
The Think7 Summit will be held on 23 and 24 May 2022 in Berlin. Its preliminary agenda is online, now. While it will be mainly an on-site event, parts of the Summit will be held as hybrid sessions. The on-site venue will be the premises of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. Register for the Summit here.
Special Research Seminar featuring the
2021 CEND fellows
Alber Science and Engineering for Global Health &
Wiesenfeld, Miller, and Mac Donald Russell Family fellows
The seminar is open to the general public and coffee, tea, and snacks will be served.
We look forward to welcoming you and your High-Level Representative at the WSIS Forum 2022 High-Level Policy Sessions.
Kindly find below some important information regarding the High-Level Policy Sessions:
The session will be moderated by a High-Level Track Facilitator who will be asking you 2 questions asked together and you will have 5 minutes to respond. Make sure you stick to this timing as the programme is very tight. For those who did not send the questions, make sure to send them no later than 25 May, along with your statement as we need to share them with the moderator and interpreters.
Kindly find attached a promotional material for your session, do not hesitate to promote it widely within your network, linking it to the following page: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2022/Agenda/Session/452
Physical Registration and badging Information: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2022/Home/Registration Try to collect your badge in advance, to avoid making a queue.
Badging Opening Hours available here: https://www.itu.int/en/wsis/Pages/Badging-Opening-Hours.aspx
The United Nations World Data Forum (UNWDF) team is pleased to invite you to the upcoming webinar on “Information session on the call for proposals for Hangzhou 2023” Key questions covered in this webinar will include: How will the programme be organized in Hangzhou 2023? What are the benefits and appeal of submitting a proposal… Continue reading Invitation to UN World Data Forum webinar | Information session on the call for proposals for Hangzhou 2023
EQUALS Leadership Coalition is pleased to invite you to join the series of webinars on Female Leadership in the Tech Sector. The first session – From Zero to Hero - showcases both women and men professionals who want to advance their careers and get ahead on how to strategically build their value and become valuable assets in their… Continue reading Join the EQUALS Leadership coalition series of webinars on Female Leadership in the Tech Sector!
A side event organized by the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is scheduled for July 7th, 2022. This session will focus on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and WSIS Action Lines may accelerate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and learn from COVID-19 in order to… Continue reading UNGIS Side Event
EVENT DETAILS On Friday, July 8th 2022, Meta will be holding our first major physical VC event of 2022, exclusive to VCs based in Southeast Asia only. We designed this annual event to assemble frontrunner VC partners and key Meta thought leaders from all over Southeast Asia to connect, exchange unique perspectives and shed light on the thriving… Continue reading Meta VC Summit 2022