<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">A <b>LOT</b> of great sessions at this. I already attended a comprehensive one on accessibility this morning. It's not clear if archives will be available. In previous years only highlights and side interviews have been posted on their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/WSISProcess/videos">YouTube</a>, and none since 2013! Hopefully they've turned over a new leaf, but one shouldn't depend on it. Markus Kummer has sent word there'll be an <a href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/Session/227"><b>IGFSA info session</b></a> on Friday at 11:00 CEST = 09:00 UTC, 5am in NYC.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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joly posted: "This week May 2–6 2016 ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. The WSIS Forum serves the UN as a mechanism for coordination of multi-stakeholder implementation activities, inf" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><img border="0" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wsis2016.png" alt="WSIS" style="max-width: 100%; min-height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: white;">This week <strong>May 2–6 2016 <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int" target="_blank">ITU</a></strong>, <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://en.unesco.org/" target="_blank">UNESCO</a></strong>, <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://unctad.org/" target="_blank">UNCTAD</a></strong> and <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.undp.org/" target="_blank">UNDP</a></strong> host the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/" target="_blank">World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2016</a> </strong>in Geneva, Switzerland. The WSIS Forum serves the UN as a mechanism for coordination of multi-stakeholder implementation activities, information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices and continues to provide assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and public/private partnerships to advance development goal, building on the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/125" target="_blank">UN General Assembly Overall Review of the implementation of the WSIS outcomes</a></strong> which recognized the necessity of holding this Forum on an annual basis, and called for a close alignment between WSIS and the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/1" target="_blank"><strong>Sustainable Development Goals</strong> <b>(SDG)</b></a> processes. Ambassador <strong>Daniel A. Sepulveda</strong> (USA) will serve as Chairman Designate of the WSIS Forum 2016 High-Level Track. The Policy Sessions will be moderated by <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/About/Chairman" target="_blank">High-Level Track Facilitators</a></strong> (HLTF) nominated and identified by Civil Society, Private Sector, Technical Community and Academia stakeholders. Remote participation is available through both <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/AdobeConnect" target="_blank">Adobe Connect</a></strong> and <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/Webcast/Live/" target="_blank">live <strong>webcast</strong></a>. Geneva time is CEST, 6 hours ahead of NYC.</p>
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<strong> Where: ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland</strong><br>
<strong> When: May 2–6 2016</strong><br>
<strong> Program: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/" target="_blank">https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Agenda/</a></strong><br>
<strong> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/Webcast/Live/" target="_blank">https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/Webcast/Live/</a></strong><br>
<strong> Adobe Connect: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/AdobeConnect" target="_blank">https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2016/Media/RP/AdobeConnect</a></strong><br>
<strong> Twitter: #wsis <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WSIS" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/WSIS</a> | #wsis2016 <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wsis2016" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/hashtag/wsis2016</a></strong><br>
<strong> Facebook: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://facebook.com/hashtag/WSIS" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/WSIS </a>| #wsis2016 <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://facebook.com/hashtag/wsis2016" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/hashtag/wsis2016</a></strong></p></div>
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