The ICT4D Collective is delighted to be participating actively in the upcoming WSIS+20 week of activities in Geneva, especially since 2024 is also the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Collective, which was created in 2004 to conduct the highest possible quality of research in the field of ICT4D primarily in the interests of poor people and marginalised communities, and making the results of this available freely to the global community.

Members of the Collective are actively engaged mainly in the following sessions at WSIS+20:

• Monday, 27 May 2024: Session 346 WSIS+20 Visioning Challenge – WSIS towards the Summit of the Future/GDC and beyond – 12:00–14:00 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room C, CICG, Ground Floor.
• Monday 27 May 2024: Session 491 High-Level Dialogue, Space for Sustainable Development: the case of connectivity, 17:00–18:00 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room EF, CICG, 3rd Floor
• Tuesday 28 May 2024: Session 507 Leaders TalkX: Digital Advancing Sustainable Development: A Trusted Connected World – 11:30–12:00 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Main Stage, Room D, CICG, 1st Floor. Link for remote participants: https://www.itu.int/net/CRM/js/sr/C-00013558/
• Wednesday, 29 May 2024: Session 331 Community Media Networks: Envisioning the future – 11:00–11:45 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room 11+12, CICG, 2nd Floor.
• Wednesday, 29 May 2024: Session 262 Connecting the Unconnected in the field of Education Excellence, Cyber Security & Rural Solutions and Women Empowerment in ICT – 15:00–15:45 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room 16, CICG, 3rd Floor.
• Thursday 30 May 2024: Session 353 UNESCO and GEM:Placing learners at the center: ensuring that the use of technology in education is properly defined, measured and governed, 09:00–09:45 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room L1, ITU Montbrillant Building.
• Thursday, 30 May 2024: Session 332 Towards a better understanding of the interface between digital tech and the physical environment – 16:00–16:45 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) participation only. Innovate Space, ITU Montbrillant Building – possibly followed by another DESC walk around Geneva (building on the success of our 2023 DESK walk, but choosing a different route – weather dependent).

All of these events have been convened jointly with our partners and friends or we have been invited to participate in their sessions as speakers and moderators, and we are most grateful to them for such collaboration. Please do join us at WSIS+20 – we promise to try to make our involvement exciting, interactive and challenging. Should you wish to contact us and arrange meetings during WSIS, do please use our contacts page.