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IGF 2017

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General Information
Location: Geneva
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The 2017 Internet Governance Forum (IGF): Shape Your Digital Future! is the 12th annual IGF meeting and is being held from 18-21 December 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The four-day meeting offers a diverse schedule of panels, dialogues, and debates developed in a bottom-up, multistakeholder process. It also provides an opportunity for Best Practice Forums (BPFs) and Dynamic Coalitions (DCs) to showcase and build on intersessional work.

Themes and Issues[edit | edit source]

The forum will feature dialogues and debates surrounding the following themes, among others:

  • Internet and Sustainable Development
  • Access and Diversity
  • Critical Internet Resources
  • Digital Economy & Digital Work/Trade & Sustainable Development
  • Youth and Gender Issues
  • Human Rights Online
  • Cybersecurity
  • Multistakeholder Cooperation & Governance
  • Critical Internet Resources
  • Internet Governance Capacity Building
  • New Technologies & Emerging Issues