The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 , a United Nations multistakeholder forum on digital development and cooperation, will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland.
Co-hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Swiss Confederation, the event marks 20 years of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process, a UN initiative aimed at promoting inclusive and people-centered digital societies.
This year's forum will bring together Ministers, regulators, UN leaders, industry executives, and civil society advocates from over 150 countries to help shape the vision for the next phase of the world's digital transformation. Outcomes will contribute directly to the UN General Assembly's 20-year review of WSIS, scheduled for December in New York.
Discussions will tackle critical issues like the digital divide, AI governance, and sustainability, while exploring strategies for maximizing the social and economic benefits of digital technologies.
Key sessions of the five-day event include:
- Inaugural Session: Celebrating Two Decades and Achieving Future Milestones Together (7 July)
- WSIS+20 High-Level Dialogue: WSIS Legacy in Motion: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future (7 July)
- WSIS Prizes 2025 Ceremony , recognizing global projects driving digital inclusion and innovation (7 July)
- Leaders TalkX sessions (9 and 11 July)
- High Level Dialogue: Strengthening the Resilience of Telecommunication Submarine Cables (9 July)
- United Nations High-Level Leaders' Dialogue (10 July)
- High-Level Dialogue on Space: How a growing space ecosystem can be better leveraged to achieve the SDGs? (11 July)
- WSIS+20: Vision of WSIS beyond 2025 - Closing Ceremony (11 July)
See the list of high-level speakers here .
The WSIS+20 event takes place alongside ITU's AI for Good Global Summit 2025 , providing a platform that brings together global communities to engage on the impact and future of digital technologies.
Media accreditation:
- A single media accreditation will be accepted for both the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 and the AI for Good Global Summit 2025 . Please review ITU guidelines
