GPD @ IGF 2025

Next week, we’ll be in Lillestrøm, Norway, for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2025. With WSIS+20 decisions looming, this year’s IGF is a pivotal moment—and we’ll be taking every opportunity to engage, strategise, and support rights-respecting outcomes. Here’s where to find us:

Monday, 23 June – Day 0

• 09:00–10:00 CEST, Workshop Room 1 | Making the WSIS+20 Moment Deliver Digital Rights and Justice. GPD and the Global Digital Rights Coalition for WSIS, together with the Global Digital Justice Forum and others, are co-organising this IGF public session.
• 11:30–12:30 CEST | Digital Rights in Partnership: Strategies for Impact | Ian Barber joins as a speaker in this session organised by Google.

Tuesday, 24 June – Day 1

• 09:15–10:45 CEST | Priorities for WSIS+20 and the IGF | An invite-only strategic gathering hosted by GPD for stakeholders across sectors to coordinate ahead of the WSIS+20 review.

Wednesday, 25 June – Day 2

• 14:45–15:45 CEST, Studio N | Strengthening Multistakeholder Digital Cooperation | Rose Payne speaks in this public session organised by the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise.
• 16:30–17:30 CEST | The Future of the UN Cybercrime Convention | GPD, GNI and EFF co-organise this closed convening for civil society and private sector participants.
• 17:30–18:30 CEST | Online Safety Standards and Regulation: Toward Coherent, Rights-Based Approaches | Maria Paz Canales speaks in this side event hosted by DTSP and the Irish Online Safety Regulator.

Thursday, 26 June – Day 3

• 12:00–16:00 CEST | Reinvigorating Efforts for Rights-Respecting Platform Governance in Practice | An invite-only session co-hosted with UNESCO and OHCHR B-Tech Project, bringing together civil society from the Global Majority.
• 13:30–14:30 CEST, Workshop Room 3 | Multistakeholder Perspectives: WSIS+20 & the Technical Layer | Ellie McDonald joins as a speaker in this public session organised by the Technical Community Coalition for Multistakeholderism, Public Internet Registry and APNIC.
• 15:00–17:30 CEST | The Future of Digital Rights | A private strategy session co-hosted with GNI, ECNL and others.

Friday, 27 June – Day 4

• 09:00–10:00 CEST, Workshop Room 5, Hall C | Developing a Secure, Rights-Respecting Digital Future | Maria Paz Canales joins this Open Forum hosted by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.