IGF 2025 Second Open Consultations and MAG Meeting

The IGF 2025 Second Open Consultations and MAG Meeting will be hosted in Geneva and online from 14 to 16 April 2025. Please register here to attend the meeting: https://indico.un.org/event/1016623/

For online participation, the virtual link will be sent to registered participants. 

  Day 1 | 14 April 2025
Time (CEST) Agenda Item
10:00 - 10:15
  • Welcome from Chair and adoption of agenda
  • Welcome from Host Country Co-chair
  • Welcome from UN DESA
10:15 - 10:30

Briefing on the current state of preparation for IGF 2025 by the Host Country 

  • Followed by a Q&A
10:30 - 11:30

Updates on IGF 2025 Tracks and programme elements

  • Received workshop and other session proposals
  • Updates on high-level leaders track, parliamentary track, youth track, judiciary and business engagement
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00

Open Discussion: What to do in 2025?

  • Main sessions
  • Intersessional activities
  • Outputs and outcomes
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 - 16:30 

IGF in the context of ongoing & upcoming digital governance processes

  • Brief from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) on the WSIS+20 Review
  • Brief from the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)/Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
  • Brief from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • Brief by the Office of Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET) on the current state of the GDC implementation process and on the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance

Open floor discussion on how the IGF can further contribute to these digital governance processes
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 17:45

Updates from organizations on international digital governance initiatives

  • List of speakers to be confirmed
17:45 - 18:00 Recap and closing of the Open Consultations

Expected outputs of Day 1:

  • Gather input from IGF Stakeholders on IGF 2025 activities, including on potential main session topics.
  • Update IGF stakeholders on ongoing and upcoming digital governance processes and gather input on IGF’s contribution to the 20-year review of the implementation of the outcome of WSIS and to the GDC implementation. 
  Day 2 | 15 April 2025
Time (CEST) Agenda Item
10:00 - 10:15
  • Welcome from MAG Chair 
  • Welcome from Host Country Co-chair 
  • Adoption of agenda (and apologies noted)
10:15 - 10:30

Opening session

  • Debrief from the Open Consultations
10:30 - 10:45

Final Workshop Review

  • Overview of workshop evaluation and presentation of results 
10:45 - 13:00

Breakout Group Session: Workshop Review and Approval

  • Breakout group discussions on the combined scores of workshop evaluations
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 - 16:30 Plenary 1: Final Workshop Review and Approval
  • Reports from the workshop evaluation groups 
  • Final approval of the workshop selection
  • Discussion on the evaluation process: sharing experiences and making suggestions for 2026
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 17:45

Plenary 2: Planning IGF 2025 main sessions

  • Introduction of suggested main session proposals
17:45 - 18:00
  • Next steps
  • Closing by MAG Chair

Expected outputs of Day 2:

  • Approval of IGF 2025 workshop proposals
  • Identify topics of IGF 2025 main sessions
  Day 3 | 16 April 2025
Time (CEST) Agenda Item
10:00 - 11:00

Plenary 1: Final Workshop Review and Approval (cont.)

  • Final approval of the workshop selection
11:00 - 11:30 Plenary 2: Planning IGF 2025 main sessions (cont.)
  • Introduction of suggested main session proposals
  • Identify facilitators
  • Main sessions workplan and next steps
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00 Plenary 2: Planning IGF 2025 main sessions (cont.)
  • Introduction of suggested main session proposals
  • Identify facilitators
  • Main sessions workplan and next steps
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 - 16:00 Plenary 3: Joint MAG - Leadership Panel Meeting
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 17:45 Plenary 4: Roundtable exchange with facilitators of the MAG Working Groups, IGF 2025 intersessional activities and NRIs:
  • MAG Working Groups
  • Policy Network (PN) on Artificial Intelligence
  • PN on Meaningful Access
  • PN on Internet Fragmentation
  • Best Practice Forum (BPF) on Cybersecurity
  • Dynamic Coalitions
  • National and Regional IGF initiatives
17:45 - 18:00 Next steps in IGF 2025 process
Recap and closing

Expected outputs of Day 3:

  • Approval of IGF 2025 workshop proposals 
  • Identify topics and MAG facilitators of IGF 2025 main sessions
  • Outline preparatory activities and plans of the Leadership Panel, MAG working groups and IGF intersessional work for the 20th IGF