UN - Current Internet Governance Challenges; what’s next?

This year’s Geneva Lecture Series will open with welcoming remarks by the Director-General of UN Geneva, Mr. Michael Møller, and a keynote speech by the President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft, Mr. Brad Smith.

In the panel debate that will follow, Mr. Brad Smith will discuss with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Ms. Kate Gilmore, and the Head of the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the United Nations in New York, Mr. Phillip Spoerri, on various aspects of internet governance and the proposed Digital Geneva Convention. The event will be moderated by the Chief of Strategic Planning and Membership Department at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin. The event will be complemented by an online discussion moderated by the Director of the Geneva Internet Platform, Mr. Jovan Kurbalija. Simultaneous interpretation in English and French will be provided.

This year’s 10th edition of the GLS is jointly organized by UNITAR and UN Geneva in partnership with the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies and the Geneva Internet Platform. It is organized with the kind support of the Fondation pour Genève. 

The event is free of charges and is open to anyone who wishes to attend and have the possibility to ask questions to the panelists at the end of the event. It will also be followed by a big reception for the audience. However, registration is mandatory on the following link: https://reg.unog.ch/event/21951.
 
Further information can also be found on the following link: www.unog.ch/gls.