Session 1: Setting the Scene (9:30-10:00)

Opening remarks:

• Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
• Ambassador Jānis Mažeiks, Ambassador of Latvia to the United Nations 
• Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations
• Ms. Doreen Bogdan, Chief, Strategic Planning and Membership, International Telecommunication Union  (ITU)  

Moderator: Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Session 2: The impact of ICTs on the Information Society to Date (10:00-12:30)

• What has been the overall impact of ICTs on economies and society over the ten years since WSIS?
• What are today’s priorities for the information society, including further implementation of WSIS outcomes?
• What contribution can the concept of “the information society” make to the post-2015 development agenda?

Moderator: Ms. Anne Miroux, Director,  Division on Technology and Logistics, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Head of CSTD Secretariat, Representative of Chair of UNGIS (UN Group on Information Society) 

Presenter: Dr. David Souter, Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics, United Kingdom and Great Britain

Session 3: The impact of ICTs on Sustainable Development to Date (14:00-15:30)

• What is the relationship between the information society and sustainable development?
• What evidence has emerged from the recent WSIS+10 reviews concerning the relationship between ICTs and development?
• How should the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) and WSIS Action Lines be integrated?  
• How can ICTs contribute to the monitoring, measurement and implementation of the SDGs?

Moderator:  Mr. Gary Fowlie, Head, ITU Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York, ITU

Presenters:

• Mr. Friedrich Soltau, Sustainable Development Officer, UNDESA, New York
• Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Strategy and Policy Advisor, ITU

Lead Expert:

• Mr. Moez Chakchouk, Chairman and CEO, Tunisian Internet Agency, Tunisia

Session 4: Innovations in ICTs and their implications for the proposed SDGs (15:45-17:15)

• What impact will emerging trends in digital technology (datafication, big data, cloud computing, the Internet of things, and smart systems) and other new developments in ICT technology and markets have on sustainable development, in particular on achieving the objectives of the post-2015 agenda?
• How can ICTs support the development of a global partnership for sustainable development with the active engagement of governments, civil society, the private sector and the United Nations system, as envisaged in the UNGA’s Open Working Group’s proposal for SDGs?
• How can the role of the private sector be leveraged to strengthen development opportunities in this context?

Moderator: Mr. Markus Kummer, Board Member, ICANN

Lead Experts:

• Ms. Marília Maciel, Researcher and Coordinator, Center for Technology and Society, Getulio-Vargas Foundation, Brazil
• Mr. Nick Ashton-Hart, Executive director, IDEA, UK

Results of the discussion of Day 1 and Recommendations (17:15-18:00)

Rapporteur: Dr. David Souter, Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics, United Kingdom and Great Britain

Session 5:  Reducing the inequalities to universal and affordable access to ICTs  (9:30-11:00)

• What policy interventions are required to ensure that digital divides in technology and human capacity do not widen, between and within countries, as technology and markets evolve?
• Can improvements be made in multistakeholder collaboration and governance to address current barriers to bridging digital divides?
• What can be done to make access to ICTs, and use of ICTs, more affordable?

Moderator: Mr. Indrajit Banerjee, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Lead Experts:

• Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director, Association for Progressive Communications, South Africa  
• Ms. Helani Galpaya, CEO, Lirneasia, Sri Lanka, Asia and Pacific

Session 6: Reducing potential risks associated with ICTs for sustainable development (11:15-12:45)

• What are the principal risks to sustainable development which are posed by in the context of the information society, and what policy interventions are required to limit these?
• What can be done to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of ICTs?
• What can be done to enhance security and trust in ICTs?

Moderator: Mr. Michael Best, Director Institute on Computing and Society, United Nations University  (UNU)

Lead Experts:

• Mr. Subimal Bhattacharjee, Independent expert, India
• Ms. Dominique Lazanski, Digital Policy and Strategy Expert, GSM Association, UK

Session 7: Maximising ICT potential through capacity building (14:30-16:00)

• What are the limits of using ICTs for sustainable development, taking into account governments’ capacity to utilise them successfully, their accessibility to citizens and the infrastructure needed to support them?
• What capabilities and incentives are needed to encourage people and organisations in developing countries, particularly LDCs, to make more and more effective use of ICTs for development?  What capacity-building is required amongst policy makers and development practitioners?
• What policy measures can support the development of ICT entrepreneurship, innovation and production, particularly in developing countries?

Moderator: Mr. Jairo Acuña-Alfaro, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Lead Expert:

• Mr. Olivier Sylvain, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University, New York
• Mr. Peter Major, Chair of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development

Session 8: New thinking on ICTs in the Post-2015 Development Agenda  (16:00-17:30)

• What implications does the next phase of development of the Information Society have for sustainable development and the implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda?
• How can we improve our ability to anticipate technological changes, measure their impacts, maximise their developmental value and minimise the risks they pose?
• What steps can be taken to strengthen global partnership, including UN and other international agencies, governments, the private sector and other development actors, in support of these objectives?

Moderator: Ambassador Janis Karklins, IGF MAG Chair, Ambassador-at-Large for Latvia

Lead Experts:

• Ms. Alice Wanjira Munyua, Project Coordinator for Catalyzing Access to ICTs, Kenya
• Mr. Matthew Shears, Center for Democracy and Technology, UK

Results of the discussion of Day 2 (17:30-17:45)

Rapporteur: Dr. David Souter, Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics, United Kingdom and Great Britain

Session 9:  Closing (17:45 – 18:00)

• Ms Doreen Bogdan, Chief, Strategic Planning and Membership, International Telecommunication Union  (ITU)  
• Ms. Elia Yi Armstrong, Chief of the Development Management Branch at DESA’s Division for Public Administration and Development Management  (DMB/DPADM)