United Nations
Internet Governance Forum 2021 (IGF 2021)
6-10 December, KATOWICE

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UN IGF 2021 Venue:Katowice, International Congress Centre

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UN Internet Governance Forum 2021 (IGF 2021) in Poland• 6 – 10 December: Katowice, International Congress Center,• Main theme: Internet United (free, open, indivisible internet)• Hybrid formula: onsite and online at the same time.

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 6 December
Day Zero – full of pre-events (including Polish community pre-events)
Youth Summit & youth dedicated events (over 10 !)Evening reception followed by music concert @ NOSPR Concert Hall

 7 December
Opening ceremony
Main phase agenda starts and continues until 10 December 10 December
Main phase agenda ends
Closing ceremony

High-level and parliamentary tracks (6 and 7 December)
EXPECTED PARTICIPATION of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Polish Prime Minister, the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic ofPoland, the Prime Minister, EU commissioners, ministers for digital affairs from UN countries, representatives of national parliaments and others.

HL TOPICS include: investments in digital development after the COVID-19 pandemic; new reality for business after thepandemic, digital labour market & building digital competences; corporate social responsibility; digital environmental
issues; content moderation on the Internet; building digital competences.
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE will discuss eg. regulatory approaches for a user-centric digital space;
This track is jointly organised by the IPU, the UN and the Polish Parliament (the Sejm).

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5Internet Governance Forum 2021 (IGF 2021) in Poland
DURING THE EVENT:• Exhibition of awarded works of the competition for youngpeople;• Silesian Museum: tickets for a single Polish Zloty (PLN);• Performance by the pianist Ingolf Wunder in the style of TEDx • Regional cuisine specialties;
Talk;• Music Night;• Dedicated scientific publication of the Virtual Chair of Ethics
and Law: The Future of the Law of Internet and New
Technologies;• Concert at the NOSPR with a banquet and HL dinner;• Free tours (Katowice + surroundings);• Possibility to organize bilateral meetings and other HLevents.

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6Internet Governance Forum 2021 (IGF 2021) in Poland:
YOUTH
Before the IGF 2021

At the IGF 2021

• Road to IGF: online events (May meeting - over 8,500 !!!
registered young people from all over the world);• International competition "My Internet of the Future";• YIGF Summit connected with programming workshops foryoung people from Poland.

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7Explore the official webpage for dedicated informationwww.igf2021.pl News Agenda
 Registration
 Practical information (getting to, hotels, visas)

Contact us:
The Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Digital Policy Department
igf2021@mc.gov.pl
Twitter: @igf_2021
www.igf2021.plYou are invited!
We are all united!

WARSZAWASZCZECINGDAŃSKKRAKÓWKATOWICE

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