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SUMMARY:WSIS Forum 2026
DESCRIPTION:Implementing WSIS+20 and the Global Digital Compact Across Critical Infrastructure\nThe WSIS+20 Review reaffirmed the World Summit on the Information Society as a unique multistakeholder framework for advancing an inclusive\, secure\, and development-oriented digital future. At the same time\, the Global Digital Compact highlights the need for resilient\, trustworthy\, and sustainable digital infrastructure as a foundation for digital cooperation and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. As governments\, businesses\, and societies become increasingly dependent on digital services\, ensuring the resilience of the Internet and its supporting infrastructure has become a strategic imperative. \nThis session explores how Internet resilience can help translate WSIS+20 commitments into practical implementation. Recent disruptions\, from cloud outages and power failures to supply-chain vulnerabilities and cyber incidents\, have demonstrated that digital resilience is not solely a technical issue. The reliability of digital services depends on a complex ecosystem of networks\, domain name systems\, routing infrastructure\, cloud services\, energy systems\, and governance arrangements. Understanding and managing these interdependencies is essential to maintaining trust\, continuity\, and inclusion in the digital age. \nBuilding on the work of the Marconi Society Internet Resilience Institute\, the session will present practical approaches developed through multistakeholder collaboration. These include the Life of a Packet dependency-mapping initiative\, which visualizes the often-hidden relationships between technical\, physical\, and institutional components of the Internet\, and the Business Resilience Guide\, which translates resilience practices used by large infrastructure operators into practical guidance for governments\, SMEs\, and other organizations. These projects demonstrate how resilience can move from abstract principles to actionable measures that improve preparedness and reduce systemic risk. \nLooking beyond 2025\, the session will examine how Internet resilience can support the implementation of WSIS Action Lines\, the Global Digital Compact\, and emerging discussions on AI governance and digital public infrastructure. Particular attention will be given to cross-sector cooperation\, learning from incidents\, stress-testing critical systems\, and strengthening trust in digital services. Through an interactive discussion involving policymakers\, technical experts\, industry leaders\, civil society\, and youth representatives\, participants will identify practical actions that can be taken to embed resilience into digital development strategies. \nAs the first WSIS Forum following the WSIS+20 Review\, this session aims to contribute to a shared vision in which digital transformation is not only innovative and inclusive\, but also resilient\, reliable\, and sustainable. By fostering greater understanding of dependencies\, risks\, and opportunities for collaboration\, it will help advance a future where the benefits of the Internet remain available to all\, even in the face of disruption. \nRegister for remote participation here.
URL:https://marconisociety.org/event/wsis-forum-2026/
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SUMMARY:IGF 2026 Kenya
DESCRIPTION:December 14-18\, 2026 \nKenyatta International Convention Centre \nFor more than four decades\, the Internet has demonstrated remarkable resilience through open standards\, interoperability\, distributed architectures and voluntary cooperation among technical\, operational and policy communities. As societies become increasingly dependent on digital services\, the Marconi Society Internet Resilience Institute has shown that Internet resilience is the foundation for creating justifiable trust in the digital society. Its Phase 1 work—the Life of a Packet Mapping Framework and the Business Resilience Guide—demonstrates that resilient digital services depend on understanding hidden technical\, operational and organizational interdependencies and translating that understanding into practical implementation. The Internet is now entering a new phase of evolution. Originally designed to connect people\, it is increasingly becoming an environment in which autonomous AI agents discover services\, exchange information and make operational decisions on behalf of people and organisations. This fundamentally changes the requirements for Internet resilience and governance. Building on the outcomes of the WSIS Forum 2026 session Operationalizing Digital Resilience\, this workshop explores how resilience principles can enable justifiable trust for both humans and AI through dependency mapping\, operational best practices\, trusted operational Internet intelligence and continuous verification. Through interactive 2035 scenarios\, participants will examine how hidden interdependencies influence AI-assisted decisions in critical services and infrastructure. Discussions will address what information Internet operators should expose\, how AI can distinguish resilient from fragile infrastructure\, where accountability lies when AI acts on inaccurate operational data\, and how organizations can safely delegate decisions to autonomous systems. Holding this discussion at IGF 2026 in Nairobi is particularly important. Africa’s rapidly growing digital economy\, mobile-first infrastructure and expanding AI ecosystem offer unique perspectives on resilience. Ensuring that diverse regional experiences and real-world failure scenarios inform future resilience frameworks is essential for creating globally relevant Internet governance and building justifiable trust in an Internet increasingly shared by humans and autonomous AI agents. \nHybrid Format: The workshop will use a dual-moderation model\, combining an experienced on-site moderator with a dedicated online moderator to ensure balanced participation. On-site participants will use room microphones\, while remote participants will engage through the virtual platform’s hand-raising and chat functions\, actively managed by the online moderator \nRegister here: https://indico.un.org/event/1024890/
URL:https://marconisociety.org/event/igf-2026-kenya/
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