IGF 2020 High-Level Closing Session

The High-Level Wrap-Up will take the form of an interactive dialogue among high-level leaders from different stakeholder groups, including from governments, private sector, civil society and technical communities from different regions. 

Closing Keynote by United Nations Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres

Moderator: Mr. Jonathan Charles, former BBC anchor of Hard Talk, now Director of Communication at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Roundtable One: 
The Internet: what’s now and what’s next? Is the Internet ready for COVID-19 recovery?  

Panellists: 

• H.E. Mr. Marek Zagórski, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Poland
• H.E. Ms. Maria Del Pilar Garrido, Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica
• H.E. Dr. Ahmedin Ahmed, State Minister of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia
• H.E. Mr. Maxim Parshin, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, Russian Federation
• Mr. Krzysztof Szubert, Republic of Poland Plenipotentiary for UN IGF 2021 
• Ms. Vera Songwe, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
• Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen, IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Chair

Roundtable Two:
How can we cooperate more effectively in the digital world to enable us to better face global challenges and opportunities in the next decade?

Panellists: 

• H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Former President of Estonia 
• Mr. Fabrizio Hochschild, Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Preparations for 75th UN Anniversary
• Mr. Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google 
• Mr. Goran Marby, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), CEO and President  
• Ms. Vallarie Yiega, Youth Representative, Kenya
• Mr. Mats Granryd, Director General of GSMA

Closing remarks by Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs