Global Digital Justice Forum at the Summit of the Future
September 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum is co-organizing two events during the Summit of the Future to influence discussions on the Pact of the Future and the Global Digital Compact. The events will take place in New York on 21 September 2024.
1. The Global Data Compact We Need: A Forward-looking Agenda | Official Side Event
Date: 21 September 2024
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Venue: Violeta Parra Stage, The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018
Speakers:
Ana Cristina F. Amoroso das Neves, Vice-Chair, UN CSTD
Juan José Martinez Badillo, Chief, UNCTAD New York Office
Paloma Lara-Castro, Policy Director, Derechos Digitales
Alison Gillwald, Executive Director, Research ICT Africa
Guilherme Canela Godoi, Chief, Section for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, UNESCO
Muznah Siddiqui, Global Governance Research and Planning Associate, United Nations University
Moderator: Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change (Secretariat of the Global Digital Justice Forum)
Organizers: Global Digital Justice Forum, Government of Colombia, Government of Portugal, UN Trade and Development, UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, IT for Change, Derechos Digitales, FIAN International, and Research ICT Africa.
Read the concept note of the event here.
Refreshments: 12.30 PM to 12.45 PM EDT
2. Multilateralism from Below for the Planet and the People | Public Event
Date: 21 September 2024
Time: 12.45 PM to 2.00 PM EDT
Venue: Violeta Parra Stage, The People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018
Organizers: Friends of the Earth International, Transnational Institute, Focus on the Global South, IT for Change, Global Campaign for Education, FIAN International, People’s Health Movement, and the South Centre.
Read the concept note of the event here.