Remote Participation
The WSIS Process has a multi-stakeholder character. WSIS
Stakeholders include governments, civil society, private
sector, academia and international organizations from all
parts of the world. Today, information and communication
technologies (ICTs) provide the opportunity for
representation and inclusion of all stakeholders in the
WSIS events by way of remote participation. In order to
facilitate the participation and ensure the inclusion of
all WSIS Stakeholders, remote participation has been
designed as an integral feature of the WSIS Forum 2015.
WSIS Stakeholders who wish to participate remotely in any
of the sessions, can do so via either the Webcast Service
or the Adobe Connect platform. The Webcast Service uses
Real Networks software to distribute audio and video to
remote participants. The media is streamed so the user
does not have to wait for files to download and can
access video or audio at any point. The Adobe Connect
platform will allow remote participants to follow the
meeting by seeing video feed from the conference room,
hear what is being discussed in English, see
presentations/documents under discussion, and chat with
the meeting host and other remote participants. Each
session will have 10–15 for questions from remote
participants.